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James Dyer
Jan 26, 2019
Dec 25, 2018
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Aug 5, 2018
Anne
Aug 2, 2018
if my high school history teachers head presented the material in a delightful way like this podcast does I might have actually paid attentioni
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Jul 29, 2018
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Test Episode
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Test Episode
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Oct 04, 2023 |
331: The End of the Road: BackStory and the History of Finales in America
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Jul 03, 2020 |
Teaser: BackStory and the History of Finales in America
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Jun 30, 2020 |
330: Best of BackStory: The Time the People Picked
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Jun 26, 2020 |
Introducing: Seizing Freedom
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Jun 24, 2020 |
329: Great, Small and Other Expectations: Charles Dickens and His History with America
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Jun 19, 2020 |
328: The Clue of the Blue Bottle from "The Last Archive"
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Jun 12, 2020 |
327: Another Burden to Bear: A History of Racial Health Disparities in America
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Jun 05, 2020 |
326: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem: A History of True Crime in America
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May 29, 2020 |
325: American Empire: From Scene on Radio
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May 22, 2020 |
324: Best of BackStory: The Time Joanne Freeman Went to Congress
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May 15, 2020 |
276: Red in the Stars and Stripes?: A History of Socialism in America
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May 08, 2020 |
323: Zooming Ahead: How Virtual Learning is Shaping the College Classroom
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May 01, 2020 |
322: 1980s Environmentalism and How the Reagan-Era Shaped the Natural World
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Apr 24, 2020 |
321: Give Us the Ballot: From LBJ and the Great Society
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Apr 17, 2020 |
320: Best of BackStory: The Time Nathan Connolly Had A Close Encounter
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Apr 10, 2020 |
319: Overcoming An Outbreak: How San Francisco Survived the Plague
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Apr 09, 2020 |
281: Mind, Body and Spirit: The History of Wellness In America
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Apr 03, 2020 |
318: Best of BackStory: The Time Brian Balogh Went to a Monastery
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Mar 27, 2020 |
316: Fighting Jane Crow: The Multifaceted Life and Legacy of Pauli Murray
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Mar 20, 2020 |
Blacks and Indians: From What's Ray Saying?
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Mar 13, 2020 |
Past Pandemics: What Can We Learn That May Help Us Today?
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Mar 12, 2020 |
315: New Stories for an Old Conflict: Rethinking Civil War Narratives
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Mar 06, 2020 |
314: People Making History: The Power and Perils of Telling History Through Individual Stories
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Feb 28, 2020 |
313: Best of BackStory: The Time Ed Ayers Marched Into Richmond
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Feb 21, 2020 |
312: From Music to Madiba: A History of U.S. Relations with South Africa
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Feb 14, 2020 |
311: "The Gay Agenda" from American Hysteria
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Feb 07, 2020 |
310: Seminoles, Retirees and Florida Man: A Brief History of the Sunshine State
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Jan 31, 2020 |
309: Best of BackStory: The Time Peter Onuf Declared Independence
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Jan 24, 2020 |
235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death
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Jan 17, 2020 |
308: The U.S. and Iran: A Brief History of an Often Tense Relationship
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Jan 10, 2020 |
307: Those Were The Days: Nostalgia in American History
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Jan 03, 2020 |
257: Stuffed - Taxidermy in the History of America
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Dec 27, 2019 |
306: The Best of BackStory 2019
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Dec 20, 2019 |
305: From BackStory to You: A History of Giving and Receiving
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Dec 13, 2019 |
304: Telling Stories About the Past: Historians on Historical Fiction
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Dec 06, 2019 |
225: What's Cooking? A History of Food in America
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Nov 29, 2019 |
303: Sunny Days: The History of Sesame Street in America and the World
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Nov 22, 2019 |
Sponsored: Introducing Clearstory, from This Old House
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Nov 20, 2019 |
302: The End of an Era: History That Was Made - and Unmade - in the 2010s
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Nov 15, 2019 |
301: The Chinese in American History: How Afong Moy, Mayling Soong and Bruce Lee Changed the Narrative About China
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Nov 11, 2019 |
195: Call To Arms: Enlistment in America
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Nov 08, 2019 |
300: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States
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Nov 01, 2019 |
Coming Up: The History of Dynamite in America
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Oct 29, 2019 |
299: Haunted Histories: A BackStory Halloween Special
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Oct 25, 2019 |
298: Rallying Behind Racism: The Women of White Supremacy
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Oct 18, 2019 |
"The Schizophrenic Sixties" from episode "States of Mind"
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Oct 16, 2019 |
297: How Reconstruction Transformed the Constitution: A Feature Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Eric Foner
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Oct 11, 2019 |
"Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" from episode #0136 "Where There's Smoke"
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Oct 09, 2019 |
Sponsored: Introducing American Elections: Wicked Game
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Oct 08, 2019 |
296: Darkness Over the Plain: The Bison in American History
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Oct 04, 2019 |
231: Life After the Oval Office: Presidential Legacies
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Oct 02, 2019 |
295: Impeachment Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: High Crimes and Misdemeanors in American History
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Sep 27, 2019 |
Sponsored: Introducing Lost at the Smithsonian with Aasif Mandvi
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Sep 26, 2019 |
294: The Long Shadow of the Plantation: How a Weighted Past Creates a Complicated Present
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Sep 20, 2019 |
218: Close Encounters: UFOs in American History
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Sep 18, 2019 |
216: What’s in a Number?: Thirteen in American History
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Sep 13, 2019 |
"Trade Winds" from episode #0141 “They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S.”
