History Unplugged Podcast

973 Episodes

1. The Russian-Jewish Woman Who Voluntarily Interred Herself in a WW2 Japanese Internment Camp

   Published: 11/8/2022
2. In 1963, A Stuttering, Nebbish Magazine Editor Negotiated a Secret Deal Between JFK and Khrushchev, Averting Nuclear War

   Published: 11/3/2022
3. A Traumatized Civil War Vet -- Suffering Crippling Alcoholism and PTSD -- Spent 40 Years Wandering America as a Hobo

   Published: 11/1/2022
4. The Secret Role of Japanese Americans Who Fought in the WW2 Pacific Theatre

   Published: 10/27/2022
5. FDR’s Polio Made Him Wheelchair Bound, But Also an Incredible Orator and Strategic Mastermind

   Published: 10/25/2022
6. John Donne: The Genius Priest/Poet Who Saw Infinity and Triggered Stampedes At His Sermons

   Published: 10/20/2022
7. Sigmund Freud Deluded Himself Into Thinking The Nazis Weren’t A Threat Until It Was Nearly Too Late

   Published: 10/18/2022
8. The Most Important Diplomat in 1700s North America was a Cherokee Woman Who Saved Washington’s Life and Introduced Dairy to Her Tribe

   Published: 10/13/2022
9. Do Racial Preferences in U.S. College Admissions Process Date Back to Ivy League Attempts to Limit Jewish Enrollment?

   Published: 10/11/2022
10. Uber Succeed in the US but Failed in the UK and China Because of Jefferson and Hamilton’s Fight Over State Licensing

    Published: 10/6/2022
11. James Early Explains Why the War of 1812 Turned America Into an Expansionist Military Power

    Published: 9/29/2022
12. Introducing: It Was Said Season 2

    Published: 9/28/2022
13. How to Escape From a Nazi Prison Fortress

    Published: 9/27/2022
14. Thomas Jefferson’s European Travel Guide Includes Architectural Sketches, Farming Tips, and an Astronomical Wine Expense Report

    Published: 9/22/2022
15. The Michigan Politician Who Created a Proto-New Deal, Defeated the KKK in Court, and Defended Interred Japanese-Americans

    Published: 9/20/2022
16. The Rag-Tag Art Renegades that Brought Picasso and Modernist Art to the United States

    Published: 9/15/2022
17. The Oldest Stories of King Arthur Have Female Warriors, Black Knights, and Whole Lot of Supernatural Encounters

    Published: 9/13/2022
18. Steve Guerra on Freemasonry, The Catholic Church, and the Modern World

    Published: 9/9/2022
19. Mata Hari Was Either the World’s Greatest Female Spy or a WWI Exotic Dancer Way In Over Her Head

    Published: 9/8/2022
20. Vikings Definitely Came to the New World Before Columbus. Did Celtic Monks, the Chinese, and Phoenicians Do So Also?

    Published: 9/6/2022