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Hardcore History

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Hardcore History is a history podcast hosted by Dan Carlin.

Background

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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.[1]

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.[2]

Reception

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Hardcore History, which has millions of downloads per episode, received over 350,000 downloads in a 24-hour period on May 6, 2015.[3] 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.[4]

Awards

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Award Date Category Result Ref.
Stitcher Award 2012 Best Educational & Learning Podcast Nominated [5]
iTunes' Best of awards 2014 Best Classic Podcast Won [6]
Podcast Awards 2015 Best Educational Podcast Won [7]
Shorty Awards 2017 Best Podcast Finalist [8]
iHeartRadio Podcast Awards 2019 Podcast of the Year Nominated [9]
Best History Podcast Won
2021 Nominated [10]
2022 Nominated [11]
2023 Nominated [12]

Episodes

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Ep. number Topic[13] Length Release date
1 Alexander Versus Hitler 16 min July 26, 2006
2 Guns and Horses 34 min September 26, 2006
3 The Organization of Peace 42 min October 4, 2006
4 Romancing the Tribes 31 min October 24, 2006
5 Meandering Through The Cold War 48 min November 14, 2006
6 Shield of the West 59 min December 8, 2006
7 The X-History Files 31 min December 27, 2006
8 Scars of the Great War 40 min January 27, 2007
9 Darkness Buries the Bronze Age 33 min February 16, 2007
10 The What-Ifs of 1066 47 min March 13, 2007
11 Thoughts on Churchill 53 min April 11, 2007
12 Steppe Stories 58 min May 8, 2007
13 Bubonic Nukes 47 min June 13, 2007
14 The Macedonian Soap Opera 49 min July 18, 2007
15 Desperate Times 41 min August 30, 2007
16 Nazi Tidbits 59 min October 17, 2007
17 Judgment at Nineveh 1 hour 4 min December 14, 2007
18 A Fly on James Burke's Wall 44 min January 2, 2008
19 Apache Tears 1 hour 18 min March 14, 2008
20 (Blitz) History Under the Influence 40 min May 6, 2008
21 Punic Nightmares I 1 hour July 27, 2008
22 Punic Nightmares II 1 hour 18 min September 18, 2008
23 Punic Nightmares III 1 hour 35 min October 30, 2008
24 Classical Hanson 35 min November 21, 2008
25 The Dyer Outlook 59 min January 20, 2009
26 (Blitz) Addicted to Bondage 1 hour 4 min February 3, 2009
27 Ghosts of the Ostfront I 1 hour 6 min April 19, 2009
28 Ghosts of the Ostfront II 1 hour 30 min June 17, 2009
29 Ghosts of the Ostfront III 1 hour 30 min August 10, 2009
30 Ghosts of the Ostfront IV 1 hour 39 min October 10, 2009
31 (Blitz) Suffer the Children 58 min December 9, 2009
32 Globalization Unto Death 1 hour 32 min February 27, 2010
33 (Blitz) Old School Toughness 1 hour 2 min April 27, 2010
34 Death Throes of the Republic I 1 hour 23 min June 28, 2010
35 Death Throes of the Republic II 1 hour 35 min August 29, 2010
36 Death Throes of the Republic III 1 hour 42 min October 31, 2010
37 Death Throes of the Republic IV 1 hour 27 min January 28, 2011
38 Death Throes of the Republic V 1 hour 27 min April 1, 2011
39 Death Throes of the Republic VI 5 hour 27 min June 30, 2011
40 (Blitz) Radical Thoughts 2 hour 40 min October 13, 2011
41 Thor's Angels 4 hour 6 min January 19, 2012
42 (Blitz) Logical Insanity 2 hour 30 min March 31, 2012
43 Wrath of the Khans I 1 hour 49 min June 14, 2012
44 Wrath of the Khans II 1 hour 38 min July 31, 2012
45 Wrath of the Khans III 1 hour 30 min September 23, 2012
46 Wrath of the Khans IV 1 hour 33 min November 13, 2012
47 Wrath of the Khans V 2 hour 8 min January 13, 2013
48 Prophets of Doom 4 hour 28 min April 22, 2013
49 The American Peril 4 hour 6 min July 25, 2013
50 Blueprint for Armageddon I 3 hour 7 min October 29, 2013
51 Blueprint for Armageddon II 3 hour 20 min January 30, 2014
52 Blueprint for Armageddon III 3 hour 54 min April 24, 2014
53 Blueprint for Armageddon IV 3 hour 56 min August 17, 2014
54 Blueprint for Armageddon V 4 hour 30 min December 30, 2014
55 Blueprint for Armageddon VI 4 hour 17 min May 6, 2015
56 Kings of Kings 3 hour 37 min October 29, 2015
57 Kings of Kings II 4 hour 18 min March 20, 2016
58 Kings of Kings III 5 hour 3 min August 7, 2016
59 (Blitz) The Destroyer of Worlds 5 hour 53 min January 24, 2017
60 The Celtic Holocaust 6 hour August 10, 2017
61 (Blitz) Painfotainment 4 hour 34 min January 29, 2018
62 Supernova in the East I 4 hour 28 min July 14, 2018
63 Supernova in the East II 4 hour 2 min January 12, 2019
64 Supernova in the East III 4 hour 53 min October 24, 2019
65 Supernova in the East IV 3 hour 58 min June 3, 2020
66 Supernova in the East V 3 hour 32 min 46 sec November 13, 2020
67 Supernova in the East VI [14] 5 hour 46 min 29 sec June 8, 2021
68 (Blitz) Human Resources 5 hour 39 min 52 sec March 7, 2022
69 Twilight of the Aesir 5 hour 14 min January 16, 2023
70 Twilight of the Aesir II 6 hour 23 min November 19, 2023
71 Mania for Subjugation 4 hour 11 min June 7, 2024

References

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  1. ^ Staff Writer (June 20, 2019). "New music, Wanda Sykes, Hardcore History and more you need to know". Inlander. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019. New episodes come out about every six months
  2. ^ "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum". dchhaddendum.libsyn.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (June 23, 2015). "Obama Interview Sets Download Record for Maron Podcast". ArtsBeat. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  4. ^ Haglund, David; Onion, Rebecca (December 14, 2014). "The 25 Best Podcast Episodes Ever". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "The 2012 Stitcher Awards". Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Cipolle, Alex V. (December 24, 2014). "Q&A with Hardcore History's Dan Carlin". Eugene Weekly. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  7. ^ "Podcast Awards - Past Winners 2005-2016". www.podcastawards.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  8. ^ "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "2019 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners". iHeart. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners". iHeart. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  11. ^ "2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: See The Full List of Winners". iHeart. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  12. ^ "2023 iHeartPodcast Awards: Check Out The Full List Of Winners". iHeart. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  13. ^ Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Archive
  14. ^ "Dan Carlin's Hardcore History". Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.