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Sep 11, 2019 |
293: Standing Rock and the History of Indigenous Resistance in the United States
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Sep 06, 2019 |
"What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate" from episode #043 "Weathering the Storm"
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Sep 04, 2019 |
292: BackStory’s Labor Day Special: A History of Work and Labor Relations in the U.S.
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Aug 30, 2019 |
"Let Freedom Ring" from episode #075 "Fierce Urgency of Now"
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Aug 28, 2019 |
291: 1619: The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia
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Aug 23, 2019 |
Teaser: 1619: The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia
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Aug 22, 2019 |
"Above the Law" from episode #104 "Serve and Protect?"
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Aug 21, 2019 |
290: Enlightened America?: A History of Buddhism in the United States
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Aug 16, 2019 |
184: Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America
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Aug 14, 2019 |
289: Man Up: A Look at Masculinity in American History
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Aug 09, 2019 |
“Armed For Freedom” from episode #183 “Taking it to the Streets”
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Aug 07, 2019 |
Sponsored: Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape
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Aug 05, 2019 |
252: Thar She Blows Again: The History of Whales and America (Part 2)
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Aug 02, 2019 |
251: Thar She Blows: The History of Whales and America
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Jul 31, 2019 |
288: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History
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Jul 26, 2019 |
"Jose Julio Henna & the Invasion of Puerto Rico" and "What is Puerto Rico?" from episode 248 "After Hurricane Maria"
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Jul 24, 2019 |
287: Moon, Man, and Myths: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
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Jul 19, 2019 |
286: Historians in the Press: Why Citation by the Media is Important, Even if it Rarely Happens
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Jul 17, 2019 |
285: How Silicon Valley Remade America in Its Image: A History of Digital Disruption
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Jul 12, 2019 |
212: The Melting Pot: Americans and Assimilation
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Jul 05, 2019 |
284: A History of Stonewall, the Riot That Started the LGBTQ Revolution
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Jun 28, 2019 |
283: In God We Trust? The History of Religious Identity in America
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Jun 21, 2019 |
Sponsored Promotion: Bleeped
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Jun 18, 2019 |
282: The Many Lives of Roe v Wade: The Little Known History Behind the Famous Ruling
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Jun 14, 2019 |
Sponsored Promotion: Unknown History Podcast
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Jun 11, 2019 |
281: Mind, Body and Spirit: The History of Wellness in America
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Jun 07, 2019 |
280: Song of Ourselves? Walt Whitman and the American Imagination
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May 31, 2019 |
279: Paying for the Past: Reparations and American History
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May 24, 2019 |
Sponsored Promotion: Family Ghosts
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May 20, 2019 |
234: You Have The Right to Remain Silent: A History of the Miranda Warning
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May 17, 2019 |
278: The Year of the Woman: A History of Women in Congress
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May 10, 2019 |
277: The Civil War in the 21st Century: A New Museum Marks an Old Conflict
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May 03, 2019 |
275: Alternative Facts, Falsehoods and Delusions: The Lies We've Told Ourselves and Each Other in American History
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Apr 19, 2019 |
274: Death on the Assembly Line: Industrial Tragedies in American History
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Apr 12, 2019 |
273: All the Presidents’ Vetoes: A Brief History of Saying No to Legislation
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Apr 05, 2019 |
236: Teen Activists: A History of Youth Politics and Protest
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Mar 29, 2019 |
272: Burnt Corks & Cakewalks: The Toxic Legacy of Blackface in American History
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Mar 22, 2019 |
243: Shore Thing: A History of the Beach
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Mar 15, 2019 |
271: Oh, Bloody Hell: BackStory’s History of Profanity in America
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Mar 08, 2019 |
270: Shattering the Glass Ceiling in America: BackStory Celebrates Women's History Month
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Mar 01, 2019 |
269: Man vs. the Machine: Technophobia and American Society
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Feb 22, 2019 |
268: Love Off Limits: A History of the Relationships Once Considered Taboo in America
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Feb 15, 2019 |
267: The Faces of Racism: A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture
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Feb 08, 2019 |
266: BlackStory: BackStory Celebrates Black History Month with a Compilation
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Feb 01, 2019 |
265: Nixon Beyond Watergate: A History of the Presidency Before the Scandal
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Jan 25, 2019 |
