History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  The Hatfield-McCoy Feud Started Over a Pig and Nearly Escalated Into a Regional War April 17, 2025 - 45 min
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  The 1845 Potato Blight Struck Across Northern Europe. Why Did Only Ireland Starve? April 15, 2025 - 48 min
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  A Simple Tennessee Preacher Transformed Abolitionism from a Deeply Unpopular Radical Movement to a Centrist Cause April 10, 2025 - 51 min
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  How Benjamin Franklin’s Stove Invention Kept Early America From Freezing April 8, 2025 - 41 min
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  Roman Churches Had No Involvement in Marriage. How Did It Become a Holy Sacrament by the Middle Ages? April 3, 2025 - 38 min
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  How a Mess Cook Saved Dozens of Sailors from Shark Infested Waters Off the Coast of Guadalcanal April 1, 2025 - 28 min
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  Humanity’s Past Suggests We Only Have 10,000 Years to Change or Go Extinct March 27, 2025 - 53 min
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  The 16th Century Ottomans Nearly Conquered Europe. Why Did European Kingdoms Make So Many Alliances With Them? March 25, 2025 - 51 min
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  Fort Stanwix and the Forgotten Revolutionary War Siege That Convinced France to Help the US March 20, 2025 - 42 min
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  Enough is Enuf, Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell March 18, 2025 - 39 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.