Dan Carlin and Revolutions Podcasts

You could or just buy a single series. I bought Thor’s Angels that way

 

I keep trying to get through the French Revolution but I die out around Ep 13 each time.

I also have this amazing ability to zone out while I drive and I don't remember a damn thing I heard.

 

I just listened to the Russian Revolution again once he got done with his time off for book writing. Helped me keep the narrative in place. It’s incredible what he has done all by himself for these years. Love the appendices tying it all together too. I will follow Duncan with whatever he does in the future.

 

It's a lot more like an academic work than what Carlin does, but the format is less than ideal. I think there were back-to-back episodes about Russian Orthodox priests and 1905 revolutionaries. It's kind of jarring if you're listening 30 minutes at a time

 

I spent the last year listening to the Russian Revolution to wind down before I went to bed. It is incredibly dense and knocked me out within 20 mins every night. These appendices though are phenomenal and imo should be a must listen for students studying the era. I think his Haitian Revolution is his opus

 

Is this a new series or a continuation?

 

I havent started yet. Description says "This show picks up where Thor's Angels left off"

Thors angels was about the fall of rome/early dark ages. So I assume this covers the late middle ages. No clue this is a new series or a one off. But it's a time period he hasnt touched on in while

 

Yeah I never listened Thor's Angels so I guess I have some catching up to do.

 

I mean - it was aired probably 5+ years ago. Im sure you can go into this one without it. I barely remember much about it

 

Can he do his saga about Alexander that he has made multiple references to plz

 

It's about the Vikings.

 

Finished Twilight of the Aesir. Could just listen to the last hour and be fine. So much rambling before that without much substance. Said at the end there's a part 2 coming.

 

I agree with this. Feels like we got 2.5 hours rehashing that Vikings made landfall raidings over and over

 

I'm super late to this pod, but Flash Point History is exceptional. The dialogue is very similar to Hardcore History, and it's only real difference is the delivery. Dan's is hard to match. However; if you love history and love the format of Hardcore History, you should check it out. I'm sure it's been mentioned somewhere, even if I can't find it with the search function.

For example:

 

What's this mean?

 

Dan dropping a 6.5 hour podcast right before I have a 7 hour thanksgiving drive on wednesday

 

I’ve been re-listening to supernova in the east while going to sleep for the past few months. I hope I can remember what’s going on in the aesir when I dig in tonight.

 

It means check your podcast app!

 

Perfect timing.

 

Can’t remember if we have a Mike Duncan thread or not but he had some thoughts on the napoleon Ridley Scott movie

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ridley-scott-napoleon/

 

He put out a 3 hour addendum on the Holocaust last week.

 

It was alright. I laughed at him having a 2 hour set up for a 45 min interview w the author

 

I'd always found it odd he hadn't ever gotten into that part of the war.

 

Carlin gonna Carlin

 

Didn’t think it was quite as gruesome as he said it was going to be at the beginning. Thought blueprint was worse but maybe because he kinda oversold

 

The Verdun part of blueprint was brutal.

 

Verdun, the story about the guy shoving his fist in his mouth to keep from screaming at the Somme, and Passchendaele all left me pretty much speechless

 

Blueprint was apex Carlin. I still listen to HH and the addendums but he's fallen off a lot.

 

the last one about Vikings was just kinda dull. Thought super nova was good

 

Really like the addendum about Vietnam with Max Hastings

 

Agreed Vikings was dull and while Nova was good it had dull moments. It was not nearly as good as Blueprint, Ostfront, etc.

I haven't been able to put my finger on what's changed but I think he's telling less details and more about why things were happening. Not sure though.

 

He hasn’t been the same since his weak response to J6

 

I think this is it. There’s no new incite. It’s like ya, Vikings did some raids, got it. Tell me something more granular, something I didn’t know

 

I forgot about this. "Trying to overthrow the government makes total sense if you believe the election was stolen." Just an all-time bad take

 

I think the viking story suffered from having too little historical narrative to protect dan from going too wayward in his little trips away from the storyline that he loves. I honestly think that his Vikings story shouldve been 1 big 5 hour episode, dont think there was more content needed than that.

 

I liked the Vikings one enough that I bought and currently reading children of ash and elm

 

I just read that recently. It's really good. Learned a lot.

It's been a minute since I listened to the Vikings one. Did he reference that book in it?

 

Yes several times.

 

Nice. It came on my radar when I saw Iron Mickey reading it on GR

 

It’s really good. Definitely more of a “scholarly” read about the Vikings but it’s still enjoyable

 

he had an opportunity to talk to the chamber of commerce republicans and pull some out of the Trump funk and totally blew it

 

New ep out. Looks like Alexander the Great

 

I just purchased Blueprint for Armageddon and started a re-listen and literally the next day he released a new pod

Thank me.

 

4 hour drive tomorrow

 

I’m a little over halfway through it. It’s good.

 

The fun thing about me and Dan Carlin is that his voice now puts me to sleep. So I get 5-35 mins a night before I pass out. Happy when I get a full series to last a month

 

Re: sleeping to the show.

two episodes on the do not listen at bed time list: Painfotainment and Human Resources.