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  • 33: The 12th Amendment: Elections could be so much more crazy

    33: The 12th Amendment: Elections could be so much more crazy
    Oct 8 2026

    Ever wonder why our president and vice president are elected the way they are? The 12th Amendment takes a look at what happens when we get elections wrong, and how the government tried to fix it. This week, you'll learn about some crazy election, the idea of legislative supremacy, and why the vice presidency isn't all it's crack up to be. Let's go!

    00:01:02 Election Craziness: An American Tale

    00:02:32 The 12th Amendment

    00:04:00 January 6th and Vote Counting
    00:05:15 Legislative Supremacy?
    00:07:14 When does the Legislature Weigh in on Elections?
    00:08:58 Qualifications Clause
    00:09:15 You’re Smarter now! (No Really, you know more about the Constitution than most people, statistically speaking.)
    Up Next: 16th Amendment
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    12 min
  • 32: Mother of Democracy: Cornell and why it's time to ban money or men.

    32: Mother of Democracy: Cornell and why it's time to ban money or men.
    Oct 1 2026

    In this episode we discuss the role of institutional betrayal and institutional cowardice at Cornell. The Cornell (5)7 rape (alleged) case has shown us one thing: that we need to ban money or men because we can't have both. The extreme wealth of Cornell means that they intended to protect the Epstein class and make sure they have a future to exploit the next generation, and that protection always favors men. This case also shows us the limits of women's ability to participate as rights-bearing fully equal citizens when they cannot even attend college without sexual violence. Stay furious and let's go.

    00:00:53 Talking about Cornell 7 Rapists (alleged)

    00:01: 18 Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault
    00:02:16 Institutional Betrayal and Institutional Cowardice
    00:03:30 No Equality Until Men Are Punished for Hurting Us (or We Can Hurt Them Back Without Being Punished)
    00:04:30 We Can Ban Frats or We Can Ban Men
    00:06:18 Universities Should Step Up
    00:07:46 Hate Rapists as much as You Hate Lindsay Clancy
    00:08:30 4B Says to Divest from Men, Maybe We Should
    00:09:30 Protect Us From Y’all
    00:10:15 Women are afraid of Men, Because it is all Men Until it’s No Men
    00:11:30 Stop Supporting the Epstein Class and their Enablers
    00:12:30 Cornell Showed What it Believes In and Who it Protects
    00:13:30 Thank you and Stay Furious
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    14 min
  • 30: The 11th Amendment: State Sovereignty and the Amendment You've Probably Never Heard Of

    30: The 11th Amendment: State Sovereignty and the Amendment You've Probably Never Heard Of
    Sep 8 2026
    In this week's episode, we continue our walk through the Amendments. Today, we're covering one you've probably never heard of: the 11th Amendment. This Amendment clarifies the relationship between states and the federal government in court--or at least it tries to. We look at some famous cases like Chisholm v Georgia and some new cases out of Ohio to figure out the Eleventh Amendment and what it is up to today. Let's go.
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    13 min
  • 31: September 11, 2001: A Quarter Century of Eroding Civil Liberties

    31: September 11, 2001: A Quarter Century of Eroding Civil Liberties
    Sep 8 2026

    Welcome to this week's Campfire Episode of the Civic Flame. This week, we talk about the September 11, 2001, attacks. We look at where I was, how the world has changed, the 60 Words that Sent us into the Global War on Terror (GWot), and why Gen Z never lived in a world with civil liberties. Grab your stress blankets, because this one's tough.

    00:00:36 Where I was September 11, 2001 00:01: 50 My Memories of That Day00:03:15 It was so Quiet, I think we were all holding our breath00:04:38 The 60 Words that Sent us to War00:05: 30 Barbara Lee was Right about the Forever War00:06:30 Congress started the Global War on Terror 00:07:30 The Best and the Worst Came out on That Day 00:08:06 All Available Boats 00:09:07 Democracy and Fear Collided in the Streets and the Halls of power00:10:33 Enemy Combatants and the Destruction of Law 00:11:15 The War at Home and Destruction of Civil Liberties and Operation Stellar Winds00:12:01 Deriliction of Civic Duty 00:14:03 Anti-Establishment is Still the Way, or Why We Actually miss the ‘90s00:15:00 Thanks!
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    18 min
  • 29: Campfire: Lynching, Instituitional Racism, and White History

    29: Campfire: Lynching, Instituitional Racism, and White History
    Sep 1 2026
    In this week's campfire episode, we discuss we take a look at White history and the violence that goes with it. We're talking about Nolan Welles and Trey Reed and the legacy of lynching, and Gary, Indiana, and the institutional destruction of Black communities. This one's jam packed, so grab your stress balls and let's go.
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    19 min
  • 28: 250th Birthday edition! Still Revolutionary, Still Aspirational

    28: 250th Birthday edition! Still Revolutionary, Still Aspirational
    Jul 2 2026
    For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Civic Flame reads the Declaration of Independence and talks about some of the key civic issues shaping the American Revolution. We end by asking how we intend to be revolutionary today. Let's walk through the U.S.'s most aspirational document together!
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    24 min
  • 27: Learn about 4B, the Feminist Separatist Movement

    27: Learn about 4B, the Feminist Separatist Movement
    May 27 2026

    What happens when women simply divest from men? The 4 B movement is a South Korean originated feminist separatist movement that answers that question. Learn about 4B and why men need to start stepping up because women are stepping back.

    Sections below:

    Democracy and Misogyny Cannot Coexist What is the 4B Movement? Where do separatist feminist movements come from? The male loneliness epidemic is because of male violence. Democracy means an equal future for all.
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    20 min
  • 26: The Kerner Commission: Still America's Roadmap to Justice

    26: The Kerner Commission: Still America's Roadmap to Justice
    Apr 30 2026

    What was the Kerner Commission Report, and why is it one of the most fundamental Congressional Reports in US history? Walk back to 1968 with us in this audience-requested episode about the report that changed the course of one of the most influential elections in US history and told the American public that we were moving towards two societies: one White and one Black.

    Dr Fun Sponge Changes to Mother of Democracy 1968: One Damn Thing After AnotherWhat was the Kerner Commission?The Great Society Loses to Vietnam A Congressional Report becomes a Bestseller!Kerner Showed us how to avoid police violence and urban unrestThe Longer We Wait to Address Injustice, the More Costly it will be
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    22 min