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 194: If This Be Treason, Make the Most of It

Posted January 13, 202101:19:06

During the American Revolution just about everyone in the thirteen colonies—or, after July 2, 1776,  the new United States—could be justly termed...

Bonus: Mark Salisbury on Higher Ed at the End of 2020, or Continuing Higher COVIDucation

Posted January 12, 202100:40:12

Here's a little lagniappe, a conversation with frequent guest Mark Salisbury of TuitionFit on higher ed headlines of December 2020, and some speculation...

Episode 193: The Plot to Bring Down the Soviet Revolution

Posted January 6, 202101:12:31

In the spring of 1918, a young Scottish diplomat began to put together a plot that was intended to change the entire direction of the Great War, and...

Episode 192: Distracted, or, How to be Attentive

Posted December 30, 202000:57:53

Anyone who has been in a classroom in the last 25 years has heard someone—perhaps themselves—worry about the effects of “digital distraction”...

Episode 191: Pacifist Prophet

Posted December 23, 202001:07:20

In 1775 Johannes Papunhunk died in a Moravian village in Ohio. He was not a Moravian, or any other kind of European, but a member of the Munsee tribe...