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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Bridge For Sale: Deception In America [rebroadcast] 2016-10-20
A History of Manufacturing in 5 Objects 2016-10-13
Fighting Words: A History of Debate in America 2016-10-06
Keeping Tabs: Data & Surveillance in America [rebroadcast] 2016-09-29
Banned: A History of Censorship [rebroadcast] 2016-09-21
Believer-In-Chief: Faith & The Presidency 2016-09-14
Body Politics: Disability in America [rebroadcast] 2016-09-08
Nose to the Grindstone: A History of American Work Ethic 2016-09-01
Untrammeled: Americans and the Wilderness [rebroadcast] 2016-08-25
104: Serve & Protect? A History of the Police 2016-08-17
Wish You Were Here: A History of American Tourism 2016-08-11
Another Man’s Treasure: A History Of Trash [rebroadcast] 2016-08-04
You've Come A Long Way?: A History Of Women In Politics 2016-07-28
Conventional Wisdom: A History of American Political Conventions [rebroadcast] 2016-07-22
The GOP: A History Of The Republican Party 2016-07-14
Rare History Well Done: Meat In America [rebroadcast] 2016-07-08
Independence Daze: A History of July 4th [rebroadcast] 2016-07-04
The Pursuit: A History Of Happiness [rebroadcast] 2016-06-30
Above The Fray?: Ideology & The Court 2016-06-24
Committed: Marriage In America [rebroadcast] 2016-06-17
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