Historically Thinking

Historically Thinking


Latest Episodes

The Accidental Tyrant: Kim Il-Sung’s Rise to Power, and How He Kept It, with Fyodor Tertitskiy
June 25, 2025

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
June 11, 2025

Dan Edelstein on Thinking About Revolution...and History

Stephen Aron and Barry Strauss on History, Engaging a Wider Public, and Intellectual Humility
June 04, 2025

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
May 05, 2025

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
April 28, 2025

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
April 21, 2025

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,