History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Eisenhower’s Logistics and Diplomatic Nightmare: Planning and Executing D-Day July 25, 2024 - 61 min
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  53 Days on Starvation Island: How The US Marines Fought on Guadalcanal While Completely Surrounded July 23, 2024 - 59 min
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  Taiwan’s 100-Year Rise From Japanese Colony to Monopoly Producer of Microchips July 18, 2024 - 43 min
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  When States Rights Were Emancipatory and Federalism was Restrictive: The Interbellum Constitution of 1812-1865 July 16, 2024 - 48 min
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  Is America Going Through a Late Roman Moment of Its Own? July 11, 2024 - 46 min
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  How Five Castaways Survived After Being Left for Dead on the Falklands in 1812 July 9, 2024 - 44 min
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  The Capetians: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France and Gave Us the Fleur-De-Lys July 4, 2024 - 55 min
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  Why the Book is Humanity’s Most Important Invention July 2, 2024 - 48 min
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  How and Why Humans Started Speaking June 27, 2024 - 52 min
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  The American Detective Who Fought the Kaiser’s Spy Ring and an Anarchist Bombing Syndicate June 25, 2024 - 43 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.