993 Episodes

  1. Teaser: Forging a President, Part 3, Teddy Roosevelt's First Buffalo Hunt

    Published: 9/18/2020

  2. Europe's Pre-WW1 Alliances Were a Doomsday Machine That Pulled the Entire Continent Into War

    Published: 9/17/2020

  3. Introducing "Key Battles of World War One": Why Europe in 1914 Had Absolutely No Idea It Was About To Enter The Most Hellish War Ever

    Published: 9/15/2020

  4. 2 Announcements: Key Battles of WW1 Begins Soon; History Unplugged Launches Youtube Channel

    Published: 9/11/2020

  5. Dreams of India's Vast Wealth Made Everyone From Ancient Greeks to Renaissance Portuguese Risk Death To Reach It

    Published: 9/10/2020

  6. The 1453 Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople Was the Most Shocking Event in Europe in Centuries

    Published: 9/8/2020

  7. Why 1776 -- Not 1619 -- Matters More Than Ever in 2020

    Published: 9/3/2020

  8. A Jewish Family Couldn’t Flee Nazi Germany. So They Wrote Letters to Strangers in America Asking For Help

    Published: 9/1/2020

  9. Teaser: Forging a President, Part 2

    Published: 8/28/2020

  10. The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Ended the European Middle Ages and Sealed the Rise of the Ottomans

    Published: 8/27/2020

  11. George Washington's Dream of Eternal Harmony Between White Settlers and Indians, and Why It Failed

    Published: 8/25/2020

  12. Adolf Hitler Didn’t Survive WW2 or Secretly Flee to Argentina. Here’s Why So Many Think He Did

    Published: 8/20/2020

  13. God's Shadow: Why A 16th-Century Ottoman Sultan Created the Modern World

    Published: 8/18/2020

  14. Teaser: Forging a President, Part 1

    Published: 8/14/2020

  15. Making a Book in the Middle Ages Took Years and Was Literally Physical Torture

    Published: 8/13/2020

  16. Martha Dodd: The American Soviet Spy and Hitler’s Would-Be Lover Who Dreamed of a Communist World

    Published: 8/11/2020

  17. America’s First Black Fighter Pilot Was Also a Boxer, Night Club Owner, and WW2 Spy in France

    Published: 8/6/2020

  18. Sam Colt's Six-Shooter Launched The American Industrial Revolution and Sped Western Settlement

    Published: 8/4/2020

  19. The Nazi Spy Ring in America: Hitler's Agents, the FBI, and the Case That Stirred the Nation

    Published: 7/30/2020

  20. Introducing "The Sneak: Murders at Whiskey Creek"

    Published: 7/29/2020

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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.