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BackStory Radio Series |
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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
BackStory Radio is a one-hour, highly produced radio series that includes expert interviews, listener calls, wide-ranging discussion and occasional special features. In each episode, renowned historians Peter Onuf, Ed Ayers, and Brian Balogh — BackStory’s genial, sometimes gregarious, and always thought-provoking hosts — take a topic from the headlines and use it to drill down into America’s past. They invite callers and fellow historians to the table, offering anecdotes, analysis, and a healthy dose of good humor, providing multiple perspectives on a wide variety of engaging issues, showing how the stories of America contribute to a narrative of democracy in which all of us have a stake.BackStory Radio is a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Tune in to learn about these topics, and go on line to join the conversation!
The More Things Change: The History of Presidential TransitionsBlack & White: The Idea of Racial PurityFrom Whales to Wind: A History of EnergyPanic!: A History of Financial CrisisTolerance: A History of Drink(The Invention of) Traditional Family ValuesAmerican as Pumpkin Pie: A History of ThanksgivingComing Home: A History of War VeteransEarly and Often: Voting in America"Aliens" in AmericaI Owe, I Owe: Debt in AmericaServing Time: A History of PunishmentEnvironmental Crisis!American Idle: A History of LeisureTraffic: How We Get From Here to ThereIndependence Daze: A History of July FourthControversial WarsNewcomers in American Government |
