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Back Story Radio: Degrees of Freedom: Higher Education in America
BackStory podcast with the American History Guys discussing the history of higher education in America including struggle over the purpose and nature of college and what the debate is about today. Audio and transcripts are provided in...
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Back Story Radio: Grand Old Parties: A History of Partisanship
BackStory Radio explores the history of partisanship and asks whether it is tearing us apart in this country or serving to keep us together. This episode has no podcast; it is a brief article on the topic and transcripts of the comments...
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Back Story Radio: Looking for Work: A History of Unemployment
BackStory Radio episode in which historian Alexander Keysar takes a look at unemployment over the years and discusses with callers to the show how it had shaped our national character and perceptions of joblessness. This is the...
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Backstory Radio: Scales of Justice: A History of Supreme Court Nominations
BackStory Radio episode discussion of the Supreme Court nomination process past and present exploring media influence and whether or not the process has become more politicized. No audio; transcript only.
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Back Story Radio: Teed Off: The Tea Party, Then and Now
BackStory episode about the Tea Party movement and its relationship to the American populist movement of the past. The transcript is provided, no audio.