American National Government
This podcast is for Wayne State College students taking POS 100 American National Government. Episodes take listeners through the structure and design of the course (including the syllabus and Canvas site), the Constitution and its development, the structure and powers of Constitutional and non-Constitutional political branches or entities, and a wide range of topics related to government including civil liberties, civil rights, elections and campaigns, public opinion, public policy, and voting and participation.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2025
Real Talk About Discrimination
Hey everybody, and welcome to Week 4 and our discussion of civil rights! This is one huge topic and given that we're going to focus on key concepts: civil rights, public discrimination, private discr…
The Bill of Rights in Reality, Part 2
Hi folks, and welcome to episode 6, the continuation of our discussion about civil liberties and the Bill of Rights! In this episode, we'll continue our rather crazy journey looking at the status of …
The Bill of Rights in Reality, Part 1
Welcome back everyone to episode 5 in our series on American National Government! Episodes 5 and 6 are all about our civil liberties, aka our fundamental individual rights. This podcast is all about …
Sharing Isn't Something We're Great At...
Howdy all, welcome to our fourth episode on American National Government! In this episode, we are going to spend all of our time talking about federalism, or the way we balance power between the nati…
The "Original" Constitutional Crisis
Hiya everyone! Welcome to our first really in-depth week of material on the Constitution and federalism! Today's episode is going to hone in on the Constitutional development process, with discussion…
What is "Democracy"? And what's going on with American Civic Engagement?
Hey everyone, and welcome to our second podcast episode on American National Government! In this episode, we finally get into the real meat and potatoes of this course, and we begin with democracy. I…
Intro to Our Course and Canvas
Hello everyone and welcome to our podcast on American National Government! In this first episode, we will get an introduction to this course and in particular to the course Canvas site. Some of the m…