History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Why the Information Revolution Would Happened in Europe Even Without the Printing Press April 5, 2022 - 55 min
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  Deeply-Held Religious Beliefs Can’t Be Easily Eradicated. That’s Why Stalin Co-Opted Russian Orthodoxy As a Ruler. March 31, 2022 - 37 min
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  What “Dear John” Letters Tell Us About the Fragility of Wartime Relationships…and How They Unexpectedly Lead to Greater Camaraderie March 29, 2022 - 43 min
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  Cassie Chadwick Scammed the Gilded Age Elite Out of Millions and Convinced The World She Was Andrew Carnegie’s Bastard Daughter March 24, 2022 - 52 min
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  How China Changed Its Language From Archaic Confucian Bureaucracy to the Lingua Franca of Globalization March 21, 2022 - 33 min
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  Which Statues Should We Take Down? How To Fairly Judge Historical Figures by Today’s Standards March 17, 2022 - 38 min
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  On the Eve of World War One, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Suffragette Jane Addams Sought to Prevent Armageddon March 15, 2022 - 42 min
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  A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky March 10, 2022 - 47 min
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  Does Waging War Viciously Actually Save Lives? A Look at the WW2 Decisions to Firebomb Tokyo and Drop Atomic Bombs March 8, 2022 - 50 min
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  Successes and Failures of The Last Century of U.S. Presidents, From Harding to Trump March 3, 2022 - 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.