262: Finding Americana: Butter Sculptures, Tiny Towns and Other Irresistible Gems

BackStory

History, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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What could be more American than . . . butter carving? Maybe miniature roadside towns or perhaps a dead whale on a train. On this episode of BackStory, Ed, Brian and Nathan explore the best of Americana, finding the unique and the kitschy in American culture. (This show features two segments from previous episodes.)

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0:00.0	I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm hosting the brand new podcast, Papercuts.
0:04.6	From the mail's obsession with woke, to the daily stars wore on pigeons,
0:08.7	to all the things the Guardian is telling you not to enjoy,
0:12.1	Papercuts digs into the private mania of the UK press.
0:15.9	And what that tells us about Britain today.
0:18.6	I'm joined by some of the UK's sharpest commentators and funniest comedians
0:22.4	to pick out the most eye-popping stories the morning press has to offer
0:26.0	and serve them up for your incredulity and entertainment.
0:29.8	Papercuts, we read the papers so you don't have to.
0:33.2	Out now, wherever you get your podcasts or visit papercutsshow.com.
0:40.4	Major funding for Backstory is provided by an anonymous donor,
0:44.0	the National Endowment for the Humanities,
0:46.1	and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
0:51.8	From Virginia Humanities, this is Backstory.
1:00.8	Welcome to Backstory, the show that explains the history behind today's headlines.
1:05.3	I'm Nathan Connelly.
1:06.5	I'm Ed Ayers, and I'm Brian Balla.
1:08.9	If you're new to the podcast, we and Joanne Freeman are all historians,
1:13.2	and each week we explore a different aspect of American history.
1:16.8	Today, in this special holiday show, we'll be looking at Americana.
1:21.5	I'll be getting my fingers greasy with some butter sculpture.
1:25.3	I'll be finding out about the miniature version of the US of A in Pennsylvania
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