What’s the Right Way to Study Problematic Historical Figures? Interview with Richard Lim

In recent years, young people in America have participated in important cultural conversations about our nation’s history and how we look at it. Part of that has included questioning whether certain historical figures or other aspects of our history are worth studying, remembering, or honoring.

In this episode of the Know Why Podcast, Richard Lim, historian and host of the podcast This American President, offers his perspective on what we can learn from the past—and how.