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 329: Nature’s Messenger
On two separate trips, he traveled throughout the southeastern corner of the North American continent. He collected plants, and seeds, which he sent...
Episode 328: Making Medieval Money
In the early 11th century, an English monk wrote an imaginary conversation between two men haggling over the price of a book. After finally agreeing...
Episode 327: American South
For more than two centuries, the American South has fascinated Americans–and increasingly those outside North America. Its economy, politics, religion,...
Episode 326: The Professor and the Rough Rider
John Singer Sargent, Henry Cabot Lodge At the 1920 Republican Convention the journalist and H.L. Mencken observed with great amusement and interest...
Episode 325: Brother Mauro’s Map
On a wall outside the reading room of the Museo Correr hangs a map of the world. It is not just any map. The oceans are painted cerulean blue, and on...
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