Prying Eyes: Privacy in America

Is privacy a guaranteed American right? Or is it just continually under threat? On this episode, Joanne, Ed and Nathan explore the places where the private and the public collide. We’ll look at voting in the 19th century, surveillance of gay employees in the federal government, the newsworthiness of your private life, and find out if there was ever a golden age of privacy in America. Image credit: The Right to Privacy by Unarmed Civilian via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/unarmedcivilian/9214530332/in/photolist-f3fSQC-QCHZpQ-idqMte-idVA3F-boXuEu-d2CRcW-anf9p6-dUcCrK-pwPFcP-oA9KTi-bCMxUj-7YXLpH-pMrMsE-e8rA1S-hYGE1b-B8Af8v-5GUzTW-87ZBRR-i2Be9X-9ohbtr-RcypoT-pv8WCT-idrNuw-7DwqT6-eJSYgM-JNCi8-7VbqQt-Bsa9T-8ySRkn-nTej5V-7dEheu-4U8vYe-faiR5n-8K6oqa-mLvryi-f2qkky-75Y56f-8K9MUj-9ZWcfZ-4ymxWy-cRE7LN-cREafJ-de6HF8-cREb2L-cREbQN-de6GuS-cREaD1-5Knxi8-cRE8PJ-9Za4z6&quot;&gt;Flickr&lt;/a&gt; (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/&quot;&gt;CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a>)&nbsp;

Is privacy a guaranteed American right? Or is it just continually under threat? On this episode, Joanne, Ed and Nathan explore the places where the private and the public collide. We’ll look at voting in the 19th century, surveillance of gay employees in the federal government, the newsworthiness of your private life, and find out if there was ever a golden age of privacy in America. Image credit: The Right to Privacy by Unarmed Civilian via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) 

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