History Unplugged Podcast

887 Episodes

1. Decades of Turbulent Decolonization After WW2 Launched With The Dutch-Indonesian Wars of 1945-49

   Published: 8/31/2023
2. Could the Pacific War of WW2 Have Been Entirely Avoided if Not For U.S. Diplomats in Over Their Heads?

   Published: 8/29/2023
3. The WW2 Pacific Theatre of January-May 1942: When Japan Was Omnipotent and America Was a Fearful Underdog

   Published: 8/24/2023
4. The History of America’s Ice Obsession: Why The U.S. Loves Frozen Drinks and Ice Rinks

   Published: 8/22/2023
5. Introducing Mark Vinet's New Show: Historical Jesus

   Published: 8/20/2023
6. Leyte Gulf: The Largest Naval Battle in History and the Downfall of the Japanese Navy

   Published: 8/17/2023
7. Britain Controlled the Globe by Farming Out Colonial Governance to the East Indian Company and other Corporations

   Published: 8/15/2023
8. How the Monroe Doctrine Led to America Occupying Cuba, Panama, Hawaii, and Haiti

   Published: 8/10/2023
9. A 1943 Translation Blunder Saved FDR, Churchill, and Eisenhower From Being Assassinated

   Published: 8/8/2023
10. James Garfield – Overlooked for his Short Presidency – Was the Most Beloved Politician of Reconstruction

    Published: 8/3/2023
11. Road Tripping with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison Through Rural America In Beat-Up Model Ts

    Published: 8/1/2023
12. Did the South Lose the Entire Civil War Because One General Got Lost at the Battle of Gettysburg?

    Published: 7/27/2023
13. Alexander the Great’s Final Battle Nearly Killed Him with Drowning and War Elephants

    Published: 7/25/2023
14. In 1938, America Underwent a 7-Year Transformation From an Weak, Pacifist Nation to the Arsenal of Democracy

    Published: 7/20/2023
15. Exploring the Aztec Empire and Indigenous Mexico

    Published: 7/19/2023
16. The First War on Terror: How Europe Fought Anarchist Suicide Attacks, From 1850 to WW1

    Published: 7/18/2023
17. The Italian Squad: A Group of 1920s NYPD Immigrant Detectives Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia

    Published: 7/13/2023
18. Conspiracy Theories Haunt the Assassination of MLK 55 Years After His Death

    Published: 7/11/2023
19. Early 1800s Newspaperman William Hunter Was a British Soldier’s Son Who Built Early America

    Published: 7/6/2023
20. Long Before Seabiscuit, a Civil War-era Racehorse Smashed Records and Sired Thousands of Colts

    Published: 7/4/2023