Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Dan Carlin
History at maximum volume.
13 EpisodesFortnightly12+Since 2006
Episodes
Start here
Begin where this feed begins
The earliest episodes still in this feed, from 2023. Publishers rotate older episodes out.
- 1. Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II · 19 Nov 2023
- 2. Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation · 7 Jun 2024
- 3. Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II · 3 Jan 2025
Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV
31 Jul 2026 · 4h 1m
The stage is set for an in-person showdown between Alexander and Persia's Great King. The resulting Battle of Issus, although often ignored by Hollywood, is one of the most important battles in all ancient history. It gets its due here.
Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III
22 Dec 2025 · 4h 14m
Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with a gladiator, aims for immortality. The Persians are just in his way.
Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II
3 Jan 2025 · 3h 51m
Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. Alexander becomes king and fights off threats to his rule in all directions.
Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation
7 Jun 2024 · 4h 11m
What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism.
Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II
19 Nov 2023 · 6h 23m
Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth and Svein Forkbeard it's debatable whether things will be any less horrific for Scandinavia's neighbors
Where this form starts
The broadcast desk
Wartime correspondence and Cavalcade of America established the daily explainer and the narrated history hour long before either had a feed.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Origins
The Golden Age behind Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Surviving broadcasts from the years this form was invented.
If you liked this
More to explore
Chosen by the same editors.
