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 229: Mr. Jefferson and His University
Alumni of the University of Virginia enjoy pointing out that while Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone declares his foundation of that university as his...
Episode 228: The Intellectual Life in Difficult Circumstances
Joseph Wright, a native of the West Riding of Yorkshire, started working in a factory at the age of 6. He did not learn to read until he was 15, inspired...
Episode 227: The First French Revolution
In the last days of 1358, thousands of French villagers across northern France revolted against a faltering regime, from Normandy in the west, to Picardy...
Episode 226: Adventures Through Time, with Dominic Sandbrook
Go into an American bookshop, and you’ll get the impression that the only two most important events that ever happened in all of human history were...
Episode 225: Noble Volunteers, or, The British Soldier in the American Revolution
Sometimes Americans are pretty sure that they know a few things about the British soldiers who fought in the American Revolution. A list of them probably...
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