History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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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
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  Steering an Aerial Plywood Box Through Enemy Fire: The Glider Pilots of WW2 August 29, 2024 - 41 min
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  Why Few Presidents Had Beards, And Only One Had a Mullet August 27, 2024 - 34 min
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  How Much Did Average Germans Know About the Holocaust During World War Two? August 22, 2024 - 40 min
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  Carthage Lost the 2nd Punic War from Hannibal’s Logistics Failure and His Brother’s Bad Strategy August 20, 2024 - 47 min
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  The Real Robin Hood May Have Been an Anglo-Saxon Hitman Who Killed an English King August 15, 2024 - 43 min
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  Civilization Owes Its Existence to the Horse August 13, 2024 - 40 min
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  Charles Cowlam: The Civil War Con-Man Who Received Presidential Pardons From Both Lincoln and Jefferson Davis August 8, 2024 - 35 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.