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 202: Talking History, Podcasting, and the Age of Jackson, with Daniel N. Gullotta
Today's podcast is something we haven't done for a year, a conversation with another history podcaster. A year ago, just as the pandemic was beginning...
Episode 201: Isaac Newton, After Gravity
In 1696, Isaac Newton, then Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, moved rather suddenly to London. There he took the position of...
Episode 200: Connecting, from an English Portrait to Galileo and Beyond, with J.L. Heilbron
This is the second of Historically Thinking’s yearlong series on the the skills of historical thinking. In our first installment this year, which...
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...
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