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 99: Humanistic Psychology Part II [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:07
"Don't reach for the stars, reach for the flowers." One of the appealing aspects of humanistic psychology is it's embrace of the ordinary and it's emphasis on the fundamental goodness of human beings. Is it true that hum…
Episode 98: Humanistic Psychology Part I [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:35
In popular culture, there is often a morbid fascination with the psychology of evil, but what about the psychology of good? Social Psychology may get most of the headlines, but Humanistic Psychology could have just as mu…
Episode 97: Mono No Aware [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:59
In a massive and seemingly uncaring universe, fatalism and the resignation of inevitability is one way to look at the world. The philosophical concept of Mono No Aware and Ken Liu's powerful short story "Mono No Aware" o…
Episode 96: Running From Bondage with Karen Cook Bell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:29
In this episode I sat down with historian Karen Cook Bell to talk about her book Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America. We discussed life as a female slave i…
Episode 95: Sprinting Through No Man's Land with Adin Dobkin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:54
In this episode, I spoke with writer and journalist Adin Dobkin about his book "Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France." We talked about conflict as a lens into cultur…
BONUS: The Paper Menagerie [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:33
Ken Liu's amazing short story "The Paper Menagerie" is simple but poignant. It provides an opportunity to think about some of the most important things in life: love, culture, history, regret, memories, identity, and mor…
Episode 91: The Cambodian Genocide Part II-Endure and Survive [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:46
What was life like under the Khmer Rouge? Ordinary life for millions of Cambodians was filled with fear, torment, and despair. Yet the people of Cambodia also demonstrated resilience, resistance, and an enduring human sp…

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