• The History Guys interview Aaron Sheehan-Dean, historian at the University of North Florida, about the Confederate cause.

• 19th Century Guy Ed Ayers and 20th Century Guy Brian Balogh interview Civil War Historian Gary Gallagher, from the University of Virginia.

• Listen to a narrative of President Lincoln’s journey from Illinois to the White House.

• 19th Century Guy Brian Balogh interviews Al Marquardt, one of the census takers for the 1940 census.

• Robert Frost, in his poem “The Census Taker” reflects upon the information revealed by the 1920 census.

• 18th Century Guy Peter Onuf interviews Ann Braude about the intersection between spiritualism and radical politics.

• 19th Century Guy Brian Balogh interviews Fernando Armstrong, the Puerto Rico area manager for the 1980 census about the use of race in the census.

• Nate DiMeo relates the story of the Fox sisters and speaks of their involvement in the development of American Spiritualism in the middle of the 19th century.

• 19th Century Guy Ed Ayers speaks with Cara Seekings, a spirit medium living in the Spiritualist community Lily Dale, in upstate New York.

]]> http://backstoryradio.org/spiritualism-in-lily-dale-ny/feed/ 0 http://backstoryradio.org/african-americans-immigration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=african-americans-immigration http://backstoryradio.org/african-americans-immigration/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:06:37 +0000 cm6ay http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/?p=1838 The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “‘Aliens’ in America.”  You can listen to the entire episode here.

Frank Morris of the Center for Immigration Studies discusses historic tensions between immigrant laborers and African-Americans.

Excerpted from: “Aliens” in America

In a country populated by immigrants, why are Americans so wary of newcomers? Historian Mae Ngai explains that the door slammed shut in the the 1920s.

Excerpted from: “Aliens” in America

Historian Scott Nelson outlines the eerie similarities between 1873 and 2008, and explains how Christian fundamentalism is rooted in financial collapse.

Excerpted from: Panic!: A History of Financial Crisis

Economic historian Michael Bernstein explains the difference between the Great Depression and the myriad financial panics of the 19th century, as well as the amnesia that ignores the realities of the business cycle.

Excerpted from: Panic!: A History of Financial Crisis

Historian David Nye discusses the origins of Americans’ ample appetites for energy.

Excerpted from: From Whales to Wind: A History of Energy

Historian Ann Norton Greene explains why the “Age of Steam” was also the Age of Horses.

Excerpted from: From Whales to Wind: A History of Energy

Historian Daryl Scott discusses rise of scientific racism and how race has evolved–and not evolved–in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Excerpted from: Black & White: The Idea of Racial Purity

Catherine Moore tells the story of George Washington’s inaugural “parade,” and why it mattered.

Excerpted from: The More Things Change: A History of Presidential Transitions

Historian Michael Holt explains the lasting impact of a little-known president, James K. Polk, and the History Guys ask whether Polk’s expansion of US territory was a foregone conclusion or the mark of presidential power & influence.

Excerpted from: The More Things Change: A History of Presidential Transitions

Michael Kinsley, founding editor of Slate.com, talks about why he’s not worried about objectivity in the new media landscape.

Excerpted from: Just the Facts?: Partisanship & the Press