Reflecting History

Reflecting History

Author: Reflecting History Language: English Episodes: 182
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Reflecting History is an educational history podcast that explores significant historical events and themes without losing track of the ordinary people involved. Covering a wide variety of topics, it explores the connection between history, psychology, and philosophy.
Episodes
Episode 81: China Tripping Part I-Ordinary History [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:15
History is the study of the past. Oftentimes we tend to forget that history still existed and is worth studying during times that wouldn't be considered earth-shattering or momentous. Could the study of "ordinary history…
Episode 79: Myths About Slavery [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:16
Slavery is a difficult topic to learn and teach about. Combine this with some of the big picture problems inherent in most education systems and there is bound to be misconceptions and confusion abound. This episode tack…
Episode 78: The Star [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:21
A team of scientists returns home from a journey to investigate the causes of a massive supernova. What they discover in the remnants of the cloudy nebula will change humanity forever. The chief astrophysicist of the mis…
Episode 77: Against the Grain Part IV-Collapses and Dark Ages [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:30
What do we mean when we say that a civilization collapsed? This is an extremely common way to speak about ancient societies and governmental systems. It typically carries a negative connotation, but did these "collapses"…
Episode 76: Learning to Be You [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 22:26
Personal identity and the self are major concepts of historical and philosophical study. But applying these concepts to others IS history. It's a major purpose of what we do. This episode discusses the famous thought exp…
Episode 75: Against the Grain Part III-Mortality and Early States [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:57
If the civilizational narrative of progress as a result of human use of agriculture is flawed, then why did states and civilizations develop? How do we define a state? Were the earliest states single entities that magica…
Episode 74: Against the Grain Part II-The Domus Complex [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:09
In what ways did early humans landscape and change the environment over time? How did early humans develop agriculture? Why was grain such a staple crop for early humans? While the standard historical narrative seems to…
Episode 73: Against the Grain Part I-The Civilizational Narrative [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:56
In some ways, common historical narratives form the backbone of our study of history. There are certain historical stories that are as old as history itself, and are thus taken for granted by the historical layman. One o…
Episode 72: This is Water [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:22
As David Foster Wallace points out in his famous commencement address "This is Water," life is filled with simple realities that are difficult to talk about or even comprehend. Upon close examination, sometimes these sim…

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