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Want it ALL? The Hardcore History compilation package is our premier offering and includes all the Hardcore History content that isn’t currently available for free. ALL the old shows (dating back to episode #1 from 2006!) AND all the “Extra” shows. More than a hundred hours of audio enjoyment in total. All for less than a dollar per hour of listening. Makes a great gift!

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	Hardcore History 1 – Alexander versus Hitler <!– Publish Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 Duration – 16:47 minutes – 16.5MB –> Description Dan compares the way the modern world sees Adolf Hitler with the way history views Alexander the Great and wonders if the two men weren’t more alike than different.	1
	Hardcore History 2 – Guns and Horses <!– Publish Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 Duration – 34:56 – 33.9MB –> Description The West is Mike Tyson and the East is Muhammad Ali in this episode as Dan mixes Art Bell, with Hans Delbruck in this look at a possible reason for the military decline of the near East.	1
	Hardcore History 3 – The Organization of Peace <!– Publish Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 Duration – 34:56 minutes – 33.9MB –> Description The early 20th century League of Nations stood for peace, cooperation, disarmament and international understanding. What happened?	1
	Hardcore History 4 – Romancing The Tribes <!– Publish Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 Duration – 31:44 minutes – 30.8MB –> Description Native American chief Tecumseh and Gallic king Vercingetorix both tried to unify their tribal peoples to face overwhelming foes. Dan examines the romance of their lost causes.	1
	Hardcore History 5 – Meandering Through The Cold War <!– Publish Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 Duration – 48:34 minutes – 47MB –> Description Dan meanders through a conversation about causes and effects of the Cold War without ever talking much about the actual events of the conflict.	1
	Hardcore History 6 – Shield of the West <!–Publish Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 Duration – 59:10 minutes – 57.2MB –> Description Spartans, Athenians, Persians, and references to Star Trek all make appearances in this look at the dramatic and extremely consequential Greek and Persian wars.	1
	Hardcore History 7 – The X-History Files <!– Publish Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 Duration – 31:58 minutes – 31MB –> Description Napoleon is supposed to have said that “History is a set of lies agreed upon”. With that in mind, Dan looks at some of the alternative and pseudo history ideas that many people embrace.	1
	Hardcore History 8 – Scars of the Great War <!– Publish Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 Duration – 40:38 minutes – 39.4MB –> Description Dan looks at the shock and awe caused by the First World War and marvels at how connected we still are to the empire-shattering effects of the conflict contemporaries simply referred to as The Great War.	1
	Hardcore History 9 – Darkness Buries the Bronze Age <!– Publish Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2007 Duration – 33:46 minutes – 32.8MB –> Description What was the cause of the collapse of the Bronze Age? War? Famine? Natural disaster? Sauron the Dark Lord? Dan looks at all the potential villains…except for Sauron.	1
	Hardcore History 10 – The What-Ifs Of 1066 <!–Publish Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 Duration – 47:36 minutes – 46MB –> Description How might history have been changed if the events of the momentous year 1066 had turned out differently? Dan examines Normans, Vikings, Saxons, Bastards, Conquerers, Confessors, Godwinsons, and Hardratas.	1
	Hardcore History 11 – Thoughts on Churchill <!– Publish Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 Duration – 53:45 minutes –> Description We almost called this show “Things about Churchill that have interested Dan”. Dan takes a look at various elements of the dramatic life and career of the great British leader.	1
	Hardcore History 12 – Steppe Stories <!– Publish Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 Duration – 58:34 minutes –> Description Blood-sucking Scythian warriors, tattooed ice mummies, Amazons killing so they can mate, pot smoking head-hunters, scalp-taking, koumiss-drinking Mongols, Turks, Huns, and Aliens. What’s not to like?	1
	Hardcore History 13 – Bubonic Nukes <!– Publish Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 Duration – 47:30 minutes –> Description What would happen if half the population died in a short period of time? Dan looks at the Black Death and other plagues that created almost apocalyptic conditions in the past…and maybe in the future.	1
	Hardcore History 14 – The Macedonian Soap Opera <!– Publish Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 Duration – 49:23 –> Description When Alexander the Great bequeathed his empire “to the strongest” he set off a funeral contest that shook the world for decades. Murder, marriage, intrigue, and drama all feature prominently in the story.	1
