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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thanks so much again, Professor Archer, for coming on! To learn more, check out "Dividing Lines":

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From an eminent legal scholar and the president of the ACLU, an essential account of how transportation infrastructure—from highways and roads to sidewalks and buses—became a means of prot...

skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Apr 25

My latest interview is with @deborahnarcher.bsky.social about my favorite subject and biggest pet peeve: highways! As Professor Archer reminds us, “with transportation infrastructure, history is the present"—and that's not a good thing.

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The Racist History Beneath Our Roads

With Professor Deborah N. Archer

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thanks so much again, Clay, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "Red Scare":

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As relevant as it is comprehensive, Red Scare tells the story of McCarthyism and the Red Scare—based in part on newly declassified sources—by an aw...

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Mar 28

I spoke with @risenc.bsky.social about the Red Scare: a time of black-and-white politics when people could be arrested for their political views. If that sounds a little too familiar, well, Clay also helps unpack some lessons for today. Read/listen below!

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The Red Scare Sounds a Little Too Familiar

But offers some noteworthy lessons. With Clay Risen.

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Mar 21

Dr. Bonhomme, thanks so much again for speaking with me! To learn more, check out "A History of the World in Six Plagues":

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A History of the World in Six Plagues

A deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankind’s battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality a...

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Mar 21

I'm delighted to share an interview with @ednabonhomme.bsky.social about the history of epidemics and pandemics, both in the U.S. and around the world. Exploring earlier outbreaks sets us up to better understand measles and vaccine skepticism today...
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Measles, Plagues, and How “Knowledge Isn’t The Problem”

With Dr. Edna Bonhomme

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks so much again, Professor Jones, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "The Trouble of Color" here:
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The Trouble of Color

An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey, New York Times–bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, ...

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Mar 14

It was such a treat speaking with @marthasjones.bsky.social about her new memoir, "The Trouble of Color." Such a moving book. All of us, Professor Jones told me, have records that historians treasure (so don’t throw them out!). Listen and read below: skippedhistory.substack.com/p/a-historia...

A Historian Dives Into Her Family History — and Wonders if Maybe You Should, Too

Listen now | Podcast audio of my conversation with Professor Martha S. Jones

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Feb 28

Thanks again, Professor Snyder, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "You Can't Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads": wwnorton.com/books/you-ca...

You Can't Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads

The story of a young, Black Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and the landmark case that made him a civil rights hero., You Can't Kill a Man Because of t...

skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Feb 28

Today, @bradsnyderprof.bsky.social and I remember Angelo Herndon, who won us the right to march in the streets. There are many resonances between his inspiring story and our troubling times today. Read/listen below!
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The 18-Year-Old Who Won Us the Right to Protest

With Professor Brad Snyder

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Feb 14

To learn more, check out Original Sins: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676681...

Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing: 9780593243701 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every American parent and educator.”—Esquire...

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Feb 14

As Trump and co. threaten to eliminate the Dept. of Ed, @eveewing.bsky.social and I discussed whether education can be reformed at all. No matter what, she says, we need to reclaim “ancient ways of knowing" (and maybe call Leo da Vinci a pseudoscientist 😉) skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-argume...

The Argument for Abolishing Schools

With Professor Eve L. Ewing

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thanks so much @greeneland.bsky.social for coming on! To learn more, check out "Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal": uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Box 25 | Julie Greene | University of North Carolina Press

When acclaimed labor historian Julie Greene researched her book The Canal Builders, which went on to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, she explored ...

skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Feb 7

What's up with the obsession with the Panama Canal? @greeneland.bsky.social explains its enduring appeal and details the lives of the people who built it. IMO, a lot of this history can be summed up by a poster of Hercules included in this week's post: skippedhistory.substack.com/p/explaining...

Explaining the Obsession with the Panama Canal

With Professor Julie Greene

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Jan 31

Thanks so much again, Peter, for coming on! To learn more, check out "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza": www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775348...

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinart: 9780593803899 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A bold, urgent appeal from the acclaimed columnist and political commentator, addressing one of the most important issues of our time In Peter Beinart’s view, one story dominates Jewish communal...

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Jan 31

My latest: with @peterbeinart.bsky.social about the history of American Jewish identity and how, in Peter’s estimation, political equality is the surest path to collective safety and liberation in Israel and Palestine. We also discussed my red flags...
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Avoiding the “American Solution” in the Middle East—At All Costs

With Peter Beinart

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Jan 3

Our latest is up! Chronicling an institution formed after the Civil War—which then collapsed nine years later, with continued ramifications today. Cookie Monster and crypto bros also make important cameos. skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-a...

The Rise and Fall of the Freedman’s Bank

And the seeds of economic distrust, with Professor Justene Hill Edwards

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

Thank you so much to all these amazing scholars! I can't wait to (un)cover more history in 2025.

skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @llassabe.bsky.social: we looked at how we got into the mess of 2024 — and parsed through some lessons on how we might begin to get out of here. I was in for a real twist about certain beauty practices that came up. skippedhistory.substack.com/p/how-we-go...

How We Got Here — and How We Begin to Get Out of Here

With Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @elizabethkai.bsky.social: we examined how lawmakers have long known what’s required to address poverty and racism. "Stratification in our country is a national emergency," she says, and should be treated as such. Also, I had to ask about the NYPD... skippedhistory.substack.com/p/voting-li...

Voting Like Your Life Depends On It

With Professor Elizabeth Hinton

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @rebeccanagle.bsky.social: we dove into the history of violence, dispossession, and resistance behind a Supreme Court case over Native land.
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Catching Up to a Cherokee and Muscogee Understanding of the Government

With Rebecca Nagle

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social & @jackschneider.bsky.social: we connected the right's assault on public education to resistance to the integration of schools in the `50s and a long-running war on unions. We also talked Coexist bumper stickers.
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The Origins of the Assault on Public Education

With Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @kevinmkruse.bsky.social: we debriefed the DNC. I think it's safe to say our banter aged better than the Democrats' electoral strategy.

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The DNC: Change or More of the Same?

With Professor Kevin Kruse

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @michaelwaters.bsky.social: we spoke about the origins of the Olympics and their forgotten history of exclusion, plus the system of gender surveillance that took hold in Nazi Germany. We also discussed the utility of drinking champagne before races.
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The Early Olympics and a Century-Long Obsession with Gender

With author Michael Waters

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skippedhistory.bsky.social @skippedhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31

With @boyceupholt.bsky.social: we uncovered the chaos of the Mississippi River and America's many missteps alongside it. There are wider lessons to learn, Boyce says, by not fighting against the tide. I also proposed a new name for the Great Wall of China. skippedhistory.substack.com/p/learning-...

Learning from the Many Missteps Along the Mississippi

With Boyce Upholt

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