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 199: George Washington, Politician
If you count up all his military service, George Washington was a soldier for about thirteen years. But as an elected representative he served for 26...
Bonus: Comprehending Dante, with Guy Raffa
This bonus episode is with Guy Raffa, last heard in Episode 183 discussing his book Dante's Bones: How a Poet Invented Italy. It was a great conversation...
Episode 198: American Heretic
"Calhoun, the cast-iron man, who looks as if he had never been born, and never could be extinguished." -Harriet Martineau John C. Calhoun was, for...
Episode 197: An Independent Woman of the Eighteenth Century
Eliza Lucas Pinckney was born in 1722 on the island of Antigua in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, one of the tinier colonies of the British Empire,...
From the Archives: Episode 39: The Skills of Historical Thinking
We've just begun a unique experiment, creating a year long series devoted to explain what historical thinking is, why it's important, and how to do...
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