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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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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Nov 2, 2021
The Genesis of US Corporations’ Political Dominance
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Oct 20, 2021
How Corporate Executives Quietly Shaped the Pledge of Allegiance
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Oct 6, 2021
How the Book of Mormon Inspired the "Termination" of Native American Tribes
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Sep 22, 2021
How NY Covered Up a Massacre—and Helped Spark Mass Incarceration
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Sep 8, 2021
The Attica Prison Uprising, 50 Years Ago Today
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Sep 7, 2021
Welcome to Skipped History!
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