Thinking Historically About

Thinking Historically About Futurism with The Wende Museum

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Joes Segal, Chief Curator and Director of Programming at The Wende Museum in Culver City, California. Segal addresses the importance of culture as a historical artifact and core part of the Wende Museum's mission. Additionally, we discuss the concept of futurism, its origins in art, how it is revealed in Afrofuturism, and how the mindset can shape the way we think about the present. The Wende Museum's upcoming exhibit, Competing Cosmologies (Nov. 2026-Oct. 2027) will explore many of the themes discussed in this episode. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org [http://thinkingnation.org].

Thinking Historically About Canals in Early America with the C&O Canal National Historical Park

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Christal Tongish, Education Program Manager at the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal National Historical Park. Tongish helps us think historically about the importance of canals to the early United States and the particular role that the C&O played in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org [http://thinkingnation.org].

Thinking Historically About Japanese Americans with the Japanese American National Museum

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Lynn Yamasaki, Director of Education at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM). Yamasaki helps us think historically about Japanese American history in Los Angeles as well as the broader Japanese American experience in the United States, especially in and around World War II. She also talks through the ways that JANM preserves Japanese American history.  Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

Thinking Historically About Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C.

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Paul Ramshaw, a member at Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington D.C. Ramshaw helps us think historically about the origins of Luther Place, the erection of the Martin Luther statue that remains in the front of the church, and how the church and statue can be seen as a United States place-based symbol within the context and historical legacy of the Protestant Reformation. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.

Thinking Historically About Los Angeles's Chinatown with Eugene Moy

In this episode, we are thinking historically with Eugene Moy, president of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. Moy helps us think historically about Chinatown in Los Angeles as well as the broader Chinese American experience in Southern California. Thinking Historically About brings history to life. In each episode, expert scholars unpack the essential questions students should be asking as they challenge how we understand the past and its relevance today. Whether you're a teacher, student, or lifelong learner, hit follow and start thinking historically with us. Learn and connect with us at thinkingnation.org.