We the People

Season

2021

4.2

TV-PG

Learn the basics of rights and citizenship with upbeat songs by popular artists like Janelle Monáe, H.E.R., Adam Lambert, Brandi Carlile and more.

Clips & Trailers

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Episode List

S1 • E1

Active Citizenship

You have the power to be an active citizen. A young woman finds her voice building community and making change, to the groove of a H.E.R. song.

S1 • E2

The Bill of Rights

These are our rights, what makes the USA the USA: speech, press, religion and more and no one can take them away. Performed by Adam Lambert.

S1 • E3

Taxes

The subject of taxes can be a lil complicated. But when rapper Cordae breaks it down, it all begins to make sense.

S1 • E4

The Three Branches of Government

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Brittany Howard and the "Frozen" songwriters lay out a musical lesson about checks and balances in our government.

S1 • E5

The First Amendment

Brandi Carlile delivers a message for the young: speak out against the forces that try to silence you - because your right to free speech is protected.

S1 • E6

Federal vs State Power

States do some things, feds do others. But when federal and state governments link up, it's a beautiful balance of power. Performed by Kyle.

S1 • E7

Immigration

A Bebe Rexha song celebrates Nikola Tesla, Isabel Allende, Eddie Van Halen and more who started life somewhere else before becoming Americans.

S1 • E8

The Courts

A citizen's anthem from Andra Day says, "All rise!" When you need the law, the courts heed the call. Justice for one should mean justice for all.

S1 • E9

We The People

We the people hold the power, and when we struggle, we pick each other up and get a little bit stronger. Performed by Janelle Monáe.

S1 • E10

The Miracle of Morning

Amanda Gorman, America's first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, recites an original poem that celebrates people coming together.

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Cast

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Janelle Monae

Bebe Rexha