All Episodes

Ep. 100: When Work Finally Made Room for Family - The FMLA Revolution of 1993

Ep. 99: The Law That Let Pollution Pay for Itself - Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

Ep. 98: Opening Doors: How America Became Accessible to Everyone

Ep. 97: The Last Time Congress Actually Agreed on Taxes

Ep. 96: The Law That Gave Three Million People a Second Chance

Ep. 95: The Tax Cut That Changed Everything: Reagan's Big Bet

Ep. 94: The Day America Learned You Can't Just Bury Your Problems

Ep. 93: The Law That Made Politicians Show Their Bank Accounts

Ep. 92: The Law That Said Pregnancy Isn't a Pre-Existing Condition

Ep. 91: When Flying Was Only for the Rich—Until 1978

Ep. 90: The Bribery Law That Changed the World - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1977)

Ep. 89: The Law That Made Banks Say Yes – How the CRA Opened Credit to Underserved Communities

Ep. 88: The Invisible Threat: America's Chemical Reckoning & the Toxic Substances Control Act

Ep. 87: The Law That Followed Your Trash to the Grave

Ep. 86: The Year America Closed the Loophole Party - Tax Reform Act of 1976

Ep. 85: The Classroom Door That Finally Opened for Everyone

Ep. 84: The Water You Couldn't Trust: America's Drinking Water Crisis & the Safe Drinking Water Act

Ep. 83: The Government's Secret Files on You

Ep. 82: The Day Your Retirement Stopped Being a Promise - ERISA and Pension Protection

Ep. 81: When Presidents Went to War Without Asking Permission

Ep. 80: The Curb Cut That Changed Everything - How the Rehabilitation Act Reshaped America

Ep. 79: The Law That Saved the Bald Eagle From Extinction

Ep. 78: The Law That Gave Civil Rights Teeth - How the EEOC Got Power to Sue

Ep. 77: The Flammable Pajamas That Changed Everything

Ep. 76: The River That Caught Fire and Changed Everything

Ep. 75: The Law That Changed the Game for Women - Title IX and the Fight for Equal Education

Ep. 74: The Law That Tried to Clean Up Campaign Money

Ep. 73: Old Enough to Die, Too Young to Vote - The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Ep. 72: The War on Drugs Begins: America Schedules Its Future (1970)

Ep. 71: The Day America Decided Workers Shouldn't Die at Work

Ep. 70: The Day America Decided to Breathe Again - The Clean Air Act of 1970

Ep. 69: The Law That Made America Look Before It Leaped

Ep. 68: The Assassination Summer That Changed Gun Laws Forever

Ep. 67: The Door That Was Locked: Fair Housing in America

Ep. 66: The Right to Know: How FOIA Opened America's Government Vault

Ep. 65: The Law That Made Cars Stop Killing Us

Ep. 64: The River That Caught Fire and Changed America

Ep. 63: The Day Washington Walked Into Every Classroom in America

Ep. 62: Opening the Doors: How America Democratized College

Ep. 61: The Law That Remade American Immigration Forever - The Hart-Celler Act of 1965

Ep. 60: The Law That Finally Made Democracy Real - Voting Rights Act of 1965

Ep. 59: The Doctor Will See You Now: Medicare's Revolutionary Promise

Ep. 58: The Last Wild Places: How America Saved Its Soul with the Wilderness Act

Ep. 57: The Blank Check That Changed How America Goes to War

Ep. 56: The Two Dollar Vote: How America Sold Democracy

Ep. 55: When America Declared War on Poverty—and Nearly Won

Ep. 54: The Law That Changed Everything We Know About Rights

Ep. 53: The Day America Decided to See the Sky Again - The Clean Air Act of 1963

Ep. 52: When a Dollar Wasn't Equal: The Equal Pay Fight

Ep. 51: The President, The Tariff, and America's New Trade Power

Ep. 50: The Peace Corps: When America Chose Service Over Suspicion

Ep. 49: No Vote for the Capital: Washington DC's Electoral Exile

Ep. 48: The Paper Trail That Changed Democracy Forever

Ep. 47: The Mob, The Money, and Your Union Dues - How Congress Cleaned Up Labor Unions

