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.

Twilight of the Aesir 01/16/2023

Twilight of the Aesir 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. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/25619010

BLITZ Human Resources 03/07/2022

BLITZ Human Resources The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches the surface of this enormous subject. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/22361795

Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI 06/08/2021

Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI 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 of national endurance in the war's last year. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/19407680

Show 66 - Supernova in the East V 11/14/2020

Show 66 - Supernova in the East V 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 test. The results are nightmarish. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/16805744

Show 63 - Supernova in the East II 01/12/2019

Show 63 - Supernova in the East II 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. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives.. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/8231354

Show 62 - Supernova in the East I 07/15/2018

Show 62 - Supernova in the East I 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, this would be his origin story. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/6811393

Show 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment 01/29/2018

Show 61 - (Blitz) Painfotainment 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 subject matter. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/6196067

Show 60 - The Celtic Holocaust 08/09/2017

Show 60 - The Celtic Holocaust 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 conquests.. until the natives nearly win. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/5626811

Show 59 - (Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds 01/25/2017

Show 59 - (Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds 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 hands of its own creation. /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/5022630

Show 58 - Kings of Kings III 08/07/2016

Show 58 - Kings of Kings III /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/4573035

Show 57 - Kings of Kings II 03/20/2016

Show 57 - Kings of Kings II /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/4233175

Show 56 - Kings of Kings 12/14/2015

Show 56 - Kings of Kings /episode/index/show/dancarlinhh/id/3898214

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