History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by Scott Rank, PhD

Categories:

Society & Culture History

912 Episodes

  1. Everyday Life In a War Zone: How To Live For Years With Air Raid Sirens and Tanks in the Street

    Published: 1/23/2024

  2. Behind the Bulldog: Winston Churchill's Public Image vs. Private Reality, Based on Those Who Knew Him

    Published: 1/18/2024

  3. American Anarchy of the Early 1900s and The First U.S. War Against Domestic Extremists

    Published: 1/16/2024

  4. Why Armies Stopped Burning Libraries and Weaponized Them Instead

    Published: 1/11/2024

  5. Shining Light on the British Dark Ages: Anglo-Saxon Warfare, 400-1070

    Published: 1/9/2024

  6. The Last Ship From Hamburg: How Russian Jews Escaped Death on the Eve of World War I

    Published: 1/4/2024

  7. James Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied The South And Was Scapegoated for Its Loss

    Published: 1/2/2024

  8. The Septuagint – It Really is Greek to Me

    Published: 12/30/2023

  9. Benedict Arnold Was America’s Greatest Hero Before He Became Its Worst Villain

    Published: 12/28/2023

  10. The Sacking of Rome in 410: Caused By Sclerotic Bureaucrats or Unassimilated Barbarians?

    Published: 12/26/2023

  11. How Scientists Learned to Stop Deuling With Each Other (Literally) and Start Cooperating

    Published: 12/21/2023

  12. Victory to Defeat: The British Army, 1918–40

    Published: 12/19/2023

  13. The Most Interesting American: Personal Encounters, Quotations, and First-Hand Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt

    Published: 12/14/2023

  14. The History of Equality, and How Close Different Civilizations Were to Attaining It

    Published: 12/12/2023

  15. How the Catholic Church Maintained Civilization in the Lowest Points of the Middle Ages

    Published: 12/7/2023

  16. Marty Glickman: The New York Sports Legend Who Lost His Spot in the 1936 Olympics For Being Jewish

    Published: 12/5/2023

  17. Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation

    Published: 11/30/2023

  18. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Rebuilding The Windy City Into a World Metropolis

    Published: 11/28/2023

  19. Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination

    Published: 11/27/2023

  20. Hitler, Stalin, and a Jewish Couple Who Met After Surviving Their Extermination Programs

    Published: 11/23/2023

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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.