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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

by Dan Carlin

Interviews, musings and extra material from the makers of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. If it did not fit in the HH feed it's probably here

Chart trend

Position in the History chart (US), last 90 days.

#5
all-time peak
4
days in the top 10 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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EP34 Atomic Accountability

Dan visits with Professor Alex Wellerstein, whose new book about Truman and the dropping of the atomic bombs will challenge everything you think you know about the subjec

Nov 28 2025
1 h 23 min

EP33 Sledgehammer and Big Shot

Henry Sledge, son of Eugene Sledge, writer of the classic war memoir "With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa" has released a book that includes tons of material left o

Jul 5 2025
1 h 31 min

EP32 The Show with Mike Rowe

Dan has an extended and completely unplanned conversation with TV and podcast host Mike Rowe about jobs, history, media, politics and the current zeitgeist.

Mar 29 2025
2 h 30 min

EP31 Kushite Conversations

Dan talks with writer, broadcaster and journalist Zeinab Badawi about the ancient African kingdom of Kush and her book on African history.

Jan 13 2025
1 h 11 min

EP30 So, you say you want a revolution?

This show could also have been called "Violent Reflections" as Dan repurposes old work he did on the revolutionary era of the late 1960s. This is NOT a deep HH-style look

Aug 1 2024
1 h 37 min

EP29 The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse

Investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen joins Dan to discuss the contents of her new book which, using insider and expert information, dramatically outlines how a nuclear

Apr 5 2024
1 h 01 min

EP28 Superhumanly Inhuman

This show starts off with an extended discussion of the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust and the associated dangers of extreme governmental power followed by an intervie

Feb 16 2024
3 h 18 min

EP27 More Steppe Stories

Huns, Mongols, Turks, Scythians and other nomadic steppe tribes are longtime interests of Dan's. In this show he interviews historian Kenneth W. Harl who specializes in t

Aug 16 2023
1 h 10 min

EP26 Dig This!

Daniele Bolelli the fabulous host of "History on Fire" and I fanboy out over archaeology. We had some inexplicable audio problems at times with the recording, so hopefull

May 31 2023
1 h 42 min

EP25 The Long View

Dan tries focusing a much wider historical lens on perennial human issues like war, land ownership, immigration, ethnicity, environmental worries and the double-edged swo

Apr 1 2023
1 h 12 min

EP24 Manifesting the Muse with Rick

Rick Rubin joins Dan to discuss human creativity. This unusual show evolves as it goes though and by the end covers a wide array of subjects and topics. By the end it isn

Feb 14 2023
2 h 52 min

EP23 Boxing with Ghosts

Ready for an argument? Like Dan's quote voice? Waiting to hear Dan discuss boxing? Then you've hit the trifecta. Boxing expert Mike Silver and Dan discuss whether today's

Nov 16 2022
1 h 06 min

EP22 The Fabulous Bill Barrett

Bill Barrett has been the voice of Dan Carlin's podcasts since they began in 2005. In this retrospective Dan looks back at samples of Bill's catalog of work.

Aug 20 2022
21 min

EP21 Hollandansandbrook

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook stop by to continue the conversation with Dan that began on their own podcast The Rest is History. 1. "Rubicon" by Tom Holland 2. "Domin

Jul 28 2022
1 h 39 min

EP 20 A Republic Lost at Sea

Professor Barry Strauss and Dan talk about Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar and a host of historical luminaries in a tale worthy of Shakespeare as t

Apr 16 2022
1 h 08 min

EP19 Asymmetrical Perspectives

Author, actor and senior fellow at the Modern War Institute Max Brooks joins Dan to discuss asymmetrical warfare and related societal issues. 1. "On War" by Gen. Carl von

Feb 6 2022
1 h 27 min

EP18 Iranian Interconnections

Iranian-born historian John Ghazvinian's new book is about the history of the U.S.-Iranian relationship. He and Dan discuss coups, oil, religion, history, arms deals, Sha

Jan 29 2022
1 h 27 min

EP17 Engineering Victory with Elon

Elon Musk and Bill Riley from SpaceX join Dan to discuss the underappreciated role of science and engineering in war. As you might imagine, military aircraft feature prom

Dec 13 2021
1 h 41 min

EP16 Powers Thrones and Dan Jones

Historian Dan Jones' specialty is the Middle Ages. Dan Carlin adores the Middle Ages. Normans anyone? 1. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones

Nov 5 2021
1 h 32 min

EP15 The Supernova Coda

Author Ian W. Toll who has written extensively on the Pacific Theater in the Second World War joins Dan to put the finishing touches on the Supernova in the East subject

Oct 26 2021
1 h 11 min

Chart positions

Where Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 9, 2026).

#135 ▲ 5 History US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Dan has an uncanny ability to tell stories that relay the human condition and experience throughout history. As he would say, he is a master of context and is enthralled by the extremes of the human experience. I have listened to all of Dan’s works, and many of them like Destroyer of Worlds I have listened to many times. His method of conveying information is impartial and thought provoking. I can’t recommend this enough and wish more Americans would listen and learn from what people have been through in the past to be grateful for what we have today.

deankoz · Nov 2024

Dan is an exceptional historian with the ability to make history relevant to today’s circumstances. Thoroughly enjoy his balanced and thoughtful content and wish more people would listen. Sorry to see so many reviews bashing him for not providing the confirmation bias they seek elsewhere. I disagree with his takes sometimes, but his positions are always measured and reasonable.

blow578999 · Oct 2024

Dan does a great job of presenting fascinating historical episodes and themes. Be careful of his bias, however, as it can significantly distort the historical narrative. For example, he describes the Black Panthers as fighting for “racial equality”, which isn’t true. They fought for liberation and segregation. Countless examples like this color the episodes. Note that the history presented here is not original research or quotations from primary sources. Dan synthesizes other historians to present his narrative, and he picks and chooses based on his biases and understanding of the subject matter. He doesn’t seem to go out of the way to dig into other perspectives.

New England Listener · Aug 2024

Whether it’s dissecting the grandiose history of Alexander the Great (‘s mom) or the all-too-real and all-too-recent horrors of the “holocaust by bullets,” nobody tells is better than Dan. Lucky to have these Addendum episodes to tide me over between drops on the main feed. If you’ve never listened to Dan, though, I recommend starting on the main Hardcore History feed - you’ll wind up back here before you know it!

IsThisRelatedToGME? · Jun 2024

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