Niall Ferguson is a historian, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution & Stanford University and an author.
We often hear that history tends to repeat itself. But if you're a professional historian, just how accurate is that statement? What are the big lessons that we keep missing? And how doomed is our future if we don’t learn from the past?
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Aug 22
Ex-Gang Member: What Makes A Violent Man Change? - Johnny Chang - #1140
Johnny Chang is a former gang member and inmate turned Christian pastor, speaker, and podcaster. What happens when a boy enters prison at 12 and doesn’t emerge until 25? That was Johnny Chang’s reality. Raised amid violence and gangs, he eventually found God. But does a violent p ... Show More
2 h
Aug 20
Jocko Willink, Matt McCusker & Jeff Dye - Mostly Wise #3 - #1139
In the third episode of Mostly Wise, we explore: If Matt and Jeff could survive Navy SEAL selection, training and hazing. Whether the Navy actually has trained animals like killer assassin kamikaze dolphins. How the guys deal with their own versions of sobriety. Why Love on The S ... Show More
2h 33m
Nov 2021
#239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth
Niall Ferguson is a historian at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of 16 books on the history of money, war, power, and catastrophe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Prisoner Wine Company: https://theprisonerwine.com/lex to g ... Show More
2h 48m
Feb 2019
Does History Repeat Itself? | 4
"Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it." On today’s show, we’ll consider what lessons we can draw from history, and what lessons we can’t. David Greenberg, a professor of history and media studies at Rutgers University, joins us to discuss how to connect th ... Show More
38m 46s
Jul 2025
#110 The Cultural Tutor - Why Modern Love Fails and How to Rescue It
<p>Sheehan Quirke is The Cultural Tutor. A writer on history, art, and architecture with millions of followers, he is also the author of the forthcoming <em>The Cultural Tutor: Forty-Nine Lessons You Wish You’d Learned at School,</em> which is currently available for preorder <a ... Show More
1h 16m