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Rory Stewart: The Long History of...

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Rory Stewart with a radical take on the concepts that shape our lives.

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3:21

Heroism: Introducing The Fort from The History Podcast

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/09/23

Afghanistan, January 2007.It's a piece of military daring that went down in history: Three Royal Marines and a Royal Engineer hold on to the side of Apache attack helicopters, heading into battle to recover a fallen comrade.Those involved in a gripping, almost unbelievable day, tell their story, many speaking for the first time.It begins with British forces, tasked with bringing security to Helmand Province in the South of Afghanistan.But Lieutenant Colonel Rob Magowan commanding the IX Battlegroup

28:40

Heroism: 5. New Heroes

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/09/01

Rory Stewart explores ideas of what it means to be a hero from the ancient world to the present day. How have these ideas changed? Why do heroes matter? Who are the heroes we need today?With the help of leading historians, psychologists, philosophers and theologians, he examines how heroism is continually questioned and re-invented in every age, and how these contrasting visions of the hero might speak to us in our own time. What does it mean for our moral life? How should we perceive and pursue

28:38

Heroism: 4. Poster Heroes

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/08/25

29:01

Heroism: 3. The Death of the Hero

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/08/18

28:32

Heroism: 2. Revolution and Pragmatism

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/08/11

28:35

Heroism: 1. The Classical Hero

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/08/04

2:54

Heroism: Trailer

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2025/07/28

Rory Stewart explores the changing role of the hero throughout history.Listen first on BBC Sounds.

28:42

Ignorance: 6. Wisdom

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/11

We prize knowledge, and rightly so. We think of ignorance as a bad thing. But ignorance is inseparable from what we know.Knowledge can distract us, mislead us and endanger us. While ignorance is often the most fundamental insight about our human condition. Ignorance is not simply the opposite of knowledge, but a positive force with its own momentum that gives meaning to our lives. It drives scientific discovery, fosters creativity and can be psychologically helpful. That’s why Rory Stewart wants to

28:33

Ignorance: 2. The Limits of Knowledge

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/11

28:42

Ignorance: 1. The Pursuit of Knowledge

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/11

28:17

Ignorance: 3. Ignorance and Inspiration

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/11

28:45

Ignorance: 5. The Psychology of Ignorance

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/11

28:33

Ignorance: 4. Ignorance in Politics

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/11

3:24

Welcome To Ignorance

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/08

Exploring the idea that understanding ignorance is as important as acquiring knowledge.

27:22

Argument: 3. Synthesis

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/08

Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing and why it matters so deeply to our lives in a new series on BBC Radio 4.Argument became the way in which we answered the deepest questions of philosophy, established scientific rules, and made legal decisions. It was the foundation of our democracies and the way in which we chose the policies for our state.Rory grew up believing that the way to reach the truth was through argument. He was trained to argue in school, briefly taught

27:49

Argument: 2. Antithesis

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/08

Rory Stewart explores the strange human phenomenon of arguing and why it matters so deeply to our lives.Argument became the way in which we answered the deepest questions of philosophy, established scientific rules, and made legal decisions. It was the foundation of our democracies and the way in which we chose the policies for our state.Rory grew up believing that the way to reach the truth was through argument. He was trained to argue in school, briefly taught classical rhetoric and he became a

26:48

Argument: 1. Thesis

Rory Stewart: The Long History of... ·

2024/07/08

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