Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

Dan Carlin

Episodes 34
Avg. Duration 1h 19m
Activity Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (8,276)
Since Oct 2017
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Semi-Annually
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Interviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. If it did not fit in the HH feed it's probably here

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Recent Episodes

EP34 Atomic Accountability

Nov 28, 2025 1h 23m

Dan visits with Professor Alex Wellerstein, whose new book about Truman and the dropping of the atomic bombs will challenge everything you think you know about the subject.

EP33 Sledgehammer and Big Shot

Jul 05, 2025 1h 31m

Henry Sledge, son of Eugene Sledge, writer of the classic war memoir "With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa" has released a book that includes tons of material left out of his dad's memoir along…

EP32 The Show with Mike Rowe

Mar 29, 2025 2h 30m

Dan has an extended and completely unplanned conversation with TV and podcast host Mike Rowe about jobs, history, media, politics and the current zeitgeist.

EP31 Kushite Conversations

Jan 13, 2025 1h 11m

Dan talks with writer, broadcaster and journalist Zeinab Badawi about the ancient African kingdom of Kush and her book on African history.

EP30 So, you say you want a revolution?

Aug 01, 2024 1h 37m

This show could also have been called "Violent Reflections" as Dan repurposes old work he did on the revolutionary era of the late 1960s. This is NOT a deep HH-style look at the period, but is…

EP29 The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse

Apr 05, 2024 1h 1m

Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Dan to discuss the contents of her new book which, using insider and expert information, dramatically outlines how a nuclear war might unfold.

EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman

Feb 16, 2024 3h 18m

This show starts off with an extended discussion of the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust and the associated dangers of extreme governmental power followed by an interview with Holocaust expert and…

EP27 More Steppe Stories

Aug 16, 2023 1h 10m

Huns, Mongols, Turks, Scythians and other nomadic steppe tribes are longtime interests of Dan's. In this show he interviews historian Kenneth W. Harl who specializes in the study of those fascinating…

EP26 Dig This!

May 31, 2023 1h 42m

Daniele Bolelli the fabulous host of "History on Fire" and I fanboy out over archaeology. We had some inexplicable audio problems at times with the recording, so hopefully that doesn't detract from…

EP25 The Long View

Apr 01, 2023 1h 12m

Dan tries focusing a much wider historical lens on perennial human issues like war, land ownership, immigration, ethnicity, environmental worries and the double-edged sword that is human…

EP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick

Feb 14, 2023 2h 52m

Rick Rubin joins Dan to discuss human creativity. This unusual show evolves as it goes though and by the end covers a wide array of subjects and topics. By the end it isn't even clear who is asking…

EP23 Boxing with Ghosts

Nov 16, 2022 1h 6m

Ready for an argument? Like Dan's quote voice? Waiting to hear Dan discuss boxing? Then you've hit the trifecta. Boxing expert Mike Silver and Dan discuss whether today's modern fighters could…

EP22 The Fabulous Bill Barrett

Aug 20, 2022 21m

Bill Barrett has been the voice of Dan Carlin's podcasts since they began in 2005. In this retrospective Dan looks back at samples of Bill's catalog of work.

EP21 Hollandansandbrook

Jul 28, 2022 1h 39m

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook stop by to continue the conversation with Dan that began on their own podcast The Rest is History. 1. "Rubicon" by Tom Holland 2. "Dominion" by Tom Holland 3.…

EP 20 A Republic Lost at Sea

Apr 16, 2022 1h 8m

Professor Barry Strauss and Dan talk about Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar and a host of historical luminaries in a tale worthy of Shakespeare as the Roman Republic goes down…

EP19 Asymmetrical Perspectives

Feb 06, 2022 1h 27m

Author, actor and senior fellow at the Modern War Institute Max Brooks joins Dan to discuss asymmetrical warfare and related societal issues. 1. "On War" by Gen. Carl von Clausewitz 2. "The Art of…

EP18 Iranian Interconnections

Jan 29, 2022 1h 27m

Iranian-born historian John Ghazvinian's new book is about the history of the U.S.-Iranian relationship. He and Dan discuss coups, oil, religion, history, arms deals, Shahs, U.S. presidents and wars.…

EP17 Engineering Victory with Elon

Dec 13, 2021 1h 41m

Elon Musk and Bill Riley from SpaceX join Dan to discuss the underappreciated role of science and engineering in war. As you might imagine, military aircraft feature prominently in the conversation.…

EP16 Powers Thrones and Dan Jones

Nov 05, 2021 1h 32m

Historian Dan Jones' specialty is the Middle Ages. Dan Carlin adores the Middle Ages. Normans anyone? 1. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones 2. The Templars: The Rise…

EP15 The Supernova Coda

Oct 26, 2021 1h 11m

Author Ian W. Toll who has written extensively on the Pacific Theater in the Second World War joins Dan to put the finishing touches on the Supernova in the East subject matter. 1. Pacific Crucible:…

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