<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>

Subscribe

Title Date published
303: Sunny Days: The History of Sesame Street in America and the World 2019-11-22
Sponsored: Introducing Clearstory, from This Old House 2019-11-20
302: The End of an Era: History That Was Made - and Unmade - in the 2010s 2019-11-15
301: The Chinese in American History: How Afong Moy, Mayling Soong and Bruce Lee Changed the Narrative About China 2019-11-11
195: Call To Arms: Enlistment in America 2019-11-08
300: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States 2019-11-01
Coming Up: The History of Dynamite in America 2019-10-29
299: Haunted Histories: A BackStory Halloween Special 2019-10-25
298: Rallying Behind Racism: The Women of White Supremacy 2019-10-18
"The Schizophrenic Sixties" from episode "States of Mind" 2019-10-16
297: How Reconstruction Transformed the Constitution: A Feature Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Eric Foner 2019-10-11
"Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" from episode #0136 "Where There's Smoke" 2019-10-09
Sponsored: Introducing American Elections: Wicked Game 2019-10-08
296: Darkness Over the Plain: The Bison in American History 2019-10-04
231: Life After the Oval Office: Presidential Legacies 2019-10-02
295: Impeachment Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: High Crimes and Misdemeanors in American History 2019-09-27
Sponsored: Introducing Lost at the Smithsonian with Aasif Mandvi 2019-09-26
294: The Long Shadow of the Plantation: How a Weighted Past Creates a Complicated Present 2019-09-20
218: Close Encounters: UFOs in American History 2019-09-18
216: What’s in a Number?: Thirteen in American History 2019-09-13
1234567891011121314

Comments about BackStory

comments powered by Disqus
Advertisment: