<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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New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast] 2016-02-05
PROMO - New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast] 2016-02-02
Court Of Public Opinion: Trial Watching In America 2016-01-29
City Upon A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism [rebroadcast] 2016-01-22
Color Lines: Racial Passing In America 2016-01-15
The Future Then: Visions of America Yet to Come [rebroadcast] 2016-01-08
Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast] 2015-12-31
History for the Headlines: 2015 in Review 2015-12-25
Islam and the United States [rebroadcast] 2015-12-18
American Prophets: Religions Born in the U.S. 2015-12-11
Counter Culture: A History of Shopping [rebroadcast] 2015-12-04
Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast] 2015-11-24
Contested Landscape: Confederate Symbols in America 2015-11-20
Body Politics: Disability in America 2015-11-13
Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast] 2015-11-05
People's Choice: A History of Populism 2015-10-23
Green Acres: A History of Farmers in America [rebroadcast] 2015-10-16
They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S. 2015-10-09
Little Feet: Children Starting Over in America [rebroadcast] 2015-10-02
Banned: A History of Censorship 2015-09-25
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