Hannah McCarthy
Host & Senior Editor, Civics 101Hannah McCarthy first came to NHPR an intern in 2015, returned as a Fellow the following year and then bounced around as a reporter and producer before landing as co-host of Civics 101. She has reported on everything from the opioid epidemic to State House politics to haunted woods of New Hampshire.
Hannah comes to NHPR from Braintree, Massachusetts by way of Vermont, where she studied theater, and New York, where she studied journalism. Her work has appeared in New York Magazine and the Vineyard Gazette.
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A court case about a Bronx Zoo elephant could pave the way for animals to gain basic human rights.
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How much do you know about the U.S' First Ladies? Play along with Civics 101 trivia to find out!
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How much do you know about Election Day in the U.S.? Play along with this week's Civics 101 Trivia.
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This spring Civics 101 hosts Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy asked K-12 students from around the Granite State and across the country to record a short…
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Today's Civics 101 question: What's moving day like at the White House?Do you have a question for the Civics 101 team? Submit it here.When a new first…
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The peaceful transition of power is a central tenet of American democracy. It has long been a point of pride for this nation that even in times of deep…
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Today we're answering a listener question about certifying the Electoral College vote. Namely: what is with all of the downtime between the date when the…
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Today we're answering a listener question about nominating conventions: would a contested convention be similar to a caucus? Read on or listen to this…
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Today we’re answering a question from a listener who asks: When voting statistics such as gender, race and education level are released post election, how…
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Today we're answering a listener question about voter fraud - namely, what is it and how often does it actually happen?Read on, or listen to this short…