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 346: The World That Wasn’t
Henry Wallace was an Iowan, an accomplished geneticist who hybridized corn; an entrepreneur who co-founded Pioneer Hi-Bred to produce seed, still...
Episode 345: Ecology of Nations
Some animals—like beavers, nesting ants, bees, and humans—actively reshape their environments to make them more favorable for their own species. ...
Intellectual Humility and Historical Thinking: Jonathan Zimmerman
This is the first of my interviews with historians touching on questions of intellectual humility and historical thinking. Today conversation is with...
An Introduction to Disorder
We’re going to do something a little differently in today’s episode of Historically Thinking, in that it's not an episode of Historically Thinking. Instead...
Episode 344: Founding Scoundrels
“Founders” is a term that we typically use to refer to just a few men–usually the first four Presidents of the United States, plus Ben Franklin...
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