Episode 13: Is it Legal for Families of Congress to Protest?
Is it illegal for the relative of a member of Congress to protest in front of the U.S. Capitol?
Episode 12: Protesting 101
People have peacefully protested outside the U.S. Capitol since 1894. What are the rules?
Episode 11: High School Art in the U.S. Capitol
High school artists can have their work displayed in the U.S. Capitol.
Episode 10: The Catholic Church in Washington D.C.
What’s the history of Catholicism in Washington, DC? Is there a real Our Lady of Refuge church, as described in The Fina Mendoza Mysteries?
Episode 9: The House Chaplain
The U.S. Supreme Court decided that prayers on the House floor do not violate the separation of church and state.
Episode 7: Bird Myths
Myths help us mere mortals understand the big questions of life: birth, death, good and evil, and who we are as human beings.
Episode 6: Congress and Immigration Reform
Congress has been trying to pass comprehensive immigration reform since 1986 when President Reagan signed the last one into law.
Episode 5: Eagles Everywhere
Is that a dead bird on top of the head of Freedom, atop the Capitol?
Episode 4: The Rebuttal Speech
It was LBJ who inspired the rebuttal speech to the State of the Union address.
Episode 2: Ronald Reagan and Immigration Reform
Ronald Reagan and the 1986 immigration reform law.