History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Hooves of History: How Horses Created Ancient Warfare, Built the Silk Road, and Became the Dividing Line Between Nobleman and Peasant June 3, 2025 - 44 min
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  Moonshining Survived (and Thrived) At Least Two Decades After Prohibition Ended May 29, 2025 - 45 min
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  How to Cross the Sahara as a Tenth-Century Cameleer May 27, 2025 - 53 min
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  How American Slaves Fled By Sea, Whether as Stowaways or Commandeering a Confederate Ship May 22, 2025 - 46 min
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  Did WW2 Heads of State Want to Preserve Their Empires As Much as Defend Their Homelands? May 20, 2025 - 47 min
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  How a British Governor of Virginia Raised an Ex-Slave Regiment in 1776 to Fight Patriots and Triggered the Revolutionary War May 15, 2025 - 55 min
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  How a Marine Embedded with Mao Zedong’s Guerrillas in the 30s Became WW2’s Most Celebrated Special Forces Leader May 13, 2025 - 55 min
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  Microbes Were Discovered in the 1600s. Why It Take 200 Years For Doctors To Start Washing Their Hands? May 8, 2025 - 54 min
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  From Einstein’s Chalkboard to Oppenheimer’s Nuclear Test: The 50-Year Path to the Atomic Bomb May 6, 2025 - 48 min
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  Japan’s Desperate Air Battles Against the US in the Final Months of WW2 May 1, 2025 - 37 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.