264: When You Just Want to be Alone: The History of Solitude in America
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Jan 18, 2019 |
263: The BackStory Prize: Our Choice for the Best Public History Project in America
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Jan 11, 2019 |
262: Finding Americana: Butter Sculptures, Tiny Towns and Other Irresistible Gems
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Jan 04, 2019 |
225: What’s Cooking? A History of Food in America
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Dec 28, 2018 |
261: Playing the Past: Video Games and American History
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Dec 21, 2018 |
260: The BackStory Holiday Book Show: 19 History Books for the Holiday Season
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Dec 14, 2018 |
259: Out of the Closet: The LGBTQ Community in American History
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Dec 07, 2018 |
230: Forgotten Flu: America & the 1918 Pandemic
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Nov 30, 2018 |
257: Stuffed: Taxidermy in the History of America
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Nov 23, 2018 |
256: Divided States of America? The History of An Often Disjointed Union
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Nov 16, 2018 |
255: Lincoln the Lawyer: Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life and Career
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Nov 09, 2018 |
184: Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America
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Nov 02, 2018 |
254: The War to End All Wars: Remembering WWI
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Oct 26, 2018 |
253: To be a Citizen? The History of Becoming American
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Oct 19, 2018 |
250: Land of the Free? The History of Incarceration in the U.S.
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Sep 28, 2018 |
249: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The History of America’s Wealthy Elite
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Sep 14, 2018 |
248: After Hurricane Maria: The History of Puerto Rico and the United States
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Sep 07, 2018 |
181: Fit to Print?: A History of Fake News
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Aug 31, 2018 |
247: Hot Enough For You? The History of Climate Change
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Aug 24, 2018 |
246: In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: A History of the Atomic Age
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Aug 17, 2018 |
187: A More Perfect Union? The Reconstruction Era
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Aug 10, 2018 |
245: The Battle for Charlottesville's Soul: One Year Later, A Community Looks Back
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Aug 03, 2018 |
244: Elementary Mr. President: Sherlock Holmes, the Supreme Court and Dr. Spock
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Jul 27, 2018 |
212: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation
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Jul 20, 2018 |
216: What’s in a Number? Thirteen in American History
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Jul 06, 2018 |
191: Saving American History
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Jun 29, 2018 |
242: Summer Reading List: 14 History Books You’ll Want to Read
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Jun 22, 2018 |
241: The Camera Never Lies? History Through the Viewfinder
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Jun 15, 2018 |
210: Death Before Dishonor: Shame and Reputation in American History
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Jun 08, 2018 |
205: Are We There Yet? Americans On Vacation
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Jun 01, 2018 |
240: Reflecting on Darkness: Lynching; Americans and the Holocaust
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May 25, 2018 |
239: Upward Nobility: American-Made Royalty
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May 18, 2018 |
238: Shock of the New: The Legacy of the 1893 World’s Fair
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May 11, 2018 |
199: Crowning Glory: A History of Hair in America
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May 04, 2018 |
237: “Dear Mr President…”: Letters to FDR, #twitterstorians, and one man's experience of slavery's legacy
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Apr 27, 2018 |
185: Behind the Bylines: Advocacy Journalism in America
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Apr 20, 2018 |
193: The Habit: Opioid Addiction in America
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Apr 06, 2018 |
235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death
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Mar 30, 2018 |
233: Wherever Green is Worn: The Irish in America
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Mar 16, 2018 |
52: Turf War: A History of College Sports
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Mar 09, 2018 |
204: Too Good To Be True?: Myths in American History
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Mar 02, 2018 |
232: Billy Graham, Black Panther and Haiti, and Thomas Edison’s Reputation
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Feb 23, 2018 |
231: Life After the Oval Office: Presidential Legacies
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Feb 16, 2018 |
138: Catholics in America
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Feb 09, 2018 |
99: US vs Them: Sports on the World Stage
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Jan 26, 2018 |
229: All that Glitters? Legacies of the California Gold Rush
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Jan 19, 2018 |
228: Presidents in the Public Eye, Slogans, and the Value of History
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Jan 12, 2018 |
227: Schism: The Branch Davidians at Waco
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Jan 05, 2018 |
226: History for the Headlines: 2017 in Review
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Dec 29, 2017 |
