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 236: Let Me Put That Into Context

Posted December 7, 202100:53:12

Great podcast title, right? Those words still trigger a sort of survival reflex in me, based upon experience with an eminent professor. When he said...

Bonus Episode: The Higher Ed Scene, with Mark Salisbury

Posted December 1, 202100:58:18

Sometimes, Higher Ed can feel like a battle. But not because of COVID, or CRT, or POTUS, or FL GOV...it's because someone in the administration asked...

Episode 235: The Great Little Madison

Posted November 18, 202101:37:23

If there’s one thing Americans know about James Madison, it might be that he was the shortest American President, ever–just 5’4”, or that he...

Episode 234: The Fall of Robespierre

Posted November 15, 202100:47:20

“We seek an order of things in which all the base and cruel passions are enchained, all the beneficent and generous passions are awakened by the laws;...

Episode 233: Generation Myth

Posted November 8, 202100:55:15

Each year millions and millions of whatever currency you’d care to have are spent explaining generations to one another. Inherent in that expensive...