History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  How Economies Bounce Back From Total Collapse: The German Economic Miracle (1948-1957) May 5, 2020 - 41 min
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  Discovering Your Grandfather Was Joseph Stalin's Bodyguard April 30, 2020 - 67 min
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  A Confederate Civil War Submarine Was Lost 150 Years Ago. Its Reappearance Was An Unsolved Mystery...Until Now April 28, 2020 - 35 min
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  Reconstruction: America’s Terrible National Hangover After the Civil War April 23, 2020 - 44 min
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  The Lincoln Assassination: Did John Wilkes Booth Act Alone Or Was it a Confederacy-Ordered Hit? April 21, 2020 - 50 min
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  Japan Developed an Atomic Bomb in WW2. It Laid the Groundwork for North Korea's Nuclear Program April 16, 2020 - 56 min
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  The Celebrity Power Couple Who Mapped the West and Helped Cause the Civil War April 14, 2020 - 31 min
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  Nazi Super Science: The Third Reich's Plans for Transatlantic Bombers, Atomic Weapons, and Orbital Death Rays April 9, 2020 - 46 min
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  Why Dan Carlin Believes That The End is Always Near April 7, 2020 - 62 min
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  American Sherlock -- Meet The 1920s Forensic Scientist Who Created Modern CSI April 2, 2020 - 31 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.