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BackStory

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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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Test Episode

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds

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331: The End of the Road: BackStory and the History of Finales in America

Published: July 3, 2020, noon
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 45 seconds

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Teaser: BackStory and the History of Finales in America

Published: June 30, 2020, 8:22 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds

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330: Best of BackStory: The Time the People Picked

Published: June 26, 2020, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 13 seconds

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Introducing: Seizing Freedom

Published: June 24, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 39 seconds

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329: Great, Small and Other Expectations: Charles Dickens and His History with America

Published: June 19, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 52 seconds

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328: The Clue of the Blue Bottle from "The Last Archive"

Published: June 12, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 3 seconds

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327: Another Burden to Bear: A History of Racial Health Disparities in America

Published: June 5, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 9 seconds

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326: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem: A History of True Crime in America

Published: May 29, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 33 seconds

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325: American Empire: From Scene on Radio

Published: May 22, 2020, 3:59 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 16 seconds

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324: Best of BackStory: The Time Joanne Freeman Went to Congress

Published: May 15, 2020, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 4 seconds

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276: Red in the Stars and Stripes?: A History of Socialism in America

Published: May 8, 2020, 4:36 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 27 seconds

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323: Zooming Ahead: How Virtual Learning is Shaping the College Classroom

Published: May 1, 2020, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 1 second

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322: 1980s Environmentalism and How the Reagan-Era Shaped the Natural World

Published: April 24, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 47 seconds

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321: Give Us the Ballot: From LBJ and the Great Society

Published: April 17, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 33 seconds

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320: Best of BackStory: The Time Nathan Connolly Had A Close Encounter

Published: April 10, 2020, 4:50 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 47 seconds

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319: Overcoming An Outbreak: How San Francisco Survived the Plague

Published: April 9, 2020, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 30 seconds

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318: Best of BackStory: The Time Brian Balogh Went to a Monastery

Published: March 27, 2020, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 49 seconds

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317: Fighting Jane Crow: The Multifaceted Life and Legacy of Pauli Murray

Published: March 20, 2020, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 32 seconds

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316: Fighting Jane Crow: The Multifaceted Life and Legacy of Pauli Murray

Published: March 20, 2020, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 2 seconds

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316: Blacks and Indians: From What's Ray Saying?

Published: March 13, 2020, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 1 second

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Blacks and Indians: From What's Ray Saying?

Published: March 13, 2020, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds

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Past Pandemics: What Can We Learn That May Help Us Today?

Published: March 12, 2020, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 51 seconds

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315: New Stories for an Old Conflict: Rethinking Civil War Narratives

Published: March 6, 2020, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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314: People Making History: The Power and Perils of Telling History Through Individual Stories

Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds

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313: Best of BackStory: The Time Ed Ayers Marched Into Richmond

Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 59 seconds

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312: From Music to Madiba: A History of U.S. Relations with South Africa

Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 29 seconds

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311: "The Gay Agenda" from American Hysteria

Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 20 seconds

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310: Seminoles, Retirees and Florida Man: A Brief History of the Sunshine State

Published: Jan. 31, 2020, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 1 second

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309: Best of BackStory: The Time Peter Onuf Declared Independence

Published: Jan. 24, 2020, 5:02 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 39 seconds

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308: The U.S. and Iran: A Brief History of an Often Tense Relationship

Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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307: Those Were The Days: Nostalgia in American History

Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 16 seconds

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306: The Best of BackStory 2019

Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 23 seconds

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305: From BackStory to You: A History of Giving and Receiving

Published: Dec. 13, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 36 seconds

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304: Telling Stories About the Past: Historians on Historical Fiction

Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 5 seconds

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303: Sunny Days: The History of Sesame Street in America and the World

Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 5:17 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 39 seconds

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Sponsored: Introducing Clearstory, from This Old House

Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 6 seconds

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302: The End of an Era: History That Was Made - and Unmade - in the 2010s

Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 9 seconds

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301: The Chinese in American History: How Afong Moy, Mayling Soong and Bruce Lee Changed the Narrative About China

Published: Nov. 11, 2019, 5:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 2 seconds

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195: Call To Arms: Enlistment in America

Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 5:15 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 19 seconds

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300: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes

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Coming Up: The History of Dynamite in America

Published: Oct. 29, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 44 seconds

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299: Haunted Histories: A BackStory Halloween Special

Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 4:02 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 44 seconds

