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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193: The Habit: Opioid Addiction in America 2018-04-06
235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death 2018-03-30
233: Wherever Green is Worn: The Irish in America 2018-03-16
52: Turf War: A History of College Sports 2018-03-09
204: Too Good To Be True?: Myths in American History 2018-03-02
232: Billy Graham, Black Panther and Haiti, and Thomas Edison’s Reputation 2018-02-23
231: Life After the Oval Office: Presidential Legacies 2018-02-16
138: Catholics in America 2018-02-09
99: US vs Them: Sports on the World Stage 2018-01-26
229: All that Glitters? Legacies of the California Gold Rush 2018-01-19
228: Presidents in the Public Eye, Slogans, and the Value of History 2018-01-12
227: Schism: The Branch Davidians at Waco 2018-01-05
226: History for the Headlines: 2017 in Review 2017-12-29
133: Untrammeled: Americans and the Wilderness 2017-12-22
224: Man of The People: A New Technology Falls Into the Wrong Hands 2017-12-08
223: Men Apologizing, Alabama Senate Race, Net Neutrality 2017-12-01
222: On the Take: Corruption in America 2017-11-24
221: The Thin Light of Freedom 2017-11-17
220: Red Dawn: Americans and the Bolshevik Revolution 2017-11-10
219: Other People’s Battles: American Volunteer Soldiers 2017-11-03
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