[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":78},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-history-of-finales":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":14,"excerpt":20,"content":21,"transcript":22,"transcript_file":23,"audio":24,"resources":28,"segments":29},109,"history-of-finales","The End of the Road","BackStory and the History of Finales in America",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1593771532,"07.03.20","Jul 3, 2020","July 3, 2020",[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fhistory-of-finales\u002FWebsite-Main-Art-BackStory_Live_Bicentennial_29-1-1.jpg","BackStory hosts Joanne Freeman, Nathan Connolly, Brian Balogh and Ed Ayers are shown on the stage of Charlottesville’s Paramount Theater before “BackStory Live: Who Speaks for America?,” a live show honoring University of Virginia’s Bicentennial, October 5, 2017. Photographer: Sanjay Suchak ",{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fhistory-of-finales\u002Fsquare_small\u002FWebsite-Main-Art-BackStory_Live_Bicentennial_29-1-1.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fhistory-of-finales\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FWebsite-Main-Art-BackStory_Live_Bicentennial_29-1-1.jpg","It turns out that all good things must come to an end...including BackStory. ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It turns out that all good things must come to an end…including BackStory. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So on this final episode of BackStory, Nathan, Brian, Joanne and Ed explore different kinds of finales throughout American history. They also consider what it’s like being a part of their own finale and how finales can sometimes lead to new beginnings. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Fhistory-of-finales\u002Ftranscript\u002FFINALES-1.pdf",{"url":25,"duration":26,"formatted_duration":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fhistory-of-finales.mp3","4796","01:19:56",[],[30,44,58,68],{"index":31,"title":32,"description":33,"audio":34,"tags":38,"transcript":22,"episode":39},0,"Cue the Credits","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ed speaks with author \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fjenniferkarmstrong.com\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jennifer Keishin Armstrong\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about some of the most notorious — and beloved — television finales throughout American history including \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">M.A.S.H.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mary Tyler Moore Show\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seinfeld\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. They also talk about how ending a series with a finale wasn’t always a given…\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Music:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audioblocks.com\u002Fstock-audio\u002Fclassic-sitcom-02-hxxzzrjtiphk0wybnai.html\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Classic Sitcom\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Matthew Reid\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audioblocks.com\u002Fstock-audio\u002Fwho-likes-jazz-hesllta3uwbk0wy4ecf.html\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who Likes Jazz\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Bobby Cole\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":35,"duration":36,"formatted_duration":37},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fhistory-of-finales\u002Fhistory-of-finales-01.mp3","934","00:15:34",[],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":40,"tags":41,"thumb":42},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":43},{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},{"index":45,"title":46,"description":47,"audio":48,"tags":52,"transcript":22,"episode":53},1,"Goodbye or Good Riddance? ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Historian \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lindsaychervinsky.com\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lindsay Chervinsky\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tells Joanne about the precedent George Washington set with the first presidential finale and why exiting politics is harder than it looks. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Music: \u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.audioblocks.com\u002Fstock-audio\u002Fthe-presidential-palace-v3-hxbww0hiwhk0wy3qbl.html\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Presidential Palace (V3)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Patrick Smith \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Massive\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":49,"duration":50,"formatted_duration":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fhistory-of-finales\u002Fhistory-of-finales-02.mp3","750","00:12:30",[],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":54,"tags":55,"thumb":56},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":57},{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},{"index":59,"title":60,"description":61,"audio":22,"tags":62,"transcript":22,"episode":63},2,"You Win Some, You Lose Some","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coach Tony Bennett knows a thing or two about big finales. He’s the head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Virginia. In 2018, the Cavaliers entered the NCAA tournament as a number one seed, but lost in the first round. A year later, the team bounced back in a big way and won the NCAA national championship. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian talks with Coach Bennett about the power of sports and how you have to be able to accept the outcome of a big game, whether it’s a buzzer-beater win or a heartbreaking loss.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Music\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sessions.blue\u002F?fwp_search=OneeightFour\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OneEightFour\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Blue Dot Sessions\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003Cbr \u002F>\n\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sessions.blue\u002F?fwp_search=Elmore%20Heights\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elmore Heights \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Blue Dot Sessions\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":64,"tags":65,"thumb":66},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":67},{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},{"index":69,"title":70,"description":71,"audio":22,"tags":72,"transcript":22,"episode":73},3,"It’s Nationtime, Brother","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1972, ten thousand Black Americans convened in Gary, Indiana at the National Black Political Convention to unify around Black Liberation and political progress for Black Americans. But finding common ground within a diverse movement was easier said than done. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nathan speaks with historian \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fliberalarts.utexas.edu\u002Fhistory\u002Ffaculty\u002Flm25645\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leonard Moore\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the 1972 convention. Moore says that although the convention was a finale of sorts for Black Nationalism, it was also the beginning of something big.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1972, ten thousand Black Americans convened in Gary, Indiana at the National Black Political Convention to unify around a strategy for Black Liberation and political progress for Black Americans. But finding common ground within a diverse movement was easier said than done. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nathan speaks with historian \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fliberalarts.utexas.edu\u002Fhistory\u002Ffaculty\u002Flm25645\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leonard Moore\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the 1972 convention. Moore says that although the convention was a finale of sorts for Black Nationalism, it was also the beginning of something big.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cb>Music:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FSoul\u002FSmooth_Actor\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smooth Actor\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FSoul\u002FReckoning_1345\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reckoning\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FThoughtful\u002FDriftwood\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Driftwood\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FSoul\u002FSlotcar\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Slotcar\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FBackbeat\u002FLogjam\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Logjam\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FBackbeat\u002FSaunter\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saunter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffreemusicarchive.org\u002Fmusic\u002FPodington_Bear\u002FBackbeat\u002FEnrichment\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enrichment\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Podington Bear\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",[],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":74,"tags":75,"thumb":76},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":77},{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},1790963935313]