American Dissent Podcast
1) Episode 5: The Evolution of Free Speech
New York City, 1917. Americans get their music from player pianos. Plastic was just barely invented. And only about 25% of teenagers actually went to high school. But in a packed courtroom, a woman na...Show More
2) Episode 4: Dissent in the Founding Era
The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in use today. A single document that lays out a framework for how our country is governed, the Constitution is fairly simple, short, and ...Show More
3) Episode 3: Heroes of American Dissent
A law professor shares a list of people—some well known, some not—whom he credits with seeing America for what it could be and then working toward making it so.
4) Episode 2: Making the Decision to Fight
We talk with one of six people suing the Trump administration for rescinding DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), a program that allows people who came to the U.S. as undocumented children t...Show More
5) Episode 1: The Right to Dissent
Influenced by Colin Kaepernick’s protest of police brutality during the National Anthem, a high school volleyball player initiates her own protest, and not without consequences. And a historian tells ...Show More
6) American Dissent Teaser
Teaser for the new podcast American Dissent. What happens when we push back against injustice? When we stand up for what we think is right? Does the Constitution protect us? All of us? From the Found...Show More