Ep. 46: How a Beach Ball-Sized Satellite Changed American Schools Forever

Ep. 45: The Door Cracks Open: America's First Civil Rights Law Since Reconstruction

Ep. 44: The Road That Changed Everything: America's Interstate Dream

Ep. 43: With All Deliberate Speed: The Long Road to Integration

Ep. 42: The Day America Split the Atom (and Shared It) - The Atomic Energy Act of 1954

Ep. 41: The Law That Opened and Closed America's Doors - The McCarran-Walter Act of 1952

Ep. 40: When America Said 'Enough' to Presidential Power - The Two-Term Limit

Ep. 39: The Law That Gave Grandma a Fighting Chance - Social Security Expansion of 1950

Ep. 38: The Law That Made Americans Register Their Thoughts

Ep. 37: The Promise of Home: America's Housing Dream and the Housing Act of 1949

Ep. 36: The $12 Billion Gamble That Saved Western Civilization

Ep. 35: The Law That Broke Labor's Back - How Taft-Hartley Reshaped American Unions

Ep. 34: The Day America Built Its Fortress: 1947's Security Revolution

Ep. 33: The Invisible Law That Changed Everything the Government Does

Ep. 32: The Government Job Promise That Changed Everything

Ep. 31: The Bill That Built the American Dream - How the GI Bill Transformed America

Ep. 30: Arsenal of Democracy: How America Armed the World Before War

Ep. 29: When America Started Watching Its Own People - The Smith Act of 1940

Ep. 28: The Day Politics Stopped at the Office Door - The Hatch Act of 1939

Ep. 27: The Poison Squad: When Medicine Could Kill You

Ep. 26: When America Finally Said "Enough" to Child Labor

Ep. 25: When America Turned On The Lights - How FDR Electrified Rural America

Ep. 24: The Law That Gave Workers a Fighting Chance - The Wagner Act of 1935

Ep. 23: The Safety Net: How America Learned to Catch Its Falling Citizens

Ep. 22: The Law That Made the American Dream Affordable

Ep. 21: The Law That Taught America to Share the Airwaves

Ep. 20: The Watchdog: How Wall Street Got Its Conscience

Ep. 19: The Blue Eagle That Changed How America Works

Ep. 18: How FDR Electrified America's Forgotten Valley - The TVA Story

Ep. 17: The Truth Serum: How America Made Wall Street Come Clean

Ep. 16: The Day America Split the Banks in Two - Glass-Steagall Act (1933)

Ep. 15: Four Days to Save American Banking Forever - The Emergency Banking Act of 1933

Ep. 14: The Day America Said 'Cheers' Again: Prohibition's End

Ep. 13: When Judges Broke Strikes: The Law That Freed Labor

Ep. 12: Death, Taxes, and the Millionaire's Tax Cut of 1926

Ep. 11: The Door Slams Shut: America's Great Immigration Ban of 1924

Ep. 10: The Vote That Changed Everything: Women's Suffrage in America

Ep. 9: The Great Experiment: How America Banned Booze

Ep. 8: The Watchdog: How America Learned to Fight Back Against Scams

Ep. 7: The Law That Broke Up the Trust Busters - Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

Ep. 6: The Senate For Sale: When States Stopped Choosing Senators

Ep. 5: The Day America Learned to Pay Its Share - The Sixteenth Amendment

Ep. 4: The Night They Invented American Money - The Federal Reserve Act of 1913

Ep. 3: The Jungle That Changed What's On Your Plate

Ep. 2: The Poison Squad: How America Learned to Read Labels

Ep. 1: The President Who Saved America's Wonders With a Pen