In short
The episode introduces a new History Extra podcast series, “Life Lessons from History,” hosted by Dave Musgrove, where he invites a historian guest to propose a life lesson drawn from history that could help listeners live better, happier, healthier, and/or more productive lives.
Guest backgrounds
No specific guest is named in this transcript; the format is described as “find a great historian” and ask them for a lesson.
Key claims
The series will connect historical learning to modern personal improvement, and it is tied to a Substack newsletter.
Notable examples
None provided yet; the episode is purely an introduction.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:01Welcome to a new History Extra podcast channel. It's called Life Lessons from History. with me, Dave Musgrove. The concept is simple. I find a great historian and I ask them to propose a life lesson from history. Some learning from the past that will help us today live better, happier, healthier or more productive lives or all of the above. It's linked to a Substack newsletter of the same name. So if you want to follow my ruminations about the lessons from the past, then check out History Extra's Life Lessons from History on Substack.
0:36Thank you.
From the publisher
What’s this all about? It’s a simple concept. I find a great historian or archaeologist and I ask them to propose a Life Lesson from History – some learning from their study of the past that will help us today to live better, happier, healthier, or more productive lives.
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