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298: Rallying Behind Racism: The Women of White Supremacy

Published: Oct. 18, 2019, 6:27 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 59 seconds

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"The Schizophrenic Sixties" from episode "States of Mind"

Published: Oct. 16, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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297: How Reconstruction Transformed the Constitution: A Feature Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Eric Foner

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 4:37 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 23 seconds

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"Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" from episode #0136 "Where There's Smoke"

Published: Oct. 9, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 50 seconds

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Sponsored: Introducing American Elections: Wicked Game

Published: Oct. 8, 2019, 7 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds

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296: Darkness Over the Plain: The Bison in American History

Published: Oct. 4, 2019, 4:25 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 27 seconds

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295: Impeachment Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: High Crimes and Misdemeanors in American History

Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 6:08 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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Sponsored: Introducing Lost at the Smithsonian with Aasif Mandvi

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 8 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 35 seconds

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294: The Long Shadow of the Plantation: How a Weighted Past Creates a Complicated Present

Published: Sept. 20, 2019, 4:01 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 3 seconds

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218: Close Encounters: UFOs in American History

Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 12 seconds

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"Trade Winds" from episode #0141 They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S.

Published: Sept. 11, 2019, 8:02 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 28 seconds

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293: Standing Rock and the History of Indigenous Resistance in the United States

Published: Sept. 6, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 29 seconds

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"What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate" from episode #043 "Weathering the Storm"

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 19 seconds

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292: BackStorys Labor Day Special: A History of Work and Labor Relations in the U.S.

Published: Aug. 30, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds

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"Let Freedom Ring" from episode #075 "Fierce Urgency of Now"

Published: Aug. 28, 2019, 6:51 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds

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291: 1619: The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 4:26 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 35 seconds

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Teaser: 1619: The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia

Published: Aug. 22, 2019, 4:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds

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"Above the Law" from episode #104 "Serve and Protect?"

Published: Aug. 21, 2019, 7:10 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds

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290: Enlightened America?: A History of Buddhism in the United States

Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 49 seconds

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289: Man Up: A Look at Masculinity in American History

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 41 seconds

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Armed For Freedom from episode #183 Taking it to the Streets

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 6 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds

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Sponsored: Introducing Sean Carroll's Mindscape

Published: Aug. 5, 2019, 6:34 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds

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252: Thar She Blows Again: The History of Whales and America (Part 2)

Published: Aug. 2, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 17 seconds

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251: Thar She Blows: The History of Whales and America

Published: July 31, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 8 seconds

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288: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History

Published: July 26, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds

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"Jose Julio Henna & the Invasion of Puerto Rico" and "What is Puerto Rico?" from episode 248 "After Hurricane Maria"

Published: July 24, 2019, 3:59 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 14 seconds

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287: Moon, Man, and Myths: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

Published: July 19, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 26 seconds

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286: Historians in the Press: Why Citation by the Media is Important, Even if it Rarely Happens

Published: July 17, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds

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285: How Silicon Valley Remade America in Its Image: A History of Digital Disruption

Published: July 12, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds

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212: The Melting Pot: Americans and Assimilation

Published: July 5, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 seconds

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284: A History of Stonewall, the Riot That Started the LGBTQ Revolution

Published: June 28, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 23 seconds

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283: In God We Trust? The History of Religious Identity in America

Published: June 21, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 24 seconds

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Sponsored Promotion: Bleeped

Published: June 18, 2019, 8:57 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 15 seconds

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282: The Many Lives of Roe v Wade: The Little Known History Behind the Famous Ruling

Published: June 14, 2019, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 6 seconds

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Sponsored Promotion: Unknown History Podcast

Published: June 11, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 25 seconds

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281: Mind, Body and Spirit: The History of Wellness in America

Published: June 7, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 5 seconds

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280: Song of Ourselves? Walt Whitman and the American Imagination

Published: May 31, 2019, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 51 seconds

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279: Paying for the Past: Reparations and American History

Published: May 24, 2019, 4:24 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 9 seconds

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Sponsored Promotion: Family Ghosts

Published: May 20, 2019, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds

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234: You Have The Right to Remain Silent: A History of the Miranda Warning

Published: May 17, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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278: The Year of the Woman: A History of Women in Congress

Published: May 10, 2019, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 56 seconds

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277: The Civil War in the 21st Century: A New Museum Marks an Old Conflict

Published: May 3, 2019, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 49 seconds

