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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  Nov 17, 2021
  

  The 1950s Dog Dads Responsible for Voter Fraud Claims Today

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  A history of the Olin and Bradley Foundations

  

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  Nov 2, 2021
  

  The Genesis of US Corporations’ Political Dominance

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  The Powell Memo

  

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  Oct 20, 2021
  

  How Corporate Executives Quietly Shaped the Pledge of Allegiance

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  The rise of "Christian Libertarianism" in the 1940s and 50s

  

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  Oct 6, 2021
  

  How the Book of Mormon Inspired the "Termination" of Native American Tribes

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  The worst-laid plans...

  

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  Sep 22, 2021
  

  How NY Covered Up a Massacre—and Helped Spark Mass Incarceration

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  The Attica Prison Uprising, Part 2

  

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  Sep 8, 2021
  

  The Attica Prison Uprising, 50 Years Ago Today

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  Season 3, Episode 1 of Skipped History

  

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  Sep 7, 2021
  

  Welcome to Skipped History!

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  An intro to the show and the blog