History Unplugged Podcast

993 Episodes

1. Cars Are the Id of the Countries that Built Them. What Do The Model T and Pontiac Aztek Tell Us About the US?

   Published: 28/06/2022
2. Making Sense of America’s Worst Moments: Jon Meacham on Understanding -- But Not Excusing -- Slavery and the Indian Removal Act

   Published: 23/06/2022
3. Parthenon Roundtable: Which Single Event Would You Eliminate From History

   Published: 21/06/2022
4. The Worst Movie Ever Made Cast John Wayne as Genghis Khan and Exposed the Cast to Nuclear Radiation

   Published: 16/06/2022
5. The Arsenal of Democracy: How the Revolver and Repeating Rifle Democratized Gun Ownership and Armed the United States

   Published: 14/06/2022
6. Seeking Hitler’s Horses: How a WW2 Infantryman Rescued Equines Caught Up Germany’s “Super Horse” Breeding Program

   Published: 09/06/2022
7. Almost President: Stephen Douglas, Thomas Dewey, and Other Failed Candidates That Would’ve Altered History Most by Winning

   Published: 07/06/2022
8. 4 Foreign Correspondents Spent the 30s Warning About European Fascism. Why Didn't More Listen?

   Published: 02/06/2022
9. In 1970, a Cyclone Killed 500,000 in Pakistan, Triggered a Genocide, and Nearly Started a Nuclear War.

   Published: 31/05/2022
10. Nazi Billionaires: The Business Dynasties That Built Hitler’s War Machine and Still Profit Today

    Published: 26/05/2022
11. War Isn’t the Natural State of Human Affairs: It Shouldn’t Happen, and Most of the Time It Doesn't.

    Published: 24/05/2022
12. Western Religion of the 19th Century Competed with Darwin and Marx By Dabbling in Hinduism, Occultism, and Wellness

    Published: 19/05/2022
13. The 1541 Spanish Expedition Down the Amazon to Find the Imaginary “El Dorado” and Valley of Cinnamon

    Published: 17/05/2022
14. Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded in the Yugoslavian Mountains

    Published: 12/05/2022
15. The Way that Lincoln Financed the Civil War Led to Transcontinental Railroads, Public Colleges, the Homestead Act, and Income Tax

    Published: 10/05/2022
16. Lt. Sonia Vagliano Helped Liberate Concentration Camp Victims, Repatriate WW2 Refugees, All While Avoiding Landmines and Kidnapping

    Published: 05/05/2022
17. Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie: The Serial Killer Family Who Terrorized 1870s Kansas

    Published: 03/05/2022
18. Benjamin Franklin – In the 200 Years After His Death – Funded New Businesses, Supported Boston and Philadelphia, and Play Pranks

    Published: 28/04/2022
19. The Rise and Fall of 1970s Mob-Run Chicago

    Published: 26/04/2022
20. An Antebellum-Era Irish Maid’s Incredible Determination and Business Savvy Led to the Creation of the Kennedy Dynasty

    Published: 21/04/2022