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BackStory is a history podcast hosted by BackStory. It has 265 episodes, with the latest published August 2025.

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Anatomy of a Geo-Block

2

All About Geo-Fencing

3

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

4

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

5

Test Audio Episode

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Amazing video episode

7

Test Episode

8

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

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Teaser: BackStory and the History of Finales in America

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330: Best of BackStory: The Time the People Picked

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Introducing: Seizing Freedom

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

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325: American Empire: From Scene on Radio

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

18

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

19

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

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

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

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

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

24

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

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

26

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

27

Blacks and Indians: From What's Ray Saying?

28

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

29

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

30

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

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

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

33

311: "The Gay Agenda" from American Hysteria

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

35

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

36

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

37

307: Those Were The Days: Nostalgia in American History

38

257: Stuffed - Taxidermy in the History of America

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306: The Best of BackStory 2019

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

41

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

42

225: What's Cooking? A History of Food in America

43

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

44

Sponsored: Introducing Clearstory, from This Old House

45

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

46

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

47

195: Call To Arms: Enlistment in America

48

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

49

Coming Up: The History of Dynamite in America

50

299: Haunted Histories: A BackStory Halloween Special

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