History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Abigail Adams Beat Warren Buffet’s Rate of Return and Ben Franklin Loved Debt: Personal Finance Lessons From Colonial America July 2, 2026 - 54 min
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  The Highs and Lows of Roman Slavery: From the Emperor's Advisor to Suffocating in Sulfur Mines June 30, 2026 - 56 min
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  A Day at the Gladiatorial Games: Beast Hunts, Mass Slaughter, and Flooding the Colosseum to Reenact Roman Naval Battles June 25, 2026 - 52 min
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  The Black Death’s Global Ripple Effects, and How They Were Felt Outside Europe June 23, 2026 - 52 min
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  The Part of the Declaration of Independence Nobody Reads (Grievances Against King George) Is the Part That Actually Mattered June 18, 2026 - 48 min
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  Children of Abraham: The 1,400-Year History of Jewish–Muslim Relations June 16, 2026 - 56 min
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  How 10 Whalers Survived Three Years Shipwrecked in the South Pacific June 11, 2026 - 54 min
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  The Nobels Built Russia’s Oil Industry, Invented Dynamite and the Oil Tanker, But Were Still Crushed by the Bolshevik Revolution June 9, 2026 - 44 min
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  The American Revolution Went Way Outside of America, Pulling in Caribbean Colonies, African Forts, and Chinese Trading Houses June 4, 2026 - 52 min
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  Ford’s Auto Domination Came From a 1909 Race Across America Through Mud-Choked Roads June 2, 2026 - 53 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.