History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by History Unplugged

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Society & Culture History

973 Episodes

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

    Published: 3/16/2023

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

    Published: 3/9/2023

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

    Published: 3/7/2023

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

    Published: 3/2/2023

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

    Published: 2/28/2023

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

    Published: 2/23/2023

  7. The Unexpected Turbulence of the Eisenhower Years

    Published: 2/22/2023

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

    Published: 2/21/2023

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

    Published: 2/16/2023

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

    Published: 2/14/2023

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

    Published: 2/9/2023

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

    Published: 2/7/2023

  13. How Much Can One Individual Alter History? More and Less Than You Think

    Published: 2/2/2023

  14. The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

    Published: 1/31/2023

  15. Weather Itself Was WW2's Fiercest Enemy: The Sinking of the USS Macaw

    Published: 1/26/2023

  16. A Short History of War

    Published: 1/24/2023

  17. Stories From 300 British Men Executed For Cowardice During WW1

    Published: 1/19/2023

  18. The 1911 McNamara Bros. Murder Trial was the OJ Simpson/Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard Case of Its Time

    Published: 1/19/2023

  19. Daniel Webster -- Perhaps History’s Greatest Orator -- Turned Virginians and New Yorkers Into Americans

    Published: 1/17/2023

  20. How Ottoman Sultan Suleyman Conquered Most of Europe and the Mediterranean While Avoiding Assassination

    Published: 1/12/2023

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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.