BackStory is quitting the city and heading into the wild. In this episode, Brian, Ed, and Peter revisit America’s fascination with wild places and learn how humans have impacted even the most remote corners of our country. The Guys explore how the first European settlers encountered a landscape long shaped by human intervention, and later, how the city of San Francisco found a way to control the remote Hetch Hetchy valley, hundreds of miles away. They also consider how our ideas about wilderness have changed over time.
The Wall Street Journal's Jeffrey Sparshott tells us what to watch in the September jobs report, which is due out Friday morning, as well as puts the rest of the latest employment data into perspective.
6 Min
Oct 6, 2016
Drew and Marchman talk about the NBA playoffs, rigging lotteries, Letterman, and more.
58 Min
May 20, 2015
Audio dramatist Mac Rogers discusses the resurgence of radio theater in the U.S. and his own work on the podcast drama, LifeAfter.
22 Min
Dec 23, 2016
