From: "Tony Field" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:57 PM
Subject: Brand-New History Radio Show


A new U.S. history-themed weekly radio program is in development at the
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities in Charlottesville, Virginia, and
will be launching on selected public radio stations in late spring.
Hosted by U.S. historians Brian Balogh, Peter Onuf, and Ed Ayers, the
program will go where few journalists dare to go: into the past.

Each week, the History Guys will tear a topic from the headlines, and
proceed to plumb its historical depths. Over the course of a show, the
hosts will be joined by fellow historians, people in the news, and
callers who want to explore the roots of what’s going on now. Together,
they will drill down to colonial times and earlier, revealing the
connections (and sometimes, the disconnections) between past and
present. With its passionate, intelligent, and irreverent approach, the
program will target specialists and non-specialists alike, and attempt
to make history part of the national conversation again.

We think that one of our inaugural shows may be of interest to
recipients of this listserv. It concerns the history of environmental
thinking in the U.S., and the changing ways in which Nature has been
imagined. When did "nature" become a thing to be protected, and not
feared? How have Americans conceived of our "proper role" in nature?
What is the relationship between public health and civic health?

A significant portion of the program will be devoted to listener calls.
But because the show is still in development, we are relying on
word-of-mouth to attract people interested in participating in the
recording of the show. Please consider sending us your thoughts,
observations, and especially questions related to the topic. If we think
they work well for our purposes, we'll invite you to share them "on the
air."

Also -- please feel free to pass this announcement along to your
colleagues, students, and anybody else you think might be interested.

We will be recording this episode of the show this Saturday, February,
23rd. If you're interested in participating, please email us with your
thoughts/questions by this Friday at the latest.

Thank you very much...and stay tuned!

Tony Field
Radio Producer
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
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434-924-8922
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