History Unplugged Podcast

A podcast by Scott Rank, PhD

Categories:

Society & Culture History

912 Episodes

  1. The First War on Terror: How Europe Fought Anarchist Suicide Attacks, From 1850 to WW1

    Published: 7/18/2023

  2. The Italian Squad: A Group of 1920s NYPD Immigrant Detectives Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia

    Published: 7/13/2023

  3. Conspiracy Theories Haunt the Assassination of MLK 55 Years After His Death

    Published: 7/11/2023

  4. Early 1800s Newspaperman William Hunter Was a British Soldier’s Son Who Built Early America

    Published: 7/6/2023

  5. Long Before Seabiscuit, a Civil War-era Racehorse Smashed Records and Sired Thousands of Colts

    Published: 7/4/2023

  6. How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization

    Published: 6/29/2023

  7. The Coronation of Charles III and the Meaning Behind His Vestments, 5-Pound Crown, and the "Sovereign Orb"

    Published: 6/27/2023

  8. Why Did WW2 Advance Civil Rights When WW1 Reversed Them? Here's What WEB DuBois Said

    Published: 6/22/2023

  9. What It Was Like to be a WW2 Paratrooper

    Published: 6/20/2023

  10. Vlad the Impaler is the (Partial) Inspiration for Count Dracula

    Published: 6/15/2023

  11. In the Premodern Era, Survival Meant Overcoming Earthquakes, Sieges, Global Cooling, Asteroid Strikes, and Cannibalism

    Published: 6/13/2023

  12. The Time in 1943 That Eleanor Roosevelt Disappeared for 10 Days in the South Pacific

    Published: 6/8/2023

  13. "Witches" Weren't Burned During The Middle Ages. That Actually Happened in the Renaissance Period.

    Published: 6/6/2023

  14. Pandemics Cause Misery and Death, But They Also Created Agriculture and Put Humans on Top of the Food Chain

    Published: 6/1/2023

  15. The 1920s Female Hungarian Murder Ring That Left 160 Dead

    Published: 5/30/2023

  16. How a Flying Ace Survived 24 Days Lost at Sea on the Pacific

    Published: 5/25/2023

  17. Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, and Inventors and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation

    Published: 5/25/2023

  18. The Forage War of 1777 Saw George Washington Launch Numerous Hit-and-Run Assaults on the British that Crippled the Army

    Published: 5/23/2023

  19. Medieval Gender Roles Were Much More -- and Less -- Strict Than We Can Imagine

    Published: 5/18/2023

  20. Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War from a "Tunnel Rat"

    Published: 5/17/2023

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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.