ABOUT
Why does the U.S. have an Electoral College? How do congressional investigations work? What does the minority whip actually do?
Civics 101 is the podcast refresher course on the basics of how the U.S. government works, hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice.
We offer graphic organizers and other educational resources for teachers looking to use Civics 101 in the classroom.
format
Each episode explores civics topics – the Declaration of Independence, the 19th amendment, the vice president, the midterm election – through interviews with experts and teachers. The hosts ask the questions you’ve wondered but may be too afraid to ask – what exactly does the vice president do? How do executive orders work? - and stitches them together into engaging narrative stories. Episodes are about 15 - 20 minutes long.
Find the full list of episodes here
HOSTS
hANNAH MCCARTHY
Hannah received her M.A. in journalism from New York University, where she studied longform non-fiction writing and audio production. While in New York, Hannah worked as a reporter for Bedford + Bowery and interned at WNYC's "Death, Sex and Money" podcast.
WHERE TO FIND CIVICS
Schedule: New episodes are released weekly on Tuesdays
Website: civics101podcast.org/
Email: civics101@nhpr.org
Listen: The show can be listened to directly from the website, as well as subscribed to and listened to on most podcast platforms.
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AWARDS
2022 Silver Gavel Award for Media and the Arts, Supreme Court Series
2018 Edward R Murrow Awards, Excellence in Innovation
NICK CAPODICE
Nick’s radio career started at the tender age of 8, when he did promotional commercials for the White Mountains as “Tommy Idaho Jones."
Much more recently, he worked in the Education Department at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, focusing on content creation, media production, and storytelling in a digital age. In his spare time he picks apples and plays country harmonica, board games and trivia.
AUDIENCE
Civics 101 podcast has been downloaded more than 18 million times by listeners in every state and around the world. Our biggest audiences are in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
CAST AND CREW
Civics 101 is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio. The show is hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. Christina Phillips is the Senior Producer. Rebecca Lavoie is the Executive Producer.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT CIVICS 101
"Refreshing way to continue to educate the public and hope for educated civic participation."
"Civics 101 is the perfect dose of valuable and critical information about our country. It gives me interesting information and yet leaves me wanting to learn even more".
"It means backing up out of the day-to-day news stories which are like putting one's nose to the trunk of a tree, and seeing the big picture (the forest.) I wish there were a lot more radio shows like it!"
"I love listening to you two while I’m driving or doing dishes. Just listened to the episode on the pledge and the flag. I don’t think I knew a single thing you talked about, so thank you for enlightening me!"
"I just started listening to this podcast and am BLOWN AWAY. I love that it is in short, digestible bites but long enough to get much needed detail. Thank you for this. I never had all of this in high school. It has been a source of great pain that I have been lacking the education I should have gotten in my youth. I have never been so politically active as I am now and Civics 101 allows me to learn and then APPLY that knowledge in my actual political activities. It is a knowledge gap that has now (when I finish!!) been filled. BRAVO, BRAVA to you all and thank you so much!"
"Long time listener, first time caller, your latest IRL series inspired me to seek you out and say thank you so much for what you do! It has been so helpful through my political coming of age through these complicated times"
"Being from Guam, I use podcasts as a virtual field trip of sorts to get my students to hear from experts, that otherwise would not be an option for us. Thank you so much for this podcast! It is such a great way to differentiate the presentation of content for my students."
MEDIA CONTACT:
Rebecca Lavoie, Executive Producer, Director of On-Demand Audio
TELEPHONE: (603) 223-2444 | EMAIL: rlavoie@nhpr.org
CORPORATE SUPPORT AND UNDERWRITING CONTACT
Tim Brady, Director of Corporate Support
TELEPHONE: (603) 223-2470 | EMAIL: tbrady@nhpr.org