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275: Alternative Facts, Falsehoods and Delusions: The Lies We've Told Ourselves and Each Other in American History

Published: April 19, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds

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274: Death on the Assembly Line: Industrial Tragedies in American History

Published: April 12, 2019, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 17 seconds

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273: All the Presidents Vetoes: A Brief History of Saying No to Legislation

Published: April 5, 2019, 7:12 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds

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236: Teen Activists: A History of Youth Politics and Protest

Published: March 29, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 37 seconds

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272: Burnt Corks & Cakewalks: The Toxic Legacy of Blackface in American History

Published: March 22, 2019, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 6 seconds

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243: Shore Thing: A History of the Beach

Published: March 15, 2019, 4 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 35 seconds

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271: Oh, Bloody Hell: BackStorys History of Profanity in America

Published: March 8, 2019, 7:42 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 22 seconds

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270: Shattering the Glass Ceiling in America: BackStory Celebrates Women's History Month

Published: March 1, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 23 seconds

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269: Man vs. the Machine: Technophobia and American Society

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 8:44 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds

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268: Love Off Limits: A History of the Relationships Once Considered Taboo in America

Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 39 seconds

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267: The Faces of Racism: A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture

Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 5:39 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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266: BlackStory: BackStory Celebrates Black History Month with a Compilation

Published: Feb. 1, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 3 seconds

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265: Nixon Beyond Watergate: A History of the Presidency Before the Scandal

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 10:11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 9 seconds

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264: When You Just Want to be Alone: The History of Solitude in America

Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 41 seconds

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263: The BackStory Prize: Our Choice for the Best Public History Project in America

Published: Jan. 11, 2019, 4:59 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 23 seconds

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262: Finding Americana: Butter Sculptures, Tiny Towns and Other Irresistible Gems

Published: Jan. 4, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 46 seconds

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225: Whats Cooking? A History of Food in America

Published: Dec. 28, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 27 seconds

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261: Playing the Past: Video Games and American History

Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 9:46 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 36 seconds

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260: The BackStory Holiday Book Show: 19 History Books for the Holiday Season

Published: Dec. 14, 2018, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 39 seconds

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259: Out of the Closet: The LGBTQ Community in American History

Published: Dec. 7, 2018, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 37 seconds

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230: Forgotten Flu: America & the 1918 Pandemic

Published: Nov. 30, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 40 seconds

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257: Stuffed: Taxidermy in the History of America

Published: Nov. 23, 2018, 6:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 25 seconds

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256: Divided States of America? The History of An Often Disjointed Union

Published: Nov. 16, 2018, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 15 seconds

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255: Lincoln the Lawyer: Abraham Lincolns Early Life and Career

Published: Nov. 9, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 43 seconds

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184: Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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254: The War to End All Wars: Remembering WWI

Published: Oct. 26, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 59 seconds

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253: To be a Citizen? The History of Becoming American

Published: Oct. 19, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 30 seconds

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250: Land of the Free? The History of Incarceration in the U.S.

Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 59 seconds

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249: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The History of Americas Wealthy Elite

Published: Sept. 14, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 34 seconds

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248: After Hurricane Maria: The History of Puerto Rico and the United States

Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 5 seconds

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181: Fit to Print?: A History of Fake News

Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds

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247: Hot Enough For You? The History of Climate Change

Published: Aug. 24, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 29 seconds

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246: In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud: A History of the Atomic Age

Published: Aug. 17, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 24 seconds

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187: A More Perfect Union? The Reconstruction Era

Published: Aug. 10, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 24 seconds

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245: The Battle for Charlottesville's Soul: One Year Later, A Community Looks Back

Published: Aug. 3, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 30 seconds

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244: Elementary Mr. President: Sherlock Holmes, the Supreme Court and Dr. Spock

Published: July 27, 2018, 7:17 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds

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216: Whats in a Number? Thirteen in American History

Published: July 6, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 2 seconds

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191: Saving American History

Published: June 29, 2018, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 37 seconds

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242: Summer Reading List: 14 History Books Youll Want to Read

Published: June 22, 2018, 8:14 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 39 seconds

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241: The Camera Never Lies? History Through the Viewfinder

Published: June 15, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 26 seconds

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210: Death Before Dishonor: Shame and Reputation in American History

Published: June 8, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 52 seconds

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205: Are We There Yet? Americans On Vacation

