History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  A Jewish Family Couldn’t Flee Nazi Germany. So They Wrote Letters to Strangers in America Asking For Help September 1, 2020 - 56 min
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  Teaser: Forging a President, Part 2 August 28, 2020 - 9 min
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  The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Ended the European Middle Ages and Sealed the Rise of the Ottomans August 27, 2020 - 43 min
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  George Washington's Dream of Eternal Harmony Between White Settlers and Indians, and Why It Failed August 25, 2020 - 32 min
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  Adolf Hitler Didn’t Survive WW2 or Secretly Flee to Argentina. Here’s Why So Many Think He Did August 20, 2020 - 43 min
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  God's Shadow: Why A 16th-Century Ottoman Sultan Created the Modern World August 18, 2020 - 52 min
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  Teaser: Forging a President, Part 1 August 14, 2020 - 10 min
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  Making a Book in the Middle Ages Took Years and Was Literally Physical Torture August 13, 2020 - 46 min
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  Martha Dodd: The American Soviet Spy and Hitler’s Would-Be Lover Who Dreamed of a Communist World August 11, 2020 - 42 min
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  America’s First Black Fighter Pilot Was Also a Boxer, Night Club Owner, and WW2 Spy in France August 6, 2020 - 46 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.