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 324: Civil War Politics
It’s no secret that historians love to create periods and errors, and then physically argue about them. We love to talk about the long 18th century,...
Episode 323: President Garfield
"The Three-Story Head" When the Republican convention reconvened on the morning of June 8, 1880, Congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio had precisely...
Episode 322: Roman Walks
Caravaggio, David and Goliath: a dangling self-portrait My guest Scott Samuelson didn’t visit Rome until he was in his mid 30s. Since then, with COVID...
Episode 321: Amazing Iroquois
When on April 9, 1865, Ulysses S Grant received the surrender of Robert E Lee, one of the staff officers who accompanied him was Ely S. Parker. He...
Episode 320: The Devils Will Get No Rest
As the President of the United States prepared to travel to Morocco for a wartime conference, his closest aide and advisor wrote down just why he was...
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