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'History Guys' going to weekly radio syndication

“BackStory with the American History Guys,” a public radio program produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, will be syndicated on a weekly basis starting May 11. The program, which first aired as a monthly spot in 2008, has been picked up by stations in 39 states.

At one point or another the program has aired on every public radio outlet in Virginia, Executive Producer Andrew Wyndham said.

The show is hosted by “18th Century Guy” Peter Onuf, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation professor of history at UVa; “19th Century Guy” Ed Ayers, current president of the University of Richmond, former dean of the UVa College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; and “20th Century Guy” Brian Balogh, Hugh P. Kelly professor of history at UVa and director of the Fellowship Program at UVa’s Miller Center of Public Affairs....

Read entire article at Daily Progress