309: Best of BackStory: The Time Peter Onuf Declared Independence

BackStory

History, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

For close to ten years, Peter Onuf hosted BackStory along with Ed Ayers and Brian Balogh. Now, with the show coming to a close, Peter is back to help kick off a new series we’re doing on the show. These are episodes in which all five of our hosts will look back on their time with the show and highlight some of their favorite moments.

With so much time at the show, Peter had a lot of material to work with. But he has narrowed it down to three conversations that still stick out in his memory today. Each one captures something that he considers to be unique about BackStory.

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0:00.0	Presenting Hop On Board, a podcast series by Southeastern, six podcasts, six celebrity
0:06.2	hosts, taking you on a whistle-stop tour of some of the best places to explore by rail
0:10.8	on the Southeastern network.
0:12.4	Join Greg Wallace as he tucks into delicious food and drink, rave-wilding, uncovering
0:17.2	unsolved mysteries and spooky happenings, and Miranda Sawyer getting Artie on the Ken
0:21.9	Coast.
0:22.9	Get the inside track on Kenton East Sussex with Hop On Board, listen now wherever you
0:27.2	get your podcasts.
0:30.7	Major funding for Backstories provided by Anonymous Donor, the National Endowment for
0:34.6	the Humanities and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
0:42.0	From Virginia Humanities, this is Backstory.
0:50.5	Welcome to Backstory, the show that explains the history behind today's headlines.
0:55.2	I'm Brian Ballot.
0:57.0	If you're new to the podcast, each week, along with my colleagues, Nathan Connolly, Joanne
1:01.4	Freeman and Ed Ayers, we explore a different aspect of American history.
1:06.4	If you're not new to the podcast, you might know that for close to 10 years, Ed and I hosted
1:13.0	Backstory along with our good friend and colleague, Peter Onif.
1:18.8	Peter is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia.
1:23.6	Well, I'm pleased to tell you that Peter is back with us today.
1:28.4	Hello, Peter, and welcome back.
1:32.2	Hi, Brian, thanks.
1:33.8	It's great to be here.
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