History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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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
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  Did Haiti’s First and Last King Squander the Revolution or Succeed in Underappreciated Ways? March 13, 2025 - 51 min
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  What Ancient Greeks and Victorian Explorers Thought Was at the North Pole March 11, 2025 - 41 min
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  Nothing Healed America’s Wounds After the Civil War Like Baseball March 6, 2025 - 50 min
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  How an 1870 Murder Created San Francisco March 4, 2025 - 37 min
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  Failed Futures: If Alexander The Great Hadn’t Died, He Might Have Conquered Europe, Circumnavigated Africa, and Built His Own Silk Road February 27, 2025 - 34 min
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  Why the Anabasis is the Second-Most Influential Greek Epic (After Homer’s Works) February 25, 2025 - 48 min
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  The American Revolution Would Have Been Lost Without a Ragtag Fleet of Thousands of Privateers February 20, 2025 - 59 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.