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Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast Transcripts

Dan Carlin · 13 episodes with transcripts

In "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?

Spoken has transcripts of 13 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from July 31, 2026.

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Latest Dan Carlin's Hardcore History transcripts

Mania for Subjugation IV

July 31, 2026

Dan Carlin (0:00)

What you're about to hear is part four of a multi-part series on Alexander the Great, a subject I've talked about since the very first Hardcore History show, and I've finally tried to get the definitive version down.

And that would, of course, include a long conversation about his father, the military, his father built the connection between the two. And so there's quite a bit of backstory, which is why we're on part four now. If you've heard the other parts and are ready to get started, we'll get right to it. If you've missed…

SPEAKER_2 (0:39)

December 7th, 1941

It's history. A date which will live in infamy. It's one small step for man. The events.

SPEAKER_3 (1:32)

I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their presidents have come.

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