Historically Thinking

Latest Episodes
The Accidental Tyrant: Kim Il-Sung’s Rise to Power, and How He Kept It, with Fyodor Tertitskiy
The untold story of how Kim Il-Sung went from obscurity to ruling North Korea
Revolution to Come: Dan Edelstein on Thinking About Revolution...and History
Dan Edelstein on Thinking About Revolution...and History
Stephen Aron and Barry Strauss on History, Engaging a Wider Public, and Intellectual Humility
This weeks episode features not one but two conversationswith Aron and Strausswhich, while it may sound like a jazz-age songwriting duo, is in fact a pairing of two distinguished historians: Stephe
Episode 406: Rogue Agent
Robert Bruce Lockhart was at various times in his life a diplomat, a conspirator, an gatherer of intelligence, and a propagandist. He was always a maverick, a charmer, a bit of a cad with a touch of t
Episode 405: Free Creations
Albert Einstein died in 1955, the most influential scientist of the 20th century. Yet even in the 21st-century his intellectual presence remains seven of the noble prizes awarded since 2000 stemmed
Episode 404: Intellectual Humility, with Mikaberidze and Nelson
This week I wanted to give you two conversations recorded some time ago, which are part of our recurring series on intellectual humility and historical thinking. The first guest is Alex Mikaberidze,