http://backstoryradio.org VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Public radio that explores the historical context of todays news. BackStory with the American History Guys no BackStory with the American History Guys vafh-web@virginia.edu vafh-web@virginia.edu (BackStory with the American History Guys) Copyright Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, All rights reserved. VFH Radio at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities history, ed ayers, brian baloah, peter onuf, vfh, humanities, http://backstory.vfhblogs.org/files/powerpress/backstory_144.jpg http://backstoryradio.org http://backstoryradio.org/the-extraordinariness-of-the-ordinary-populism-in-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-extraordinariness-of-the-ordinary-populism-in-america http://backstoryradio.org/the-extraordinariness-of-the-ordinary-populism-in-america/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 22:32:52 +0000 cm6ay http://www.backstoryradio.org/?p=259 Joe the Plumber and his geographic equivalent, “Main Street,” were both major figures in Election ’08. “We the People” have finally spoken and… wait a second, who’s “we” and what did “we” say, anyway? On this show, we’ll explore the many faces of populism — that notion of the power of ordinariness that Americans have both idealized and feared. We’ll ask how a term describing a 19th century agrarian reform movement came to stand in for the interests of average Americans, and explore the connections between populism and American religion. Was our Revolution the work of The People or a few powerful people? How, historically, have we translated “the voice of the people” into a language that makes sense to all of us? Of course we want to hear from you, the People of BackStory — send us your ideas, questions, and stories, and you might be invited to join us on the air!

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