{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Funcommon-excellence.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F37-the-lessons-of-history-Zdj8HHDc","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#37 The Lessons of History","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5aa5e74b-6d5d-406d-af9c-d5dc3562da23/e58a0293-4d9c-42e3-b58a-e54ea2b0b0b7/yo.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/582758ec-a256-47d6-8684-19469721a33a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#37 The Lessons of History\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"What I learned from The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant\n\nA concise survey of 5,000 years of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.\n\nDistilling the rise and fall of civilizations into their most enduring lessons, the Durants examine the forces that have shaped humanity across the centuries. From power, war, and wealth to religion, morality, and human nature. Through the triumphs and failures of those who came before us, they reveal the patterns that persist across generations and what history can teach us about the world we live in today."}