They were some of the most powerful men who've ever lived.

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and yet they were just as human, just as flawed as you and me.

They were the presidents of the United States, and they are the subjects of the history podcast

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The history of the Popes of Rome and Christianity reaches into nearly every aspect of history.

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Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast. The unscripted show that celebrates unsunkey

rose, myth busts historical lies, and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

One of the most frustrating things about studying history is all the people that we don't know about.

When you get more than one or two hundred years into the past,

genealodical records will peter out, and you can't find the names of people,

except for those that are prominent, maybe their heads of state, or royalty, or did something notable,

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