History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  The First Pre-Columbian Explorers to Reach North America March 15, 2024 - 10 min
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  A Classicist Believes that Homer Directly Dictated the Iliad, and Was Also an Excellent Horseman March 14, 2024 - 53 min
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  In 1860, Damascus Nearly Committed Genocide Against Christians. How Did it Pull Back? March 12, 2024 - 53 min
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  Silk: The History of a Fabric That Was Civilization’s First Burial Cloth, Body Armor, and Much More March 7, 2024 - 41 min
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  Frank Lloyd Wrong – When America’s Greatest Architect Created His Masterpiece While Written-Off as a Has-Been March 5, 2024 - 46 min
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  Frederick Rutland, Britain’s Most Beloved WW1 Pilot, Became a Spy for Imperial Japan February 29, 2024 - 36 min
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  The Rise and Fall of the Global Age of Piracy (17-19th Centuries) February 27, 2024 - 44 min
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  A WW2 Polish Diplomat Forged Thousands of Paraguayan Passports to Save Jews from the Holocaust February 22, 2024 - 48 min
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  Stories From Captives on The Last Slave Ship to America February 20, 2024 - 29 min
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  Was Union Support in the Confederacy Actually Widespread? The Alabamans Who Fought for Sherman Say 'Yes' February 15, 2024 - 49 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.