Skipped History
by Ben TuminSkipped History
About the Substack
I use books, archives, comedy, interviews, and live performance to figure out how America got this way.
Free Subscription Benefits
- Interviews, essays, audio, and live-history dispatches on the people, places, and myths that shape America
Paid Subcription Benefits
- Skipper’s Notebook: monthly behind-the-scenes essays or audio from research, writing, rehearsals, and city wanderings
- Early access to show announcements, ticket links, and select recordings, plus paid-subscriber ticket discounts.
- Occasional subscriber-only conversations and work-in-progress events—and direct support for independent history performance.
Paid Subscription Plans
- $5 a month
- $50 a year
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