Brian and I talk about History

In this podcast we talk about why we like history and what we seek to gain from it. In so doing we talk about narratives, putting oneself in other peoples’ shoes, how the world has become more peaceful and grand theories of history.

A few links: Detlev Schlichter; Alan McFarlane; Arnold Toynbee and our podcast on the First World War.

Unfortunately, we got cut off at 48 minutes. Mea culpa. About a week later we reconvened to see if we could remember what we said.