The Backstory with Patty Steele

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The Backstory: The history of jokes

We all love to laugh, no matter when, where, or how we’ve lived. Amazingly, there are a handful of topics that have given us the giggles for at least 5,000 years. And a lot of them involve 6th-grade humor. 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…