History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by Scott Rank, PhD

Categories:

Society & Culture History

863 Episodes

  1. Frederick Rutland, Britain’s Most Beloved WW1 Pilot, Became a Spy for Imperial Japan

    Published: 2/29/2024

  2. The Rise and Fall of the Global Age of Piracy (17-19th Centuries)

    Published: 2/27/2024

  3. A WW2 Polish Diplomat Forged Thousands of Paraguayan Passports to Save Jews from the Holocaust

    Published: 2/22/2024

  4. Stories From Captives on The Last Slave Ship to America

    Published: 2/20/2024

  5. Was Union Support in the Confederacy Actually Widespread? The Alabamans Who Fought for Sherman Say 'Yes'

    Published: 2/15/2024

  6. The Heroes, Legends, and Liars Who Fought in WW2

    Published: 2/13/2024

  7. Turning Okies Into New Dealers: How 1930s Technocrats Pushed Progressivism on Dust Bowl Refugees in Federal Farm Camps

    Published: 2/8/2024

  8. Whistle-Stop Tours: When Trains Ruled American Presidential Elections

    Published: 2/6/2024

  9. The Jewish Bankers Who Built Wall Street, Financed the American Century, and Spawned Countless Conspiracy Theories

    Published: 2/1/2024

  10. The Ghost Army of World War 2

    Published: 1/30/2024

  11. How Free Time Transformed From Strolls Through Aristocratic Gardens to Doomscrolling on TikTok

    Published: 1/25/2024

  12. Everyday Life In a War Zone: How To Live For Years With Air Raid Sirens and Tanks in the Street

    Published: 1/23/2024

  13. Behind the Bulldog: Winston Churchill's Public Image vs. Private Reality, Based on Those Who Knew Him

    Published: 1/18/2024

  14. American Anarchy of the Early 1900s and The First U.S. War Against Domestic Extremists

    Published: 1/16/2024

  15. Why Armies Stopped Burning Libraries and Weaponized Them Instead

    Published: 1/11/2024

  16. Shining Light on the British Dark Ages: Anglo-Saxon Warfare, 400-1070

    Published: 1/9/2024

  17. The Last Ship From Hamburg: How Russian Jews Escaped Death on the Eve of World War I

    Published: 1/4/2024

  18. James Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied The South And Was Scapegoated for Its Loss

    Published: 1/2/2024

  19. The Septuagint – It Really is Greek to Me

    Published: 12/30/2023

  20. Benedict Arnold Was America’s Greatest Hero Before He Became Its Worst Villain

    Published: 12/28/2023

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For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its kind. It's the only show that dedicates episodes to both interviewing experts and answering questions from its audience. First, it features a call-in show where you can ask our resident historian (Scott Rank, PhD) absolutely anything (What was it like to be a Turkish sultan with four wives and twelve concubines? If you were sent back in time, how would you kill Hitler?). Second, it features long-form interviews with best-selling authors who have written about everything. Topics include gruff World War II generals who flew with airmen on bombing raids, a war horse who gained the rank of sergeant, and presidents who gave their best speeches while drunk.