Hardcore History History podcast by Dan Carlin
Hardcore History Dan Carlin which debuted in 2006.[ 1] [ 2]
Background
Hardcore History is Carlin's forum for exploring topics throughout world history. The focus of each episode varies widely from show to show but they are generally centered on specific historical events and are discussed in a "theater of the mind" style. New episodes are released approximately every four to seven months.[ 3]
Hardcore History: Addendum is an ancillary podcast feed which features "interviews, musings and extra material" that are more short form and deemed not to fit into the main Hardcore History feed.[ 4]
Reception
Hardcore History , which has millions of downloads per episode, received over 350,000 downloads in a 24-hour period on May 6, 2015.[ 5] Slate [ 6]
Episodes
Ep. number
Topic[ 15]
Length
Release date
1
Alexander Versus Hitler
16 min
July 26, 2006
2
Guns and Horses
34 min
September 26, 2006
3
The Organization of Peace
42 min
October 4, 2006
4
Romancing the Tribes
31 min
October 24, 2006
5
Meandering Through The Cold War
48 min
November 14, 2006
6
Shield of the West
59 min
December 8, 2006
7
The X-History Files
31 min
December 27, 2006
8
Scars of the Great War
40 min
January 27, 2007
9
Darkness Buries the Bronze Age
33 min
February 16, 2007
10
The What-Ifs of 1066
47 min
March 13, 2007
11
Thoughts on Churchill
53 min
April 11, 2007
12
Steppe Stories
58 min
May 8, 2007
13
Bubonic Nukes
47 min
June 13, 2007
14
The Macedonian Soap Opera
49 min
July 18, 2007
15
Desperate Times
41 min
August 30, 2007
16
Nazi Tidbits
59 min
October 17, 2007
17
Judgment at Nineveh
1 hour 4 min
December 14, 2007
18
A Fly on James Burke's Wall
44 min
January 2, 2008
19
Apache Tears
1 hour 18 min
March 14, 2008
20
(Blitz) History Under the Influence
40 min
May 6, 2008
21
Punic Nightmares I
1 hour
July 27, 2008
22
Punic Nightmares II
1 hour 18 min
September 18, 2008
23
Punic Nightmares III
1 hour 35 min
October 30, 2008
24
Classical Hanson
35 min
November 21, 2008
25
The Dyer Outlook
59 min
January 20, 2009
26
(Blitz) Addicted to Bondage
1 hour 4 min
February 3, 2009
27
Ghosts of the Ostfront I
1 hour 6 min
April 19, 2009
28
Ghosts of the Ostfront II
1 hour 30 min
June 17, 2009
29
Ghosts of the Ostfront III
1 hour 30 min
August 10, 2009
30
Ghosts of the Ostfront IV
1 hour 39 min
October 10, 2009
31
(Blitz) Suffer the Children
58 min
December 9, 2009
32
Globalization Unto Death
1 hour 32 min
February 27, 2010
33
(Blitz) Old School Toughness
1 hour 2 min
April 27, 2010
34
Death Throes of the Republic I
1 hour 23 min
June 28, 2010
35
Death Throes of the Republic II
1 hour 35 min
August 29, 2010
36
Death Throes of the Republic III
1 hour 42 min
October 31, 2010
37
Death Throes of the Republic IV
1 hour 27 min
January 28, 2011
38
Death Throes of the Republic V
1 hour 27 min
April 1, 2011
39
Death Throes of the Republic VI
5 hour 27 min
June 30, 2011
40
(Blitz) Radical Thoughts
2 hour 40 min
October 13, 2011
41
Thor's Angels
4 hour 6 min
January 19, 2012
42
(Blitz) Logical Insanity
2 hour 30 min
March 31, 2012
43
Wrath of the Khans I
1 hour 49 min
June 14, 2012
44
Wrath of the Khans II
1 hour 38 min
July 31, 2012
45
Wrath of the Khans III
1 hour 30 min
September 23, 2012
46
Wrath of the Khans IV
1 hour 33 min
November 13, 2012
47
Wrath of the Khans V
2 hour 8 min
January 13, 2013
48
Prophets of Doom
4 hour 28 min
April 22, 2013
49
The American Peril
4 hour 6 min
July 25, 2013
50
Blueprint for Armageddon I
3 hour 7 min
October 29, 2013
51
Blueprint for Armageddon II
3 hour 20 min
January 30, 2014
52
Blueprint for Armageddon III
3 hour 54 min
April 24, 2014
53
Blueprint for Armageddon IV
3 hour 56 min
August 17, 2014
54
Blueprint for Armageddon V
4 hour 30 min
December 30, 2014
55
Blueprint for Armageddon VI
4 hour 17 min
May 6, 2015
56
Kings of Kings
3 hour 37 min
October 29, 2015
57
Kings of Kings II
4 hour 18 min
March 20, 2016
58
Kings of Kings III
5 hour 3 min
August 7, 2016
59
(Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds
5 hour 53 min
January 24, 2017
60
The Celtic Holocaust
6 hour
August 10, 2017
61
(Blitz) Painfotainment
4 hour 34 min
January 29, 2018
62
Supernova in the East I
4 hour 28 min
July 14, 2018
63
Supernova in the East II
4 hour 2 min
January 12, 2019
64
Supernova in the East III
4 hour 53 min
October 24, 2019
65
Supernova in the East IV
3 hour 58 min
June 3, 2020
66
Supernova in the East V
3 hour 32 min 46 sec
November 13, 2020
67
Supernova in the East VI [ 16]
5 hour 46 min 29 sec
June 8, 2021
68
(Blitz) Human Resources
5 hour 39 min 52 sec
March 7, 2022
69
Twilight of the Aesir
5 hour 14 min
January 16, 2023
70
Twilight of the Aesir II
6 hour 23 min
November 19, 2023
71
Mania for Subjugation
4 hour 11 min
June 7, 2024
72
Mania for Subjugation II
3 hour 51 min
January 3, 2025
73
Mania for Subjugation III
4 hour 14 min
December 22, 2025
References
↑ Sharma, Priyam. "Hardcore History" . Jurni Media . Retrieved December 19, 2024 . ↑ Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Archive ↑ Staff Writer (June 20, 2019). "New music, Wanda Sykes, Hardcore History and more you need to know" . Inlander . Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019 . New episodes come out about every six months ↑ "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum" . dchhaddendum.libsyn.com . Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .↑ Itzkoff, Dave (June 23, 2015). "Obama Interview Sets Download Record for Maron Podcast" . ArtsBeat . Retrieved April 15, 2016 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link )↑ Haglund, David; Onion, Rebecca (December 14, 2014). "The 25 Best Podcast Episodes Ever" . Slate . ISSN 1091-2339 . Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2019 . ↑ "The 2012 Stitcher Awards" . Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012 .↑ Cipolle, Alex V. (December 24, 2014). "Q&A with Hardcore History's Dan Carlin" . Eugene Weekly . Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2015 . ↑ "Podcast Awards - Past Winners 2005-2016" . www.podcastawards.com . Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .↑ "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - The Shorty Awards" . shortyawards.com . Retrieved July 14, 2023 .↑ "2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners" . iHeart . Retrieved July 14, 2023 .↑ "2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners" . iHeart . Retrieved July 14, 2023 .↑ "2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: See The Full List of Winners" . iHeart . Retrieved July 14, 2023 .↑ "2023 iHeartPodcast Awards: Check Out The Full List Of Winners" . iHeart . Retrieved July 14, 2023 .↑ Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Archive ↑ "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History" . Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021 .