In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden learn about the scandal of scandals, Watergate! Join them as they talk about the break in, Nixon’s role in the planning, and why five dudes was simply too many for this endeavor! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 09, 2021•49 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden honor one of the greatest wartime victories in history, D-Day! Join them as they talk about the planning that went into the invasion, the huge impact it had on the war, and how the Germans really did not prepare! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 02, 2021•46 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden examine the true meaning behind one of America’s most famous holidays, Memorial Day! Join them as they talk about the origins of the holiday, how it evolved over time, and ways that you can honor those who the holiday is remembering. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
May 26, 2021•48 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden celebrate Harvey Milk Day! Join them as they talk about who Harvey Milk was, his public service and activism, and the White Night Riots that happened after his assassin successively used junk food as defense for murder! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
May 19, 2021•46 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden celebrate the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education! Join them as they talk about the facts of the case, the lasting impacts of the decision, and why it was helpful that Chief Justice Fred Vinson died before the case was argued for a second time! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updat...
May 12, 2021•49 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden are joined by hosts, Sue Smith and Caitlin Brodnick from ScamWow! Join them as they talk about the FDA’s past vaccines, their vaccine approval process, and how some maiming and poisoning started the federal regulation of our foods and drugs! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 3 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden talk about the modern concept of a President’s first 100 days! Join them as they talk about where the concept comes from, why it’s used as a marker, and some of the most interesting moments from Presidential 100 Days throughout U.S. history! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Apr 28, 2021•59 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden celebrate Earth Day by learning about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, better known as NOAA! Join them as they talk about what NOAA does, how she was established, and how she impacts our daily lives! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...
Apr 21, 2021•50 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden honor Tax Day by investigating the history of the Internal Revenue Service! Join them as they talk about how the IRS got started, its role in Prohibition, and its recurring role as an arson victim! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 14, 2021•58 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden tackle a listener request: the U.S. public library system! Join them as they talk about the original system Ben Franklin created, the founding of the American Library Association, and some weird and fun facts about the New York Public Library! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Apr 07, 2021•54 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden dive into Social Security! Join them as they talk about the history of the program, how it works, and what exactly the credit system is! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 31, 2021•46 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden talk about the California Gold Rush. Join them as they talk about the first discovery of gold, how the flood of people to California impacted the Native Americans, and the impact the Rush had on California’s agriculture! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
Mar 24, 2021•47 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden, once again, celebrate the greatness of women! Join them as they talk about the lives of some women you probably never heard and gush over their accomplishments! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 17, 2021•54 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden talk about the assasination of President William McKinley! Join them as they talk about how he was murdered, the failures that lead to his death, and how moderately hot the assassin was! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 10, 2021•53 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden talk about the Granger Movement. Join them as they talk about how the anti-monopoly movement started, the cases that defined it in the Supreme Court, and the piece of legislation that Congress passed as a form of gentle regulation! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Mar 03, 2021•48 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden talk about Mount Rushmore! Join them as they delve into the details about the monument, its construction, and how the United States captured Native American lands to complete the project! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 24, 2021•54 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden honor Black History Month! Join them as they talk about the history of Black History Month and highlight some folks who have had a great impact on our lives that you may not have heard of! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 17, 2021•54 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden look back at the history of the most famous home in U dot S dot, the White House! Join them as they talk about the original structure, the rebuilding after the British burned it down, and it’s renovations over the years! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
Feb 10, 2021•51 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden look into Congressional repercussions! Join them as they talk about the different processes in the House and the Senate, the ways in which members can be punished for poor or illegal behavior, and how early Congressional members liked to solve their disagreements by caning each other! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting upd...
Feb 03, 2021•56 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden investigate executive orders! Join them as they talk about what they are and are not, famous and controversial ones, and how the justification for them in the Constitution is tenuous at best! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 27, 2021•47 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden get to know the one and only Roger Sherman, the only founding father to have signed all four important early American documents! Join them as they talk about his many jobs, his proclivity for astronomy, and what his contemporaries thought of his lowly public speaking skills! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Lear...
Jan 20, 2021•48 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical Lizzie and Arden take a look at Presidential inaugurations! Join them as they talk about who plans the inauguration, past inaugurations, and the plan for Biden’s inauguration! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr
In this very special 100th episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden spend the entire episode doing their favorite thing, sharing fun facts! Join them as they give 50 fun and special facts about all things government, U.S., and more! Thank you to the Let’s Get Civical listeners for being with us for 100 amazing episodes! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn m...
Jan 06, 2021•52 min
To celebrate the holidays, Lizzie and Arden are re-airing some of their favorite episodes! Please enjoy one of their favorite guests from this year as they dive into the ins and outs of political science! In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden are joined by the very cool Andrea Jones-Rooy, data scientist, NYU professor, comedian, and circus performer. Yep! She’s basically a rock star! Join them as they talk about the field of political science, how politics intersect with our bel...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr
To celebrate the holidays, Lizzie and Arden are re-airing some of their favorite episodes! Obviously, they needed to re-air the hot assassin episode again! In this episode of Let's Get Civical, Join them as they talk about why Lincoln was assassinated, discuss who else was targeted in the plan, and freak out over the unexpected attractiveness of one of the assassins! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical, Lizzie and Arden take a walk down memory lane and revisit 2020! Join them as they talk about their favorite episodes from this year, give some updates on events from this year, and their hopes and dreams for 2021! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical Lizzie and Arden take a look at the war we learn the least about in grade school: the War of 1812! Join them as they talk about who was fighting with whom, the Battle of Lake Erie, and the sandbar that saved it all! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Episode 97 - 12/2/2020 Title: The Washington Monument - She’s Quite a Stick! In th...
Dec 09, 2020•50 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical Lizzie and Arden embrace the wonder and awe of the Washington Monument! Join them as they talk about the idea for the monument, the lack of funding and enthusiasm around the time of the Civil War, and who the monument is named after! Can you guess?! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Dec 02, 2020•42 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical Lizzie and Arden investigate the history of Thanksgiving! Join them as they talk about what we think really happened at the first Thanksgiving, where turkey came from, and how it became a national holiday! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 25, 2020•54 min
In this episode of Let’s Get Civical Lizzie and Arden delve deep into the General Services Administration! Join them as they talk about the agency’s history, their role in Presidential transitions, and what exactly is happening with the Biden transition! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @letsgetcivical, @lizzie_the_rock_stewart, and @ardenjulianna. Or visit us at letsgetcivical.com for all the exciting updates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2020•47 min
