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Podcast: Constitutional
Description: With the writing of the Constitution in 1787, the framers set out a young nation’s highest ideals. And ever since, we’ve been fighting over it — what is in it and what was left out. At the heart of these arguments is the story of America.
As a follow-up to the popular Washington Post podcast “Presidential,” reporter Lillian Cunningham returns with this series exploring the Constitution and the people who framed and reframed it — revolutionaries, abolitionists, suffragists, teetotalers, protesters, justices, presidents – in the ongoing struggle to form a more perfect union across a vast and diverse land.
Category: History Government
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Introducing, "The Sports Moment" with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2024-07-26
Duration: 00:00:59
Shownotes: Ava Wallace, sports reporter at The Washington Post, is in France to report on the Summer Games — and eat a lot of croissants. Join
Duration: 00:00:59
Shownotes: Ava Wallace, sports reporter at The Washington Post, is in France to report on the Summer Games — and eat a lot of croissants. Join
her through the entire run of the games, for several episodes a week as she captures the highs, the lows and the Paris of it all, along with other Post colleagues.Follow The Sports Moment podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or YouTube.Sign up for The Sports Moment: Olympics Edition newsletter here.
Introducing “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2023-10-16
Duration: 00:03:34
Shownotes: Grenada’s Black revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a coup in 1983, along with seven others. The whereabouts of their remains are unknown. Now,
Duration: 00:03:34
Shownotes: Grenada’s Black revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, was executed in a coup in 1983, along with seven others. The whereabouts of their remains are unknown. Now,
The Washington Post’s Martine Powers uncovers new answers about how the U.S. fits into this 40-year-old Caribbean mystery.“The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop” is an investigative podcast that delves into the revolutionary history of Grenada, why the missing remains still matter and the role the U.S. government played in shaping the fate of the island nation. Listen and follow the show here.
Listen to the first episode of “Field Trip”: Yosemite National Park with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2023-06-29
Duration: 00:55:41
Shownotes: To hear the rest of the series, follow “Field Trip” wherever you listen. California’s Sierra Nevada is home to a very special kind of tree,
Duration: 00:55:41
Shownotes: To hear the rest of the series, follow “Field Trip” wherever you listen. California’s Sierra Nevada is home to a very special kind of tree,
found nowhere else on Earth: the giant sequoia. For thousands of years, these towering trees withstood the trials of the world around them, including wildfire. Low-intensity fires frequently swept through groves of sequoias, leaving their cinnamon-red bark scarred but strengthened, and opening their cones to allow new seeds to take root.But in the era of catastrophic wildfires fueled by climate change, these ancient trees are now in jeopardy. And Yosemite National Park is on the front lines of the fight to protect them.In the first episode of “Field Trip,” Washington Post reporter Lillian Cunningham takes listeners inside this fabled landscape — from the hush of the Mariposa Grove to the rush of the Merced River — to explore one of America’s oldest and most-visited national parks.We’ll hear from Yosemite forest ecologist Garrett Dickman on the extreme measures he’s taken to protect iconic trees; from members of the Southern Sierra Miwuk working to restore Native fire practices to the park; and from Yosemite superintendent Cicely Muldoon about the tough choices it takes to manage a place like this.We’ll also examine the complicated legacies that conservationist John Muir, President Abraham Lincoln and President Theodore Roosevelt left on this land.The giant trees of Yosemite kick-started the whole idea of public land preservation in America. Join us as we visit the place where the idea of the national parks began — and ask what the next chapter might look like. You can see incredible photos of Yosemite and find more on the national parks here. Subscribe to The Washington Post with a special deal for podcast listeners. Your first four weeks are free when you sign up here.
Introducing “Field Trip” with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2023-06-14
Duration: 00:03:13
Shownotes: Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand
Duration: 00:03:13
Shownotes: Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand
the most urgent stories playing out in five iconic landscapes today.“Field Trip” is a new podcast series that will transport you to five national parks: Yosemite, Everglades, Glacier, White Sands and Gates of the Arctic. Follow the show wherever you listen.
Introducing "Broken Doors" with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2022-04-28
Duration: 00:04:23
Shownotes: No-knock warrants allow police to force their way into people’s homes without warning. What happens when this aggressive police tactic becomes the rule, rather than
Duration: 00:04:23
Shownotes: No-knock warrants allow police to force their way into people’s homes without warning. What happens when this aggressive police tactic becomes the rule, rather than
the exception? "Broken Doors" is a new investigative podcast series from the Washington Post about how no-knock warrants are deployed in the American justice system - and the consequences for communities when accountability is flawed at every level. Hosted by Jenn Abelson and Nicole Dungca.
Ourselves and our posterity with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2018-02-12
Duration: 00:54:30
Shownotes: In the "Constitutional" finale, we address listener questions about the history--and future--of the nation's governing document.
Duration: 00:54:30
Shownotes: In the "Constitutional" finale, we address listener questions about the history--and future--of the nation's governing document.
The First Amendment with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2018-01-29
Duration: 00:52:05
Shownotes: Why do First Amendment rights trump nearly every other right in America? Thank Jehovah's Witnesses.
Duration: 00:52:05
Shownotes: Why do First Amendment rights trump nearly every other right in America? Thank Jehovah's Witnesses.
Privacy with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2018-01-15
Duration: 00:45:12
Shownotes: How should the Constitution's privacy protections be translated for a new era? This is a question before the Supreme Court today, but it was also
Duration: 00:45:12
Shownotes: How should the Constitution's privacy protections be translated for a new era? This is a question before the Supreme Court today, but it was also
a question that captivated a justice appointed to the Supreme Court 100 years ago — Louis Brandeis.
