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From Virginia Humanities, this is Baxbury.

Welcome to Baxbury, the show that explains the history behind today's headlines. I'm Ed Ayers.

I'm Brian Ballow. Now the turn of a year is always a time for looking back as well as looking forward.

Yeah, you know, it's hard to believe given how young we look at.

But in 2018, Baxbury marked its 10th anniversary on the air.

Wow. So in this special show, we're going to take a brief look back and a major look forward.

Now when Baxbury began, it wasn't even called Baxbury. Brian, our friend Peter Onif and I were embarrassingly nuts.

Go ahead, say it in the history, guys.

The history, guys, is a production of VFA radio with the essential support of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia.

It's the history, guys.

Yep, that's us, the history, guys. Hi, everybody. I'm Ed. I'm Brian.

And I'm Peter.

Give us a call, folks. 877-451-5098.

We tried out lots of different theme music. Some of it worked.

Some of it not so much.

Now in those early days, we took calls from listeners who had historical queries for us to answer.

That's right. But remember to ask us about US history. Call us about something we actually know.

Or at least we think we know. Over the years on Baxbury, some things have fallen by the wayside and been replaced by new things.

When Peter Onif retired, Ed and I were joined by two wonderful new colleagues, Joanne Freeman and Nathan Conway.

But even the Baxbury has evolved. One thing has remained constant.

Our devotion to the discipline of history.

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