History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by History Unplugged

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Society & Culture History

941 Episodes

  1. Henry Kissinger Used Cold Realpolitik to Create Order in the Middle East. Did it Work?

    Published: 1/6/2022

  2. Europe’s Babylon: 16th-Century Antwerp was a City of Wealth, Vice, Heresy, and Freedom

    Published: 1/4/2022

  3. Parthenon Podcast Roundtable: Who Would You Eliminate From History? (And No, You Can’t Choose Hitler)

    Published: 1/1/2022

  4. WASPs: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy

    Published: 12/30/2021

  5. The Untold History of Earth: Hobbits Really Existed, Dinosaurs Had Feathers, and Yetis Roamed Our Planet

    Published: 12/28/2021

  6. George Washington’s 1789 Road Trip Across the New United States

    Published: 12/23/2021

  7. The Allied Race to Retake Paris in 1945 Before the Nazis Could Destroy It

    Published: 12/21/2021

  8. The Son of Mississippi Slaves Who Fled to Russia and Brought Jazz to Istanbul

    Published: 12/16/2021

  9. What the Middle Ages Can Teach Us About Pandemics, Mass Migration, and Tech Disruption

    Published: 12/14/2021

  10. Marine Raiders: The WW2 Special Forces Who Conquered Pacific Islands One Knife Fight At a Time

    Published: 12/9/2021

  11. The Boer Wars: The South African Conflict That Created Winston Churchill and (Possibly) Concentration Camps

    Published: 12/7/2021

  12. Kim Philby: The KGB Mole Who Nearly Became the Leader of Britain’s MI6

    Published: 12/2/2021

  13. George Washington: The First American Action Hero

    Published: 12/1/2021

  14. Why the 1619 Project is Dangerous and Should Be Totally Rejected

    Published: 11/30/2021

  15. Rebroadcast: Turkey is Both a Bird and a Country. Which Came First?

    Published: 11/25/2021

  16. The 160-Minute Race to Save the Titanic

    Published: 11/23/2021

  17. Age of Discovery 2.0, Part 6: Will SpaceX Control Mars Like the British East India Company Controlled the Indian Subcontinent?

    Published: 11/18/2021

  18. Age of Discovery 2.0, Part 5: Death Has Always Been an Inevitable Part of Discovery, Whether on Magellan’s Voyage or a Trip to Mars

    Published: 11/16/2021

  19. Age of Discovery 2.0, Part 4: How Lessons From U.S. History Will Help Space Colonies Be More Like Star Trek and Less Like Blade Runner

    Published: 11/11/2021

  20. Age of Discovery 2.0, Part 3: Space Colonization Will Reinvigorate Humanity More Than the New World Discovery 500 Years Ago

    Published: 11/9/2021

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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.