History Podcast / HardcoreHistory

* ValuesDissonance: A frequent topic of discussion of Carlin's when it comes to discussing what was seen as "acceptable" or "laudable" in wars of the ancient past, or even more recent that we would like to think, that we would now call war crimes.

* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: A particular topic of fascination to Carlin, with him often speculating on if this will happen to our own civilization. ''Judgement at Nineveh'' examines this by looking at fate of the Assyrian Empire; one of the world's most notable early empires collapsing relatively quickly from it's peak. With it's once mighty capital city of Nineveh being some unrecognizable ruins by the time of Xenophon coming across it in the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'', just less than three centuries later.

->''"[[UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev Mr. Gorbachev]],[[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan tear down this wall.]]"''

->''"...a date which will live in infamy."''

->''"[[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Marine 6, tower 2 has a had a major explosion and what appears to be a complete collapse.]]"''

->''"It's history''"
->''"...a date which will live in infamy"''
->''"[[UsefulNotes/NeilArmstrong It's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind]]"''
->''"The events''"

->''"The figures"''
->''"[[UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill This was their finest hour]]"''
->''"[[UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg Oh the humanity]]"''
->''"[[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy I take pride in the words, ich bin ein Berliner]]"''
->''"The drama"''

->''"[[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Marine 6, tower 2 has a had a major explosion and what appears to be a complete collapse]]"''
->''"[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their president's a crook, well i'm not a crook]]"''
->''"The deep questions"''
->''"[[Creator/EdwardRMurrow If we dig deep into our history and our doctrines, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. ]]"''

->''"[[TitleDrop It's hardcore history...]]"''

->''"[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Except from a speech by Adolf Hitler]]"''

->''"It's hardcore history..."''

->''" UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt Yesterday, December 7th, 1941..."''

->''"UsefulNotes/NeilArmstrong It's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"''

->''"Except from a speech by Adolf Hitler UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler"''

->''"This was their finest hour UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill"''
->''"Oh the humanity UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg"''
->''"I take pride in the words, ich bin ein Berliner UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy"''

->''"Mr. Gorbachev UsefulNotes/MikhailGorbachev, tear down this wall. UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan"''
->''"Marine 6, tower 2 has a had a major explosion and what appears to be a complete collapse UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror"''
->''"I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their president's a crook, well i'm not a crook UsefulNotes/RichardNixon"''

->''"If we dig deep into our history and our doctrines, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Creator/EdwardRMurrow"''

-->--Part of the introduction to every episode.

* TheGreatestHistoryNeverTold: Many of Carlin's most notable series are well-covered ground (such as AncientRome, the UsefulNotes/GrecoPersianWars, or UsefulNotes/WorldWarII) but there have been episodes exploring less-covered or overlooked areas of history:
** ''Judgement of Nineveh'' looks at the fall of Neo-Assyrian Empire when discussing the episode's theme of LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair.
** ''Prophets of Doom'' covers the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster_rebellion Münster rebellion]] amongst the backdrop of the UsefulNotes/TheProtestantReformation
** ''The American Peril'' looks at the Spanish-American War and early days of the Pilipino-American War with the emergence of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates on to the world stage.
** Even his series dealing with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII look at theatres of the war that receive comparatively less coverage in comparison to the Western European or North Africa fronts in Western media.

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: It would easier to name the episodes where Dan doesn't pick a topic where he discusses this. One of his fascinations is the evolution of where ancient civilizations, such as the Assyrians, build monuments celebrating how many people they killed to the modern idea of this becoming a crime and something governments or people should be punished for.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} It's hardcore history...]]'']]

* SequelSeries: The ''Death Throes of the Republic'' episodes can be seen as one for the ''Punic Nightmares'' series. Picking up from Rome now being the dominant Mediterranean power and how these wars of conquest laid the groundwork for the fall of the Republic.

''Hardcore History'' is a History {{Podcast}} hosted by Dan Carlin. Started around 2006, the focus of each episode varies widely from show to show but they are generally centered on specific historical events that Carlin's had a pre-existing interest in. Some episodes being one offs with Carlin musing on a subject of particular interest to him at the moment while others are multi-part installments in a three or six part series.

** ''Romancing The Tribes'' and ''The Celtic Holocaust'' (Episode 60) looks at UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar's Gallic Wars.

* CultureClash: One Carlin's AuthorAppeal's about history (particularly pre-modern globalized history) is when very different civilizations come into conflict with one another; the Greeks and Persians in the UsefulNotes/GrecoPersianWars or the Mongols and the people of the Middle East and Europe.

** ''Romancing The Tribes'' (Episode 4) and ''The Celtic Holocaust'' (Episode 60) looks at UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar's Gallic Wars.

** ''Punic Nightmares'' (Episodes 21 - 23) covers Rome's wars with [[UsefulNotes/HannibalBarca Hannibal]] and Carthage during the UsefulNotes/PunicWars.
** ''Death Throes of the Republic'' (34 - 39) looks at the collapse of the Roman Republic into political violence and CivilWar, starting with the Gracchi brothers in the 130s-120s B.C.E to the assassination of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.

* EvilVersusEvil: A major theme of ''Ghosts of the Ostfront'' (Episodes 27 - 30) when comparing Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

** ''Judgement of Nineveh'' (Episode 17) looks at the fall of Neo-Assyrian Empire when discussing the episode's theme of LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair.
** ''Prophets of Doom'' (Episode 48) covers the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster_rebellion Münster rebellion]] amongst the backdrop of the UsefulNotes/TheProtestantReformation
** ''The American Peril'' (Episode 49) looks at the Spanish-American War and early days of the Pilipino-American War with the emergence of UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates on to the world stage.

* LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: A particular topic of fascination to Carlin, with him often speculating on if this will happen to our own civilization. ''Judgement at Nineveh'' (Episode 17) examines this by looking at fate of the Assyrian Empire; one of the world's most notable early empires collapsing relatively quickly from it's peak. With it's once mighty capital city of Nineveh being some unrecognizable ruins by the time of Xenophon coming across it in the ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'', just less than three centuries later.