History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Electric City: Ford and Edison’s Vision of Creating a Steampunk Utopia October 5, 2021 - 56 min
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  Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium September 30, 2021 - 49 min
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  An Alternate History of the Lincoln Assassination Plot September 28, 2021 - 42 min
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  What if Tsarist Russia Hadn’t Gone Communist? Revolutionaries Like Boris Savinkov Tried to Accomplish This September 23, 2021 - 52 min
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  Reviving Lost WW2 Stories With An M1 Rifle September 21, 2021 - 44 min
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  Hollywood Hates History: El Cid (1961) September 16, 2021 - 46 min
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  Hollywood Hates History: The Messenger – The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) September 14, 2021 - 57 min
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  American Dunkirk – How Half a Million New Yorkers Were Evacuated from Manhattan Island on 9/11 September 9, 2021 - 48 min
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  Columbus of the Pacific: The Forgotten Portuguese Sailor Who Opened Up Earth’s Largest Ocean in 1564 September 7, 2021 - 44 min
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  Brown Brothers Harriman: The Shadowy Investment Bank That Built America’s Financial System September 2, 2021 - 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.