History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by Scott Rank, PhD

Categories:

Society & Culture History

887 Episodes

  1. How Ancient Religions Affect What We Do and Don’t Eat in 2023

    Published: 11/2/2023

  2. Life in Rome at the Very Height of Its Power

    Published: 10/31/2023

  3. How Russians Survive the 900-Day-Long Siege of Leningrad

    Published: 10/26/2023

  4. The Origins of the KKK and its First Death in the 1870s

    Published: 10/24/2023

  5. A Nazi Defector Revealed Germany’s Infiltration in All Major Governments in His 1945 Memoir

    Published: 10/19/2023

  6. From Orphan to RAF Hero

    Published: 10/17/2023

  7. The Life and Tragic Death of R101, The World’s Largest Flying Machine

    Published: 10/12/2023

  8. The Postwar Lives of WW2 Leaders, Both Axis and Allies

    Published: 10/11/2023

  9. Why Robert E. Lee was America’s Most Admired General For Over a Century

    Published: 10/10/2023

  10. Parthenon Roundtable: Which Person From History Deserves a Movie?

    Published: 10/5/2023

  11. Charlie Chaplin vs. America

    Published: 10/3/2023

  12. Joe McCarthy, the Hydrogen Bomb, and Ten Fateful Months That Kicked Off the Cold War

    Published: 9/28/2023

  13. The SAS Began as a Lie but Became Britain’s Most Elite WW2 Commando Unit

    Published: 9/26/2023

  14. Eyewitnesses of History Share Stories of the 1980 Miracle on Ice, Pablo Escobar, Jonestown, and Much More

    Published: 9/22/2023

  15. In 1864, Nine Union Officers Escaped from a POW Camp and Trekked 300 Miles to the North

    Published: 9/21/2023

  16. Teddy Roosevelt Nearly Died in a Cavalry Charge Against German Machine Guns in WW1

    Published: 9/19/2023

  17. Beyond the Wall: What Life Was Really Like in East Germany

    Published: 9/14/2023

  18. How An Unlikely Cohort of Black Nurses at a New York Sanatorium Helped Cure Tuberculosis

    Published: 9/12/2023

  19. The Mississippi Was First Mapped by a Polyglot Priest and a College Dropout-Turned-Fur Trapper

    Published: 9/7/2023

  20. The Eurasian Steppes Gave Us Atilla the Hun, Genghis Khan, Global Trade and Hybrid Camels

    Published: 9/5/2023

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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.