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EP4 Exposing the Hart of The Great War

Release Date: 04/12/2018

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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

EP31 Kushite Conversations

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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

EP30 So, you say you want a revolution?

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

This show could also have been called “Violent Reflections” as Dan repurposes old work he did on the revolutionary era of the late 1960s. This is NOT a deep HH-style look at the period, but is instead a brief gaze at a potential “Past is Prologue” moment.

EP29 The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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.

EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

This show starts off with an extended discussion of the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust and the associated dangers of extreme governmental power followed by an interview with Holocaust expert and historian Dan Stone.

EP27 More Steppe Stories

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Huns, Mongols, Turks, Scythians and other nomadic steppe tribes are longtime interests of Dan's. In this show he interviews historian Kenneth W. Harl who specializes in the study of those fascinating peoples. 1. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization by Kenneth W. Harl 2. China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia by Peter C. Perdue

EP26 Dig This!

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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.

EP25 The Long View

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan tries focusing a much wider historical lens on perennial human issues like war, land ownership, immigration, ethnicity, environmental worries and the double-edged sword that is human inventiveness. 1. Agricola and Germania by Tacitus 2. A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich by Christopher B. Krebs

EP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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-Rubin-p3496748/ 3. “From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire” by Pierre Briant 4. “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life” by...

EP23 Boxing with Ghosts

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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 the World of Boxing by Mike Silver 3. Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History by Mike Silver

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Dan and the British Imperial War Museum's famed First World War historian Peter Hart talk about one of their favorite mutual interests...World War One.

The Last Battle: Victory, Defeat, and the End of World War I by Peter Hart
The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War by Peter Hart
Gallipoli by Peter Hart
The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front by Peter Hart
Somme Success: The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of The Somme 1916 by Peter Hart
Jutland, 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart
Defeat at Gallipoli by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart
Tumult in the Clouds: British Experience of War in the Air, 1914-18 by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart
Bloody April: Slaughter in the Skies Over Arras, 1917 by Peter Hart
Fire and Movement: The British Expeditionary Force and the Campaign of 1914 by Peter Hart
The 16th Durham Light Infantry in Italy 1943-1945 by Peter Hart
Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground by Peter Hart
1918: A Very British Victory by Peter Hart
The Heat of Battle: The 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry : The Italian Campaign, 1943-1945 by Peter Hart
At the Sharp End: The 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment 1939-1944 by Peter Hart
Voices from the Front: The 2nd Norfolk Regiment: From Le Paradis to Kohima by Peter Hart

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