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Estimated from 17 chart positions in 17 markets.
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- 🇨🇦CA · History#1095K to 30K
- 🇺🇸US · History#1385K to 30K
- 🇦🇺AU · History#1445K to 30K
- 🇲🇽MX · History#1401K to 10K
- 🇯🇵JP · History#1681K to 10K
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25K to 111K🎙 Weekly cadence·34 episodes·Last published 9mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
50K to 221K🇨🇦14%🇺🇸14%🇦🇺14%+14 more - Active Followers
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15K to 66K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/28/25 | atomic bombsTruman+3 | Professor Alex Wellerstein | new book about Truman and the dropping of the atomic bombs | — | atomic bombsTruman+5 | — | 1h 23m 14s | ||
| 7/5/25 | war memoirfamily legacy+3 | Henry Sledge | With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa | — | Henry SledgeEugene Sledge+5 | — | 1h 31m 38s | ||
| 3/29/25 | jobshistory+3 | Mike Rowe | Hardcore History | — | Dan CarlinMike Rowe+5 | — | 2h 30m 57s | ||
| 1/13/25 | KushAfrican history+3 | Zeinab Badawi | her book on African history | ancient African kingdom of Kush | KushZeinab Badawi+3 | — | 1h 11m 08s | ||
| 8/1/24 | revolutionary era1960s+3 | — | Violent Reflections | — | revolution1960s+3 | — | 1h 37m 46s | ||
| 4/5/24 | nuclear warinvestigative journalism+3 | Annie Jacobsen | The Handmaidens of the Apocalypse | — | nuclear warAnnie Jacobsen+3 | — | 1h 01m 44s | ||
| 2/16/24 | Holocaustgenocide+3 | Dan Stone | government | — | Holocaustgenocide+3 | — | 3h 18m 13s | ||
| 8/16/23 | HunsMongols+5 | Kenneth W. Harl | Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped CivilizationChina Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia | — | HunsMongols+5 | — | 1h 10m 46s | ||
| 5/31/23 | archaeologyhistory+3 | Daniele Bolelli | History on Fire | — | archaeologyDaniele Bolelli+4 | — | 1h 42m 00s | ||
| 4/1/23 | historical perspectivewar+5 | — | Agricola and GermaniaA Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich+1 | — | historywar+5 | — | 1h 12m 08s | ||
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| 2/14/23 |  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't even clear who is asking questions and who is answering them. 1. "Broken Record" with Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record 2. "Tetragrammaton" podcast with Rick Rubin https://tunein.com/radio/Tetragrammaton-with-Rick-Rubin-p3496748/ 3. "From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire" by Pierre Briant 4. "The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life" by Twyla Tharp 5. "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron 6. "Daily Creative Habit Creative Journal" by Mike Brennan | — | ||||||
| 11/16/22 |  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 modern fighters could compete with those of yesteryear. 1. The Arc of Boxing: The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science by Mike Silver 2. The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing by Mike Silver 3. Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing: A Photographic History by Mike Silver 4. Mike Silver boxing website | — | ||||||
| 8/20/22 |  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. | — | ||||||
| 7/28/22 |  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. "Dominion" by Tom Holland 3. "Persian Fire" by Tom Holland | — | ||||||
| 4/16/22 |  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 the Roman Republic goes down with the ships at Actium. Show Notes: 1. "The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium" by Barry Strauss 2. "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu 3. Dan Carlin's Hardcore History "Death Throes of the Republic" | — | ||||||
| 2/6/22 |  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 Clausewitz 2. "The Art of War" by Sun Tsu 3. "War and Anti-War: Survival at the Dawn of the 21st Century" by Alvin and Heidi Toffler | — | ||||||
| 1/29/22 |  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, Shahs, U.S. presidents and wars. 1. "America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present" by John Ghazvinian. | — | ||||||
| 12/13/21 |  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 prominently in the conversation. 1. The Wages of destruction by Adam Tooze2. The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze | — | ||||||
| 11/5/21 |  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 2. The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors by Dan Jones 3. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones 4. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones 5. Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands by Dan Jones | — | ||||||
| 10/26/21 |  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 matter. 1. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942 by Ian W. Toll 2. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 by Ian W. Toll 3. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 by Ian W. Toll | — | ||||||
| 8/3/21 |  EP14 The Game of War | Dan discusses his background in miniature wargaming and then talks to one of the architects of a popular Second World War themed video game about the genre, its development, growth and challenges. 1. War Games through the Ages 3,000BC to 1,500AD by Donald F. Featherstone 2. How to Play War Games in Miniature: A Forgotten Wargaming Pioneer Early Wargames by Joseph Morschauser | — | ||||||
| 4/28/21 |  EP13 Gladwell and the Bomber Mafia | Revisionist History host Malcolm Gladwell joins Dan to discuss the development of U.S. precision bombing ideas, Curtis LeMay and the firebombing of Japanese cities. 1. Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell 2. Revisionist History 3. Dan Carlin's Destroyer of Worlds 4. Dan Carlin's Logical Insanity 5. Dan Carlin's Logical Insanity Extra 6. "The wizards of Armageddon" by Fred Kaplan | — | ||||||
| 7/9/20 |  EP12 Wolf Pack Hunting with Hanks | Tom Hanks joins Dan to talk about his new Second World War naval-themed film "Greyhound". This is an hour-long conversation with two fans of History geeking out over the past." Show Notes: Greyhound, The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester https://apple.co/-GREYHOUND | — | ||||||
| 5/4/20 |  EP11 Toronto Redux | Description: Canadian television personality, radio and podcast host Jeff Marek takes over the show and interviews Dan. Show Notes: sportsnet.ca 31 Thoughts Podcast | — | ||||||
| 3/2/20 |  EP10 Strangelove Whisperings | Description: In a world that can sometimes be obsessed with the current threat du jour, author Fred Kaplan reminds us that one of the all-time great threats to us all hasn't gone anywhere. Notes: The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War by Fred Kaplan The Wizards of Armageddon (Stanford Nuclear Age Series) by Fred Kaplan Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Destroyer of Worlds | — | ||||||
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Chart history for Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum
Peaked at #21 in IS, currently #21 in IS.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IS | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| PH | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| AR | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| AE | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| CO | — | #83 | #83 | — |
| KE | — | #104 | #104 | — |
| AT | — | #108 | #108 | — |
| Canada | — | #109 | #109 | — |
| Norway | — | #109 | #109 | — |
| HK | — | #114 | #114 | — |
| NG | — | #122 | #122 | — |
| United States | — | #138 | #138 | — |
| Mexico | — | #140 | #140 | — |
| Australia | — | #144 | #144 | — |
| Japan | — | #168 | #168 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #198 | #198 | — |
| ID | — | #199 | #199 | — |
Chart Positions
17 placements across 17 markets.
Chart Positions
17 placements across 17 markets.