History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  What It Was Like to be a WW2 Paratrooper June 20, 2023 - 48 min
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  Vlad the Impaler is the (Partial) Inspiration for Count Dracula June 15, 2023 - 54 min
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  In the Premodern Era, Survival Meant Overcoming Earthquakes, Sieges, Global Cooling, Asteroid Strikes, and Cannibalism June 13, 2023 - 33 min
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  The Time in 1943 That Eleanor Roosevelt Disappeared for 10 Days in the South Pacific June 8, 2023 - 28 min
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  "Witches" Weren't Burned During The Middle Ages. That Actually Happened in the Renaissance Period. June 6, 2023 - 53 min
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  Pandemics Cause Misery and Death, But They Also Created Agriculture and Put Humans on Top of the Food Chain June 1, 2023 - 49 min
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  The 1920s Female Hungarian Murder Ring That Left 160 Dead May 30, 2023 - 38 min
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  How a Flying Ace Survived 24 Days Lost at Sea on the Pacific May 25, 2023 - 44 min
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  The Forage War of 1777 Saw George Washington Launch Numerous Hit-and-Run Assaults on the British that Crippled the Army May 23, 2023 - 33 min
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  Medieval Gender Roles Were Much More -- and Less -- Strict Than We Can Imagine May 18, 2023 - 56 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.