American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural [Rebroadcast]
With Halloween in the air, the History Guys set out to explore Americans’ relationship with ghosts, spirits, and witches throughout our nation’s history.
American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural
With Halloween in the air, the History Guys set out to explore Americans’ relationship with ghosts, spirits, and witches throughout our nation’s history.
“American Spirit” – Web Exclusives
19th Century Guy Ed Ayers speaks with Cara Seekings, a spirit medium living in the Spiritualist community Lily Dale, in upstate New York.
“American Spirit” — music listing
This is a listing of the music used in the BackStory episode, “American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural,” broadcast in October of 2010. You can listen to the entire episode here. _________________________________________________________________________ Requiem Mass in D Flat: Introit and Kyrie The Choir of All Saints Gaudeamus: Music for the Feasts of All Saints and [...]
Bibliography for “American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural”
Albanese, Catherine. Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. —–. A Republic of Mind & Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Andersson, Rani-Henrik. The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. [...]
“American Spirit” — transcript
This is the transcript of “American Spirit: A History of the Supernatural.” You can listen to the entire episode here. _______________________________________________________________________ Peter Onuf: This is “BackStory,” with us, the American History Guys. I’m Peter Onuf, 18th century guy. Ed Ayers: I’m Ed Ayers, 19th century guy. Brian Balogh: And I’m Brian Balogh, 20th century history [...]
