Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

In "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our modern civilization ever fall like civilizations from past eras? This isn't academic history (and Carlin isn't a historian) but the podcast's unique blend of high drama, masterful narration and Twilight Zone-style twists has entertained millions of listeners.

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Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth and Svein Forkbeard it's debatable whether things will be any less horri
Nov 19, 2023
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Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
This show picks up where Dan's Thor's Angels show left off. In the early Middle Ages Pagan Germanic-language speakers like the Vikings are a dying breed. Many of their contemporaries wish they'd die fa
Jan 15, 2023
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Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That so
Mar 6, 2022
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5h 39m
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Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of
Jun 8, 2021
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Show 66 - Supernova in the East V
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Can suicidal bravery and fanatical determination make up for material, industrial and numerical insufficiency? As the Asia-Pacific conflict turns against the Japanese these questions are put to the tes
Nov 13, 2020
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Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will shift the momentum in the Pacific theater and usher in the era of modern naval and amp
Jun 3, 2020
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3h 58m
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Show 64 - Supernova in the East III
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.
Oct 24, 2019
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Show 63 - Supernova in the East II
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. An
Jan 12, 2019
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Show 62 - Supernova in the East I
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this
Jul 14, 2018
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4h 28m
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Show 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Pain is at the root of most drama and entertainment. When does it get too real? This very disturbing and graphic show looks into some case studies and asks some deep questions. WARNING Very intense sub
Jan 27, 2018
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4h 31m
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Show 60 - The Celtic Holocaust
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Julius Caesar is our travel guide as he takes us through his murderous subjugation of the native Celtic tribal peoples of ancient Gaul. It sounds vaguely like other, recent European colonial conquests.
Aug 9, 2017
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5h 59m
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Show 59 - (Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
What happens if human beings can't handle the power of their own weaponry? This show examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind's efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands
Jan 24, 2017
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5h 49m
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Show 58 - Kings of Kings III
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
If this were a movie, the events and cameos would be too numerous and star-studded to mention. It includes Xerxes, Spartans, Immortals, Alexander the Great, scythed chariots, and several of the greates
Aug 7, 2016
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Show 57 - Kings of Kings II
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
From Biblical-era coup conspiracies to the horrific aftermath of ancient combat this second installment of the series on the Kings of Achaemenid Persia goes where only Dan can take it. For better or wo
Mar 20, 2016
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4h 15m
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Show 56 - Kings of Kings
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Often relegated to the role of slavish cannon fodder for Sparta's spears, the Achaemenid Persian empire had a glorious heritage. Under a single king they created the greatest empire the world had ever
Oct 28, 2015
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