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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Dan Carlin
Daedalus and Icarus
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Philip II Of Macedon
Olympias
Illyria
Greece
Demosthenes
PTSD
Persia
9/11 Attacks
Pearl Harbor
Thebes

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 b... more

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Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions.

What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism.

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 horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors

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 faster.

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    This host professes to be influenced by the MC5 and yet invites someone like Elon Musk on to his show to speak freely. The host is a scab and class traitor more interested in celebrating hubris than objective truth. When it comes time to Kick Out The Jams, I hope Dan Carlin is taken out with the trash. For shame, Dan Carlin.

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    Dan’s method of storytelling is the benchmark I measure all other history podcasts against. It’s the gold standard

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    United States3 months ago
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    Great podcast I’am 12 and I’am so in to it

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    I hate to be an editor, but I just wanna hear a great story. The story you’re telling must stop when this guy‘s stomach drops and the Romans retreat to a fortified position.

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