History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  When Danzig Became Gdańsk: What Happens to a City When Its Demographics Change Completely March 19, 2019 - 40 min
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  The Revolution Before the Revolution: How 1776 Happened March 14, 2019 - 51 min
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  An Active Neutrality: The WW2 Experiences of Switzerland, Portugal, and Turkey March 12, 2019 - 33 min
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  Kangaroo Squadron: The Tip of the American Spear in the WW2 Pacific Theatre March 7, 2019 - 49 min
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  Common Knowledge About The Middle Ages That Is Incorrect, Part 5: Crusades In The Renaissance March 5, 2019 - 26 min
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  Common Knowledge About The Middle Ages That Is Incorrect, Part 4: The Medieval Technological Explosion February 28, 2019 - 43 min
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  Common Knowledge About The Middle Ages That Is Incorrect, Part 3: Witch Burnings February 26, 2019 - 51 min
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  Common Knowledge About The Middle Ages That Is Incorrect, Part 2: Were Indulgences a Get-out-of-Hell-Free Card Or Something Else? February 21, 2019 - 25 min
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  Common Knowledge About The Middle Ages That Is Incorrect, Part 1: Why the Middle Ages, Not the Renaissance, Created the Modern World February 19, 2019 - 45 min
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  Civil War Barons: The Tycoons, Entrepreneurs, and Inventors and Visionaries Who Forged Victory and Shaped a Nation February 14, 2019 - 53 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.