Reconsidering History

On the introductory episode of History Reconsidered, Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman discuss why they launched this podcast. They explain why history is too important to be left to modern academia.Modern academic history is wholly unsuited to public interest in the discipline. In the ivory tower there's increasingly an emphasis on micro social studies or, more perniciously, on rebuking historical figures for their sins against modernity. The media and entertainment environment isn't much better as a combination of ignorance and ideology leads them to cloud and warp the realities of the past.History Reconsidered is aimed at changing these trends and delivering a deeper and more meaningful understanding of history, which is needed now more than ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Om Podcasten

History Reconsidered is a weekly podcast dedicated to taking a deep dive into historical issues and events and relating them to the modern world. It is hosted by Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman.Dr. Sumantra Maitra is a senior editor at The American Conservative, a senior contributor to The Federalist, a senior fellow at the Center for Renewing America, and an elected, Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society, London. His book, “Sources of Russian Aggression” (Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield) is scheduled to be published in 2024.Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal and was a 2018 Lincoln Fellow with the Claremont Institute. He’s spent over a decade in media and wrote “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past,” a book about how a cultural revolution aims at discrediting the foundations of the United States and the West. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.