History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Aesop’s Fables and Whether They Were Written By an Ugly, Enslaved “Barbarian” Who Discretely Mocked His Masters October 3, 2024 - 32 min
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  "Thermopylae, the “300” Spartans, and the 26 Other Battles Fought There Over the Last 2,400 Years October 1, 2024 - 51 min
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  The Last Emperor of Mexico: How a Habsburg Archduke Set Up a Kingdom in the New World in the 1860s September 26, 2024 - 51 min
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  First-Hand Account of Hiroshima: Before, During, and After the Atomic Bomb Drop September 24, 2024 - 39 min
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  America’s Professional Sports Grew From Farm Teams to Multi-Billion Dollar Franches Thanks to the Harlem Globetrotters Founder September 19, 2024 - 38 min
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  Why Did Presidents Seem Incredibly Rich Yet Were Completely Broke Most of the Time? September 17, 2024 - 48 min
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  A 1,300 History of the Middle East in Seven Religious Wars September 12, 2024 - 48 min
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  When Good Ideas Were Bad Medicine: Why Vitamin C and Handwashing was Rejected by the Medical Establishment September 10, 2024 - 44 min
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  Appleton Oaksmith: The Confederate Blockade Runner Who Became Lincoln’s Public Enemy #1 September 5, 2024 - 49 min
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  The Bible Triggered Two Communications Revolutions: The Codex and the Printing Press September 3, 2024 - 52 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.