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 227: The First French Revolution

Posted October 11, 202101:10:26

In the last days of 1358, thousands of French villagers across northern France revolted against a faltering regime, from Normandy in the west, to Picardy...

Episode 226: Adventures Through Time, with Dominic Sandbrook

Posted October 4, 202101:06:49

Go into an American bookshop, and you’ll get the impression that the only two most important events that ever happened in all of human history were...

Episode 225: Noble Volunteers, or, The British Soldier in the American Revolution

Posted September 27, 202101:16:08

Sometimes Americans are pretty sure that they know a few things about the British soldiers who fought in the American Revolution. A list of them probably...

Episode 224: Disruption

Posted September 20, 202101:16:55

Historians are always interested in how things change over time, and it helps for the survival of the profession that most things do. But there are...

Episode 223: Climbing Denali

Posted September 13, 202101:05:09

Denali, the mountain formerly sometimes known (but not by Alaskans) as Mt. McKinley, is one of the most impressive mountains in the entire world. It...