993 Episodes

  1. Defining Treason – Why Are Founding Fathers Heroes But Confederate Leaders Not?

    Published: 4/1/2021

  2. “Fire Eaters” of the Confederacy: The Foot Soldiers of the South Who Made Secession Possible

    Published: 3/30/2021

  3. Witnessing The Final Destruction of Hitler’s War Machine

    Published: 3/25/2021

  4. The USS Plunkett: The Unsinkable Navy Destroyer That Fought at Manzio, D-Day, and Southern France

    Published: 3/23/2021

  5. How Ex-Slaves Built New Lives for Themselves – and America – After the Civil War

    Published: 3/18/2021

  6. George Washington’s Final (And Most Important?) Battle Was Uniting America By Building a New Capital

    Published: 3/16/2021

  7. Lessons Companies Should Learn From Mobsters' Business Practices

    Published: 3/11/2021

  8. All of Human History, Civilization, and Culture Converge in One Place: Turkish Food

    Published: 3/9/2021

  9. The Forgotten Fourteenth Colony of British North America

    Published: 3/4/2021

  10. How to Recover Family Treasure The Nazis Plundered in the 1940s

    Published: 3/2/2021

  11. How 9 Former Slaves Started a Proto University in Alabama in 1867

    Published: 2/25/2021

  12. The Pen or the Sword? How Lincoln and John Brown Disagreed on Achieving Emancipation

    Published: 2/23/2021

  13. How States Got Their Shapes

    Published: 2/18/2021

  14. Great News! Frequent Guest James Early Has Launched His Own Podcast - Key Battles of American History.

    Published: 2/17/2021

  15. When to Let the Past Die: The Case of Obersalzberg and Denazification

    Published: 2/16/2021

  16. The Mountain Man Was Once Considered To Be The Purest Distillation of the American Spirit

    Published: 2/11/2021

  17. Sally Rand Was America's Sex Symbol, From the Roaring 20s to the Apollo Era

    Published: 2/9/2021

  18. If the 1700s American Fur Trade Had Turned Out Differently, Californians Would Be Speaking Russian Today

    Published: 2/4/2021

  19. The Most Giant Leap in the Evolution of Modern Warfare was...the Jeep?

    Published: 2/2/2021

  20. Abraham Lincoln Survived and Thrived in the Anarchy of Antebellum America

    Published: 1/28/2021

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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.