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 254: Saving Yellowstone
In 1871 an expedition entered the territory now encompassed by Yellowstone National Park. Led by doctor and self-taught geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer...
Episode 253: Beer!
“The story of beer,” writes John Arthur, “is a chronicle about how we as a species have interacted with each other, created prosperous societies,...
Episode 252: The Great War and Modern Medicine
From the first weeks of the Great War, in August 1914, medical practice was overwhelmed, not simply by the mass casualties produced by the war, but...
Episode 251: The History of Technology, from Leonardo to the Internet
“My underlying goal,” writes my guest Tom Misa, “has been to display the variety of technologies, to describe how they changed across time, and...
Episode 250: Amber Waves of Grain
Grain traders wandering across the steppe; boulevard barons and wheat futures; railroads; the first fast food breakfast; and war socialism. It's all...
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