History Unplugged Podcast
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 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.
Pilgrimages Involved Penitent Marches, Visiting Holy Places, and Watching Drunken Emperors Go on Chariot Rides
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Britain Learned How to Set Up Its Global Empire on a Tiny Bermudan Island
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The Hatfield-McCoy Feud Started Over a Pig and Nearly Escalated Into a Regional War
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The 1845 Potato Blight Struck Across Northern Europe. Why Did Only Ireland Starve?
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A Simple Tennessee Preacher Transformed Abolitionism from a Deeply Unpopular Radical Movement to a Centrist Cause
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How Benjamin Franklin’s Stove Invention Kept Early America From Freezing
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Roman Churches Had No Involvement in Marriage. How Did It Become a Holy Sacrament by the Middle Ages?
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How a Mess Cook Saved Dozens of Sailors from Shark Infested Waters Off the Coast of Guadalcanal
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Humanity’s Past Suggests We Only Have 10,000 Years to Change or Go Extinct
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The 16th Century Ottomans Nearly Conquered Europe. Why Did European Kingdoms Make So Many Alliances With Them?
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