# Hardcore History

Hardcore History is a history podcast hosted by Dan Carlin which debuted in 2006.

## 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.
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.

## Reception

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

### Awards

| Award | Date | Category | Result |
| Stitcher Award | 2012 | Best Educational & Learning Podcast | Nominated |
| iTunes' Best of awards | 2014 | Best Classic Podcast | Won |
| Podcast Awards | 2015 | Best Educational Podcast | Won |
| Shorty Awards | 2017 | Best Podcast | Finalist |
| iHeartRadio Podcast Awards | 2019 | Podcast of the Year | Nominated |
| iHeartRadio Podcast Awards | 2019 | Best History Podcast | Won |
| iHeartRadio Podcast Awards | 2021 | Best History Podcast | Nominated |
| iHeartRadio Podcast Awards | 2022 | Best History Podcast | Nominated |
| iHeartRadio Podcast Awards | 2023 | Best History Podcast | Nominated |

## Episodes

| Ep. number | Topic | 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 | 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 |
| 72 | Mania for Subjugation II | 3 hour 51 min | January 3, 2025 |