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Podcast: Heard Tell
Episode: Historian Eric Medlin on applying history to current events, public intellectual pursuits, & more
Description: On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest today for a Good Talks is historian Eric Medlin, who returns to Heard Tell to talk about his recent writing about the proper role of history and historians in the public discourse, and how the public intellectual pursuits can be both a productive place for historians but also one fraught with getting beyond their scope of expertise. Eric uses the war in Ukraine as an example of historical events playing out in real time and how, while history is a great guide to understanding current events, historians that are very online should...