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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Behind the Book: Down the Road to the Cedars
This is the first in a new series of podcasts. Long time listeners will remember that when my book Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life was published,...
Episode 242: Was Abraham Lincoln a Racist?
In a eulogy to Abraham Lincoln delivered on June 1, 1865, Frederick Douglass posed the question “what was Lincoln to the colored people or they to...
Episode 238: Generations of Reason
In February, 1853, Augustus De Morgan, Professor of Mathematics at University College London, drew the last of a series of diagrams illustrating logical...
Episode 241: Doing the Research
So what does research mean to you? Does it mean looking for someone somewhere on the internet who agrees with you? Then you should really listen to...
Episode 240: Empire and Jihad
In 1914, at the start of the Great War, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire called for a “Great Jihad” against France, Russia, and Great Britain. It...
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