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History Unplugged Podcast

For history lovers who listen to podcasts, History Unplugged is the most comprehensive show of its k

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Total: 934

Few will dispute that China has one of the most ancient cultures on earth, but is there any truth to

Why do Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks? Are we trying to take the National Ant

Any fan of Shakespeare knows how much the English language has changed over the last 400 years. A st

Rome didn’t fall in 476 when Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by

The horrors of the Holocaust are as vivid now as they were in 1945 when the world discovered the hor

By the late 1800s Europe's Great Powers controlled nearly 80 percent of the African continent. Much

In today's episode we are possibly going to bite off more than we can chew... by discussing the enti

Depression is not a modern phenomenon. Take the example of Abraham Lincoln. He is an unusual psychol

The ancients had abilities that have fallen into near-complete disuse in the modern age. Consider me

Today's question is a tricky one that has to do with global politics, colonialism, and threatens to

Did the greatest king who ever lived ever live? That's a tricky question. The fabled first king of E

Michael Foley loves contradictions. He is a Catholic professor of patristics—a study of the lives of

Today's question comes from Nayeli Carpenter She asks about lost civilizations: pyramid builds, Egyp

Today's question comes to us from Kevin deLaplante, creator of the Critical Thinker Academy and host

Today's question comes from Jaime Martínez Bowness: Hi - here's a quick list of topics I thought of:

Today's question comes to us from Nate Finch: I would love for you to do a podcast (series?) on Medi

No matter how little you know about history, you know something about Adolf Hitler. And if you want

Who Was WW2 Spy Zig-Zag?

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Today's question comes from Dean Wallace: Could you tell me about the career of [World War Two] agen

Today's question comes from James Ganong: Could you please tell me the history of oldest university?

Today's question is about the Varangians, a group of Vikings that conquered Kievan Rus and became th