BackStory

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331: The End of the Road: BackStory and the History of Finales in America
July 03, 2020

It turns out that all good things must come to an end...including BackStory.

Teaser: BackStory and the History of Finales in America
June 30, 2020

This Friday were airing the final episode of BackStory, in which Nathan, Joanne, Ed, and Brian explore different kinds of finales throughout American history.

330: Best of BackStory: The Time the People Picked
June 26, 2020

In this best of BackStory, we present three of our listeners favorite interviews from the show.

Introducing: Seizing Freedom
June 24, 2020

Coming Feb 2021In most history classes, students learn that the Emancipation Proclamation and Union victories freed the slaves. But ending slavery in America required much more than battlefield victories and official declarations. Black people battl

329: Great, Small and Other Expectations: Charles Dickens and His History with America
June 19, 2020

On this episode of BackStory, Joanne is joined by Jonathan Wells and Nancy Metz to tell the story of Dickens tumultuous -- but ultimately triumphant -- relationship to the United States and his American readers.

328: The Clue of the Blue Bottle from "The Last Archive"
June 12, 2020

On this episode of The Last Archive, historian Jill Lepore tells the story of a Spring day in 1919, when a womans body was found bound, gagged, and strangled in a garden in Barre, Vermont.

327: Another Burden to Bear: A History of Racial Health Disparities in America
June 05, 2020

On this episode of BackStory, Joanne and Brian learn about how different communities have struggled to acquire adequate health care.

326: Mystery, Murder, and Mayhem: A History of True Crime in America
May 29, 2020

On this episode of BackStory, Joanne and Ed shine a light onto the dark history of true crime in modern American history.