History Unplugged Podcast
A podcast by History Unplugged
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950 Episodes
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What’s the Difference Between a Pirate, a Privateer, and a Naval Officer? In the 1700s, Very Little
Published: 10/10/2024 -
After Genghis Khan Conquered the Earth, Kublai Khan Conquered the Seas
Published: 10/8/2024 -
Aesop’s Fables and Whether They Were Written By an Ugly, Enslaved “Barbarian” Who Discretely Mocked His Masters
Published: 10/3/2024 -
"Thermopylae, the “300” Spartans, and the 26 Other Battles Fought There Over the Last 2,400 Years
Published: 10/1/2024 -
The Last Emperor of Mexico: How a Habsburg Archduke Set Up a Kingdom in the New World in the 1860s
Published: 9/26/2024 -
First-Hand Account of Hiroshima: Before, During, and After the Atomic Bomb Drop
Published: 9/24/2024 -
America’s Professional Sports Grew From Farm Teams to Multi-Billion Dollar Franches Thanks to the Harlem Globetrotters Founder
Published: 9/19/2024 -
Why Did Presidents Seem Incredibly Rich Yet Were Completely Broke Most of the Time?
Published: 9/17/2024 -
A 1,300 History of the Middle East in Seven Religious Wars
Published: 9/12/2024 -
When Good Ideas Were Bad Medicine: Why Vitamin C and Handwashing was Rejected by the Medical Establishment
Published: 9/10/2024 -
Appleton Oaksmith: The Confederate Blockade Runner Who Became Lincoln’s Public Enemy #1
Published: 9/5/2024 -
The Bible Triggered Two Communications Revolutions: The Codex and the Printing Press
Published: 9/3/2024 -
Steering an Aerial Plywood Box Through Enemy Fire: The Glider Pilots of WW2
Published: 8/29/2024 -
Why Few Presidents Had Beards, And Only One Had a Mullet
Published: 8/27/2024 -
How Much Did Average Germans Know About the Holocaust During World War Two?
Published: 8/22/2024 -
Carthage Lost the 2nd Punic War from Hannibal’s Logistics Failure and His Brother’s Bad Strategy
Published: 8/20/2024 -
The Real Robin Hood May Have Been an Anglo-Saxon Hitman Who Killed an English King
Published: 8/15/2024 -
Civilization Owes Its Existence to the Horse
Published: 8/13/2024 -
Charles Cowlam: The Civil War Con-Man Who Received Presidential Pardons From Both Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Published: 8/8/2024 -
The Extent of Soviet Infiltration Into Depression and Cold War America
Published: 8/6/2024
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.
