History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast Episodes

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  From Patriot to Pirate: How Revolutionary War Hero Sam Mason Became a River Outlaw May 19, 2026 - 48 min
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  Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs May 14, 2026 - 46 min
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  The Revolutionary War’s Charlie Wilson: A Spanish Spy Chief Funded the Siege of Yorktown, Helping Washington Win May 12, 2026 - 59 min
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  Europe Dominated Because It Never Stopped Fighting Itself May 7, 2026 - 54 min
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  A Land Flowing with Pork and Beef: Colonial America’s Rise to the World’s Meat Consumption Capital May 5, 2026 - 50 min
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  Passenger Pigeons Once Numbered in the Billions and Blotted Out the Skies for Days. They Went Extinct in 30 Years. April 30, 2026 - 43 min
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  Tooth Enamel Tells All: Genetic Testing and Why It’s Rewriting Our Understanding of Early Medieval Migration April 28, 2026 - 53 min
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  95% of Ancient Greek Theater Is Gone. Here's How One Classicist Resurrected 500 Lost Playwrights April 23, 2026 - 37 min
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  How Medieval Monks Used the 7 Deadly Sins to Map Human Behavior…and LinkedIn Weaponized them Against Us April 21, 2026 - 53 min
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  1,000% Profit Per Voyage: The Economics of Civil War Smuggling and Blockade Running April 16, 2026 - 39 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.