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2019: BackStory Episodes

October 12, 2022
2019: BackStory Episodes
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2019-01-04: Finding Americana: Butter Sculptures, Tiny Towns and Other Irresistible Gems
2019-01-04: Finding Americana: Butter Sculptures, Tiny Towns and Other Irresistible Gems
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2019-01-11: The BackStory Prize: Our Choice for the Best Public History Project in America
2019-01-11: The BackStory Prize: Our Choice for the Best Public History Project in America
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2019-01-18: When You Just Want to be Alone: The History of Solitude in America
2019-01-18: When You Just Want to be Alone: The History of Solitude in America
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2019-01-25: Nixon Beyond Watergate: A History of the Presidency Before the Scandal
2019-01-25: Nixon Beyond Watergate: A History of the Presidency Before the Scandal
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2019-02-01: BlackStory: BackStory Celebrates Black History Month with a Compilation
2019-02-01: BlackStory: BackStory Celebrates Black History Month with a Compilation
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2019-02-08: The Faces of Racism: A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture
2019-02-08: The Faces of Racism: A History of Blackface and Minstrelsy in American Culture
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2019-02-15: Love Off Limits: A History of the Relationships Once Considered Taboo in America
2019-02-15: Love Off Limits: A History of the Relationships Once Considered Taboo in America
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2019-02-22: Man vs. the Machine: Technophobia and American Society
2019-02-22: Man vs. the Machine: Technophobia and American Society
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2019-03-01: Shattering the Glass Ceiling in America: BackStory Celebrates Women's History Month
2019-03-01: Shattering the Glass Ceiling in America: BackStory Celebrates Women's History Month
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2019-03-08: Oh, Bloody Hell: BackStory's History of Profanity in America
2019-03-08: Oh, Bloody Hell: BackStory's History of Profanity in America
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2019-03-15: Shore Thing: A History of the Beach
2019-03-15: Shore Thing: A History of the Beach
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2019-03-22: Burnt Corks & Cakewalks: The Toxic Legacy of Blackface in American History
2019-03-22: Burnt Corks & Cakewalks: The Toxic Legacy of Blackface in American History
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2019-03-29: Teen Activists: A History of Youth Politics and Protest
2019-03-29: Teen Activists: A History of Youth Politics and Protest
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2019-04-05: All the Presidents’ Vetoes: A Brief History of Saying No to Legislation
2019-04-05: All the Presidents’ Vetoes: A Brief History of Saying No to Legislation
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2019-04-12: Death on the Assembly Line: Industrial Tragedies in American History
2019-04-12: Death on the Assembly Line: Industrial Tragedies in American History
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2019-04-19: Alternative Facts, Falsehoods and Delusions: The Lies We've Told Ourselves and Each Other in American History
2019-04-19: Alternative Facts, Falsehoods and Delusions: The Lies We've Told Ourselves and Each Other in American History
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2019-05-03: The Civil War in the 21st Century: A New Museum Marks an Old Conflict
2019-05-03: The Civil War in the 21st Century: A New Museum Marks an Old Conflict
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2019-05-10: The Year of the Woman: A History of Women in Congress
2019-05-10: The Year of the Woman: A History of Women in Congress
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2019-05-17: You Have The Right to Remain Silent: A History of the Miranda Warning
2019-05-17: You Have The Right to Remain Silent: A History of the Miranda Warning
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2019-05-24: Paying for the Past: Reparations and American History
2019-05-24: Paying for the Past: Reparations and American History
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2019-05-31: Song of Ourselves? Walt Whitman and the American Imagination
2019-05-31: Song of Ourselves? Walt Whitman and the American Imagination
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2019-06-14: The Many Lives of Roe v Wade: The Little Known History Behind the Famous Ruling
2019-06-14: The Many Lives of Roe v Wade: The Little Known History Behind the Famous Ruling
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2019-06-21: In God We Trust? The History of Religious Identity in America
2019-06-21: In God We Trust? The History of Religious Identity in America
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2019-06-28: A History of Stonewall, the Riot That Started the LGBTQ Revolution
2019-06-28: A History of Stonewall, the Riot That Started the LGBTQ Revolution
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2019-07-05: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation
2019-07-05: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation
