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 [...]
Tolerance: A History of Drink
Uncork the champagne! December 5th marked the 75th anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal, but was the ban on alcohol as bad as we remember? Does Prohibition really deserve its reputation as a failed experiment? In this hour, political historian Jim Morone gives us an introduction to the politics of sin. Then a modern-day moonshiner tells how [...]
