{"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":"It's Time We Learned About the Einstein of Sex","slug":"it-s-time-we-learned-about-the-einstein-of-sex","published_at":"2025-05-23T16:14:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skipped-history-6825732/it-s-time-we-learned-about-the-einstein-of-sex","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skipped-history-6825732","url":"https://skippedhistory.substack.com/p/its-time-we-learned-about-the-einstein","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/164246706/ae9c5f02a5038acb1426a5ff9159ba8a.mp3","summary":"In The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the Visionary of Weimar Berlin , Daniel Brook revives the life story of an influential German thinker far ahead of his time. More than a century ago, Magnus Hirschfeld argued that gender and sexuality are fluid—and later, that race is a social construct. As you might expect, the Nazis weren’t fans, but they didn’t write Hirschfeld out of history. That erasure happened in the U.S., even though, as Daniel and I discuss, it was Hirschfeld’s books destroyed at the infamous book burning in 1933. In a time of resurgent fascist politics, Daniel told me, “It’s high time” we learned about Magnus. Daniel Brook is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in Harper’s , The New York Times Magazine , and The Nation . He’s now the author of four books. 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":"In The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the Visionary of Weimar Berlin , Daniel Brook revives the life story of an influential German thinker far a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/skipped-history-6825732/episodes/it-s-time-we-learned-about-the-einstein-of-sex/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/it-s-time-we-learned-about-the-einstein-of-sex.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}