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2019-07-12: How Silicon Valley Remade America in Its Image: A History of Digital Disruption
2019-07-12: How Silicon Valley Remade America in Its Image: A History of Digital Disruption
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2019-07-17: Historians in the Press: Why Citation by the Media is Important, Even if it Rarely Happens
2019-07-17: Historians in the Press: Why Citation by the Media is Important, Even if it Rarely Happens
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2019-07-19: Moon, Man, and Myths: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
2019-07-19: Moon, Man, and Myths: The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
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2019-07-26: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History
2019-07-26: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History
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2019-07-31: Thar She Blows: The History of Whales and America
2019-07-31: Thar She Blows: The History of Whales and America
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2019-08-02: Thar She Blows Again: The History of Whales and America (Part 2)
2019-08-02: Thar She Blows Again: The History of Whales and America (Part 2)
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2019-08-09: Man Up: A Look at Masculinity in American History
2019-08-09: Man Up: A Look at Masculinity in American History
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2019-08-16: Enlightened America? A History of Buddhism in the United States
2019-08-16: Enlightened America? A History of Buddhism in the United States
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2019-08-23: 1619: The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia
2019-08-23: 1619: The Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia
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2019-08-30: BackStory’s Labor Day Special: A History of Work and Labor Relations in the U.S.
2019-08-30: BackStory’s Labor Day Special: A History of Work and Labor Relations in the U.S.
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2019-09-06: Standing Rock and the History of Indigenous Resistance in the United States
2019-09-06: Standing Rock and the History of Indigenous Resistance in the United States
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2019-09-13: What’s in a Number? Thirteen in American History
2019-09-13: What’s in a Number? Thirteen in American History
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2019-09-20: The Long Shadow of the Plantation: How a Weighted Past Creates a Complicated Present
2019-09-20: The Long Shadow of the Plantation: How a Weighted Past Creates a Complicated Present
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2019-09-27: Impeachment Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: High Crimes and Misdemeanors in American History
2019-09-27: Impeachment Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: High Crimes and Misdemeanors in American History
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2019-10-04: Darkness Over the Plain: The Bison in American History
2019-10-04: Darkness Over the Plain: The Bison in American History
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2019-10-11: How Reconstruction Transformed the Constitution: A Feature Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner
2019-10-11: How Reconstruction Transformed the Constitution: A Feature Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner
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2019-10-18: Rallying Behind Racism: The Women of White Supremacy
2019-10-18: Rallying Behind Racism: The Women of White Supremacy
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2019-10-25: Haunted Histories: A BackStory Halloween Special
2019-10-25: Haunted Histories: A BackStory Halloween Special
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2019-11-01: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States
2019-11-01: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States
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2019-11-11: The Chinese in American History: How Afong Moy, Mayling Soong and Bruce Lee Changed the Narrative About China
2019-11-11: The Chinese in American History: How Afong Moy, Mayling Soong and Bruce Lee Changed the Narrative About China
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2019-11-15: The End of an Era: History That Was Made - and Unmade - in the 2010s
2019-11-15: The End of an Era: History That Was Made - and Unmade - in the 2010s
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2019-11-22: Sunny Days: The History of Sesame Street in America and the World
2019-11-22: Sunny Days: The History of Sesame Street in America and the World
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2019-11-29: What’s Cooking? A History of Food in America
2019-11-29: What’s Cooking? A History of Food in America
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2019-12-06: Telling Stories About the Past: Historians on Historical Fiction
2019-12-06: Telling Stories About the Past: Historians on Historical Fiction
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2019-12-13: From BackStory to You: A History of Giving and Receiving
2019-12-13: From BackStory to You: A History of Giving and Receiving