Grave Matters: A History of Death and Mourning
On Memorial Day we ask — how have we lived with the dead throughout American history? Have improvements in public health and medicine made death less a part of our everyday lives?
The Good Mother: A History of American Motherhood
For most of American history, women were charged with raising productive citizens, but not given full citizen status, themselves. Our Mother’s Day episode explores this enduring paradox.
"Naughty & Nice": Music Listing
This is a list of the music used in the BackStory episode “Naughty & Nice: A History of the Holiday Season,” broadcast in December of 2009.
"Worst Mother in American History" Challenge
Our special Mother’s Day show will explore what is has meant to be a “good mother” in American history–and there are a fair number of figures to choose from (though perhaps less than you would think): 1950s TV moms, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and now, Michelle Obama… But we here at BackStory are stumped when it [...]
