What is Civics?

Mack and Steve discuss the concept of civics and why it's important. They also drop several refences along the way. Here they are, if you would like to learn a little bit more about what they are talking about and form your own opinion.

If you want to learn about PragerU:

Archie, Ayana. “A lot is happening in Florida education. These are some of the changes kids will see.” NPR, August 14, 2023. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/14/1193557432/florida-education-private-schools-prageru-desantis

If you want to read up on the allegory of the cave:

Plato. Plato’s The Republic. New York: Books, Inc., 1943.

First Amendment stuff:

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395. U.S. 444 (1969).

Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).

Communications Decency Act of 1995, 47 U.S.C. § 230(c)(1):
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”

QR codes:

Lewis Carrol, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Macmillan, 1865).

Titanic stuff:

Baker, Roy Ward, director. A Night to Remember. 1958; The Rank Organisation. 123 minutes.

Washington, D.C. stuff:

U.S. Constitution. amend. XXIII, sec. 1:
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

Civic duty:

Sturges, John, director. Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 81 minutes.

This isn’t necessarily how the guys made them on the night we recorded, but here are some ways to make the cocktails we talked about:

Elderflower Martini: https://momfoodie.com/elderflower-martini/

Sazerac: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/sazerac/

Negroni: https://www.liquor.com/recipes/negroni/

Radar:

M*A*S*H. 1972–1983. CBS.

Book Mack is reading:

Jon Billman, The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America’s Wildlands. (Grand Central Publishing, 2020).

Podcast Steve is listening to:

Lillian Cunningham for the Washington Post. Field Trip (Podcast). 2023.

And Steve quoted Ghostbusters once. But you already knew that.