History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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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
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  Depression-Era Governor Huey Long Wanted to Confiscate Individual Fortunes Over $1 Million, Possibly Leading to His 1935 Assassination July 31, 2025 - 65 min
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  Rope Equals Fire as Humanity’s Most Important Invention: It Allowed Hunting Mammoths and Building Pyramids July 29, 2025 - 55 min
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  The Scopes Trial Was Entirely Orchestrated But Became an Unintended 1920s Culture War Touchpoint July 24, 2025 - 56 min
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  The Panda Was First Discovered By Theodore Roosevelt’s Sons During a 9-Month Expedition in Himalayan China July 22, 2025 - 42 min
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  How Do We Really Know What Happened in the Past When Many Historians Were Propagandists and AI is Fabricating Everything Else? July 17, 2025 - 48 min
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  Eugénie de Montijo: The Spanish Empress Who Built Modern Paris and is Blamed For Imperial France’s Downfall July 15, 2025 - 45 min
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  John Adams: The Most Influential Yet Overlooked Founding Father? July 10, 2025 - 38 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.