Making History Cool (well, cooler)

A comedic newsletter and web series exploring overlooked peeps and events that still shape the US today. Profiled in The New York Times!

Skipped History brings historians' work to life…

Incredible, hyper-relevant stories are buried in 500-page books. We unearth and convert them into entertaining interviews, newsletters, and videos.

Historical satirist and host Ben Tumin unearths the history of criminal justice, climate change, education, Charles Koch's really weird upbringing, and more

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Satirist Ben Tumin speaks to leading historians about the overlooked and under-examined events, movements, and people that shaped American history. Profiled in the New York Times!

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