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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


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
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


  • Added: Unknown
  • 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
BackStory - The More Things Change: Presidential Transitions
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: 1909 cartoon from the humor magazine 'Puck' showing Taft handing baby 'My Policies' to Roosevelt., Credit: Library of Congress
Do presidential transitions deserve all the attention they tend to get? Why do we mark time by presidencies when key events often have little to do...

Bought by KUCB, WNPR, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW, WRPI and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
BackStory - American as Pumpkin Pie: A History of Thanksgiving
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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On this holiday edition of BackStory, the History Guys search for the true roots of Thanksgiving.

Bought by KDRP Community Radio, KUOW, KSRQ, WMRA, KVMR and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 58
Electric Arc Radio - Episode #4 - Show Me The Monkey part 2
From: David Salmela
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Comedic Radio Series from Minneapolis, MN

  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: 01:10:06