The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory: The #%$@ history of cursing

Swearing, cursing, cussing, giving somebody the finger…they’re kind of ubiquitous these days, but they’ve been around for thousands of years. And now researchers say that yelling out your favorite four-letter word can even lower your blood pressure. But where in the &^%* did it all start and how has it evolved? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Backstory (Replay): The most powerful and hated man in the world

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  The Backstory: When teaching was tougher than being a nun

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  The Backstory: You are part of a government experiment

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  The Backstory: A movie inspires the thrill of the kill

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  The Backstory: Choosing your poison

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  The Backstory: Power parties: Orgies, flaming g******s, and other uncomfor…

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  The Backstory: Pablo Escobar: Drugs, blood, and $30 billion

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  The Backstory: Steve Jobs: Not such a genius father

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  The Backstory: The female Paul Revere: A gutsy 16-year-old

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  The Backstory: Sexual healing brought Marvin Gaye no healing

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  The Backstory: The 9-year-old Union soldier

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  The Backstory: Violence and heat on the campaign trail

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  (Replay) The Backstory: Cannibalism on the wild frontier

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  The Backstory: A middle-class kid rises to the top of the ad world

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  The Backstory: The influencer who packed up the White House as it burned!

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  The Backstory (Replay): ETs? Time travelers? Trying to explain the unexpla…