Planet Money: “Schoolhouse Rock Is A Lie”

NPR’s Planet Money podcast recently reran an episode titled: “School House Rock Is A Lie (Or, How The Filibuster Ate Washington.)” As the Senate debates filabuster reform, this entertaining story is worth a listen.

Here is a description of the podcast:

On our show today, we tell you everything you need to know about the filibuster, including:

• What Schoolhouse Rock didn’t tell us
• Why Aaron Burr and Jimmy Stewart are the two great villains in filibuster history
• How Senators can now filibuster bills without having to talk for hours on end