History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  A Talk With The Polar Geographer Who Discovered Shackleton’s Endurance Under 10,000 ft of Frozen Water January 2, 2025 - 43 min
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  The Founding Fathers Were 20 and 30-Somethings. Why Is America Now a Gerontocracy? December 31, 2024 - 42 min
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  A Pre-WWI French Philosopher Was More Popular Than Elvis and Possibly Entered the US Into the Great War December 26, 2024 - 43 min
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  While Starving at Besieged Leningrad, Scientists Hid Drought-Resistant Crop Seeds That Could Prevent Future Famines December 24, 2024 - 40 min
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  Surviving Nearly 2 Years of Shipwreck on a South Pacific Island in the 1880s December 19, 2024 - 43 min
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  How Did 450 Boers Defeat 15,000 Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838? December 17, 2024 - 48 min
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  Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 9: The End of North African Piracy and the Beginning of American Global Naval Hegemony December 12, 2024 - 58 min
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  When Did Americans Become Americans? 1945, 1865, 1787, or 1776? December 10, 2024 - 46 min
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  Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 8: The Second Barbary War (1815) December 5, 2024 - 38 min
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  How Much of a Nation’s Fate is Bound Up In Its Geography? December 3, 2024 - 41 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.