Is history under threat?  Increasingly, the modern, individualistic global West is coming to see history as a discipline that's irrelevant, harmful, and divisive.  Some are worried that we're becoming increasingly disconnected from a broader story.  Can the past help us navigate our modern world? Or is it better if we let it fade into a "dark age"? (00:11) - What do you call a collective of historians? (05:40) - Why does history matter? (08:12) - What makes a good historian? (10:49) - Historical culture wars (14:32) - An Ahistoric Age (16:44) - Is history irrelevant? (18:59) - Historical ignorance (24:46) - Recovering facts from framing (30:11) - Looking back but moving forward (35:23) - Priests of History (37:38) - Sarah encounters rational faith (46:06) - The perks of Biblical meditation (48:44) - Make tradition cool again (49:34) - 5 Minute Jesus (57:09) - Why take history seriously in 2024? (01:01:21) - The good guys of history's bad Empires