	Hardcore History 15 – Desperate Times <!– Publish Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 Duration – 41:57 –> Description The tough economic climate after the First World War fostered the growth of radicalism around the world. Did it also create tougher people? Dan looks at the connection between tough times and the “Greatest Generation.”	1
	Hardcore History 16 – Nazi Tidbits <!– Publish Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 Duration – 59:15 –> Description What accounts for the fascination people still have with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis? Dan looks at some of the ideas of the German National Socialists and examines the demonic, charismatic Nazi Fuhrer.	1
	Hardcore History 17 – Judgment at Nineveh <!– Publish Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 Duration: 1:04:02 minutes –> Description Will our modern society ever decline and fall? Dan uses that idea as a backdrop for a look at the first great empire in history, the biblical-era Assyrians. Were they ancient Nazis, or the guardians of civilization?	1
	Hardcore History 18 – A Fly on James Burke’s Wall <!– Publish date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 Duration: 44:53 minutes –> Description In this episode, Dan discusses history with famed television host, author and science historian James Burke, the man the Washington Post called “one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world”.	1
	Hardcore History 19 – Apache Tears <!– Publish Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 Duration – 1:18:23 minutes –> Description A traumatized people who traumatized their neighbors, the Native American tribe known as Apache were among the last Indians to surrender to the U.S. Government. Dan, of course, has thoughts. This is a long show!	1
	Hardcore History 20 – (BLITZ) History Under The Influence <!– Publish Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 Duration: 40:48 minutes –> Description This first “Blitz Edition” of the show looks at the hidden side of history, the impact of drugs and alcohol on past events. Dan has a whole list of historical figures he wants to drug test.	1
	Hardcore History 21 – Punic Nightmares I <!– Publish Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 Duration: 58:55 minutes –> Description Was it geopolitics or simply bitter hatred that fueled the ancient bloodbaths known as “The Punic Wars”? Dan highlights the unimaginable things people experienced during this intense face-off between Rome and Carthage.	1
	Hardcore History 22 – Punic Nightmares II <!– Publish Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 Duration: 1:18:37 minutes –> Description Darkness, horror, war and carnage dominate Part 2 of the Punic War trilogy as Hannibal rampages across Italy and pushes Rome to the brink of doom.	1
	Hardcore History 23 – Punic Nightmares III <!– Publish Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 Duration: 1:35:21 minutes –> Description In one of the great displays of resiliency in all history, the Romans refuse to buckle under murderous Carthaginian pressure. Instead they recover, defeat and destroy Carthage, and conquer most of the Mediterranean.	1
	Hardcore History 24 – Classical Hanson <!– Publish date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 Duration: 00:35:37 –> Description Dan discusses history with famed historian, political commentator and classicist Victor Davis Hanson.	1
	Hardcore History 25 – The Dyer Outlook <!– Publish date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 Duration: 00:59:24 –> Description Dan discusses the past, present and future with influential Canadian historian, broadcaster and columnist Gwynne Dyer.	1
	Hardcore History 26 – (BLITZ) Addicted to Bondage <!– Publish date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 Duration: 1:04:32 –> Description Is slavery a natural feature of human societies? Dan looks at this timeless, evil institution and wonders if we have made as much progress freeing ourselves from its influence as we think we have.	1
	Hardcore History 27 – Ghosts of the Ostfront I <!– Publish Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 Duration: 1:05:54 –> Description Part One covering the conflict between the Germans and the Soviet Union in the Second World War. Dan gives an introduction to the subject and discusses the causes and opening moves of Operation Barbarossa.	1
	Hardcore History 28 – Ghosts of the Ostfront II <!– Publish Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 Duration: 1:28:30 –> Description In Part Two of the Ostfront series covering WW2 on the Eastern Front, Dan looks at the attempt to take Moscow and the many compelling stories surrounding the momentous 1941 German offensive.	1
	Hardcore History 29 – Ghosts of the Ostfront III <!– Publish Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 Duration: 1:30:19 –> Description In Part Three of the Ostfront series covering WW2 on the Eastern Front, Dan looks at the situation in the U.S.S.R. during 1942 and early 1943, including the dreadful Battle of Stalingrad.	1
	Hardcore History 30 – Ghosts of the Ostfront IV <!– Publish Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 Duration: 1:39:34 –> Description In the final episode of the horror story that is the Eastern Front the tale descends into unimaginable darkness as vengeance is called down on Germany. This graphic episode is not for young ears.	1
