https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dan-carlin-s-hardcore-history--5476884enHistoryCopyright Phil Domanihttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/04dbd971d6ae259151ce23ed8e36cfea.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dan-carlin-s-hardcore-history--5476884Tue, 26 Dec 2023 23:36:48 +0000Phil DomaniPhil Domanifeeds@spreaker.comIn "Hardcore History" journalist and broadcaster Dan Carlin takes his "Martian", unorthodox way of thinking and applies it to the past. Was Alexander the Great as bad a person as Adolf Hitler? What would Apaches with modern weapons be like? Will our...cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-68-blitz-human-resources--49065038http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha68_BLITZ_Human_Resources.mp3Mon, 07 Mar 2022 03:08:44 +0000Phil DomaniThe Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches...20353abolitionist,africa,black,bondage,commerce,economics,freedom,history,humanitarian,human rights,labor,liberty,money,philosophy,race,racism,revolution,slave revolts,slavery,thomas jeffersoncleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-67-supernova-in-the-east-vi--49065040http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha67_Supernova_in_the_East_VI.mp3Tue, 08 Jun 2021 23:20:35 +0000Phil DomaniWhen do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.20752burma,china,churchill,firebomb,india,iwo jima,japan,kamikaze,layte gulf,lemay,marines,naval,okinawa,pacific,pelleliu,second world war,suicide,truman,war,world war twocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-66-supernova-in-the-east-v--49065059http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha66_Supernova_in_the_East_V.mp3Sat, 14 Nov 2020 01:08:26 +0000Phil DomaniCan suicidal bravery and fanatical determination make up for material, industrial and numerical insufficiency? As the Asia-Pacific conflict turns against the Japanese these questions are put to the test. The results are nightmarish.12754amphibious,asia,australia,china,guadalcanal,history,japan,marines,naval,new guinea,pacific,podcast,saipan,second world war,suicide,tarawa,u.s.,war,world war twocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-65-supernova-in-the-east-iv--49065047http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha65_Supernova_in_the_East_IV.mp3Wed, 03 Jun 2020 23:20:44 +0000Phil DomaniCoral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will shift the momentum in the Pacific theater and usher in the era of modern naval and amphibious warfare.14314admiral earnest king,aircraft carriers,asia,australia,coral sea,douglas macarthur,guadalcanal,history,interservice rivalry,japanese,japanese internment,marines,midway,naval,new guinea,pacific,second world war,tulagicleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-64-supernova-in-the-east-iii--49065043http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha64_Supernova_in_the_East_III.mp3Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:10:53 +0000Phil DomaniJapan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.176241941,1942,bataan,britain,china,history,japan,macarthur,malaya,netherlands,philippines,podcast,second world war,singapore,united states,world war twocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-63-supernova-in-the-east-ii--49065052http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha63_Supernova_in_the_East_II.mp3Sat, 12 Jan 2019 18:07:44 +0000Phil DomaniDeep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...14723aircraft carriers,american,british,china,churchill,history,japan,nanking,naval,pacific war,pearl harbor,podcast,roosevelt,sanctions,second world war,warfarecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-62-supernova-in-the-east-i--49065039http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha62_Supernova_in_the_East_I.mp3Sat, 14 Jul 2018 20:05:35 +0000Phil DomaniThe Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version of Captain America, this would be his origin story.16298asia,china,colonialism,history,japan,manchuria,meiji restoration,pacific war,russo-japanese war,samurai,second world war,sino-japanese war,soviet union,united states,world war twocleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-61-blitz-painfotainment--49065042http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha61_Blitz_Painfotainment.mp3Sun, 28 Jan 2018 07:58:44 +0000Phil DomaniPain is at the root of most drama and entertainment. When does it get too real? This very disturbing and graphic show looks into some case studies and asks some deep questions. WARNING Very intense subject matter.16438age of enlightenment,age of reason,arena,cruelty,death,execution,gallows,games,gladiator,guillotine,hangman,history,justice,killing,lynching,media,penal,rome,scaffold,spectaclecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-60-the-celtic-holocaust--49065049http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha60_The_Celtic_Holocaust.mp3Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:20:53 +0000Phil DomaniJulius Caesar is our travel guide as he takes us through his murderous subjugation of the native Celtic tribal peoples of ancient Gaul. It sounds vaguely like other, recent European colonial conquests...until the natives nearly win.21591african,alesia,ancient,ariovistus,britain,caesar,celts,france,gaul,gergovia,german,history,indigenous,irish,native american,rome,suebi,tribal,vercingetorixcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-59-blitz-the-destroyer-of-worlds--49065044http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha59_BLITZ_The_Destroyer_of_Worlds.mp3Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:05:35 +0000Phil DomaniWhat happens if human beings can't handle the power of their own weaponry? This show  examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind's efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands of its own creation.20974atomic,cold war,cuban missile crisis,curtis lemay,eisenhower,hiroshima,hydrogen,kennedy,korean war,nagasaki,nuclear,oppenheimer,thermonuclear,truman,war,world warcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-58-kings-of-kings-iii--49065065http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha58_Kings_of_Kings_III.mp3Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:05:26 +0000Phil DomaniIf this were a movie, the events and cameos would be too numerous and star-studded to mention. It includes Xerxes, Spartans, Immortals, Alexander the Great, scythed chariots, and several of the greatest battles in history.18173achaemenid,alexander,ancient history,artaxerxes,athens,darius,gaugamela,greek,herodotus,issus,leonidas,macedonian,military,persia,philip,plataea,podcast,salamis,spartan,xerxescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-57-kings-of-kings-ii--49065048http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha57_Kings_of_Kings_II.mp3Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:08:08 +0000Phil DomaniFrom Biblical-era coup conspiracies to the horrific aftermath of ancient combat this second installment of the series on the Kings of Achaemenid Persia goes where only Dan can take it. For better or worse…15342achaemenid,ancient combat,athens,bardiya,battle,cambyses,darius,greece,greek and persian wars,herodotus,history,persia,podcast,scythian,smerdis,soldiers,sparta,warcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/show-56-kings-of-kings--49065055http://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha56_Kings_of_Kings.mp3Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:35:08 +0000Phil DomaniOften relegated to the role of slavish cannon fodder for Sparta's spears, the Achaemenid Persian empire had a glorious heritage. Under a single king they created the greatest empire the world had ever seen.12761ancient,assyria,athens,babylon,bible,biblical,cyrus,elamites,greece,greek,greek and persian wars,herodotus,history,iran,medes,persia,scythians,spartans,xerxescleanfull