Timothy Snyder
From Design Matters with Debbie Millman by Design Matters Media
March 30, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
Timothy Snyder discusses the misunderstandings of freedom and the threats to truth and empathy in today's political climate.
Timothy Snyder is a leading historian of Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and political conflict, and the author of more than a dozen books, including Bloodlands , Black Earth , On Tyranny , and, most recently, Unfreedom . He has spent his career using the past to help us see and understand the present with clarity, and joins to discuss how we misunderstand freedom, why truth and empathy are under threat, and what this political moment asks of us. Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Debbie Millman
Guest: Timothy Snyder
Topics covered
- history
- political conflict
- freedom
- truth
- empathy
- Eastern Europe
- Holocaust
Keywords
- Timothy Snyder
- freedom
- political conflict
- Holocaust
- Eastern Europe
- truth
- empathy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Design Matters Media, TED
Books & works: Bloodlands, Black Earth, On Tyranny, Unfreedom
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