Plain Civics

Civics Potpourri

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they discuss various topics related to civics, such as voting, checking the validity of shared information, ci

Unraveling America’s Contradictions - Part 2

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they discuss moments in America’s 250-year history when the country didn’t live up to the ideals it was built

Unraveling America’s Contradictions - Part 1

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they discuss moments in America’s 250-year history when the country didn’t live up to the ideals it was built

Why Does It Take a Tragic Event To Stir Our Patriotism?

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they talk about the events of 9/11/2001 and patriotism. After recapping the events of the morning of September

Is It Time For Term and Age Limits?

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they look at the pros and cons of both term limits and age limits for members of Congress and the President. W

Why Is Real History So Important?

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they look at why “real” history is so important. This lesson in what type of historical narrative we are prese

Say What??? Part 3

Send us a message Join hosts Joe Ulery and Bobbi Fisher as they tackle 5 more common misconceptions about our government. These misconceptions include Presidential power

What Is Civic Virtue and Why Is It Important?

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they discuss the important of civic virtue. At the beginning of the last several episodes we have been telling

America at 250 - What Are We Actually Celebrating?

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they look at why we celebrate the July 4th Independence Day. How did it come about and why? What does the Decl

Back to the Basics - What is Rule of Law?

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they dig into the concept of “rule of law.” What does it mean and how did it develop? Why did the Framers choo

Back to the Basics - What is Federalism? Part 3

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they continue their discussion of federalism. In Part 1 they discussed the origins of the idea of federalism a

Back to the Basics - What is Federalism? Part 2

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they continue their discussion of federalism. In Part 1 they discussed the origins of the idea of federalism a

Back to the Basics - What is Federalism? Part 1

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they define federalism and discuss how it came about in the United States Constitution. The idea of a confeder

Back To the Basics - Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they dig into the three branches of government and why the Framers established three branches. About half of A

Lots of Issues, But There Is Hope…Let’s Get Busy!

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they discuss civics education, or lack thereof, as well as voting percentages, detecting misinformation, impro

Let’s Get Ready To Vote!

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they discuss the steps citizens need to take to vote in the upcoming primary and general elections this year.

The Biggest Challenge to Democratic Institutions - On Tyranny, Part 2

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they continue with the fourth of Ben Franklin’s civic virtues and then  continue the discussion of 20 signs of

The Biggest Challenge to Democratic Institutions - On Tyranny, Part 1

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they continue with the third of Ben Franklin’s civic virtues and then move into a discussion of liberal democr

The Evolution of Political Parties in the U.S.

Send us a message Join hosts Joe Ulery and Bobbi Fisher as they track the beginnings, development, an evolution of political parties in U.S. history. It hasn’t always be

Let’s Review Some Important Concepts

Send us a message Join hosts Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery as they introduce a new opening feature called “Ben Franklin’s Virtues,” where they cover the 13 civic virtues th