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. 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.

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248: After Hurricane Maria: The History of Puerto Rico and the United States 2018-09-07
181: Fit to Print?: A History of Fake News 2018-08-31
247: Hot Enough For You? The History of Climate Change 2018-08-24
246: In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: A History of the Atomic Age 2018-08-17
187: A More Perfect Union? The Reconstruction Era 2018-08-10
245: The Battle for Charlottesville's Soul: One Year Later, A Community Looks Back 2018-08-03
244: Elementary Mr. President: Sherlock Holmes, the Supreme Court and Dr. Spock 2018-07-27
212: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation 2018-07-20
216: What’s in a Number? Thirteen in American History 2018-07-06
191: Saving American History 2018-06-29
242: Summer Reading List: 14 History Books You’ll Want to Read 2018-06-22
241: The Camera Never Lies? History Through the Viewfinder 2018-06-15
210: Death Before Dishonor: Shame and Reputation in American History 2018-06-08
205: Are We There Yet? Americans On Vacation 2018-06-01
240: Reflecting on Darkness: Lynching; Americans and the Holocaust 2018-05-25
239: Upward Nobility: American-Made Royalty 2018-05-18
238: Shock of the New: The Legacy of the 1893 World’s Fair 2018-05-11
199: Crowning Glory: A History of Hair in America 2018-05-04
237: “Dear Mr President…”: Letters to FDR, #twitterstorians, and one man's experience of slavery's legacy 2018-04-27
185: Behind the Bylines: Advocacy Journalism in America 2018-04-20
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