Published: June 1, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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240: Reflecting on Darkness: Lynching; Americans and the Holocaust

Published: May 25, 2018, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 16 seconds

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239: Upward Nobility: American-Made Royalty

Published: May 18, 2018, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 18 seconds

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238: Shock of the New: The Legacy of the 1893 Worlds Fair

Published: May 11, 2018, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 15 seconds

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199: Crowning Glory: A History of Hair in America

Published: May 4, 2018, 4:17 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 31 seconds

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237: Dear Mr President...: Letters to FDR, #twitterstorians, and one man's experience of slavery's legacy

Published: April 27, 2018, 2:44 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 36 seconds

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185: Behind the Bylines: Advocacy Journalism in America

Published: April 20, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 8 seconds

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193: The Habit: Opioid Addiction in America

Published: April 6, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 42 seconds

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235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death

Published: March 30, 2018, 6:46 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 16 seconds

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233: Wherever Green is Worn: The Irish in America

Published: March 16, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds

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52: Turf War: A History of College Sports

Published: March 9, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 29 seconds

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204: Too Good To Be True?: Myths in American History

Published: March 2, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 58 seconds

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232: Billy Graham, Black Panther and Haiti, and Thomas Edisons Reputation

Published: Feb. 23, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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231: Life After the Oval Office: Presidential Legacies

Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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138: Catholics in America

Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds

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99: US vs Them: Sports on the World Stage

Published: Jan. 26, 2018, 9:33 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 26 seconds

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229: All that Glitters? Legacies of the California Gold Rush

Published: Jan. 19, 2018, 5 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds

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228: Presidents in the Public Eye, Slogans, and the Value of History

Published: Jan. 12, 2018, 6:34 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 33 seconds

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227: Schism: The Branch Davidians at Waco

Published: Jan. 5, 2018, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 55 seconds

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226: History for the Headlines: 2017 in Review

Published: Dec. 29, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds

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133: Untrammeled: Americans and the Wilderness

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 5:54 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds

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224: Man of The People: A New Technology Falls Into the Wrong Hands

Published: Dec. 8, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 39 seconds

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223: Men Apologizing, Alabama Senate Race, Net Neutrality

Published: Dec. 1, 2017, 6:27 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 38 seconds

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222: On the Take: Corruption in America

Published: Nov. 24, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 50 seconds

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221: The Thin Light of Freedom

Published: Nov. 17, 2017, 6:18 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 23 seconds

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220: Red Dawn: Americans and the Bolshevik Revolution

Published: Nov. 10, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 14 seconds

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219: Other Peoples Battles: American Volunteer Soldiers

Published: Nov. 3, 2017, 4:09 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds

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217: Boy Scouts Welcome Girls, Trump Drums Up Support for War, America as a Judeo-Christian Nation

Published: Oct. 20, 2017, 6:27 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 29 seconds

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215: It is So Ordered: 4 Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court

Published: Oct. 6, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 41 seconds

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214: Enemies: A History of Bad Blood

Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 4:34 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds

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213: Longer Commutes, Equifax Data Breach, and Income Inequality

Published: Sept. 22, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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212: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation

Published: Sept. 15, 2017, 4:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 31 seconds

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211: A Conversation with Karl Rove

Published: Sept. 8, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds

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Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens

Published: Aug. 25, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 21 seconds

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Charlottesville: Our Town, Our Country

Published: Aug. 18, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 41 seconds

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207: Charlottesville: Our Town, Our Country

Published: Aug. 18, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 11 seconds

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Revisionist Climate: Americans & the Atmosphere

Published: Aug. 11, 2017, 4:18 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 27 seconds

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Skin Deep: Whiteness in America

Published: July 14, 2017, 4:17 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds

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Hometown History: Local Stories From Across The Country

Published: July 7, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 49 seconds

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Contested Landscape: The Battle over Confederate Monuments

Published: June 16, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 20 seconds

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Prying Eyes: Privacy in America

Published: June 9, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 32 seconds

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Body Politics, JFK at 100 and African American Memorials

Published: June 2, 2017, 5:07 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 53 seconds

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National Lampoon: A History of American Satire

Published: May 19, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds

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The Habit: Opioid Addiction in America

Published: May 12, 2017, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 49 seconds

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Over There: America Enters WWI

Published: April 14, 2017, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes

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Seeing Red: A History of U.S./Russia Relations

Published: April 7, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 47 seconds

