[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":126},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-conventional-wisdom":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":17,"excerpt":23,"content":24,"transcript":25,"transcript_file":26,"audio":27,"resources":31,"segments":32},67,"conventional-wisdom","Conventional Wisdom","A History of American Political Conventions",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1469199480,"07.22.16","Jul 22, 2016","July 22, 2016",[14,15,16],"party conventions","party politics","political parties",{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002F03099r.jpg","Attendees at the 1952 Republican National Convention, Chicago, IL (LOC)",{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fsquare_small\u002F03099r.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fsquare_medium\u002F03099r.jpg","American political conventions haven't always been so predictable. Before becoming scripted for television, conventions were often where pressing issues of the day got hashed out and careers were made or ruined. In this hour of BackStory we venture into the back rooms, the chaotic halls, and the streets where these dramas unfolded.","\u003Cp>American political conventions have often been unpredictable and this year promises plenty of drama.  Before they became heavily scripted affairs for TV, conventions were where some of the most critical policy questions were resolved, and where political careers were made or ruined. On this episode, we venture into the back rooms, chaotic halls, and streets where these political clashes unfolded. The Backstory hosts hear the voices of anti-corruption crusaders in the 1820s, women’s rights activists at Seneca Falls, and civil rights workers in 1964 – all of whom turned to conventions to push for change. Through it all, we’ll ask how well American political conventions have lived up to their promise of representing constituents back home.\u003C\u002Fp>",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Ftranscript\u002Fconventional-wisdom-a-history-of-american-political-conventions-rebroadcast.pdf",{"url":28,"duration":29,"formatted_duration":30},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016.mp3","3094","00:51:34",[],[33,47,62,78,94,108],{"index":34,"title":35,"description":36,"audio":37,"tags":41,"transcript":25,"episode":42},0,"Caught in the Act","\u003Cp>The American Backstory hosts talk to a former presidential convention delegate who was caught napping on the job by a Chicago newspaper. See photographic evidence of Snook’s faux-pas \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.backstoryradio.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002Fsites\u002F13\u002F2012\u002F08\u002FLloydSnookSleeps-300x168.jpg\">here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":38,"duration":39,"formatted_duration":40},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016-01.mp3","168","00:02:48",[14],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":43,"tags":44,"thumb":45},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":46},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":48,"title":49,"description":50,"audio":51,"tags":55,"transcript":25,"episode":57},1,"Power to the People","\u003Cp>With the help of historian Michael Holt, BackStory producer Jess Engebretson tells the story behind the first political convention, organized in 1832 in order to show support for the small Anti-Masonic Party that had sprung up in reaction to the number of political elites involved in the secretive Masonic society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":52,"duration":53,"formatted_duration":54},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016-02.mp3","737","00:12:17",[56,14],"Anti-Masonic Party",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":58,"tags":59,"thumb":60},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":61},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":63,"title":64,"description":65,"audio":66,"tags":70,"transcript":25,"episode":73},2,"From Across the Pond","\u003Cp>BackStory chats with Rutgers historian Nancy Hewitt about how the European revolutions of 1848 influenced the organizers of the Seneca Falls convention of that same year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":67,"duration":68,"formatted_duration":69},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016-03.mp3","387","00:06:27",[71,72,14],"Revolutions of 1848","Seneca Falls Convention of 1848",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":74,"tags":75,"thumb":76},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":77},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":79,"title":80,"description":81,"audio":82,"tags":86,"transcript":25,"episode":89},3,"Please (Don’t) Be Seated","\u003Cp>\u003Cem>BackStory\u003C\u002Fem> producer Allison Quantz tells the story of an unofficial, integrated delegation from Mississippi that attempted to claim seats at the 1964 Democratic National Convention and were denied. Their aim was to protest the ways in which African-Americans were kept from being a part of the official delegation. Quantz speaks with members of that unofficial delegation – Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Dr. Leslie McLemore – and the Backstory hosts then discuss other groups that have used conventions to gain legitimacy in the eyes of insiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":83,"duration":84,"formatted_duration":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016-04.mp3","932","00:15:32",[87,88,14],"Democratic National Convention of 1964","Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":90,"tags":91,"thumb":92},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":93},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":95,"title":96,"description":97,"audio":98,"tags":102,"transcript":25,"episode":103},4,"Listener Calls","\u003Cp>Peter, Ed, and Brian take a call from a listener.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":99,"duration":100,"formatted_duration":101},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016-05.mp3","595","00:09:55",[14],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":104,"tags":105,"thumb":106},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":107},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":109,"title":110,"description":111,"audio":112,"tags":116,"transcript":25,"episode":121},5,"Talk of the Nation","\u003Cp>Brian chats with Richard Bensel about William Jennings Bryan’s famous “Cross of Gold” speech, delivered at the Democratic National Convention in 1896, and Bensel explains the changing role of the press in political reporting at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":113,"duration":114,"formatted_duration":115},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016\u002Fconventional-wisdom-2016-06.mp3","727","00:12:07",[117,118,119,14,120],"Free Silver Movement","William Jennings Bryan","election of 1896","speeches",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":122,"tags":123,"thumb":124},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":125},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},1790963907634]