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 316: Redcoat’s Son
William Hunter was a radical advocate for American democracy. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was the founder of the second newspaper west of...
Episode 315: Street Food
Since the Middle Ages, food has always been sold on the streets of London. Women and men, boys and girls, have seemingly sold everything that can be...
Episode 314: Peerless Among Princes
In the early sixteenth century there emerged upon the world stage a cast of royal characters that could almost persuade the most hardened social historian...
Episode 313: Intellectual Humility, Social Psychologically Speaking
This is the second of our continuing series on intellectual humility and historical thinking. Today I'm interested in exploring the social science of...
Episode 312: Gods of Thunder
The medieval warm period began in the mid-tenth century, around and about 950 AD. A warmer climate led to higher agricultural yields, and in an agricultural...
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