History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Josie Underwood: The Civil War-Era Socialite Who Owned Slaves, Hated Lincoln, and Loved the Union August 16, 2022 - 24 min
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  The American Revolution Would Have Been Lost Without a Ragtag Fleet of Thousands of Privateers August 11, 2022 - 61 min
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  Gen. George Marshall and Henry Stimson Built America’s WW2 War Machine and Created the Postwar Global Order August 9, 2022 - 56 min
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  Bruce Lee Became a Global Celebrity by Embodying 400 Years of Western-Chinese Cultural Trade August 4, 2022 - 47 min
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  John McWhorter Describes Human Language's 20,000-Year Journey from Proto-Sumerian to Ebonics August 2, 2022 - 54 min
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  No Supply Chain Was More Complicated Than the Allies’ During WW2. How Did They Maintain It? July 28, 2022 - 53 min
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  New Yorkers Feared Jack the Ripper Invaded the City in 1891 After a Prostitute Was Found Brutally Murdered July 26, 2022 - 45 min
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  When a Soldier’s Bravery is So Great His Comrades Fear Him: The Story of Band of Brothers’ Ronald “Killer “ Spiers July 21, 2022 - 38 min
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  Did Pope Pius XII Collaborate With the Nazis? This Historian Viewed the Vatican Archives and Has the Answer July 19, 2022 - 45 min
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  Eating Roman Mouse-on-a-Stick, Shakespeare's Tavern Bread, and Other Forgotten Culinary "Treats" From the Past July 14, 2022 - 62 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.