{"podcast":{"title":"Skipped History","slug":"skipped-history-6825732","podcast_index_feed_id":6825732,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/53190.rss","website_url":"https://skippedhistory.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/53190/afae8c8674381af1be071d765cbfbc00.jpg","author":"Ben Tumin","episode_count":125,"summary":"A comedic podcast exploring overlooked ideas, people, and events that still shape the US today. Presented by historical satirist Ben Tumin.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T02:17:10.638390+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skipped-history-6825732"},"episode":{"title":"From Lincoln to Fox News: A History of Hoaxes and Conspiratorial Thinking","slug":"from-lincoln-to-fox-news-a-history-of-hoaxes-and-conspiratorial-thinking","published_at":"2025-07-25T14:31:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skipped-history-6825732/from-lincoln-to-fox-news-a-history-of-hoaxes-and-conspiratorial-thinking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skipped-history-6825732","url":"https://skippedhistory.substack.com/p/from-lincoln-to-fox-news-a-history","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/169230533/210314359ecd2a89c590bf8e1345de4a.mp3","summary":"With conspiracy theories (one in particular) dominating headlines, I spoke with Professor Philip Kadish about how conspiracies have evolved. We traced the history of racist hoaxes dating back to the mid-1800s and explored how shifts in the media landscape during the mid-1900s helped set the stage for today’s conspiratorial age. Through it all, Professor Kadish argues, one tool has remained essential for separating fact from fiction: evidence. Philip Kadish is a professor of American Studies at Pace University. His op-eds, which connect contemporary racial issues to their roots in nineteenth-century American culture, have appeared on CNN.com and NBC.com. Most recently, he’s the author of The Great White Hoax: Two Centuries of Selling Racism in America . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skippedhistory.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"With conspiracy theories (one in particular) dominating headlines, I spoke with Professor Philip Kadish about how conspiracies have evolved. We traced the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2505,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/skipped-history-6825732/episodes/from-lincoln-to-fox-news-a-history-of-hoaxes-and-conspiratorial-thinking/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skipped-history-6825732/from-lincoln-to-fox-news-a-history-of-hoaxes-and-conspiratorial-thinking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}