Episode 99: Humanistic Psychology Part II
"Don't reach for the stars, reach for the flowers." One of the appealing aspects of humanistic psychology is it's embrace of the ordinary and it's emp...
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Reflecting History is an educational history podcast that explores significant historical events and themes without losing track of the ordinary people involved. Covering a wide variety of topics, it is a narrative driven podcast that delves into the connection between history, psychology, and philosophy on a personal level.
Episode 98: Humanistic Psychology Part I
In popular culture, there is often a morbid fascination with the psychology of evil, but what about the psychology of good? Social Psychology may get ...
Episode 97: Mono No Aware
In a massive and seemingly uncaring universe, fatalism and the resignation of inevitability is one way to look at the world. The philosophical concept...
Episode 96: Running From Bondage with Karen Cook Bell
In this episode I sat down with historian Karen Cook Bell to talk about her book Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for F...
Episode 95: Sprinting Through No Man's Land with Adin Dobkin
In this episode, I spoke with writer and journalist Adin Dobkin about his book "Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in th...
Episode 94: The Cambodian Genocide Part V-Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields
Children often get overlooked in the study of history. But their stories can be useful tools to study the past as well as fascinating examples of huma...
Episode 93: The Cambodian Genocide Part IV- First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung's incredible memoir "First They Killed My Father" is a tragic reminder of the realities of the Killing Fields in Cambodia, but also a lesson...
Episode 92: The Cambodian Genocide Part III: Reverberations of a Nightmare
What happened in Cambodia from 1975-1979 was especially cruel. What explains the brutality? While historians debate the underlying causes of the cruel...
BONUS: The Paper Menagerie
Ken Liu's amazing short story "The Paper Menagerie" is simple but poignant. It provides an opportunity to think about some of the most important thing...
Episode 91: The Cambodian Genocide Part II-Endure and Survive
What was life like under the Khmer Rouge? Ordinary life for millions of Cambodians was filled with fear, torment, and despair. Yet the people of Cambo...