History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  George Armstrong Custer: Cocky Military Officer or America's Version of Leonidas at Thermopylae? June 20, 2019 - 43 min
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  An Interview with 95-Year-Old Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Harry Stewart June 18, 2019 - 57 min
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  Vlad the Impaler is the (Partial) Inspiration for Count Dracula June 13, 2019 - 56 min
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  'A Woman of No Importance': The One-Legged WW2 Spy Virginia Hall June 11, 2019 - 36 min
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  The 4,000-Year-Old Question: Is Judaism a Religion, Ethnicity, Race, or Culture? June 6, 2019 - 52 min
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  The 500-Year Story of a Gutenberg Bible And Everyone Who Owned It June 4, 2019 - 61 min
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  Teaser: Rendezvous With Death, Part 5 June 1, 2019 - 10 min
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  Hitler’s “Desert Fox”: The Military Career of Erwin Rommel May 30, 2019 - 50 min
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  When Irish Vets of the American Civil War Invaded Canada in 1866 May 28, 2019 - 50 min
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  The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present May 23, 2019 - 36 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.