[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":112},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-the-pursuit":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":17,"excerpt":23,"content":24,"transcript":19,"transcript_file":19,"audio":25,"resources":29,"segments":30},237,"the-pursuit","The Pursuit","A History of Happiness",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1467379278,"07.01.16","Jul 1, 2016","July 1, 2016",[14,15,16],"Declaration of Independence","emotions","rights",{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":20},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002FThePursuitWaterlooTheaterPoster.jpg",null,{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fsquare_small\u002FThePursuitWaterlooTheaterPoster.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FThePursuitWaterlooTheaterPoster.jpg","In July 1776, the signers of Declaration said “the pursuit of Happiness” was an unalienable right. How did Americans define fulfillment in those days — and how has that idea changed ever since?","\u003Cp>Here’s a line you might have heard once or twice: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” But did the sentence \u003Cem>really\u003C\u002Fem> end there? Find out, this time on BackStory, as the hosts consider what “happiness” meant to Jefferson when he penned that line — and how it has changed in the centuries since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How have Americans defined success, prosperity and contentment? How have they carried out their pursuit of those ends? And how does the course of history square with their lofty goals? Brian, Ed and Peter mull these questions over in stories across the centuries — from a mesmerist who urged his followers to think happy thoughts to an early hit in the recording industry that will just crack you up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":26,"duration":27,"formatted_duration":28},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016.mp3","3125","00:52:05",[],[31,47,61,78,95],{"index":32,"title":33,"description":34,"audio":35,"tags":39,"transcript":19,"episode":42},0,"Comma Chameleon","\u003Cp>Producer Jessica Smith \u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.backstoryradio.org\u002F2015\u002F07\u002F20\u002Fwe-hold-this-punctuation\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports on an entire conference\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan> dedicated to a mysterious smudge on the Declaration of Independence — found right after the word “Happiness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":36,"duration":37,"formatted_duration":38},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016-01.mp3","525","00:08:45",[14,40,41,16],"historical record","mysteries",{"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":19,"episode":56},1,"So Happy Together","\u003Cp>The hosts explore the different meanings Americans have given, over the centuries, to the idea of pursuing happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":52,"duration":53,"formatted_duration":54},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016-02.mp3","428","00:07:08",[14,15,16],{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":57,"tags":58,"thumb":59},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":60},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":62,"title":63,"description":64,"audio":65,"tags":69,"transcript":19,"episode":73},2,"Don’t Worry — Be Happy!","\u003Cp>Author Barbara Ehrenreich describes the New Thought movement, which urged Americans in the late 1800s to embrace positivity over pious suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":66,"duration":67,"formatted_duration":68},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016-03.mp3","495","00:08:15",[15,70,71,72],"religious movements","self-improvement","wellness",{"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":19,"episode":90},3,"Laugh It Up, Fuzzball","\u003Cp>Producer Bruce Wallace has t\u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.backstoryradio.org\u002F2015\u002F07\u002F20\u002Flaugh-tracks\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he story of a peculiar craze\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan> in the 1920s, when recordings of people \u003Cem>laughing\u003C\u002Fem> broke the charts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":83,"duration":84,"formatted_duration":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016-04.mp3","497","00:08:17",[87,88,15,89],"audio","consumer culture","popular culture",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":91,"tags":92,"thumb":93},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":94},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},{"index":96,"title":97,"description":98,"audio":99,"tags":103,"transcript":19,"episode":107},4,"Chasing the Brass Ring","\u003Cp>Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger tells host Brian Balogh about a longitudinal study at Harvard that was meant to track professional success, but starting turning up data of a different sort: on happiness and well-being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":100,"duration":101,"formatted_duration":102},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016\u002Fthe-pursuit-2016-05.mp3","557","00:09:17",[104,15,105,106,72],"data","labor","psychology",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":108,"tags":109,"thumb":110},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16],{"src":18,"caption":19,"derivatives":111},{"square_small":21,"square_medium":22},1790963907182]