Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Interviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. If it did not fit in the HH feed it's probably here

Episodes

March 28, 2025 150 mins

Dan has an extended and completely unplanned conversation with TV and podcast host Mike Rowe about jobs, history, media, politics and the current zeitgeist.

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Dan talks with writer, broadcaster and journalist Zeinab Badawi about the ancient African kingdom of Kush and her book on African history.

 

 

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August 1, 2024 97 mins

This show could also have been called “Violent Reflections” as Dan repurposes old work he did on the revolutiona...

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Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Dan to discuss the contents of her new book which, using insider and expert information, dramatically outlines how a nuclear war might unfold.

 

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February 15, 2024 198 mins

This show starts off with an extended discussion of the genocide of Jews...

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August 15, 2023 70 mins

Huns, Mongols, Turks, Scythians and other nomadic steppe tribes are long...

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May 31, 2023 102 mins

Daniele Bolelli the fabulous host of “History on Fire” and I fanboy out over archaeology. We had some inexplicable audio problems at times with the recording, so hopefully that doesn't detract from the greatness of the guest.




 

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March 31, 2023 72 mins

Dan tries focusing a much wider historical lens on perennial human issues like war, land ownership, imm...

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February 13, 2023 172 mins

Rick Rubin joins Dan to discuss human creativity. This unusual show evolves as it goes though and by the end covers a wide array of subjects and topics. By the end it isn't even clear who is asking questions and who is answering them.

1. “Broken Record” with Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell
https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record
2. “Tetragrammaton” podcast with Rick Rubin
https://tunein.com/radio/Tetragrammaton-with-Rick-Rubi...

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November 15, 2022 66 mins

Ready for an argument? Like Dan's quote voice? Waiting to hear Dan discuss boxing? Then you've hit the trifecta. Boxing expert Mike Silver and Dan discuss whether today's modern fighters could compete with those of yesteryear.

1. The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science by Mike Silver
2. The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from ...

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August 19, 2022 21 mins

Bill Barrett has been the voice of Dan Carlin’s podcasts since they began in 2005. In this retrospective Dan looks back at samples of Bill’s catalog of  work.

 

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July 27, 2022 99 mins

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook stop by to continue the conversation with Dan that began on their own podcast The Rest is History.

1. “Rubicon” by Tom Holland 
2. “Dominion” by Tom Holland
3. “Persian Fire” by Tom Holland

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April 15, 2022 68 mins

Professor Barry Strauss and Dan talk about Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar and a host of historical luminaries in a tale worthy of Shakespeare as the Roman Republic goes down with the ships at Actium.

Show Notes:
1. “The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium” by Barry Strauss
2. “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
3. Dan Carlin’s Hardcore Hist...

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February 5, 2022 87 mins

Author, actor and senior fellow at the Modern War Institute Max Brooks joins Dan to discuss asymmetrical warfare and related societal issues.

1. "On War" by Gen. Carl von Clausewitz
2. “The Art of War” by Sun Tsu
3. "War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century” by Alvin and Heidi Toffler

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January 28, 2022 87 mins

Iranian-born historian John Ghazvinian's new book is about the history of the U.S.-Iranian relationship. He and Dan discuss coups, oil, religion, history, arms deals, Shahs, U.S. presidents and wars.

1. “America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present” by John Ghazvinian.

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December 13, 2021 101 mins

Elon Musk and Bill Riley from SpaceX join Dan to discuss the underappreciated role of science and engineering in war. As you might imagine, military aircraft feature prominently in the conversation.

1. The Wages of destruction by Adam Tooze
2. The Art of War by Sun Tzu 

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November 5, 2021 92 mins

Historian Dan Jones’ specialty is the Middle Ages. Dan Carlin adores the Middle Ages. Normans anyone?

1. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
2. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors by Dan Jones
3. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
4. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Quee...

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October 25, 2021 71 mins

Author Ian W. Toll who has written extensively on the Pacific Theater in the Second World War joins Dan to put the finishing touches on the Supernova in the East subject matter.


1. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 by Ian W. Toll
2. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 by Ian W. Toll
3. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by I...

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August 2, 2021 75 mins

Dan discusses his background in miniature wargaming and then talks to one of the architects of a popular Second World War themed video game about the genre, its development, growth and challenges.

1. War Games through the Ages 3,000BC to 1,500AD by Donald F. Featherstone
2. How to Play War Games in Miniature: A Forgotten Wargaming Pioneer Early Wargames by Josep...

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April 27, 2021 61 mins

Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell joins Dan to discuss the development of U.S. precision bombing ideas, Curtis LeMay and the firebombing of Japanese cities.

1. Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell
2. Revisionist History
3. Dan Carlin's Destroyer of Worlds
4. Dan Carlin's Logical Insanity
5. Dan Carlin's Logical Insanity Extra
6. "The wizards of Armageddon" by Fred Kaplan


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