History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by History Unplugged

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Society & Culture History

941 Episodes

  1. Andrew Jackson’s Victory in the Creek War Set the Stage for Southern Secession 50 Years Later

    Published: 4/11/2023

  2. After Woodrow Wilson Suffered a Stroke, His Wife Edith Secretly Served As President for a Year

    Published: 4/6/2023

  3. Victory Gardens Produced Nearly Half of America’s Fresh Produce in WW2. With Today's Supply-Chain Meltdowns, Are They Ready for a Comeback?

    Published: 4/4/2023

  4. Despite the Spartans’ Last Stand at Thermopylae, They Are Still the Most Overrated Warriors of the Ancient World

    Published: 3/30/2023

  5. The Real-Life King Arthur May Have Been a Roman Equestrian Who Served Marcus Aurelius

    Published: 3/28/2023

  6. How Botany Was Weaponized in the 19th Century For Imperial Expansion of Plantations, And How Humble Gardeners Pushed Back

    Published: 3/23/2023

  7. Nicolas Said was an Enslaved Africa Who Gain Emancipation, Traveled to Europe’s Royal Courts, and Fought in the Civil War

    Published: 3/21/2023

  8. Pizza, Pinocchio and the Papacy: Finding the Very Best and Very Worst of Italy

    Published: 3/20/2023

  9. This 1791 US Military Defeat Was 3x Worse than Little Bighorn And Nearly Destroyed the Army

    Published: 3/16/2023

  10. The KGB Agent Who Lived Incognito in New York for 10 Years That Was Exchanged at the Bridge of Spies

    Published: 3/9/2023

  11. How a Slave Coupled Escaped the Antebellum South in Disguise

    Published: 3/7/2023

  12. Operation Torch: WW2’s first Paratrooper Missions Were On One-Way Flights With Drops Into Total Darkness

    Published: 3/2/2023

  13. Anne Frank Was Only One of Thousands in Occupied Netherlands That Kept Diaries. Others Include Dutch Nazis, Farmers, and Resisters

    Published: 2/28/2023

  14. How Shakespeare Impacted U.S. Presidents, from John Adams to JFK

    Published: 2/23/2023

  15. The Unexpected Turbulence of the Eisenhower Years

    Published: 2/22/2023

  16. A Union Spy's Mission to Stop the Confederates From Building a Secret Navy in Britain

    Published: 2/21/2023

  17. WW2 Bombing Raids on Germany Were Bloodbaths for the Allies Until a Futurist Fighter Plane (the P-51) Was Developed

    Published: 2/16/2023

  18. John Burgoyne: The British Playboy Who Lost the Revolutionary War

    Published: 2/14/2023

  19. How Britain Stole Intelligence from Nazi High Command Via Their German Drinking Buddies

    Published: 2/9/2023

  20. The Encyclopedia: One Book’s Quest to Hold the Sum of All Knowledge

    Published: 2/7/2023

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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.