History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  The Months Leading up to the Civil War That Inflamed North-South Tensions from Animosity to Murderous Hatred May 28, 2024 - 36 min
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  LSD’s Origins in Nazi Germany Brain-Washing Experiments, the CIA’s MKUltra Program, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age May 23, 2024 - 43 min
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  How Duke Ellington and Other Jazzmen Became America’s First Globally Famous Musicians May 21, 2024 - 42 min
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  Why America Could Have a Presidential Succession Crisis May 17, 2024 - 20 min
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  Dunkirk from the German Perspective May 16, 2024 - 39 min
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  The Global Manhunt For The Confederate Ship That Sunk Union Supply Vessels, From the Caribbean to the South Pacific May 14, 2024 - 39 min
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  Which Statues Should We Take Down? How To Fairly Judge Historical Figures by Today’s Standards May 9, 2024 - 39 min
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  The 160-Minute Race to Save the Titanic May 7, 2024 - 49 min
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  Vikings Went Everywhere in the Middle Ages, From Baghdad to Constantinople to….. Oklahoma? May 2, 2024 - 42 min
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  The 15-Hour Work Week Was Standard For Nearly All of History. What Happened? April 30, 2024 - 34 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.