History Unplugged Podcast

by History Unplugged

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 Worl

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The Mongols on the High Seas: The Yuan Dynasty's Massive Navy Oct 29, 2026 · 49 min
Amazon Won’t Destroy Bookshops Because 600 Years of Disruptions Haven’t Either Oct 27, 2026 · 46 min
The Ancient World's Best Military Technology Was Constantinople's City Walls Oct 22, 2026 · 39 min
Edgar Allen Poe’s Self-Sabotage, Early Death, and Path to Becoming America’s Greatest Poet Oct 20, 2026 · 46 min
England's Last Knights Fought in Armor Until the 1640s Oct 15, 2026 · 41 min
Vikings Went from Christendom’s Terror to Its Best Crusaders Oct 13, 2026 · 46 min
Why the Most Powerful Muslim Rulers in the Middle East Considered the Crusaders a Minor Annoyance Oct 8, 2026 · 47 min
The Gold Rush Created Get Rich Quick Schemes and ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ Oct 6, 2026 · 46 min
Every Fight in American History Was Also a Fight Over Who Gets to Eat Good Bread Oct 1, 2026 · 47 min
Romans Quarried Marble, Cathars Hid in Caves, and Nazis Built Tank Turrets in These Same Mountains Sep 29, 2026 · 45 min