History Unplugged Podcast

941 Episodes

1. Britain Controlled the Globe by Farming Out Colonial Governance to the East Indian Company and other Corporations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 7/4/2023
15. How the 1910 Return of Halley's Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization

    Published: 6/29/2023
16. The Coronation of Charles III and the Meaning Behind His Vestments, 5-Pound Crown, and the "Sovereign Orb"

    Published: 6/27/2023
17. Why Did WW2 Advance Civil Rights When WW1 Reversed Them? Here's What WEB DuBois Said

    Published: 6/22/2023
18. What It Was Like to be a WW2 Paratrooper

    Published: 6/20/2023
19. Vlad the Impaler is the (Partial) Inspiration for Count Dracula

    Published: 6/15/2023
20. In the Premodern Era, Survival Meant Overcoming Earthquakes, Sieges, Global Cooling, Asteroid Strikes, and Cannibalism

    Published: 6/13/2023