History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  The Heroes, Legends, and Liars Who Fought in WW2 February 13, 2024 - 35 min
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  Turning Okies Into New Dealers: How 1930s Technocrats Pushed Progressivism on Dust Bowl Refugees in Federal Farm Camps February 8, 2024 - 38 min
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  Whistle-Stop Tours: When Trains Ruled American Presidential Elections February 6, 2024 - 36 min
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  The Jewish Bankers Who Built Wall Street, Financed the American Century, and Spawned Countless Conspiracy Theories February 1, 2024 - 42 min
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  The Ghost Army of World War 2 January 30, 2024 - 41 min
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  How Free Time Transformed From Strolls Through Aristocratic Gardens to Doomscrolling on TikTok January 25, 2024 - 31 min
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  Everyday Life In a War Zone: How To Live For Years With Air Raid Sirens and Tanks in the Street January 23, 2024 - 35 min
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  Behind the Bulldog: Winston Churchill's Public Image vs. Private Reality, Based on Those Who Knew Him January 18, 2024 - 37 min
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  American Anarchy of the Early 1900s and The First U.S. War Against Domestic Extremists January 16, 2024 - 40 min
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  Why Armies Stopped Burning Libraries and Weaponized Them Instead January 11, 2024 - 40 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.