Promos for Upcoming Shows

Series produced by BackStory with the American History Guys

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Promos for stations airing upcoming episodes of BackStory with the American History Guys.

New promos will come out every Monday on this page.

New episodes launch every Friday. To hear our most recent episode, click here.


42 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: Title page of "History of the United States," Vol. 1, showing Columbus with sword and banner., Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for "1492: Columbus in American Memory," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: National Grange poster, 1873., Credit:  Source: UNC School of Education
30-second promo for "Green Acres: A History of Farming in America" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "The great Bartholdi statue, Liberty enlightening the world," Currier & Ives, 1885., Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "City Upon a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism [rebroadcast]" with 5-second music bed at end for st...

Bought by WUFT and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: “Academic Gowns, American Usage,”, Credit: chromolithographic print by Julius Bien & Co., 1903.
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Degrees of Freedom: Higher Education in America," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bayer advertisement, 1911
30-second promo for "All Hopped Up: Drugs in America [rebroadcast]" with a 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Depiction of the 1833 Leonid meteor storm, in Bible Readings for the Home Circle (1889).
30-second promo for "Starry Eyed: A History of the Heavens," with a 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by Radio Newark and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Seminole children on a reservation in Florida, c1948., Credit: Florida Photographic Collection
30-second promo for "Young Americans: A History of Childhood," with a 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An enumerator interviews a woman for the 1940 census. , Credit: National Archives
Earlier this month, Americans learned that the NSA has been collecting data on millions of Americans’ phone calls, and tapping into data gathered b...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Weather Made to Order?, Credit: Weather Made to Order? Colliers Magazine Cover 1954
30-second promo for "Weathering the Storm: A History of Extreme Weather" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Harry Whittier Frees photographed animal subjects in the early 20th century.
30-second promo for "Pet Friendly: A History of Domesticating Animals" with a 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: 23rd New York Infantry, ca. 1861-1865, Credit:  (Library of Congress)
30-second promo for "Civil War 150th: Why They Fought" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Hercules of Union
30-second promo for "Civil War: The Road to Civil War" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: City of New Orleans Circa 1885, Credit: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
30-second promo for "That Lawless Stream: A History of the Mississippi River" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Woman in Hysteria, Credit:  (Wikimedia Commons)
30-second promo for "States of Mind: Mental Illness in America" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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30-second promo for: Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
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30-second promo for "Mission Accomplished: How Wars End" 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: :30
Caption: A woodcut of the Haymarket Square bombing in 1886., Credit:  From Harper’s Weekly
30-second promo for "Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism " 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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30-second promo for "Rinse and Repeat: Cleanliness in America" 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: :30
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30-second promo for "Rules of Engagement: US Laws of War" 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: :30
Caption: Proposed Mothers’ Memorial , Credit:  John Geddes, 1922-30 (LOC)
30-second promo for "Monumental Disagreements: Memorials in America" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by KMXT, WUFT, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WDSE


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4