	Hardcore History 31 – (BLITZ) Suffer the Children <!– Publish Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 Duration: 00:57:36 –> Description Dan’s exposure to the idea of “psychohistory” gets him thinking about how children were raised in the past. Could widespread child abuse and bad parenting in earlier eras explain some of history’s brutality?	1
	Hardcore History 32 – Globalization Unto Death <!–Publish Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 Duration: 01:31:04 –> Description Ferdinand Magellan is the lead character in this episode about the collision between the Old and New worlds and what Dan calls “Globalization 1.0”. It is also full of controversy!	1
	Hardcore History 33 – (BLITZ) Old School Toughness <!–Publish Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 Duration: 1:01:50 –> Description Does the toughness of peoples play any role in history? How can historians deal with such an amorphous human quality? Historiography, boxing, barbarians, philosophy and wisdom are among the subjects touched upon.	1
	Hardcore History 34 – Death Throes of the Republic I <!–Publish Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 PST Duration: 1:22:22 –> Description The wars which elevate Rome to superpower status also sow the seed for the downfall of its political system. Money, slaves, ambition, political stalemate and class warfare prove to be a toxic, bloody mix.	1
	Hardcore History 35 – Death Throes of the Republic II <!–Publish Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 Duration: 01:35:15 –> Description Disaster threatens the Republic, but the cure might be worse than the disease. “The Dan Carlin version” of this story continues with ambition-addict Marius dominating the story and Plutarch dominating the sources.	1
	Hardcore History 36 – Death Throes of the Republic III <!–Publish Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2010 Duration: 01:37:47 –> Description Rome’s political violence expands in intensity from riots and assassinations to outright war as the hyper-ambitious generals Marius and Sulla tear the Republic and its constitution apart vying for power and glory.	1
	Hardcore History 37 – Death Throes of the Republic IV <!–Publish Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 Duration: 01:25:03 –> Description Sulla returns to Rome to show the Republic what REAL political violence looks like. Civil war and deadly partisan payback will pave the way for reforms pushed at sword point. Lots of heads will roll…literally.	1
	Hardcore History 38 – Death Throes of the Republic V <!–Publish Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 Duration: 01:25:50 –> Description The last great generation of the Roman Republic emerges from the historical mists. The dynamic between Caesar, Cato, Cicero, Crassus and Pompey forms the axis around which the rest of this tale revolves.	1
	Hardcore History 39 – Death Throes of the Republic VI <!–Publish Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 Duration: 05:25:32 –> Description In a massive finish to the “Dan Carlin version” of the fall of the Roman Republic, conspiracies, civil wars, beatniks of antiquity and a guy named Caesar figure prominently. Virtually everyone dies.	1
	Hardcore History 40 – (BLITZ) Radical Thoughts <!–Publish Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 Duration: 02:37:38 – 113.50mb –> Description Using the two 20th Century “Red Scare” eras as case studies, Dan looks at the fear that can be generated by potentially dangerous ideas and examines the way such powerful mass emotions can cloud human judgment.	1
	Hardcore History 41 – Thor’s Angels What started as a standard podcast episode morphed into an audio book on what used to be called “The Dark Ages” in Europe. Dan gets into many areas he should probably avoid…Gods, Germans, bikers, Jesus…	1
	Hardcore History – EXTRA Thor’s Angels More military history. More quintessentially “Dan” twists. More deep questions. In this “Director’s Cut” style addendum to HH 41 you get all that, plus cutting-room floor stuff and Dan talking about the challenges this episode posed and why he made Thor’s Angels the way he did.	1
	Hardcore History 42 – (BLITZ) Logical Insanity <!–Publish Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 Duration: 02:28:49 – 107.58mb –> Description After many listener requests, Dan examines the issue of the morality of dropping the Atomic Bombs in the Second World War. As usual, he does so in his own unique, unexpected way.	1
	Hardcore History – EXTRA Logical Insanity <!– Publish date: May 4th 2012 Duration: 1:22 Buy from iTunes –> Description More military history. More quintessentially “Dan” twists. More deep questions. In this “Director’s Cut” style addendum to HH 42 you get all that, plus cutting-room floor stuff and Dan talking about the challenges this episode posed and why he made “Logical Insanity” the way he did.	1
	Hardcore History 43 – Wrath of the Khans I <!–Publish Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 Duration: 01:47:02 – 103.19mb –> Description In one of the most violent outbursts in history a little-known tribe of Eurasian nomads breaks upon the great societies of the Old World like a human tsunami. It may have ushered in the modern era, but at what cost?	1