133: Untrammeled: Americans and the Wilderness
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Dec 22, 2017 |
224: Man of The People: A New Technology Falls Into the Wrong Hands
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Dec 08, 2017 |
223: Men Apologizing, Alabama Senate Race, Net Neutrality
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Dec 01, 2017 |
222: On the Take: Corruption in America
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Nov 24, 2017 |
221: The Thin Light of Freedom
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Nov 17, 2017 |
220: Red Dawn: Americans and the Bolshevik Revolution
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Nov 10, 2017 |
219: Other People’s Battles: American Volunteer Soldiers
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Nov 03, 2017 |
217: Boy Scouts Welcome Girls, Trump Drums Up Support for War, America as a Judeo-Christian Nation
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Oct 20, 2017 |
215: It is So Ordered: 4 Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court
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Oct 06, 2017 |
214: Enemies: A History of Bad Blood
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Sep 29, 2017 |
213: Longer Commutes, Equifax Data Breach, and Income Inequality
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Sep 22, 2017 |
212: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation
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Sep 15, 2017 |
211: A Conversation with Karl Rove
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Sep 08, 2017 |
Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens
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Aug 25, 2017 |
207: Charlottesville: Our Town, Our Country
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Aug 18, 2017 |
Revisionist Climate: Americans & the Atmosphere
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Aug 11, 2017 |
Skin Deep: Whiteness in America
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Jul 14, 2017 |
Hometown History: Local Stories From Across The Country
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Jul 07, 2017 |
Contested Landscape: The Battle over Confederate Monuments
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Jun 16, 2017 |
Prying Eyes: Privacy in America
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Jun 09, 2017 |
Body Politics, JFK at 100 and African American Memorials
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Jun 02, 2017 |
National Lampoon: A History of American Satire
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May 19, 2017 |
The Habit: Opioid Addiction in America
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May 12, 2017 |
Over There: America Enters WWI
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Apr 14, 2017 |
Seeing Red: A History of U.S./Russia Relations
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Apr 07, 2017 |
Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America
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Mar 10, 2017 |
Taking it to the Streets: Protest in America
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Mar 03, 2017 |
On the Outs: Restricting American Immigration
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Feb 10, 2017 |
Worlds Apart: Urban/Rural Divides in America
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Feb 04, 2017 |
PREVIEW - Worlds Apart
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Jan 31, 2017 |
Best of BackStory Pt. 2
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Jan 26, 2017 |
Preview
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Jan 20, 2017 |
Best Of BackStory Pt. 1
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Jan 19, 2017 |
Four More Years: Presidential Inaugurations [rebroadcast]
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Jan 09, 2017 |
Health Nuts: A History of Nutritional Advice [rebroadcast]
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Jan 05, 2017 |
Judaism In America [rebroadcast]
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Dec 21, 2016 |
Counter Culture: A History of Shopping [rebroadcast]
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Dec 15, 2016 |
Separation Anxiety: Church & State In America
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Dec 08, 2016 |
Short Take: Native Americans, the U.S. Government, and a History of Treaties
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Dec 06, 2016 |
New & Improved: Advertising in America [rebroadcast]
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Dec 01, 2016 |
Short Take: A History Of Rigged Elections
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Nov 30, 2016 |
American As Pumpkin Pie: A History Of Thanksgiving [rebroadcast]
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Nov 23, 2016 |
A Whole New World: A History of Utopias
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Nov 17, 2016 |
American Exodus: A History of Emigration [rebroadcast]
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Nov 11, 2016 |
Short Take: The 2016 Election
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Nov 09, 2016 |
Pulling the Curtain: Voting in America [rebroadcast]
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Nov 03, 2016 |
Short Take: FBI and U.S. Elections
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Nov 02, 2016 |
Bridge For Sale: Deception In America [rebroadcast]
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Oct 20, 2016 |
A History of Manufacturing in 5 Objects
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Oct 13, 2016 |
Fighting Words: A History of Debate in America
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Oct 06, 2016 |
Keeping Tabs: Data & Surveillance in America [rebroadcast]
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Sep 29, 2016 |
Banned: A History of Censorship [rebroadcast]
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Sep 21, 2016 |
Believer-In-Chief: Faith & The Presidency
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Sep 14, 2016 |
Body Politics: Disability in America [rebroadcast]
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Sep 08, 2016 |
Nose to the Grindstone: A History of American Work Ethic
