The Future Then: Visions of America Yet to Come [rebroadcast]
For as long as anyone can remember, Americans have imagined the
future—from the flying cars and 3-hour workdays of The Jetsons to
World War III and nuclear holocaust. Sometimes we’ve even made
those dreams come true, or at least we’ve tried. On this episo
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Each week we take a topic that people are t...
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For as long as anyone can remember, Americans have imagined the
future—from the flying cars and 3-hour workdays of The Jetsons to
World War III and nuclear holocaust. Sometimes we’ve even made
those dreams come true, or at least we’ve tried. On this episode of
BackStory, Brian, Ed and Peter kick off the new year by asking what
past visions of the future tell us about the times that conjured
them.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
future—from the flying cars and 3-hour workdays of The Jetsons to
World War III and nuclear holocaust. Sometimes we’ve even made
those dreams come true, or at least we’ve tried. On this episode of
BackStory, Brian, Ed and Peter kick off the new year by asking what
past visions of the future tell us about the times that conjured
them.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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