	Hardcore History 44 – Wrath of the Khans II <!–Publish Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 Duration: 01:35:10 – 103.19mb –> Description The Mongol leader Genghis Khan displays an unmatched level of strategic genius while moving against both Northern China and the Eastern Islamic world. Both civilizations are left stunned and millions are slaughtered.	1
	Hardcore History 45 – Wrath of the Khans III <!–Publish Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 Duration: 01:28:24 – 85.30mb –> Description The expansion of Genghis Khan’s conquests continue, with locations as far apart as Europe and China feeling the bloody effects of Mongol warfare and retribution. Can anything halt the carnage?	1
	Hardcore History 46 – Wrath of the Khans IV <!–Publish Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 Duration: 01:31:19 – 88.50mb –> Description The death of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, should have slowed the momentum of Mongol conquests, but instead it accelerated it. This time though, all of Europe is on the Mongol hit list.	1
	Hardcore History 47 – Wrath of the Khans V <!–Publish Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 Duration: 02:06:52 – 122.63mb –> Description Succession issues weaken the Mongol Empire as the grandchildren of Genghis Khan fight over their imperial inheritance. This doesn’t stop them from dealing out pain, suffering, and ironically good governance while doing so.	1
	Hardcore History – EXTRA Wrath of the Khans <!– Publish Date: February 23rd 2013 Duration: 2:01 Buy from iTunes –> Description More military history. More quintessentially “Dan” twists. More deep questions. In this “Director’s Cut” style addendum to HH 47 you get all that, plus cutting-room floor stuff and Dan talking about the challenges this episode posed and why he made “Wrath of the Khans” the way he did.	1
	Hardcore History 48 – Prophets of Doom <!–Publish Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 Duration: 04:15:36 – 247.1mb –> Description Murderous millennial preachers and prophets take over the German city of Munster after Martin Luther unleashes a Pandora’s Box of religious anarchy with the Protestant Reformation.	1
	Hardcore History 49 – The American Peril <!–Publish Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 Duration: 04:05:41 minutes – 236.69mb –> Description Imperial temptations and humanitarian nightmares force the United States of the late 19th Century to confront the contradictions between its revolutionary self-image and its expanding national interests.	1
	Hardcore History 50 – Blueprint for Armageddon I <!– Publish Date:Tue, 29 Oct 2013 Duration: 03:07:20 minutes – 180.68mb Buy from Apple Music –> The planet hadn’t seen a major war between all the Great Powers since the downfall of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. But 99 years later the dam breaks and a Pandora’s Box of violence engulfs the planet.	1
	Hardcore History 51 – Blueprint for Armageddon II <!–Publish Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 Duration: 03:20:29 minutes – 193.30mb –> Description The Great Powers all come out swinging in the first round of the worst war the planet has ever seen. Millions of men in dozens of armies vie in the most deadly and complex opening moves of any conflict in world history.	1
	Hardcore History 52 – Blueprint for Armageddon III <!– Publish Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 Duration: 03:54:08 –> Description The war of maneuver that was supposed to be over quickly instead turns into a lingering bloody stalemate. Trench warfare begins, and with it, all the murderous efforts on both sides to overcome the static defenses.	1
	Hardcore History 53 – Blueprint for Armageddon IV <!–Publish Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 Duration: 03:55:51 –> Description Machine guns, barbed wire and millions upon millions of artillery shells create industrialized meat grinders at Verdun and the Somme. There’s never been a human experience like it…and it changes a generation.	1
	Hardcore History 54 – Blueprint for Armageddon V <!–Publish Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 Duration: 04:29:57 minutes – 259.4 MB –> Description Politics, diplomacy, revolution and mutiny take center stage at the start of this episode, but mud, blood, shells and tragedy drown all by the end.	1
	Hardcore History 55 – Blueprint for Armageddon VI <!– Publish Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 Duration: 04:16:43 minutes – 246.7 MB –> Description The Americans are coming, but will the war be over by the time they get there? Germany throws everything into a last series of stupendous attacks in the West while hoping to avoid getting burned by a fire in the East they helped fan.	1
	Hardcore History 56 – Kings of Kings Description 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 ever seen.	1
	Hardcore History 57 – Kings of Kings II Description 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 or worse…	1
	Hardcore History 58 – Kings of Kings III Description 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 greatest battles in history.	1