The untold story of how Kim Il-Sung went from obscurity to ruling North Korea

Dan Edelstein on Thinking About Revolution...and History

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

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

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

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,