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 121: The War Between the Greeks, or, The Forever War
“In 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a generation the...
Episode 120: Now or Never!, or, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Fights for Freedom
On Saturday, July 18, 1863, the 54thMassachusetts Regiment attacked Fort Wagner, a Confederate fortification defending Charleston Harbor. The assault...
Episode 119: The Curious Case of the Lion’s Blood, or, How Anna Zieglerin Came to Be Burned at the Stake
In 1573, an alchemist named Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for something she called “the lion's...
Episode 118: The First Cabinet, or, George Washington’s Greatest Creation
Today's conversation is a little different. Usually I talk to people who have already written a book. But today's guest Lindsay Chervinsky is in the...
Episode 117: The Treaty of Versailles, 100 Years Later
Hello, from January 18, to June 28, 1919, the fate of the world seemed as if it would be decided in Paris. There leaders of the victorious powers met...
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