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Making history cool
(well, cooler)
A comedic web series exploring overlooked ideas, people, and events that still shape the US today
Profiled in the New York Times
From our high tech picnic-table studio, Skipped History brings historians' work to life
So incredible—
follow this amazing
resource!
Heather Ann Thompson - historian at the University of Michigan, and Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
A new source...
revivifying lost gems!
Incredible, hyper-relevant stories are buried in 500-page books. We unearth and convert them into entertaining, informative videos.
Our viewers dig them, too
Thank you for that good knowledge,
unlearning, and relearning.
Max G.
This is amazing!
Thank you for sharing!
Kerri K.
I have found gold... this is the most learning I've had in years.
Mridula C.
Historical satirist and host Ben Tumin unearths the history of criminal justice, climate change, education, Charles Koch's really weird upbringing, and more
And check out our new YouTube channel!
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