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Reflecting History

Reflecting History

Author: Reflecting History Language: English Episodes: 50
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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 150: Aztec Memories Part IV-The Chontal Gift [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:33
While the Aztec Empire peaked in central Mexico, a different empire was spreading it's tenticles across the Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish were in the early phases of setting up a global superpower powered by colonialism. I…
Episode 149: Aztec Memories Part III-The City on the Lake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:11
The Aztec Empire at its height in the 1400's was a flourishing civilization that had a rich social and cultural tradition. In addition to the political realities of statebuilding-war, tribute, human sacrifice, and slaver…
Episode 148: Aztec Memories Part II-A Memory Called Empire [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:47
From their new base in Tenochtitlan, the Mexica people slowly built the Aztec Empire over the course of the 1300's. While the "myth of the Aztec" ascribes this accomplishment to the barbarism of human sacrifice and bruta…
Episode 147: Aztec Memories Part I-A Rose Not a Rose [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:25
The story of the Aztec Empire is a story unlike any other. From it's origins as a nomadic underdog, to it's ascendance at the rich and powerful city of Tenochtitlan, to it's clash of civilizations with the mighty Spanish…
BONUS: Arcane [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:33
This bonus episode is the first episode of a nine part podcast series on the Netflix show "Arcane." I recap season 1 of the show and delve into the history, psychology, and philosophy underpinning the story-discussing wh…
Episode 146: Prehistory and Posthistory [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:50
Is history a cycle? How do the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki shed light on the discovery of prehistoric cave paintings at Lascaux Cave? What is the link between prehistory and posthistory? This episode looks…
Episode 145: Daughters of Shandong with Eve Chung [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:53
In 20th century China, ordinary people had to make incredibly hard decisions every day to simply survive. One generation passed the torch of war and death to the next, and people had to live with the consequences. Famili…
Episode 144: Aftersun [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:11
What is memory? Why do we remember and forget? How does the puzzle of memory fit together or fall apart in our minds? In the 2022 film "Aftersun," written and directed by Charlotte Wells, a woman tries to look back into…
Episode 143: The Unseen Leader with Martin Gutmann [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:01
Leadership is one of the most interesting avenues of historical study, but also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode I'm joined by historian Martin Gutmann to talk about some of the myths and larger lessons abo…
Episode 142: The Road Part III [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:52
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" depicts a horrific wasteland that is the worst possible example of an existential threat coming to life. But like in his other novels, there are also moments where you wonder if the evil depi…

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