Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property
BackStory
What exactly is intellectual property? And what are protections for these kinds of rights supposed to achieve? The American History Guys look to the past for answers.
Listen Now »Humanities at Work
Applying the humanities to contemporary human questions.
Exploring: History
Mission Accomplished: How Wars End
BackStory
In this episode, BackStory looks at prominent conflicts of the last three centuries, and explores what it takes to end a war — both in legal terms, and in the popular imagination.
Listen Now »The Dinner of Doom
Encyclopedia Virginia
EV editor Brendan Wolfe discusses the recent discovery of the remains of a fourteen-year-old English girl believed to have been cannibalized during the winter of 1609–1610, which has come to be known as the Starving Time.
Continue Reading »Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast]
BackStory
The History Guys talk about the origins of domestic terrorism in the United States, and explore the question of what kinds of people and movements have been identified as “terrorists.”
Listen Now »A Short History of Virginia Indians
Encyclopedia Virginia
Encyclopedia Virginia‘s Brendan Wolfe provides a refresher on the history of Virginia Indians, in celebration of the launch of the Virginia Indian Archive. (Above image, Susie P. Nelson photographed by Frederick Johnson)
Continue Reading »American Exodus: A History of Emigration
BackStory
With immigration reform in the headlines this week, BackStory takes a look at the flip side of the Ellis Island story: emigration. This week, we bring you the stories of Americans who have left the country in search of a better life elsewhere.
Continue Reading »Paying Up: A History of Taxation
BackStory
Since the beginning of our history, Americans have had a complicated relationship with the Tax Man. On this episode, the History Guys look at the long and turbulent history of taxation in America, from the Stamp Act of 1765 to the current-day Tea Party Movement.
Continue Reading »Do the Math
With Good Reason
Civil rights activist Bob Moses famously helped organize a voter registration drive in Mississippi, but he also believed that math literacy was necessary for full citizenship in society. Tune in to to this week’s episode of With Good Reason for more.
Who Was Buzzard Pete?
Encyclopedia Virginia
Brendan Wolfe uncovers the history behind a circa 1905 photo of an African American at UVA known only as “Buzzard Pete” for the EV Blog.
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