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Border Patrols: Policing Immigration in America

Published: March 10, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 52 seconds

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Taking it to the Streets: Protest in America

Published: March 3, 2017, 6:37 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 9 seconds

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On the Outs: Restricting American Immigration

Published: Feb. 10, 2017, 7:46 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 25 seconds

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Worlds Apart: Urban/Rural Divides in America

Published: Feb. 4, 2017, 12:14 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 17 seconds

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PREVIEW - Worlds Apart

Published: Jan. 31, 2017, 9 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 34 seconds

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Best of BackStory Pt. 2

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 48 seconds

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Preview

Published: Jan. 20, 2017, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

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Best Of BackStory Pt. 1

Published: Jan. 19, 2017, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds

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Four More Years: Presidential Inaugurations [rebroadcast]

Published: Jan. 9, 2017, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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Health Nuts: A History of Nutritional Advice [rebroadcast]

Published: Jan. 5, 2017, midnight
Duration: 57 minutes 41 seconds

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Judaism In America [rebroadcast]

Published: Dec. 21, 2016, midnight
Duration: 58 minutes 39 seconds

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Separation Anxiety: Church & State In America

Published: Dec. 8, 2016, midnight
Duration: 55 minutes 25 seconds

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Short Take: Native Americans, the U.S. Government, and a History of Treaties

Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

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Short Take: A History Of Rigged Elections

Published: Nov. 30, 2016, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 38 seconds

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American As Pumpkin Pie: A History Of Thanksgiving [rebroadcast]

Published: Nov. 23, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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A Whole New World: A History of Utopias

Published: Nov. 17, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds

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American Exodus: A History of Emigration [rebroadcast]

Published: Nov. 11, 2016, 7:18 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds

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Short Take: The 2016 Election

Published: Nov. 9, 2016, 10:24 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 7 seconds

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Pulling the Curtain: Voting in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Nov. 3, 2016, midnight
Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds

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Short Take: FBI and U.S. Elections

Published: Nov. 2, 2016, midnight
Duration: 15 minutes 59 seconds

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Bridge For Sale: Deception In America [rebroadcast]

Published: Oct. 20, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 31 seconds

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A History of Manufacturing in 5 Objects

Published: Oct. 13, 2016, midnight
Duration: 57 minutes 19 seconds

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Fighting Words: A History of Debate in America

Published: Oct. 6, 2016, midnight
Duration: 59 minutes 10 seconds

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Keeping Tabs: Data & Surveillance in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Sept. 29, 2016, midnight
Duration: 52 minutes 43 seconds

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Banned: A History of Censorship [rebroadcast]

Published: Sept. 21, 2016, midnight
Duration: 57 minutes 52 seconds

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Believer-In-Chief: Faith & The Presidency

Published: Sept. 14, 2016, midnight
Duration: 57 minutes 5 seconds

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Body Politics: Disability in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Sept. 8, 2016, midnight
Duration: 37 minutes 40 seconds

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Nose to the Grindstone: A History of American Work Ethic

Published: Sept. 1, 2016, midnight
Duration: 58 minutes 9 seconds

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Untrammeled: Americans and the Wilderness [rebroadcast]

Published: Aug. 25, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds

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Serve & Protect? A History of the Police [rebroadcast]

Published: Aug. 17, 2016, midnight
Duration: 53 minutes 1 second

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104: Serve & Protect? A History of the Police

Published: Aug. 17, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 31 seconds

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Wish You Were Here: A History of American Tourism

Published: Aug. 11, 2016, midnight
Duration: 57 minutes 57 seconds

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Another Mans Treasure: A History Of Trash [rebroadcast]

Published: Aug. 4, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 47 seconds

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You've Come A Long Way?: A History Of Women In Politics

Published: July 28, 2016, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 11 seconds

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Conventional Wisdom: A History of American Political Conventions [rebroadcast]

Published: July 22, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 37 seconds

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The GOP: A History Of The Republican Party

Published: July 14, 2016, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 20 seconds

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Rare History Well Done: Meat In America [rebroadcast]

Published: July 8, 2016, midnight
Duration: 58 minutes 25 seconds

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Independence Daze: A History of July 4th [rebroadcast]

Published: July 4, 2016, 4 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 43 seconds

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The Pursuit: A History Of Happiness [rebroadcast]

Published: June 30, 2016, midnight
Duration: 51 minutes 58 seconds

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Above The Fray?: Ideology & The Court

