Jarrett Stepman

History Reconsidered

Society EN ↓ 27 episodes

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 a...

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Jarrett Stepman

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Thinking About the Roman Empire 17.11.2023 1:04:09

On this week's episode of History Reconsidered, Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman discuss why they think about the Roman Empire and why you probably do too even if you don't know it. Men thinking about the Roman Empire became quite a social media meme, but as Maitra and Stepman explain, the trend suggests that there's a deep longing in modern societies to consider our ancient origins. "Thinking...

Reconsidering History 16.11.2023 18:58

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 rebuk...