Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Hitler? What was the greatest army of all time? Which U.S. President was the worst? Hardcore History discusses the issues and questions history fans love.
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Episodes
Wednesday Feb 08, 2012
Wednesday Feb 08, 2012
In this "Director’s Cut"”" style addendum to HH 41 you get all that, plus cutting-room floor stuff and Dan talking about the challenges this episode posed and why he made Thor’s Angels the way he did.
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
What started as a standard podcast episode morphed into an audio book on what used to be called "The Dark Ages" in Europe. Dan gets into many areas he should probably avoid...Gods, Germans, bikers, Jesus...
Wednesday Oct 12, 2011
Wednesday Oct 12, 2011
Using the two 20th Century "Red Scare" eras as case studies, Dan looks at the fear that can be generated by potentially dangerous ideas and examines the way such powerful mass emotions can cloud human judgment.
Wednesday Jun 29, 2011
Wednesday Jun 29, 2011
In a massive finish to the "Dan Carlin version" of the fall of the Roman Republic, conspiracies, civil wars, beatniks of antiquity and a guy named Caesar figure prominently. Virtually everyone dies.
Friday Apr 01, 2011
Friday Apr 01, 2011
The last great generation of the Roman Republic emerges from the historical mists. The dynamic between Caesar, Cato, Cicero, Crassus and Pompey forms the axis around which the rest of this tale revolves.
Thursday Jan 27, 2011
Thursday Jan 27, 2011
Sulla returns to Rome to show the Republic what REAL political violence looks like. Civil war and deadly partisan payback will pave the way for reforms pushed at sword point. Lots of heads will roll...literally.
Saturday Oct 30, 2010
Saturday Oct 30, 2010
Rome's political violence expands in intensity from riots and assassinations to outright war as the hyper-ambitious generals Marius and Sulla tear the Republic and its constitution apart vying for power and glory.
Sunday Aug 29, 2010
Sunday Aug 29, 2010
Disaster threatens the Republic, but the cure might be worse than the disease. "The Dan Carlin version" of this story continues with ambition-addict Marius dominating the story and Plutarch dominating the sources.
Monday Jun 28, 2010
Monday Jun 28, 2010
The wars which elevate Rome to superpower status also sow the seed for the downfall of its political system. Money, slaves, ambition, political stalemate and class warfare prove to be a toxic, bloody mix.
Tuesday Apr 27, 2010
Tuesday Apr 27, 2010
Does the toughness of peoples play any role in history? How can historians deal with such an amorphous human quality? Historiography, boxing, barbarians, philosophy and wisdom are among the subjects touched upon.