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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:01:31 PST en-us dan@dancarlin.com (Dan Carlin) dan@dancarlin.com (Dan Carlin) Dan Carlin dancarlin.com http://www.dancarlin.com/graphics/DC_HH_iTunes.jpg http://www.dancarlin.com Dan Carlin's Hardcore History dan@dancarlin.com History, Military, War, Ancient, Archaeology, Classics, Carlin false Mania for Subjugation III 73 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha73_Mania_for_Subjugation_III.mp3 Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way. Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way. Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-73-mania-for-subjugation-iii Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:01:31 PST 04:14:13 Alexander, Alexander the Great, Macedonia, history, Greece, Persia, Achaemenid, Granicus, Olympias, Arrian, Diodorus, Darius, military, ancient history Mania for Subjugation II 72 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha72_Mania_for_Subjugation_II.mp3 Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions. Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions. Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-72-mania-for-subjugation-ii Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:16:05 PST 03:51:26 Alexander, Alexander the Great, Macedonian, Demosthenes, Greek, Thebes, Athens, Persia, Thrace, Illyria, Delphi, ancient warfare, history, Sparta, military, ancient, conqueror Mania for Subjugation 71 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha71_Mania_for_Subjugation.mp3 What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism. What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism. What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-71-mania-for-subjugation Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:14:53 PST 04:11:39 Alexander the Great, Phillip II, Macedonia, Macedon, Olympias, Demosthenes, Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Persia, history, podcast, ancient, military, Aristotle, Greece, Hellenistic Twilight of the Aesir II 70 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha70_Twilight_of_the_AesirII.mp3 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 horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors 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 horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors 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 horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-70-twilight-of-the-aesir-ii Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:14:53 PST 06:23:08 Vikings, Scandinavia, Anglo-Saxon, Franks, Irish, Danes, Norway, Sweden, Rus, Russia, Byzantium, Constantinople, raiding, pirates, history, Forkbeard, Bluetooth,Hairfair, Tryggvason Twilight of the Aesir 69 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha69_Twilight_of_the_Aesir.mp3 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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-69-twilight-of-the-aesir Sun, 15 Jan 2023 15:20:53 PST 05:10:55 Vikings, Scandinavia, Carolingian, Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, Ragnar Lodbrok, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish, Franks, Irish, Denmark, Danes, Norway, Sweden, Frisia, Rus, Byzantium, Constantinople, raiding, pirates BLITZ Human Resources 68 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha68_BLITZ_Human_Resources.mp3 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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-67-Supernova-in-the-East-vi Sun, 6 Mar 2022 19:08:44 PST 05:39:12 slavery, Africa, bondage, race, racism, black, labor, economics, liberty, human rights, freedom, Thomas Jefferson, commerce, money, slave revolts, humanitarian, abolitionist, philosophy, revolution, Americas, New World, indigenous, Indies, Haiti Supernova in the East VI 67 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha67_Supernova_in_the_East_VI.mp3 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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-67-Supernova-in-the-East-vi Tue, 8 Jun 2021 15:20:35 PST 05:45:52 Japan, China, second world war, world war two, Pacific, Burma, India, Pelleliu, Layte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Marines, Churchill, Truman, Okinawa, Firebomb, war, naval, LeMay, Suicide, Kamikaze, Supernova in the East V 66 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha66_Supernova_in_the_East_V.mp3 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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-66-Supernova-in-the-East-v Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:08:26 PST 03:32:34 Japan, China, Asia, second world war, world war two, Pacific, Tarawa, Saipan, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Marines, U.S., Australia, history, war, naval, amphibious, Suicide, history, podcast Supernova in the East IV 65 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha65_Supernova_in_the_East_IV.mp3 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 amphibious warfare. 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 amphibious warfare. 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 amphibious warfare. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-65-Supernova-in-the-East-iv Wed, 3 Jun 2020 15:20:44 PST 03:58:33 Midway, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Marines, Japanese, naval, Coral Sea, Admiral Earnest King, Douglas MacArthur, New Guinea, Australia, interservice rivalry, aircraft carriers, Japanese internment, history, Pacific, Second World War, Asia Supernova in the East III 64 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha64_Supernova_in_the_East_III.mp3 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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-64-Supernova-in-the-East-iii Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:10:53 PST 04:53:43 Japan, United States, Britain, Netherlands, China, history, podcast, Bataan, Malaya, Singapore, 1941, 1942, Philippines, Second World War, World War Two, MaCArthur Supernova in the East II 63 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha63_Supernova_in_the_East_II.mp3 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... 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... 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... http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-63-Supernova-in-the-East-ii Sat, 12 Jan 2019 10:07:44 PST 04:01:55 Pacific War, Japan, Second World War, history, podcast, Roosevelt, Churchill, British, American, sanctions, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, China, aircraft Carriers, Naval, warfare, podcast Supernova in the East I 62 http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha62_Supernova_in_the_East_I.mp3 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. 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. 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. http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-Supernova-in-the-East-i Sat, 14 Jul 2018 12:05:35 PST 04:28:17 Japan, Second World War, World War Two, Pacific War, China, United States, colonialism, History, Asia, Samurai, Russo-Japanese war, Sino-Japanese war, Manchuria, Soviet Union, Meiji Restoration