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In Season Two of the award-winning podcast series The Social Contract, the creators have taken the show in a bold and unexpected direction. This season will be based on George S. Corey's latest book Presidential Conversations for Kids (also known as PC4K), which was inspired by and features the art of CLEO. It's "history with a wink," said Kirkus Reviews, and this podcast follows suit. Ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi travel through time on a magical skateboard meeting U.S. presidents thro ...
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E12: Georgie & GiGi meet Joe Biden & Kamala Harris
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. In this episode, Georgie and GiGi will travel to The White House to come face to face with President Biden and Vice President Harris. Read the transcript, featuring ar…
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. In this episode, Georgie and GiGi meet President Barack Obama (he went by “Barry” back then) as a fellow skateboard kid in the great state of Hawaii! Read the transcri…
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G’s, they watched Presidents Richard Nixon, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump perform a musical at the Kennedy Center for the Perform…
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G’s, they watched Presidents Richard Nixon, Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump perform a musical at the Kennedy Center for the Perform…
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E8: Georgie & Gigi Meet Richard Nixon and the Impeachables
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G’s, they rode the Lady Bird Special with President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. They also managed to sneak in a visit to …
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E7: Georgie & Gigi Meet Lyndon Baines Johnson
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G’s, they helped John F. Kennedy prepare for a speech he was about to give at the American University. In this episode, Georgie and GiGi travel …
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G’s, they watched President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he prepared his famous “Day of Infamy” speech the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. After saying…
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E5: Georgie & Gigi Meet Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G's, they met Theodore Roosevelt just as he and his Rough Riders were about to charge on San Juan Hill in Cuba. In this episode, they meet Theod…
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In Season Two of the award-winning podcast series The Social Contract, the creators have taken the show in a bold and unexpected direction. This season will be based on George S. Corey's latest book Presidential Conversations for Kids (also known as PC4K), which was inspired by and features the art of CLEO. It's "history with a wink," said Kirkus R…
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E4: Georgie and GiGi Meet Theodore Roosevelt
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G's, they hitched a ride with Abraham Lincoln, helping him find the words for his Gettysburg Address. In this episode, they meet Theodore Roosev…
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This season of The Social Contract podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and GiGi as they travel through time on a magical skateboard, meeting U.S. presidents throughout history. When we left the two G's, they were airborne, having just lent out first president George Washington a helping hand. In this episode, they meet Abraham Lincoln -- just…
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E1: Georgie, GiGi & the Magical Skateboard
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For this, our season two premiere, we wanted to launch today, Presidents' Day! Especially since the new season is based on George and CLEO's new book Presidential Conversations for Kids -- what better day than Presidents' Day to make our first two episodes available? As in the book, this season of the podcast follows ten-year-old BFFs Georgie and G…
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E2: Georgie & GiGi Meet George Washington
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When we left Georgie and GiGi, they had magically traveled back to the year 1776, where George Washington -- then General George Washington -- was coming to their rescue. I can't wait to find out what happens next! But first a quick snapshot of our first president: Washington was a courageous man: in both physical courage and the courage of stickin…
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Today we have an extra special treat – we hear from author George S. Corey and the artist CLEO, creators of The Social Contract podcast as they reflect on Season One of The Social Contract. We also have the rare and profound honor to welcome a true icon to our podcast – Judy Collins. Singer/songwriter Judy Collins is a modern-day Renaissance woman …
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Today we bring you the remarkably inventive -- and remarkably prescient -- story from author George S. Corey. Waiting for Our Vote is presented as a play -- yes, an actual play -- in two acts. It is, of course, a satiric, and I think ultimately deeply moving, reflection on voting rights, set on Election Day, 2022, and features Presidents Lincoln an…
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We’re kicking off our two-part Election Series with this episode: a tribute to the late, great United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsgurg — or “The Notorious R.B.G.,” as she’s been nicknamed. It's called Vote Ruthlessly! and was conceived and inspired by CLEO, and written by George, as a tribute to Justice Ginsburg, shortly after her d…
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Continuing with our Summer Series, Some Like It Not is a tribute to the forever golden screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Few icons have endured like Marilyn has. To know her is to love her -- and just about every person on the planet knows her! We're thrilled to bring you George S. Corey's own magnificent Marilyn-themed satire, called Some Like It Not …
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The first episode in our Summer Series is World War T. In George S. Corey’s irreverent Covid-themed satire, written just as we were starting to emerge from the darkest days of the pandemic, George imagines a "Zombie Trump-ocalypse" that, thankfully, never was. Also in this episode, host/producer Tavia Gilbert speaks with GRAMMY-winning audio engine…
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In this Father’s Day-themed episode, host/producer Tavia Gilbert speaks with Dian Griesel, a nationally renowned perception analyst and influencer, and best-selling author of The Silver Disobedience Playbook: 365 Inspirations for Living and Loving Agelessly. Tavia also gets to welcome her father, Terry Gilbert, who is currently running for Idaho St…
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Presidential Conversations for Kids Preview
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Today’s special Memorial Day episode offers thanks to our American veterans and an exclusive preview of the forthcoming book by George S. Corey, Presidential Conversations for Kids, the young readers version of Presidential Conversations, aimed at kids ages 8 to 12, and featuring art by CLEO. PC4K (as we like to call it) will be published in Fall -…
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The Last Temptation of Trump Part Two: The Last Supper Club
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This episode is part two of a special two-parter called The Last Temptation of Trump. Like part one, 40 Days and 40 Nights, this tale’s conclusion -- called The Last Supper Club -- contains a fun, savvy sendup of Trump World using a very loosely based biblical narrative. Also a part of this educational, entertaining special episode is producer Tavi…
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The Last Temptation of Trump Part One: 40 Days and 40 Nights
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This episode is part one of a special two-parter called The Last Temptation of Trump. George S. Corey’s reimagining of the Passion as a political satire is funny and light, and, as usual, wildly inventive. And you won’t want to miss producer Tavia Gilbert’s interview with the performer behind our podcast and the audiobook of Presidential Conversati…
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This month’s featured story is called Keeping the Faith. It was conceived by author George S. Corey as a Valentine to the current administration. Robin Miles voices Kamala Harris, and Stephen DeRosa steps into the roles of Presidents Biden and Trump. This story has a very cool musical finale, for which there’s an equally cool music video featuring …
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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT is a new podcast created by author George S. Corey and the artist CLEO as a companion piece to George’s first book, Presidential Conversations, which was inspired by CLEO and features her original illustrations. The inaugural episode’s featured fictional story is The Capitol Speaks, which George wrote in the aftermath of January…
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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT podcast is for political junkies who might have forgotten just how fun (and often comical) politics and Washington's political figures can be. A lot of what you’ll hear on the podcast will be a fictional, satirical sendup — in the vein of SNL — of the hot-button political issues of the day. But sometimes we’ll get a little more …
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