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Sep 01, 2016 |
Untrammeled: Americans and the Wilderness [rebroadcast]
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Aug 25, 2016 |
104: Serve & Protect? A History of the Police
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Aug 17, 2016 |
Wish You Were Here: A History of American Tourism
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Aug 11, 2016 |
Another Man’s Treasure: A History Of Trash [rebroadcast]
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Aug 04, 2016 |
You've Come A Long Way?: A History Of Women In Politics
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Jul 28, 2016 |
Conventional Wisdom: A History of American Political Conventions [rebroadcast]
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Jul 22, 2016 |
The GOP: A History Of The Republican Party
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Jul 14, 2016 |
Rare History Well Done: Meat In America [rebroadcast]
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Jul 08, 2016 |
Independence Daze: A History of July 4th [rebroadcast]
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Jul 04, 2016 |
The Pursuit: A History Of Happiness [rebroadcast]
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Jun 30, 2016 |
Above The Fray?: Ideology & The Court
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Jun 24, 2016 |
Committed: Marriage In America [rebroadcast]
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Jun 17, 2016 |
Hamilton: A History
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Jun 10, 2016 |
Politically Incorrect: Speech In American Politics
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Jun 03, 2016 |
The Beasts Within Domesticated Animals In America [rebroadcast]
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May 27, 2016 |
All Hopped Up: Drugs In America [rebroadcast]
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May 20, 2016 |
Watch The Throne: America & Royalty
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May 13, 2016 |
All In: A History of Gambling in America
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May 06, 2016 |
On The Money: A History Of American Currency [rebroadcast]
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Apr 29, 2016 |
Judaism in America
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Apr 22, 2016 |
Stuck: A History of Political Gridlock [rebroadcast]
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Apr 15, 2016 |
Pass/Fail: An American History of Testing
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Apr 08, 2016 |
TURF WAR [2016]: A HISTORY OF COLLEGE SPORTS [rebroadcast]
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Apr 01, 2016 |
Little Caesars: Local Power in America
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Mar 28, 2016 |
Small Island, Big Shadow Cuba and the U.S. [rebroadcast]
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Mar 18, 2016 |
Well-Regulated Militias: A History Of Armed Protest
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Mar 11, 2016 |
The Middling Sort: Visions of the Middle Class [rebroadcast]
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Mar 04, 2016 |
Hard Times: A History Of Unemployment
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Feb 26, 2016 |
Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease [rebroadcast]
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Feb 19, 2016 |
Real To Reel 2016: History At The Movies
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Feb 12, 2016 |
New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast]
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Feb 05, 2016 |
PROMO - New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast]
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Feb 02, 2016 |
Court Of Public Opinion: Trial Watching In America
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Jan 29, 2016 |
City Upon A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism [rebroadcast]
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Jan 22, 2016 |
Color Lines: Racial Passing In America
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Jan 15, 2016 |
The Future Then: Visions of America Yet to Come [rebroadcast]
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Jan 08, 2016 |
Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast]
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Dec 31, 2015 |
History for the Headlines: 2015 in Review
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Dec 25, 2015 |
Islam and the United States [rebroadcast]
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Dec 18, 2015 |
American Prophets: Religions Born in the U.S.
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Dec 11, 2015 |
Counter Culture: A History of Shopping [rebroadcast]
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Dec 04, 2015 |
Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]
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Nov 24, 2015 |
Contested Landscape: Confederate Symbols in America
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Nov 20, 2015 |
Body Politics: Disability in America
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Nov 13, 2015 |
Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
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Nov 05, 2015 |
People's Choice: A History of Populism
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Oct 23, 2015 |
Green Acres: A History of Farmers in America [rebroadcast]
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Oct 16, 2015 |
They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S.
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Oct 09, 2015 |
Little Feet: Children Starting Over in America [rebroadcast]
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Oct 02, 2015 |
Banned: A History of Censorship
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Sep 25, 2015 |
Catholics In America
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Sep 18, 2015 |
Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast]
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Sep 11, 2015 |
Rare History Well Done: Meat in America
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Sep 04, 2015 |