History Unplugged Podcast

912 Episodes

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

   Published: 9/19/2023
2. Beyond the Wall: What Life Was Really Like in East Germany

   Published: 9/14/2023
3. How An Unlikely Cohort of Black Nurses at a New York Sanatorium Helped Cure Tuberculosis

   Published: 9/12/2023
4. The Mississippi Was First Mapped by a Polyglot Priest and a College Dropout-Turned-Fur Trapper

   Published: 9/7/2023
5. The Eurasian Steppes Gave Us Atilla the Hun, Genghis Khan, Global Trade and Hybrid Camels

   Published: 9/5/2023
6. Decades of Turbulent Decolonization After WW2 Launched With The Dutch-Indonesian Wars of 1945-49

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 7/19/2023