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S5 E1: Columbus Believed the Earth was Flat
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In this episode, Whitney Kay, Merit Wagstaff, and Abby Pruns tackle the myth that when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he and his crew—and everyone else in Europe at the time—believed the earth was flat. Sources Cited in this Episode Cohen, Richard. Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past. Simon &…
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S5 E5: Descartes Separates Mind from Body
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In this episode, student historians Aidan Shackelford, Charles Worrell, and Isaac Murat uncover the history of ideas about the relationship between the human mind and the body. Though René Descartes is sometimes credited as the first person to theorize a division between the two, these historians trace a much deeper tradition of attempts to understand…
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Season 4 Teaser Guide
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This project situates the thirty-year Army career of the host’s Great-Grandfather, Colonel Richard H. Verheul into the broader historical contexts through which he served. Each episode considers different periods of Verheul’s career in light of the given historical developments. Throughout the season, you will hear from several professors who are experts on the given topic.