Introducing Historically Thinking Field Guides

About this episode

Al introduces the Historically Thinking Field Guides and discusses the podcast's evolution.

In this short episode, Al introduces a new feature of the Historically Thinking podcast: the Historically Thinking Field Guides. Drawing on nearly 450 past episodes, these guides gather conversations around major historical themes—beginning with a first guide devoted to the Second World War—so listeners can explore topics through curated sets of episodes, questions, and commentary. Al also explains how the podcast is evolving on Substack, where listeners can receive expanded show notes, weekly “Friday Reflection” discussions with questions and reading lists, and future essays and collections of historical links. It’s a brief update on where the podcast is going in 2026—and an invitation to explore the growing archive of Historically Thinking. For more, go to www.historicallythinking.org

People in this episode

Host: Al Zambone

Topics covered

• historical themes
• Second World War
• podcast evolution
• curated episodes
• historical commentary

Keywords

• Historically Thinking
• Field Guides
• Second World War
• Substack
• historical themes
• podcast update

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Substack

Books & works: Historically Thinking Field Guides

Places: 2026

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