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Thanks so much again, Professor Archer, for coming on! To learn more, check out "Dividing Lines":
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
Dividing Lines
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...
wwnorton.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks so much again, Professor Archer, for coming on! To learn more, check out "Dividing Lines":
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
Thanks so much again, Clay, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "Red Scare":
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
Red Scare
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...
www.simonandschuster.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thanks so much again, Clay, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "Red Scare":
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Sc...
Dr. Bonhomme, thanks so much again for speaking with me! To learn more, check out "A History of the World in Six Plagues":
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Hist...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Hist...
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...
www.simonandschuster.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Dr. Bonhomme, thanks so much again for speaking with me! To learn more, check out "A History of the World in Six Plagues":
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Hist...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Hist...
Thanks so much again, Professor Jones, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "The Trouble of Color" here:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marth...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marth...
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, ...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thanks so much again, Professor Jones, for coming on Skipped History! To learn more, check out "The Trouble of Color" here:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marth...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marth...
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...
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February 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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...
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...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
To learn more, check out Original Sins: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676681...
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 ...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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...
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...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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...
Thank you so much to all these amazing scholars! I can't wait to (un)cover more history in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Thank you so much to all these amazing scholars! I can't wait to (un)cover more history in 2025.
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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December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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...
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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December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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...
With @rebeccanagle.bsky.social: we dove into the history of violence, dispossession, and resistance behind a Supreme Court case over Native land.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/catching-...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/catching-...
Catching Up to a Cherokee and Muscogee Understanding of the Government
With Rebecca Nagle
skippedhistory.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
With @rebeccanagle.bsky.social: we dove into the history of violence, dispossession, and resistance behind a Supreme Court case over Native land.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/catching-...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/catching-...
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.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-origi...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-origi...
The Origins of the Assault on Public Education
With Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
skippedhistory.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-origi...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-origi...
With @kevinmkruse.bsky.social: we debriefed the DNC. I think it's safe to say our banter aged better than the Democrats' electoral strategy.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-dnc-c...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-dnc-c...
The DNC: Change or More of the Same?
With Professor Kevin Kruse
skippedhistory.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
With @kevinmkruse.bsky.social: we debriefed the DNC. I think it's safe to say our banter aged better than the Democrats' electoral strategy.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-dnc-c...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-dnc-c...
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.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-early...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-early...
The Early Olympics and a Century-Long Obsession with Gender
With author Michael Waters
skippedhistory.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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.
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-early...
skippedhistory.substack.com/p/the-early...
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
skippedhistory.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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-...