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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Hamilton: A History 2016-06-10
Politically Incorrect: Speech In American Politics 2016-06-03
The Beasts Within Domesticated Animals In America [rebroadcast] 2016-05-27
All Hopped Up: Drugs In America [rebroadcast] 2016-05-20
Watch The Throne: America & Royalty 2016-05-13
All In: A History of Gambling in America 2016-05-06
On The Money: A History Of American Currency [rebroadcast] 2016-04-29
Judaism in America 2016-04-22
Stuck: A History of Political Gridlock [rebroadcast] 2016-04-15
Pass/Fail: An American History of Testing 2016-04-08
TURF WAR [2016]: A HISTORY OF COLLEGE SPORTS [rebroadcast] 2016-04-01
Little Caesars: Local Power in America 2016-03-28
Small Island, Big Shadow Cuba and the U.S. [rebroadcast] 2016-03-18
Well-Regulated Militias: A History Of Armed Protest 2016-03-11
The Middling Sort: Visions of the Middle Class [rebroadcast] 2016-03-04
Hard Times: A History Of Unemployment 2016-02-26
Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease [rebroadcast] 2016-02-19
Real To Reel 2016: History At The Movies 2016-02-12
New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast] 2016-02-05
PROMO - New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast] 2016-02-02
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