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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Court Of Public Opinion: Trial Watching In America 2016-01-29
City Upon A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism [rebroadcast] 2016-01-22
Color Lines: Racial Passing In America 2016-01-15
The Future Then: Visions of America Yet to Come [rebroadcast] 2016-01-08
Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast] 2015-12-31
History for the Headlines: 2015 in Review 2015-12-25
Islam and the United States [rebroadcast] 2015-12-18
American Prophets: Religions Born in the U.S. 2015-12-11
Counter Culture: A History of Shopping [rebroadcast] 2015-12-04
Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast] 2015-11-24
Contested Landscape: Confederate Symbols in America 2015-11-20
Body Politics: Disability in America 2015-11-13
Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast] 2015-11-05
People's Choice: A History of Populism 2015-10-23
Green Acres: A History of Farmers in America [rebroadcast] 2015-10-16
They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S. 2015-10-09
Little Feet: Children Starting Over in America [rebroadcast] 2015-10-02
Banned: A History of Censorship 2015-09-25
Catholics In America 2015-09-18
Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast] 2015-09-11
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