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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

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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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV from 2023-12-13T15:57:29.890999

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...

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Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI from 2023-12-13T15:57:29.881584

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...

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Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II from 2023-11-19T12:14:53

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 h...

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Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir from 2023-01-15T15:20:53

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 di...

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Show 66 - Supernova in the East V from 2020-11-13T17:08:26

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...

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Show 64 - Supernova in the East III from 2019-10-24T16:10:53

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.

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Show 63 - Supernova in the East II from 2019-01-12T10:07:44

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...

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Show 62 - Supernova in the East I from 2018-07-14T12:05:35

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, t...

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Show 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment from 2018-01-27T23:58:44

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...

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Show 60 - The Celtic Holocaust from 2017-08-09T15:20:53

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 conque...

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Show 59 - (Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds from 2017-01-24T21:05:35

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 ...

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Show 58 - Kings of Kings III from 2016-08-07T12:05:26

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 gre...

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Show 57 - Kings of Kings II from 2016-03-20T00:08:08

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 o...

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Show 56 - Kings of Kings from 2015-10-28T17:35:08

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 e...

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