191: Saving American History
How is the history of a nation remembered? Well -- it all depends
on what you keep. We’re talking about recipes, your old record
collection, wedding dresses, newspapers, family letters or even
your own personal diary. These are the types of documents futu
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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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How is the history of a nation remembered? Well -- it all depends
on what you keep. We’re talking about recipes, your old record
collection, wedding dresses, newspapers, family letters or even
your own personal diary. These are the types of documents future
generations depend on to understand past American culture.
On this episode, Joanne, Ed and Nathan talk about the people who
decided to take it upon themselves to collect stuff they knew
people would care about someday -- even if others thought they were
weird.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
on what you keep. We’re talking about recipes, your old record
collection, wedding dresses, newspapers, family letters or even
your own personal diary. These are the types of documents future
generations depend on to understand past American culture.
On this episode, Joanne, Ed and Nathan talk about the people who
decided to take it upon themselves to collect stuff they knew
people would care about someday -- even if others thought they were
weird.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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