Hardcore History

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Hardcore History is a history podcast hosted by Dan Carlin which debuted in 2006. [1] [2]

Contents

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] 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. [6]

Awards

AwardDateCategoryResultRef.
Stitcher Award2012Best Educational & Learning PodcastNominated [7]
iTunes' Best of awards2014Best Classic PodcastWon [8]
Podcast Awards 2015Best Educational PodcastWon [9]
Shorty Awards 2017Best PodcastFinalist [10]
iHeartRadio Podcast Awards 2019Podcast of the YearNominated [11]
Best History PodcastWon
2021Nominated [12]
2022Nominated [13]
2023Nominated [14]

Episodes

Ep. numberTopic [15] LengthRelease date
1Alexander Versus Hitler16 minJuly 26, 2006
2Guns and Horses34 minSeptember 26, 2006
3The Organization of Peace42 minOctober 4, 2006
4Romancing the Tribes31 minOctober 24, 2006
5Meandering Through The Cold War48 minNovember 14, 2006
6Shield of the West59 minDecember 8, 2006
7The X-History Files31 minDecember 27, 2006
8Scars of the Great War40 minJanuary 27, 2007
9Darkness Buries the Bronze Age33 minFebruary 16, 2007
10The What-Ifs of 106647 minMarch 13, 2007
11Thoughts on Churchill53 minApril 11, 2007
12Steppe Stories58 minMay 8, 2007
13Bubonic Nukes47 minJune 13, 2007
14The Macedonian Soap Opera49 minJuly 18, 2007
15Desperate Times41 minAugust 30, 2007
16Nazi Tidbits59 minOctober 17, 2007
17Judgment at Nineveh1 hour 4 minDecember 14, 2007
18A Fly on James Burke's Wall44 minJanuary 2, 2008
19Apache Tears1 hour 18 minMarch 14, 2008
20(Blitz) History Under the Influence40 minMay 6, 2008
21Punic Nightmares I1 hourJuly 27, 2008
22Punic Nightmares II1 hour 18 minSeptember 18, 2008
23Punic Nightmares III1 hour 35 minOctober 30, 2008
24Classical Hanson35 minNovember 21, 2008
25The Dyer Outlook59 minJanuary 20, 2009
26(Blitz) Addicted to Bondage1 hour 4 minFebruary 3, 2009
27Ghosts of the Ostfront I1 hour 6 minApril 19, 2009
28Ghosts of the Ostfront II1 hour 30 minJune 17, 2009
29Ghosts of the Ostfront III1 hour 30 minAugust 10, 2009
30Ghosts of the Ostfront IV1 hour 39 minOctober 10, 2009
31(Blitz) Suffer the Children58 minDecember 9, 2009
32Globalization Unto Death1 hour 32 minFebruary 27, 2010
33(Blitz) Old School Toughness1 hour 2 minApril 27, 2010
34Death Throes of the Republic I1 hour 23 minJune 28, 2010
35Death Throes of the Republic II1 hour 35 minAugust 29, 2010
36Death Throes of the Republic III1 hour 42 minOctober 31, 2010
37Death Throes of the Republic IV1 hour 27 minJanuary 28, 2011
38Death Throes of the Republic V1 hour 27 minApril 1, 2011
39Death Throes of the Republic VI5 hour 27 minJune 30, 2011
40(Blitz) Radical Thoughts2 hour 40 minOctober 13, 2011
41Thor's Angels4 hour 6 minJanuary 19, 2012
42(Blitz) Logical Insanity2 hour 30 minMarch 31, 2012
43Wrath of the Khans I1 hour 49 minJune 14, 2012
44Wrath of the Khans II1 hour 38 minJuly 31, 2012
45Wrath of the Khans III1 hour 30 minSeptember 23, 2012
46Wrath of the Khans IV1 hour 33 minNovember 13, 2012
47Wrath of the Khans V2 hour 8 minJanuary 13, 2013
48Prophets of Doom4 hour 28 minApril 22, 2013
49The American Peril4 hour 6 minJuly 25, 2013
50Blueprint for Armageddon I3 hour 7 minOctober 29, 2013
51Blueprint for Armageddon II3 hour 20 minJanuary 30, 2014
52Blueprint for Armageddon III3 hour 54 minApril 24, 2014
53Blueprint for Armageddon IV3 hour 56 minAugust 17, 2014
54Blueprint for Armageddon V4 hour 30 minDecember 30, 2014
55Blueprint for Armageddon VI4 hour 17 minMay 6, 2015
56Kings of Kings3 hour 37 minOctober 29, 2015
57Kings of Kings II4 hour 18 minMarch 20, 2016
58Kings of Kings III5 hour 3 minAugust 7, 2016
59(Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds5 hour 53 minJanuary 24, 2017
60The Celtic Holocaust6 hourAugust 10, 2017
61(Blitz) Painfotainment4 hour 34 minJanuary 29, 2018
62Supernova in the East I4 hour 28 minJuly 14, 2018
63Supernova in the East II4 hour 2 minJanuary 12, 2019
64Supernova in the East III4 hour 53 minOctober 24, 2019
65Supernova in the East IV3 hour 58 minJune 3, 2020
66Supernova in the East V3 hour 32 min 46 secNovember 13, 2020
67Supernova in the East VI [16] 5 hour 46 min 29 secJune 8, 2021
68(Blitz) Human Resources5 hour 39 min 52 secMarch 7, 2022
69Twilight of the Aesir5 hour 14 minJanuary 16, 2023
70Twilight of the Aesir II6 hour 23 minNovember 19, 2023
71Mania for Subjugation4 hour 11 minJune 7, 2024

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