History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  The AI Jobs Panic of the 1890s: The Linotype Triggered Fears of Mass Layoffs but Created an Explosion in Newspaper Work August 13, 2026 - 57 min
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  April 1945 in Berlin: The Final Month of the Third Reich August 11, 2026 - 61 min
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  Writing Was Invented for Accounting and Scrawled on Baboon Bones August 6, 2026 - 54 min
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  It Took Russia 300 Years To Destroy the Final Pieces of Genghis Khan’s Empire August 4, 2026 - 49 min
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  The Wunderkind George Forster: Voyaging with Captain Cook at 10 and Dining with Benjamin Franklin in Paris in his 20s July 30, 2026 - 43 min
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  Every 2 Weeks a Language Dies: Whether By Assimilation or Targeted Extinction July 28, 2026 - 59 min
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  The Boston Tea Party Was a Protest Against the East India Company Being Too Big to Fail July 23, 2026 - 48 min
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  The 1873 Global Financial Meltdown that Cause 20 Years of Deflation and Destroyed 2 Empires July 21, 2026 - 44 min
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  Johnny Appleseed's Trees Were for Booze, Not Pies, and He Dressed Like a Hobo for Marketing Purposes July 16, 2026 - 53 min
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  All the World’s Empires Became Nations in Less Than 100 Years, and What That Means for the Next 100 July 14, 2026 - 49 min

About History Unplugged Podcast

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.

Meet your Host

Scott Rank is the host of the History Unplugged Podcast and a PhD in history who specialized in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. Before going down the academic route he worked as a journalist in Istanbul. He has written 12 history books on topics ranging from lost Bronze Age civilizations to the Age of Discovery. Some of his books include The Age of Illumination: Science, Technology, and Reason in the Middle Ages and History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers.. Learn more about him by going to scottrankphd.com.