Prohibition with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2018-01-01
Duration: 00:53:02
Shownotes: The passage and then repeal of the 18th Amendment, banning alcohol in America, highlighted the pitfalls of trying to legislate against vice.
Duration: 00:53:02
Shownotes: The passage and then repeal of the 18th Amendment, banning alcohol in America, highlighted the pitfalls of trying to legislate against vice.
Taxes with full AI transcript and summary
Update: 2017-12-18
Duration: 00:42:04
Shownotes: Congress today faces the same question it faced a century ago when creating the modern tax system: What kind of society should America be?
Duration: 00:42:04
Shownotes: Congress today faces the same question it faced a century ago when creating the modern tax system: What kind of society should America be?
The common defense with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-12-04
Duration: 00:49:29
Shownotes: One intention the framers had when creating the U.S. Constitution was to “provide for the common defense.” But who shoulders that duty has not always
Duration: 00:49:29
Shownotes: One intention the framers had when creating the U.S. Constitution was to “provide for the common defense.” But who shoulders that duty has not always
been so clear.
War with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-11-20
Duration: 00:41:15
Shownotes: What was the original point of the Second Amendment? We examine its colonial and revolutionary roots—plus its quiet companion, the Third Amendment—with renowned American history
Duration: 00:41:15
Shownotes: What was the original point of the Second Amendment? We examine its colonial and revolutionary roots—plus its quiet companion, the Third Amendment—with renowned American history
scholar Gordon Wood.
Love with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-11-06
Duration: 00:38:42
Shownotes: The words "marriage" and "love" appear nowhere in the U.S. Constitution. Yet 50 years ago, the Supreme Court issued a decision that would embed those
Duration: 00:38:42
Shownotes: The words "marriage" and "love" appear nowhere in the U.S. Constitution. Yet 50 years ago, the Supreme Court issued a decision that would embed those
concepts in the heart of the document itself.
Fair punishment with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-10-23
Duration: 00:51:02
Shownotes: "There is so much feeling of racial injustice around the issue of punishment. And you have to understand that those feelings have a history --
Duration: 00:51:02
Shownotes: "There is so much feeling of racial injustice around the issue of punishment. And you have to understand that those feelings have a history --
and that history is Parchman Farm."
Fair trials with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-10-09
Duration: 00:46:31
Shownotes: In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that states must offer a defense attorney to all poor people accused of crimes. The
Duration: 00:46:31
Shownotes: In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that states must offer a defense attorney to all poor people accused of crimes. The
decision transformed the concept of fair trials in America, but left major challenges to the justice system today.
Congress and citizens with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-09-25
Duration: 00:38:42
Shownotes: Is it a feature or a bug of the amendment process that an idea of James Madison's, more than 200 years ago, could be recently
Duration: 00:38:42
Shownotes: Is it a feature or a bug of the amendment process that an idea of James Madison's, more than 200 years ago, could be recently
resurrected and etched into the U.S. Constitution?
Senate and states with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-09-11
Duration: 00:45:22
Shownotes: When the United States changed its process for electing senators, did that lead to a decline in state power? Or did it instead bring us
Duration: 00:45:22
Shownotes: When the United States changed its process for electing senators, did that lead to a decline in state power? Or did it instead bring us
closer to a "more perfect union"?
Gender with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-08-28
Duration: 00:48:39
Shownotes: From the American Revolution through today, women have been leading a long-burning rebellion to gain rights not originally guaranteed under the Constitution.
Duration: 00:48:39
Shownotes: From the American Revolution through today, women have been leading a long-burning rebellion to gain rights not originally guaranteed under the Constitution.
Race with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-08-21
Duration: 00:51:33
Shownotes: As powerful as it was to change the Constitution after the Civil War, and enshrine racial equality into our governing document, that wasn’t enough to
Duration: 00:51:33
Shownotes: As powerful as it was to change the Constitution after the Civil War, and enshrine racial equality into our governing document, that wasn’t enough to
change the reality of life in America.
Nationality with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-08-14
Duration: 00:47:18
Shownotes: What makes someone American? A landmark Supreme Court case in 1898, involving a child born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, would help answer
Duration: 00:47:18
Shownotes: What makes someone American? A landmark Supreme Court case in 1898, involving a child born in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents, would help answer
that question.
Ancestry with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-08-07
Duration: 00:40:39
Shownotes: In 1879, a case involving Chief Standing Bear came before a Nebraska courtroom and demanded an answer to the question: Are Native Americans considered human
Duration: 00:40:39
Shownotes: In 1879, a case involving Chief Standing Bear came before a Nebraska courtroom and demanded an answer to the question: Are Native Americans considered human
beings under the U.S. Constitution?
Framed with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-07-24
Duration: 01:03:09
Shownotes: In the premier episode of “Constitutional,” we go back in time to that hot Philadelphia summer in 1787 when a group of revolutionary Americans debated,
Duration: 01:03:09
Shownotes: In the premier episode of “Constitutional,” we go back in time to that hot Philadelphia summer in 1787 when a group of revolutionary Americans debated,
drank and together drafted the U.S. Constitution.
Introducing 'Constitutional' with full AI transcript and summary
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Update: 2017-06-29
Duration: 00:04:50
Shownotes: Preview The Washington Post's newest podcast, a narrative series about the revolutionary figures who shaped America's story. Subscribe now to get the first episode when
Duration: 00:04:50
Shownotes: Preview The Washington Post's newest podcast, a narrative series about the revolutionary figures who shaped America's story. Subscribe now to get the first episode when
it launches July 24.