[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":87},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-best-of-listeners":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":14,"excerpt":20,"content":21,"transcript":16,"transcript_file":22,"audio":23,"resources":27,"segments":28},35,"best-of-listeners","Best of BackStory","The Time the People Picked",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1593173681,"06.26.20","Jun 26, 2020","June 26, 2020",[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fbest-of-listeners\u002FBackStory_Logo_Stacked_RGB_3000x3000-1.jpg",null,{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fbest-of-listeners\u002Fsquare_small\u002FBackStory_Logo_Stacked_RGB_3000x3000-1.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fbest-of-listeners\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FBackStory_Logo_Stacked_RGB_3000x3000-1.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, we present three of our listener’s favorite interviews from the show.","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As BackStory nears the end of its production, we’ve asked our listeners \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to call in with moments from the show’s history and compile their very own “Best of BackStory.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We got some great responses covering a range of topics, each of them meaningful to the present moment in their own way.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So in this best of BackStory, we present three of our listener’s favorite interviews from the show. You’ll learn about the early U.S. Postal Service, and hear from residents of Hamlet, North Carolina as we explore the painful memory of a 1991 tragedy. Then, you’ll discover the long evolution of the Confederate flag’s design.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Fbest-of-listeners\u002Ftranscript\u002FListener-Favorites.pdf",{"url":24,"duration":25,"formatted_duration":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fbest-of-listeners.mp3","3080","00:51:20",[],[29,47,70],{"index":30,"title":31,"description":32,"audio":33,"tags":37,"transcript":16,"episode":42},0,"Nickled and Dimed","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ed talks with David Henkin about the earliest letter writers, and how they cheated the postage rates of the 1830s.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":34,"duration":35,"formatted_duration":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fbest-of-listeners\u002Fbest-of-listeners-01.mp3","651","00:10:51",[38,39,40,41],"U.S. Postal Service","communication","correspondence","mail",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":43,"tags":44,"thumb":45},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":46},{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},{"index":48,"title":49,"description":50,"audio":51,"tags":55,"transcript":16,"episode":65},1,"The Hamlet Fire","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">On September 3rd, 1991, a fire erupted at the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. The blaze and toxic smoke killed 25 people and injured dozens. Many of the employees tried to escape through the exits, but they were trapped because several of the doors were padlocked from the outside. 28 years later, Hamlet residents and former employees of the plant are still grappling with the painful memories. 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