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 309: What’s the Use of Your Humanities Degree in an AI World?
So, said an uncle to a student of mine, you’re getting a history degree, huh? When you graduate, you gonna get a job in a history store? The numbers...
Episode 308: Breakfast Cereal
Everything has a history, even breakfast cereal. And that history is involved with the history of grain–which means it is involved with both the history...
Episode 307: Eisenhower’s Guerrillas
In August 1944, Fred Bailey jumped out of a perfectly good airplane and parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, landing in a disused brickyard. Growing...
Episode 306: Long Walk
In October 1569, a captain of a French ship off the northern coast of Nova Scotia was summoned on deck. Alongside was a canoe, and in it were three...
Episode 305: Degrading Equality
In 1835, Oberlin College in Ohio determined that it would admit black students. A very few other colleges did at the time, but Oberlin was unique in...
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