BackStory With The American History Guys
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About BackStory With The American History Guys
BackStory with the American History Guys is a weekly radio show and podcast that seeks to connect current issues in the United States to similar concerns and events in the American past. The show's co-hosts are three historians who each specialize in a different century: Peter Onuf (18th century), Ed Ayers (19th century), and Brian Balogh (20th century). The producer is Tony Field. Listeners are invited to call in with questions. The hosts interview experts, and there are occasional short narrative segments.
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Teed Off: The Tea Party, Then and Now
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Paying Up: A History of Taxation
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Grand Old Parties: A History of Partisanship
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Love Me Did: A History of Courtship
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School Days: A History of Public Education
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Beyond Numbers: A History of the U.S. Census
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Climate Control: A History of Heating & Cooling
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Scales of Justice: A History of Supreme Court Nominations
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American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural
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Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease
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Civil War 150th: Why They Fought
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Jefferson Then and Now (Pt. 2)
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Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism
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Straight Shot: Guns in America
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Apocalypse Now & Then: A History of End-Times
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Three Squares: Mealtime in America
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Borrowed Times: A History of the National Debt
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Thenceforward and Forever Free
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Civil War 150th: The Road to Civil War
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Jefferson, Then and Now (Pt. 1)
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Independence Daze: A History of July Fourth
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Pulling the Curtain: Voting in America
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Coming Home: A History of War Veterans
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Civil War 150th: Questions Remain
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Small Island, Big Shadow: Cuba and the US
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All Hopped Up: Drugs in America
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Been There, Done That: Historical Reenactments
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Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America
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You’ve Got Mail: A History of the Post Office [rebroadcast]
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Borderlands and Bordered Lands
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Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast]
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Here to There: A History of Mapping
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Beach Bodies: A History of the American Physique
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Conventional Wisdom: A History of American Political Conventions
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Climate Control: A History of Heating and Cooling
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Turf War: A History of College Sports
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American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [Rebroadcast]
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Naughty & Nice: A History of The Holiday Season [rebroadcast]
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City Upon a Hill: American Exceptionalism
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Best of Times: BackStory Year in Review
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American as Pumpkin Pie: A History of Thanksgiving
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Call of the Week: Dawn from Charlottesville
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Naughty & Nice: A History of The Holiday Season
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Thenceforward and Forever Free [Rebroadcast]
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Coming Home: A History of War Veterans [rebroadcast]
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Heart of the Stranger that Hovered Near
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You’ve Got Mail: A History of the Post Office
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The War of 1812: Which One Was That?
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Borrowed Times: A History of the National Debt [rebroadcast]
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Committed: Marriage in America
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