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The Good Mother: A History of American Motherhood
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Currier and Ives, "Look at Papa", Credit: Library of Congress
"Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys…" They may not have known it, but when Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson crooned that line in 197...

Bought by WCQS, WCAI / WNAN, KAZU, KREV-LP, WEKU and more


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  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
BackStory - "Controversial Wars"
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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The debate over the War in Iraq... It's enough to make one yearn for earlier times, when the nation united against a common enemy. Or did it?

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and WRIR


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  • Length: 54:34
  • Purchases: 3
BackStory - Environmental Crisis!!!!
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Climate change may be the most far-reaching environmental threat Americans have ever faced, but it's certainly not the first. The Father of Enviro...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WCAI / WNAN, WMPG, and WRPI


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
BackStory - I owe, I owe... Debt in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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200 years ago, debt was considered not simply an economic failing, but a moral one. It could even land you in prison! When did our attitudes about ...

Bought by WCPN, WNPR, 90.5 WSNC, KWIT, KXOT Public Radio and more


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  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
BackStory - Inventing the Traditional American Family
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Throughout American history, economics - not affection - has been the real tie that binds a family together. So when did the "traditional" family e...

Bought by KSJD, 90.5 WSNC, WSKG, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
BackStory - Serving Time: Punishment in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Our incarceration rate dwarfs that of every other nation, but our overall crime rate is average for Western countries. How did we get to this point?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, 90.5 WSNC, WRIR, and WRPI


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  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
BackStory - American Idle: A History of Leisure
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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The history of time-off. Tom Lutz provides a cultural history of slacking. and Cindy Aron reveals the beginnings of the modern American vacation.

Bought by KREV-LP, WCQS, WRPI, KSJD, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
BackStory - Traffic: How We Get From Here to There
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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America's story is one of migration and expansion. In this hour, we explore the history of America's highways and byways.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WRIR, and WRPI


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
BackStory - Aliens from... Inner Space? Outsiders in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Americans have always feared "alien" invasions, especially those by other earthlings.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Marfa Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN, 90.5 WSNC, WRIR and more


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  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
BackStory - Panic! A History of Financial Crisis
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Panic Attack, Credit: Aidan Hughes
Speculation... deregulation... crash... bailout. Sound familiar? Probably. Sound modern? It shouldn’t.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WSKG, WAMU and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 11
BackStory - From Whales to Wind: A History of Energy
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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Three decades after Jimmy Carter donned his famous cardigan and asked Americans to go on an energy diet, the U.S. is consuming more energy than ever.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, Spokane Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, WRIR, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 7