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When the drafters of the Constitution arrived at Amendment Nine, all tangibility went out the window. Get trippy with More Perfect as we try to understand the Ninth, 10th and 11th Amendments.
The first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution are literal, straightforward and direct. But when we get to Amendments Nine, 10 and 11, things get … hazy. These are some of the least literal amendments in the Constitution: they mean more than they say, and what they say is often extremely confusing. So in the third episode of this More Perfect season we take these three blurry amendments and bring them into focus, embarking on a metaphorical, metaphysical and somewhat astronomical journey to find the perfect analogies to truly understand each one.
This episode reaches for lofty metaphors of moon shadows, legal penumbras, and romantic relationships — as well as more guttural, frankly gross ones, like the human appendix, to describe the three amendments that define the nature of our union and the powers of the government and the people.
And when you're done with the episode, listen to the songs by:
The Kominas: youtu.be/v7NgFHM4Qo4
Lean Year: youtu.be/xRzNRi16NO0
Field Medic: youtu.be/XlZUA6w-DZk
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This season, More Perfect is taking our camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 Amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution. We're taking on these 27 Amendments both in song and in story. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes.
27: The Most Perfect Album: youtube.com/watch?v=WC4pipL-NwI&list=PLLHAUHF-RPhlzK3b_5ddE9BcX5abtjaNM
Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/membership
Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.
When the drafters of the Constitution arrived at Amendment Nine, all tangibility went out the window. Get trippy with More Perfect as we try to understand the Ninth, 10th and 11th Amendments.
The first eight amendments to the U.S. Constitution are literal, straightforward and direct. But when we get to Amendments Nine, 10 and 11, things get … hazy. These are some of the least literal amendments in the Constitution: they mean more than they say, and what they say is often extremely confusing. So in the third episode of this More Perfect season we take these three blurry amendments and bring them into focus, embarking on a metaphorical, metaphysical and somewhat astronomical journey to find the perfect analogies to truly understand each one.
This episode reaches for lofty metaphors of moon shadows, legal penumbras, and romantic relationships — as well as more guttural, frankly gross ones, like the human appendix, to describe the three amendments that define the nature of our union and the powers of the government and the people.
And when you're done with the episode, listen to the songs by:
The Kominas: youtu.be/v7NgFHM4Qo4
Lean Year: youtu.be/xRzNRi16NO0
Field Medic: youtu.be/XlZUA6w-DZk
🎧 Subscribe to Radiolab wherever you listen to podcasts: bit.ly/3trXDLe
🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: bit.ly/3I9KI53
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This season, More Perfect is taking our camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 Amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution. We're taking on these 27 Amendments both in song and in story. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes.
27: The Most Perfect Album: youtube.com/watch?v=WC4pipL-NwI&list=PLLHAUHF-RPhlzK3b_5ddE9BcX5abtjaNM
Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/membership
Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.
