993 Episodes

  1. Alfred Hubbard Was a 1920s Inventor, Bootlegger, and Psychedelic Pioneer Who Became the Patron Saint of Silicon Valley

    Published: 10/12/2021

  2. The Normans: A History of Conquest

    Published: 10/7/2021

  3. Electric City: Ford and Edison’s Vision of Creating a Steampunk Utopia

    Published: 10/5/2021

  4. Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium

    Published: 9/30/2021

  5. An Alternate History of the Lincoln Assassination Plot

    Published: 9/28/2021

  6. What if Tsarist Russia Hadn’t Gone Communist? Revolutionaries Like Boris Savinkov Tried to Accomplish This

    Published: 9/23/2021

  7. Reviving Lost WW2 Stories With An M1 Rifle

    Published: 9/21/2021

  8. Hollywood Hates History: El Cid (1961)

    Published: 9/16/2021

  9. Hollywood Hates History: The Messenger – The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

    Published: 9/14/2021

  10. American Dunkirk – How Half a Million New Yorkers Were Evacuated from Manhattan Island on 9/11

    Published: 9/9/2021

  11. Columbus of the Pacific: The Forgotten Portuguese Sailor Who Opened Up Earth’s Largest Ocean in 1564

    Published: 9/7/2021

  12. Brown Brothers Harriman: The Shadowy Investment Bank That Built America’s Financial System

    Published: 9/2/2021

  13. Drunk: How We Singed, Danced, and Stumbled Our Ways to Civilization

    Published: 8/31/2021

  14. Teaser: Key Battles of WW2 Pacific - Guadalcanal, Part 1

    Published: 8/27/2021

  15. Vikings Went Everywhere in the Middle Ages, From Baghdad to Constantinople to….. Oklahoma?

    Published: 8/26/2021

  16. A Small Island in the English Channel Was the Birthplace of the Russian Revolution

    Published: 8/24/2021

  17. The Best-Selling Books in American History Include Self-Help Shams and ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’

    Published: 8/19/2021

  18. The Common Factors That Cause Societies To Die, From Viking Greenland to Modern Somalia

    Published: 8/17/2021

  19. America Won the Space Race Because of a Horrible Accident That Killed 3 Astronauts

    Published: 8/12/2021

  20. The Daring WW1 Prison Break That Required an Ouija Board and a Life-or-Death Ruse

    Published: 8/10/2021

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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.