<p>BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities.</p> <p>There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.</p>

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Above The Fray?: Ideology & The Court 2016-06-24
Committed: Marriage In America [rebroadcast] 2016-06-17
Hamilton: A History 2016-06-10
Politically Incorrect: Speech In American Politics 2016-06-03
The Beasts Within Domesticated Animals In America [rebroadcast] 2016-05-27
All Hopped Up: Drugs In America [rebroadcast] 2016-05-20
Watch The Throne: America & Royalty 2016-05-13
All In: A History of Gambling in America 2016-05-06
On The Money: A History Of American Currency [rebroadcast] 2016-04-29
Judaism in America 2016-04-22
Stuck: A History of Political Gridlock [rebroadcast] 2016-04-15
Pass/Fail: An American History of Testing 2016-04-08
TURF WAR [2016]: A HISTORY OF COLLEGE SPORTS [rebroadcast] 2016-04-01
Little Caesars: Local Power in America 2016-03-28
Small Island, Big Shadow Cuba and the U.S. [rebroadcast] 2016-03-18
Well-Regulated Militias: A History Of Armed Protest 2016-03-11
The Middling Sort: Visions of the Middle Class [rebroadcast] 2016-03-04
Hard Times: A History Of Unemployment 2016-02-26
Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease [rebroadcast] 2016-02-19
Real To Reel 2016: History At The Movies 2016-02-12
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