History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  Depression-Era Planners Thought They’d End Poverty with Public Housing. Instead, They Created the Projects September 4, 2025 - 41 min
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  The Alabaman Jacksonians Who Rejected the Confederacy and Marched with Sherman to the Sea September 2, 2025 - 49 min
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  Frederick Douglass’s Private Writings on Abraham Lincoln, His Strong Critiques and Stronger Praise August 28, 2025 - 49 min
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  The Industrial Revolution Was Supposed to Lead to Unlimited Free Time But Only Gave Us Smartphones and Endless Dopamine August 26, 2025 - 31 min
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  James Cook Mapped the Globe Before Dying At the Hands of Hawaiians Who Once Worshipped Him August 21, 2025 - 56 min
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  American Anarchists: The Original Domestic Extremists August 19, 2025 - 39 min
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  100 Years Before Ford v. Ferrari, a Horse Breeder Revolutionized Thoroughbred Racing Through a Similar Obsession With Progress August 14, 2025 - 74 min
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  Western Rome Fell Due to Germanic Immigration, Mass Inflation, and a Bloated Bureaucracy August 12, 2025 - 39 min
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  Why the Atomic Bombing of Japan is as Justified in 2025 as it was in 1945 August 7, 2025 - 52 min
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  Surviving the Siege of Leningrad with Sawdust Bread and Iron Determination August 5, 2025 - 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.