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Welcome to Backstory, the show that explains the history behind today's headlines.

I'm Nathan Connolly.

I'm Joanne Freeman.

And I'm Brian Ballot.

Brian, Ed Ayers, Nathan, and I are all historians.

Each week we explore a topic that's been in the news.

And we're going to start today's show in New York City in 1915.

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