- 253
- Episodes
- 2
- Transcribed
- 2,889
- Ratings
- 2015
- First episode
- 8M
- YouTube views
About BackStory
BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.
- Publisher
- BackStory
- Category
- education · history · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Sept 2015
- Latest episode
- 14 Aug 2025
Latest episodes
2 of 253 episodes have a transcript.
14 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
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13 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
All About Geo-Fencing
18 Jun 2025
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- YouTube views
- 8,485,995
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 2,889 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 70
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 76
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