993 Episodes

  1. History Has Lots of Great Ideas About What To Do During a Quarantine

    Published: 3/24/2020

  2. The Civil War in the American West: When Multi-Racial Armies Fought Over Gold Mines and Indian Lands

    Published: 3/19/2020

  3. St. Patrick Didn't Get Rid of Any Snakes, But He Is The Patron Saint of Exterminators

    Published: 3/17/2020

  4. Gold Rush: 72 Hours for History Unplugged Listeners to Claim $100K in Prizes

    Published: 3/13/2020

  5. Coronavirus is Nothing Compared to the 1918 Spanish Flu

    Published: 3/12/2020

  6. The Lost History of James Madison's Black Family

    Published: 3/10/2020

  7. Introducing 'The Dating Game Killer'

    Published: 3/6/2020

  8. The Cold War -- Not WW2 -- Was Arguably the Defining Event of the 20th Century

    Published: 3/5/2020

  9. Fight House: Cutthroat White House Rivalries From Truman to Trump

    Published: 3/3/2020

  10. How An American Tank Gunner Successfully Dueled with Panzers in World War Two

    Published: 2/27/2020

  11. New York Has Been America's Capital of Spying Since the Beginning of the U.S.

    Published: 2/25/2020

  12. The 1881 Expedition to Reach Farthest North Led to Starvation, Madness, and Glory

    Published: 2/20/2020

  13. The Terrifying Conquests of Hannibal of Carthage

    Published: 2/18/2020

  14. The Negro Leagues Made Baseball a Global Sport and Kickstarted the Civil Rights Movement

    Published: 2/13/2020

  15. The Royal Touch: When British and French Kings Were Thought to Have Healing Powers

    Published: 2/11/2020

  16. The Worst Gambling Scandal in NCAA History Led to an Unlikely Story of Redemption

    Published: 2/6/2020

  17. The Confederate States of America, An Alternate History: 1865-2020

    Published: 2/4/2020

  18. An Admiral's List of the 10 Greatest Admirals in History

    Published: 1/30/2020

  19. Pearl Harbor May Have Been Avoided If a Lone US Diplomat Had Gotten His Way

    Published: 1/28/2020

  20. How 20K Marines Held Out Against 300K Chinese Soldiers At The Chosin Reservoir, The Korean War's Greatest Battle

    Published: 1/23/2020

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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.