Back Stories

About Back Stories

“Back Stories,” tells the stories behind authors, books, movies, music and anything else we come up with or you might ask us to discuss. Season 2 of "Back Stories" is hosted by Elyssa Everling a JCPL librarian and a guest host. It is produced by the Johnson County Public Library in Indiana.

Publisher

Johnson County Public Library-Indiana

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2020

Latest episode

23 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Jun 2025

   Shipwrecks & The History of the World

   David Pfeiffer discusses shipwrecks and their historical significance with Elyssa from the Johnson County Public Library, highlighting insights from Erik Larson and David Gibbins in this interview.

2. 

   16 Jun 2025

   The "Dear America" Series

   Host Elyssa and guest Erin discuss the impact of Scholastic's "Dear America" book series on their childhoods and reminisce about school book fairs in this interview episode.

3. 

   2 May 2025

   Books About Librarians

   Back Stories guest and JCPL Franklin Branch Librarian Katie discusses the memoir of Kim Michele Richardson (https://www.kimmichelerichardson.com/), a bestselling, multiple-award-winning author from Kentucky. She also tells the story of Book Woman (https://www.kimmichelerichardson.com/the-book-woman-of-troublesome-creek), one of the Packhorse librarians who delivered books to remote areas of the Appalachian Mountains during the Great Depression. Elyssa takes a look behind Hell’s Library (https://www.goodreads.com/series/260943-hell-s-library) trilogy. Join them as librarians look at books about libraries and librarians, talk about John Green and local events.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,253,072

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

60