307: Those Were The Days: Nostalgia in American History

It’s common for folks to look back on a time gone by and romanticize it as “better days.” But is nostalgia a harmless yearning for the past, or a distraction from what’s happening in the present? Image: Memory Lane sign by Martin Bennett / Stockimo Sourc

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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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It’s common for folks to look back on a time gone by and
romanticize it as “better days.” But is nostalgia a harmless
yearning for the past, or a distraction from what’s happening in
the present?

Image: Memory Lane sign by Martin Bennett / Stockimo Source:
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