Benedict Arnold, Vidkun Quisling, and Other Historical Villains—When is Someone Misunderstood vs. Truly Bad?

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Do historical “villains” like Benedict Arnold, Vidkun Quisling, and Emperor Caligula deserve their terrible reputations, or are they victims of biased accounts? In this rebroadcast of a live event in the History Unplugged Facebook Page, Scott gets into what makes somebody a true bad guy in the past (unsurprisingly, Hitler makes this list), somebody best described as misunderstood, and somebody who deserves a rehabilitation.

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0:00.0	The history of the Popes of Rome and Christianity reaches into nearly every aspect of history.
0:06.4	In the history of the Papacy podcast, we step over the rope.
0:10.0	We dive into, discover more about the people events and background that define the influence
0:15.8	of the Popes of Rome and church not only on the west, but the world.
0:20.4	To start listening now, go to ParthenonPodcast.com or search for history of the Papacy on your
0:27.4	favorite podcast platform.
0:57.4	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.
1:07.4	The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes, myth busts historical lies, and rediscoveres
1:14.2	the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:17.4	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:25.4	Hello everyone. Welcome to this first live episode of History Unplugged, which is appearing
1:31.9	in the History Unplugged Podcast Facebook group.
1:35.0	If you're listening to this on the History Unplugged feed after the fact, then I hope this
1:39.9	will still be riveting audio for you.
1:42.9	As I try to do with every episode, it's not going to have the same punch as being their
1:47.9	live.
1:48.9	I'm from the Midwest and when I was growing up, we would watch the New Year's countdown,
1:54.0	but it would almost always be a rebroadcast of what was happening in New York on Times Square.
1:59.4	If you're watching it live and they do the countdown, you think, okay, wow, it's 11 o'clock
2:03.7	in Iowa.
2:04.7	It's 12 in New York, so I'm very happy for you.
2:07.0	It doesn't have the same rasmitas.
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