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Back Story Radio: Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism
BackStory Radio episode with the American History Guys looks at the origins of domestic terrorism in the United States and when and how we define people or movements as terrorists. Audio and transcripts are provided in segments.
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Back Story Radio: Monumental Disagreements: Memorials in America
BackStory Radio episode on monuments in America, who gets them and why, and the controversy that surrounds some of them. It provides the audio in segments, no transcript available.
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Back Story Radio: On the Money: A History of American Currency
Podcast on the history of the changing face of American currency. From Greenbacks to Bitcoin, the American History Guys explore which currencies throughout history Americans have embraced and why. This audio is provided in segments, no...
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Backstory Radio: Serve & Protect? A History of the Police
BackStory Radio podcast on the history of policing in America and what it means to serve and protect. Audio and transcript are provided.
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Back Story Radio: Green Acres: A History of Farming in America
BackStory Radio podcast [52:52] with the American History Guys discussing the history of farming in America and the changing role of agriculture in the U.S.
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Back Story Radio: 1492: Columbus in American Memory
BackStory Radio podcast features a lively discussion of Columbus Day, its history and the controversy surrounding it. It provides the audio and the transcript in segments.
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Backstory Radio: Here to There: A History of Mapping
BackStory Radio episode on the history of mapping and perception of place. The History Guys explore maps throughout U.S history revealing a story of a map that gave America its name. Audio is provided; no transcript.
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Back Story Radio: Stuck: A History of Gridlock
BackStory episode examines the topic of legislative standoffs in Congress by looking at the history of Congressional gridlock and evaluating the outcome. Audio and transcript are provided.
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Back Story Radio: The Future Then: Visions of America Yet to Come
This BackStory episode is a show about how the people in the past have imagined the future and what that says about the times in which they lived. Audio and transcript are provided.
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Back Story Radio: Islam and the u.s.
BackStory podcast on America's relationship with Islam, how it has changed over time, and what it means to be Muslim in America. It provides the audio and transcripts in segments.
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Back Story Radio: Paying Up: A History of Taxation [Rebroadcast]
Rebroadcast of BackStory podcast on the history of taxation in America. The American History Guys look at changing perceptions, how things are different and what has stayed the same. Audio is provided in segments, no transcripts available.
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Back Story Radio: The Departed: Extinction in America
BackStory Radio episode in which the American History Guys explore how American thinking about extinction has developed and factored into the American psyche. The audio and transcripts are available.
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Back Story Radio: Born Again: Religious Renewal in America
This BackStory audio program contemplates revivalism and religious renewal in America. The History Guys provide listeners with a rich discussion of what religion, fundamentalism and evangelicalism can tell us about the times and the role...
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Backstory Radio: Pulling the Curtain: Voting in America
Election day audio segment on the history of voting in America looks at voting patterns and puts current voting trends perspective. Audio and transcript are provided.
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Back Story Radio: Controversial Wars
BackStory Radio podcast in which the American History Guys and their guest peer through the history and explore what happens on the home front during war explaining the controversies surrounding them.
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Back Story Radio: Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [2013]
This Backstory Radio episode is a rebroadcast of a 2012 episode on the history of alcohol use and abuse in America as well as its proponents and opponents. It provides the audio in segments and the full episode in a transcript.
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Backstory Radio: Civil War 150th: Ii. Why They Fought [Rebroadcast]
Part two of BackStory Radio episode [53 min. 10 sec.] on the Civil War examines the conflicts and motivations of northerners and southerners who fought and supported the war. Audio and transcript are provided.
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Back Story Radio: Civil War 150th: I. The Road to Civil War [Rebroadcast]
Rebroadcast of Part I of a two part series on the beginnings of the Civil War in which the American History Guys discuss the six months prior to Lincoln's election and the road to war. Audio and transcripts are provided in segments.
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Back Story Radio: Civil War 150th: The Road to War
BackStory episode [52 min. 52 sec.] commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War focusses on the six months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the outbreak of the Civil War.
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Back Story Radio: The Departed: Extinction in America
Audio [52:02] from BackStory Radio discussing the rate of plant and animal extinction, what it means for our ecosystem and how Americans grapple with the idea of species loss. The American History Guys ask pertinent questions linking...
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Back Story Radio: Women at Work: A History
BackStory Radio segment [52:14] looks at the history of women in the workforce from 19th Century to present day.
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Back Story Radio: New and Improved: Advertising in America
Audio episode [59:38] in which the American History Guys from BackStory explore in-depth, the history of advertising in America.