Skipped History with Ben Tumin
Historical satirist Ben Tumin takes a look at the overlooked ideas, people and events that still shape the US today.
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May 26, 2023
150 Years of "Zero-Sum Thinking" on Immigration
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May 12, 2023
Slowing Our Roll on Silicon Valley
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Apr 28, 2023
Why Government Secrets Keep Bursting into the Open
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Apr 14, 2023
“The Prison of Gender” with Professor Lillian Faderman
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Apr 7, 2023
The "Always Unfinished" Professionalization of the Police
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Mar 31, 2023
The Still Vengeful Texas Counter-Revolution of 1836
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Mar 3, 2023
The "Singular and Emblematic" History of Tuskegee with Dr. Brian Jones
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Feb 22, 2023
“The beginning of the culture wars” with Professor Ed Larson
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Feb 6, 2023
Professor Michael Kazin on the Turbulent History of American Socialism
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Jan 22, 2023
Lesley M.M. Blume on Hiroshima and Nuclear War
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Jan 5, 2023
Professor Marcia Chatelain on McDonald's and MLK
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Dec 18, 2022
Professor Stephen Nissenbaum on Santa Claus’ Elitist Origins
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Nov 21, 2022
Professor David J. Silverman on the Thanksgiving Myth
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Nov 7, 2022
Professor Adam Winkler on Limitless Political Spending
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Oct 24, 2022
Professor Kevin M. Kruse on "Suburban Secession"
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Oct 11, 2022
Professor Kellie Carter Jackson with Lessons from Black Abolitionists
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Sep 26, 2022
Dr. Karen L. Cox on Confederate Monuments
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Jul 13, 2022
Abortion and Birth Control Have Always Been Linked
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Jul 1, 2022
Dr. Gillian Frank on the Decimation of Roe v. Wade
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Nov 17, 2021
The 1950s Dog Dads Responsible for Voter Fraud Claims Today
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