#1041 - Dan Carlin

Dan Carlin (0:00)

All the good stuff happens before we're live.

Joe Rogan (0:01)

It always does. Three, two, one.

Dan Carlin, ladies and gentlemen, and we're live. Hey, dude, first of all, thank you so much for this coin. This coin from Constantine, you brought me a... How many years old is this?

Dan Carlin (0:16)

1700

Joe Rogan (0:17)

That's fucking crazy, man.

Dan Carlin (0:19)

It's fun to... I always say I like giving something that is the oldest man-made object in most people's homes. Maybe not yours, you'll have some aboriginal instrument or something that's like from the Stone Age, but most people, that'll be the oldest man-made thing in their home.

Joe Rogan (0:30)

My friend Dr. Mark Gordon actually gave me a Roman coin as well, but I don't know whose coin is older. Yours looks older.

Dan Carlin (0:36)

I don't know. That's depressing though, because normally I'm the coin guy, so I hate that I've been beaten to the punch by anybody on that.

Joe Rogan (0:42)

Well, he's kind of a historical aficionado or a history aficionado as well. Not to the extent that you are though.

So this is from Constantine?

Dan Carlin (0:50)

Yeah, my wife would spend that by accident, just so you know.

Where's that coin? Oh, I got a coffee.

Joe Rogan (0:55)

I got a pair of shoes.

Dan Carlin (0:56)

That's right. And no one would buy shoes.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

No.

How much was that worth back then? Do you know what the...

Dan Carlin (1:01)

I think that's like their penny probably.

Joe Rogan (1:04)

Did they have... What kind of units did they have?

Dan Carlin (1:06)

They had like... They probably had like some dead metal type thing, and then some kind of bronze, and then you get into the silver and gold, and how much is mixed into the rest.

And they have those. Like you can go, and it's actually really cool because they wear better. Like they'll clean the silver off, and it looks like yesterday. So you always know it's the cheap stuff when they're all dirty and everything like that.

Joe Rogan (1:25)

Oh, right, because then it's not so much.

Dan Carlin (1:27)

That's like a penny. Well, our pennies get the same way, right?

Joe Rogan (1:29)

What do you think this is made out of?

Dan Carlin (1:30)

Oh, some alloy. I don't know.

Joe Rogan (1:32)

They had alloys back then?

Dan Carlin (1:33)

Oh, sure. Electrum was the cool one where you mix gold and silver.

Joe Rogan (1:37)

Yeah. I never heard of that.

Dan Carlin (1:38)

Yeah, Electrum. They still have it. Electrum.

What do they use it for? I hope I'm right about this. This is gonna be one of these on Twitter. Dan Carlin doesn't know what he's talking about, about Electrum. It's not that.

Joe Rogan (1:45)

Well, the beautiful thing about your podcast is you can research things in advance. So you know what the fuck you're talking about by the time you speak.

Dan Carlin (1:53)

Theoretically, yes.

Joe Rogan (1:54)

Allegedly.

Dan Carlin (1:55)

Allegedly. Supposedly. I have a lot of wiggle room words.

Defensive journalism.

Joe Rogan (2:00)

Yeah, but dude, I don't have to tell you any again, but I will. Your podcast is, for me, has been the most educational, historical thing in my entire life.

I've never had anything in my life that's taught me more about history than hardcore history.

Dan Carlin (2:16)

I don't even know how to react when people say that. It is the kindest thing that you hear, and I always say the same thing. I always hope everybody gets a chance in their lives to have people that they admire turning around and telling them something like that, because the need is feeling. When you realize all the crap you put up with for decades and other jobs and other businesses to say, okay, I'm 51 or whatever, and they really like what you do, everybody should feel this way. So I appreciate that.

Joe Rogan (2:39)

Well, you found my pleasure, and I appreciate you.

You found your niche, man. Think about all the other stuff you did, all the broadcast work you did before. It really prepared you for this podcast, because obviously this medium is so incredibly new and this ability for you to just put something out. I mean, I see when you put out new podcasts, they're regularly at the top of the heap of all the podcasts in the world. That's incredible when you think about that, that it's just you and you have a guy who helps you with editing.

Dan Carlin (3:08)

Theoretically, yeah.