History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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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
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  Beyond Camelot: What It Was Like to Live Through the JFK Era July 12, 2022 - 31 min
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  After Custer’s Last Stand, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Fought an Impossible Battle To Preserve the Sioux Nation July 7, 2022 - 61 min
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  Introducing the Vlogging Through History Podcast July 6, 2022 - 22 min
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  How a WW2 Soldier Persevered Through Concentration Camps, Death Marches, and Starvation July 5, 2022 - 45 min
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  Did Thomas Edison Murder The Real Inventor of the Motion Picture Camera and Steal His Invention? June 30, 2022 - 81 min
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  Cars Are the Id of the Countries that Built Them. What Do The Model T and Pontiac Aztek Tell Us About the US? June 28, 2022 - 41 min
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  Making Sense of America’s Worst Moments: Jon Meacham on Understanding -- But Not Excusing -- Slavery and the Indian Removal Act June 23, 2022 - 37 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.