Published: June 24, 2016, 7:57 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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Committed: Marriage In America [rebroadcast]

Published: June 17, 2016, 7:37 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 19 seconds

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Hamilton: A History

Published: June 10, 2016, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds

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Politically Incorrect: Speech In American Politics

Published: June 3, 2016, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds

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The Beasts Within Domesticated Animals In America [rebroadcast]

Published: May 27, 2016, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 44 seconds

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All Hopped Up: Drugs In America [rebroadcast]

Published: May 20, 2016, 3:22 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 20 seconds

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Watch The Throne: America & Royalty

Published: May 13, 2016, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 56 seconds

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All In: A History of Gambling in America

Published: May 6, 2016, 7:18 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 30 seconds

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On The Money: A History Of American Currency [rebroadcast]

Published: April 29, 2016, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 23 seconds

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Judaism in America

Published: April 22, 2016, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 52 seconds

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Stuck: A History of Political Gridlock [rebroadcast]

Published: April 15, 2016, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 41 seconds

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Pass/Fail: An American History of Testing

Published: April 8, 2016, 5:08 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 52 seconds

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TURF WAR [2016]: A HISTORY OF COLLEGE SPORTS [rebroadcast]

Published: April 1, 2016, 2:21 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 30 seconds

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Little Caesars: Local Power in America

Published: March 28, 2016, 4:05 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 13 seconds

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Small Island, Big Shadow Cuba and the U.S. [rebroadcast]

Published: March 18, 2016, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 35 seconds

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Well-Regulated Militias: A History Of Armed Protest

Published: March 11, 2016, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 21 seconds

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The Middling Sort: Visions of the Middle Class [rebroadcast]

Published: March 4, 2016, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds

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Hard Times: A History Of Unemployment

Published: Feb. 26, 2016, 7:03 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 35 seconds

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Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease [rebroadcast]

Published: Feb. 19, 2016, 8:42 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 29 seconds

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Real To Reel 2016: History At The Movies

Published: Feb. 12, 2016, 9:50 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes

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New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast]

Published: Feb. 5, 2016, 8:54 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 5 seconds

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PROMO - New & Improved: Advertising In America [rebroadcast]

Published: Feb. 2, 2016, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 35 seconds

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Court Of Public Opinion: Trial Watching In America

Published: Jan. 29, 2016, 9:42 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds

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City Upon A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism [rebroadcast]

Published: Jan. 22, 2016, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 58 seconds

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Color Lines: Racial Passing In America

Published: Jan. 15, 2016, 9:25 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 19 seconds

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The Future Then: Visions of America Yet to Come [rebroadcast]

Published: Jan. 8, 2016, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 26 seconds

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Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Dec. 31, 2015, 6:23 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 41 seconds

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History for the Headlines: 2015 in Review

Published: Dec. 25, 2015, 9:22 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 36 seconds

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Islam and the United States [rebroadcast]

Published: Dec. 18, 2015, 8:54 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 24 seconds

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American Prophets: Religions Born in the U.S.

Published: Dec. 11, 2015, 9:19 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 37 seconds

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Counter Culture: A History of Shopping [rebroadcast]

Published: Dec. 4, 2015, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 35 seconds

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Three Squares: Mealtime in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Nov. 24, 2015, 10:52 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 38 seconds

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Contested Landscape: Confederate Symbols in America

Published: Nov. 20, 2015, 9:13 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 4 seconds

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Body Politics: Disability in America

Published: Nov. 13, 2015, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 10 seconds

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Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]

Published: Nov. 5, 2015, 7:38 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds

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People's Choice: A History of Populism

Published: Oct. 23, 2015, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 45 seconds

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Green Acres: A History of Farmers in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Oct. 16, 2015, 5:13 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 7 seconds

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They Might Be Giants: China and the U.S.

Published: Oct. 9, 2015, 7:01 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 2 seconds

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Little Feet: Children Starting Over in America [rebroadcast]

Published: Oct. 2, 2015, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 7 seconds

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Banned: A History of Censorship

Published: Sept. 25, 2015, 8:50 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 21 seconds

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Catholics In America

Published: Sept. 18, 2015, 6:29 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 27 seconds

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Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast]

Published: Sept. 11, 2015, 5:43 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 57 seconds

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Rare History Well Done: Meat in America

Published: Sept. 4, 2015, 5:07 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 26 seconds

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