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Turn Prophet · 03-15-2012, 11:41 PM

Finally getting to Dan Carlin... I'm a bit bummed I can only get the 10 most recent episodes on iTunes though...

Honey Badger · 03-16-2012, 02:57 AM

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Finally getting to Dan Carlin... I'm a bit bummed I can only get the 10 most recent episodes on iTunes though...

He took the old episodes off and is selling them as a subscription. They are all very good. I don't know what he is charging but they are definably worth a few bucks.

Adaptation · 03-23-2012, 09:51 AM

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Finally getting to Dan Carlin... I'm a bit bummed I can only get the 10 most recent episodes on iTunes though...

Oh man... Dan is miles away the best podcaster in terms of history. Iv'e seldom seen someone make history so damn fun. It's worth buying all his stuff - it is THAT good.

Honey Badger · 03-23-2012, 02:41 PM

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Oh man... Dan is miles away the best podcaster in terms of history. Iv'e seldom seen someone make history so damn fun. It's worth buying all his stuff - it is THAT good.

The series on the Eastern front of WWII is incredible.

Acemanhattan · 03-25-2012, 03:03 PM

Any suggestions for podcasts focused on religious history?

smrk · 03-25-2012, 04:39 PM

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Any suggestions for podcasts focused on religious history?

The In Our Time Archives have about 30-40 episodes on religion, you can subscribe to it as a separate podcast

Adaptation · 03-27-2012, 03:31 PM

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Any suggestions for podcasts focused on religious history?

As previously posted, In our time Archives: Religion is probably best. Ancient Religions of the Mediterranean is pretty solid as well, although it is christian centric so far(he's entering roman religion right now). China History podcast has done a good job as well, in particular with Taoism.

I find that Islam is the weakest - except for the shia/sunni split, i have yet to find much on it.

For Christianity only, look at the various religious schools on ItunesU. One that was interesting is ''intro to the new testament'' by Yale - it is extremely neutral(unlike 99% of religious history found on Itunes at least, which are done by various christian schools).

Turn Prophet · 03-27-2012, 04:38 PM

Adaptation, if you have time, would you mind just doing a total list of podcasts you've listened to. I (and some of my students) have enjoyed many of your previous recommendations. I've even learned a thing or three!

I will be purchasing a subscription to Dan Carlin as soon as I get home this evening. There are many historians who would do well to take some lecture lessons from him.

Adaptation · 03-27-2012, 11:27 PM

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Adaptation, if you have time, would you mind just doing a total list of podcasts you've listened to. I (and some of my students) have enjoyed many of your previous recommendations. I've even learned a thing or three!

I will be purchasing a subscription to Dan Carlin as soon as I get home this evening. There are many historians who would do well to take some lecture lessons from him.

I will do a big post on history resources and audio books. Iv'e listened to so much and kept the majority of it, it is quite shocking!

**Original Position** · 04-03-2012, 11:08 AM

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The mises institute audio lectures definitely have their bias, but they cover sides of history i have yet seen covered. I completely agree with you there.

The economics of civil war is published by mises institute but is not really an ''Austrian economics'' thing. It's just a non military approach to the civil war.

Rothbard's ''economic thought before adam smith'' is amazing to get a feel of medieval economy. His sections on spain and france are quite good - and he made me love '' Richard Cantillon, the only assassinated economist in history, killed probably by his cook''

I had never heard of austrian economics or mises before Rothbard's audiobook, but i had read parts of adam smith's ''wealth of nation'' which i thought were pretty good. Then i listened to the Adam Smith part in Rothbard's book, which proceeds to destroy Adam Smith for a good 2 hours. I started laughing by how biased it was. Nonetheless it's always good to have other perspective. I have yet to listen to Mises ''history of banking and finance in the US'' and ''history of the US vol 1,2,3,4'' which seem very extensive.

On a side note, i do leave some history podcast's out - mostly because i think their quality is so poor that i don't consider them being worth listened too.

My only exception is the previously mentionned ''stuff you missed in history class'' which has good audio quality, interesting content and is updated frequently BUT it is hosted by 2 Girls who sound like Paris and Nicole, which gets on my nerve. I guess if you can stand their voice, they are worth listening too.

Brad DeLong's lecture series on the Economic History of the U.S. is very good if you want more economic history.

Gibby_73 · 05-13-2012, 11:14 PM

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Finally getting to Dan Carlin... I'm a bit bummed I can only get the 10 most recent episodes on iTunes though...

Far and away the best podcast I have listened to. I just started last week and went through the available "Blitz" podcasts and then the "Logical Insanity" episode. Now it is on to Death Throes. I'm glad I jumped in now before they went to archive.

Has anyone given his "Common Sense" podcast a listen? It's more political than history but still entertaining.

Turn Prophet · 05-13-2012, 11:36 PM

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Has anyone given his "Common Sense" podcast a listen? It's more political than history but still entertaining.

Yeah it's pretty decent. It's obviously less well-prepped than Hardcore History, but it's a reasonably good program, and he does go out of his way to try and book some good guests occasionally.

JimAfternoon · 06-21-2012, 03:44 AM

I'm glad I wandered into this forum......the Dan Carlin podcasts are amazing.

tortugatortura · 08-25-2012, 01:46 PM

Europe from its Origins As good as Dan Carlin or A History of Oil. IMO

Adaptation · 08-26-2012, 06:37 PM

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Europe from its Origins As good as Dan Carlin or A History of Oil. IMO

I tried to stay to Audio stuff but yes Europe from its origins was very good. It has its dull moment(could use a dan carlin-like narrator), but the analysis of sources and new information brought to the table were quite mind blowing. He attacks many of the ''established'' truths of history. Most importantly, hands down the best take i have seen on general medieval Europe.

Although Europe from its origins is video, one could easily listen to it without actually watching the video.