American Politics and the US Constitution

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A podcast that covers all essential content for Intro to American Government students.

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Recent Episodes
  • The Enlightenment: Hobbes, Locke, Natural Rights, and Social Contract Theory
    Jun 1, 2024 – 30:55
  • The Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
    Jun 2, 2024 – 31:00
  • The Constitutional Convention: the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and Great Compromise
    Jun 3, 2024 – 30:35
  • Federalists, Anti-Federalists, and Federalist Papers 10 & 51
    Jun 4, 2024 – 31:19
  • The Bill of Rights
    Jun 5, 2024 – 30:09
  • Separation of Powers and the Branches of Government
    Jun 5, 2024 – 30:24
  • Checks and Balances
    Jun 6, 2024 – 32:01
  • Impeachment
    Jun 7, 2024 – 28:30
  • Federalism, the Supremacy Clause, and the Tenth Amendment
    Jun 8, 2024 – 29:38
  • Enumerated, Implied, and Inherent Powers: McCulloch v Maryland
    Jun 10, 2024 – 30:02
  • The Power of the Purse: Congressional Budgetary Authority, Regulating Commerce, and Gibbons v. Ogden
    Jun 11, 2024 – 29:57
  • The House of Representatives: Reapportionment, Redistricting, and Gerrymandering
    Jun 12, 2024 – 17:55
  • House and Senate: Institutional Differences
    Jun 12, 2024 – 27:50
  • Congressional Committees
    Jun 13, 2024 – 29:28
  • The Presidency and the Executive Branch
    Jun 15, 2024 – 29:56
  • The Vice Presidency
    Jun 15, 2024 – 30:30
  • The Evolution of the Presidency: Expanding Powers and Extraconstitutional Executive Actions
    Jun 16, 2024 – 30:27
  • The Judicial Branch: District Courts, Appeals Courts, and the Supreme Court
    Jun 17, 2024 – 30:00
  • Interpreting the Constitution: Strict and Loose Construction, Judicial Restraint, and Judicial Activism
    Jun 18, 2024 – 29:51
  • Political Particiation and Voting Rights
    Jun 19, 2024 – 29:37
  • The Politics of Voter Registration
    Jun 20, 2024 – 26:33
  • Factors that Affect Vote Choice
    Jun 21, 2024 – 28:41
  • Election Basics: Primaries, Caucuses, Conventions, Delegates, Candidates, Nominees, and Electors
    Jun 22, 2024 – 30:09
  • Congressional and Presidential Elections
    Jun 23, 2024 – 29:51
  • Campaign Finance Laws: FECA, BCRA, Citizens United, PACs, and Super PACs
    Jun 24, 2024 – 29:49
  • The Electoral College
    Jun 26, 2024 – 30:07
  • Political Parties
    Jun 26, 2024 – 30:28
  • Interest Groups
    Jun 27, 2024 – 30:02
  • Civil Liberties versus Civil Rights
    Jun 28, 2024 – 25:41
  • The First Amendment
    Jun 29, 2024 – 27:11
  • The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment: Lemon, Santa Fe, and Kennedy
    Jun 30, 2024 – 30:14
  • The Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment: Sherbert, Oregon, Hobby Lobby, and Carson
    Jul 1, 2024 – 30:00
  • First Amendment Free Speech Cases: Schenk, Brandenburg, Johnson, Tinker, Cohen, and Miller
    Jul 2, 2024 – 29:55
  • The Second Amendment and Gun Rights: Heller, McDonald, Bruen, and US v. Miller,
    Jul 3, 2024 – 36:21
  • The Fourth Amendment and Mapp v. Ohio
    Jul 4, 2024 – 30:23
  • The Fifth and Sixth Amendments: Miranda v. Arizona & Gideon v. Wainwright
    Jul 5, 2024 – 28:22
  • The Eighth Amendment and Furman v. Georgia
    Jul 6, 2024 – 30:35
  • The Ninth Amendment and the Right to Privacy: Griswold, Roe, Casey, and Dobbs
    Jul 7, 2024 – 29:29
  • The Fourteenth Amendment
    Jul 8, 2024 – 32:42
  • The Separate but Equal Doctrine: The Fourteenth Amendment, Plessy, and Brown
    Jul 9, 2024 – 29:41
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Jul 10, 2024 – 32:43
  • The Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Jul 11, 2024 – 29:21
  • Marriage Equality: US v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges
    Jul 12, 2024 – 32:33
  • Discrimination and Civil Rights
    Jul 13, 2024 – 30:42
  • Discrimination and Levels of Scrutiny: Rational Basis Test, Intermediate Scrutiny, and Strict Scrutiny
    Jul 14, 2024 – 34:45
  • Public Opinion and Political Socialization
    Jul 16, 2024 – 29:59
  • Media and Politics
    Jul 17, 2024 – 34:55
  • Freedom of the Press: New York Times v. United States and Branzburg v. Hayes
    Jul 18, 2024 – 30:37
  • Political Ideologies: Conservative and Liberal
    Jul 19, 2024 – 34:27
  • Global Political Ideologies: Authoritarianism, Fascism, Socialism, and Communism
    Jul 20, 2024 – 27:33
Recent Reviews
  • Picklejenny
    Fantastic Teaching Tool
    I find listening to this curriculum so refreshing. It’s a great way to reinforce these complicated concepts.
  • Project_Guitar
    Non religious topic made religious
    Came here for school. Made it about 30 minutes until my eyes couldn’t roll any harder. The show runners talk about God more than the topic at hand. This seems to be an atheist argument against the existence of a deity instead of a focused discussion on the values of government.
  • NightOwl246
    Productive while working
    The use of this podcast while at work or working in settings that allow headphones is very helpful.
  • Reg884603
    An extraordinary informational podcast for everyone.
    This is a well organized, clearly spoken, overview with in depth highlights of germane to the topic of American Politics and the U.S. Constitution. Dr Nader your diction and elocution are remarkable. One of my favorite aspects of the podcast is hearing what to me sounds like an example of correctly articulating and properly pronunciation of American English. Seriously caught my ear and the information was insightful, educational, informative and expressed interestingly and with a smart and simple formula of introduction of topic , over view of upcoming catagories, rotation of speakers per category ( kept me engaged and from drifting off) and quick review. I wish all teachers could be allocated proper resources to make classroom engaging as well as educational. But alas, I am grateful to all of you whom participated in production or contributed to this podcast I still haven’t heard them all cause I replay them a few times to really let it sink in. Hope to hear not on this or other subject matter.
  • jako800
    WGU C963
    A comprehensive and engaging resource for the course. I only wish more courses had a convenient option like this.
  • FreddieKrug
    C963
    This podcast was beneficial with passing the course. I would highly recommend it to those who would rather listen than reading.
  • Martin Jameson
    Great for college students
    An excellent podcast for college students working through an intro to American politics course. Informative and fun.
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