Historically Thinking

We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo

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Episode 381: Philosophy to the People

Posted November 4, 202401:20:40

His lectures at the College de France were so popular that people arrived at the lecture hall at least an hour in advance. When he finally spoke, it...

Episode 380: Madrid

Posted October 27, 202401:16:24

For nearly five centuries Madrid has been the capital of Spain, and the focus of frequent contempt by foreign visitors, as well as the scorn and hatred...

Episode 379: Philadelphia

Posted October 14, 202401:05:04

It is no longer the largest city in America, or the second largest, or even the fifth largest, but there are still those of us who love it. While modern...

Episode 378: Old New World

Posted October 7, 202401:11:34

For a few hundred years, the New World of the Americas was thought to be genuinely new. But in the course of the nineteenth century, Americans became...

Episode 377: BIG HISTORY (From the Archives)

Posted September 30, 2024

This podcast originally dropped on December 17, 2015.  If we had the reverb and the talent, we'd introduce this week's podcast like one of those guys...