Hardcore History is a history podcast hosted by Dan Carlin which debuted in 2006.Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Archive
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.
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.
Reception Hardcore History, which has millions of downloads per episode, received over 350,000 downloads in a 24-hour period on May 6, 2015. The podcast was listed in a top 25 best podcasts list in anniversary of 10 years of podcasts, Slate ranked Dan Carlin's 2009 episode "Ghosts of the Ostfront", regarding the Eastern Front of World War Two, the fifth best podcast of all time.
Awards AwardDateCategoryResultRef.Stitcher Award2012 Best Educational & Learning PodcastiTunes' Best of awards2014 Best Classic PodcastPodcast Awards2015 Best Educational PodcastShorty Awards2017Best PodcastiHeartRadio Podcast Awards2019Podcast of the YearBest History Podcast202120222023
Episodes Ep. number TopicDan Carlin's Hardcore History Archive Length Release date1Alexander Versus Hitler16 minJuly 26, 20062Guns and Horses34 minSeptember 26, 20063The Organization of Peace42 minOctober 4, 20064Romancing the Tribes31 minOctober 24, 20065Meandering Through The Cold War48 minNovember 14, 20066Shield of the West59 minDecember 8, 20067The X-History Files31 minDecember 27, 20068Scars of the Great War40 minJanuary 27, 20079Darkness Buries the Bronze Age33 minFebruary 16, 200710The What-Ifs of 106647 minMarch 13, 200711Thoughts on Churchill53 minApril 11, 200712Steppe Stories58 minMay 8, 200713Bubonic Nukes47 minJune 13, 200714The Macedonian Soap Opera49 minJuly 18, 200715Desperate Times41 minAugust 30, 200716Nazi Tidbits59 minOctober 17, 200717Judgment at Nineveh1 hour 4 minDecember 14, 200718A Fly on James Burke's Wall44 minJanuary 2, 200819Apache Tears1 hour 18 minMarch 14, 200820(Blitz) History Under the Influence40 minMay 6, 200821Punic Nightmares I1 hourJuly 27, 200822Punic Nightmares II1 hour 18 minSeptember 18, 200823Punic Nightmares III1 hour 35 minOctober 30, 200824Classical Hanson35 minNovember 21, 200825The Dyer Outlook59 minJanuary 20, 200926(Blitz) Addicted to Bondage1 hour 4 minFebruary 3, 200927Ghosts of the Ostfront I1 hour 6 minApril 19, 200928Ghosts of the Ostfront II1 hour 30 minJune 17, 200929Ghosts of the Ostfront III1 hour 30 minAugust 10, 200930Ghosts of the Ostfront IV1 hour 39 minOctober 10, 200931(Blitz) Suffer the Children58 minDecember 9, 200932Globalization Unto Death1 hour 32 minFebruary 27, 201033(Blitz) Old School Toughness1 hour 2 minApril 27, 201034Death Throes of the Republic I1 hour 23 minJune 28, 201035Death Throes of the Republic II1 hour 35 minAugust 29, 201036Death Throes of the Republic III1 hour 42 minOctober 31, 201037Death Throes of the Republic IV1 hour 27 minJanuary 28, 201138Death Throes of the Republic V1 hour 27 minApril 1, 201139Death Throes of the Republic VI5 hour 27 minJune 30, 201140(Blitz) Radical Thoughts2 hour 40 minOctober 13, 201141Thor's Angels4 hour 6 minJanuary 19, 201242(Blitz) Logical Insanity2 hour 30 minMarch 31, 201243Wrath of the Khans I1 hour 49 minJune 14, 201244Wrath of the Khans II1 hour 38 minJuly 31, 201245Wrath of the Khans III1 hour 30 minSeptember 23, 201246Wrath of the Khans IV1 hour 33 minNovember 13, 201247Wrath of the Khans V2 hour 8 minJanuary 13, 201348Prophets of Doom4 hour 28 minApril 22, 201349The American Peril4 hour 6 minJuly 25, 201350Blueprint for Armageddon I3 hour 7 minOctober 29, 201351Blueprint for Armageddon II3 hour 20 minJanuary 30, 201452Blueprint for Armageddon III3 hour 54 minApril 24, 201453Blueprint for Armageddon IV3 hour 56 minAugust 17, 201454Blueprint for Armageddon V4 hour 30 minDecember 30, 201455Blueprint for Armageddon VI4 hour 17 minMay 6, 201556Kings of Kings3 hour 37 minOctober 29, 201557Kings of Kings II4 hour 18 minMarch 20, 201658Kings of Kings III5 hour 3 minAugust 7, 201659(Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds5 hour 53 minJanuary 24, 201760The Celtic Holocaust6 hourAugust 10, 201761(Blitz) Painfotainment4 hour 34 minJanuary 29, 201862Supernova in the East I4 hour 28 minJuly 14, 201863Supernova in the East II4 hour 2 minJanuary 12, 201964Supernova in the East III4 hour 53 minOctober 24, 201965Supernova in the East IV3 hour 58 minJune 3, 202066Supernova in the East V3 hour 32 min 46 secNovember 13, 202067Supernova in the East VI 5 hour 46 min 29 secJune 8, 202168(Blitz) Human Resources5 hour 39 min 52 secMarch 7, 202269Twilight of the Aesir5 hour 14 minJanuary 16, 202370Twilight of the Aesir II6 hour 23 minNovember 19, 202371Mania for Subjugation4 hour 11 minJune 7, 2024 72Mania for Subjugation II3 hour 51 minJanuary 3, 202573Mania for Subjugation III4 hour 14 minDecember 22, 202574Mania for Subjugation IV4 hour 1 minJuly 31, 2026
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