How Does a Nation Have an Identity When Its People Speak Different Languages? Ask Canada (Quebec Specifically)
A listener named Liam requested an episode looking at a deep dive into his hometown of Montreal and how it came to be a center of commerce and culture in North America. We’ll do that, but rather than ...
31 Mar 202046min
Scott's Book "History's 9 Most Insane Rulers" Launch Update and Bonus Offer
Go to www.historyunpluggedpodcast.com to learn about Scott's new upcoming book "History's 9 Most Insane Rulers" and how you can get exclusive content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
30 Mar 20202min
How the Florida of the Roaring 20s Created Modern America and Triggered the Great Depression
The 1920s in Florida was a time of incredible excess, immense wealth, and precipitous collapse. The decade there produced the largest human migration in American history, far exceeding the settlement ...
26 Mar 202036min
History Has Lots of Great Ideas About What To Do During a Quarantine
Quarantines are nothing new: they've been used since at least the Bronze Age to prevent the spread of leprosy. In this episode (rebroadcasted from a Facebook Livestream), we'll look at the various way...
24 Mar 202046min
The Civil War in the American West: When Multi-Racial Armies Fought Over Gold Mines and Indian Lands
When people think of the American Civil War, specific images spring to mind—Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Scarlett O’Hara escaping a burning Atlanta in a hoop skirt, and blue and grey uniforms clashin...
19 Mar 20201h 4min
St. Patrick Didn't Get Rid of Any Snakes, But He Is The Patron Saint of Exterminators
Nearly 1,600 years after Patrick arrived on Ireland (first as a slave, then as a missionary who brought Christianity to the island), he is celebrated as the patron saint of the Emerald Isle and apocry...
17 Mar 202042min
COVID-19 is Nothing Compared to the 1918 Spanish Flu
COVID19, aka - the coronavirus, has triggered mass quarantines and spooked markets across the globe. To date, over 3,000 have died and over 100,000 infected. But however dangerous this virus ends up b...
12 Mar 202059min
The Lost History of James Madison's Black Family
“Always remember—you’re a Madison. You come from African slaves and a president”This was Betty Kearse's family motto; a way to remember that they were descended from James Madison, but also Coreen, a ...
10 Mar 20201h 3min
