Dan Carlin

Well, to answer your question, and I always say it's not – it wasn't a show about politics. It was a show about current events. And so I was talking about current events from like 92 on the radio. And then because that was so easy to morph that into a podcast in 2005, that's how that happened.

Well, to answer your question, and I always say it's not – it wasn't a show about politics. It was a show about current events. And so I was talking about current events from like 92 on the radio. And then because that was so easy to morph that into a podcast in 2005, that's how that happened.

Hardcore history happened in 2006 because we looked at the white space that was available in this medium and said, well, you know, I mean, the other show was designed for radio and poured it over. We could do this, you know, with a full understanding of the lack of limitations in this new medium.

Hardcore history happened in 2006 because we looked at the white space that was available in this medium and said, well, you know, I mean, the other show was designed for radio and poured it over. We could do this, you know, with a full understanding of the lack of limitations in this new medium.

Hardcore history happened in 2006 because we looked at the white space that was available in this medium and said, well, you know, I mean, the other show was designed for radio and poured it over. We could do this, you know, with a full understanding of the lack of limitations in this new medium.

But I had a news director once. who back in the old radio days, I could tell, just hated my radio show. But he had a nice way of, like... He was like a backhanded compliment. He says, you know, the best part about your show is the connections that you draw to history. He goes, you should be talking more about history. That was his way of, you should be talking less about politics.

But I had a news director once. who back in the old radio days, I could tell, just hated my radio show. But he had a nice way of, like... He was like a backhanded compliment. He says, you know, the best part about your show is the connections that you draw to history. He goes, you should be talking more about history. That was his way of, you should be talking less about politics.

But I had a news director once. who back in the old radio days, I could tell, just hated my radio show. But he had a nice way of, like... He was like a backhanded compliment. He says, you know, the best part about your show is the connections that you draw to history. He goes, you should be talking more about history. That was his way of, you should be talking less about politics.

It came through loud and clear. But to me, the history thing is an easy way to sort of set up context. And I feel like...

It came through loud and clear. But to me, the history thing is an easy way to sort of set up context. And I feel like...

It came through loud and clear. But to me, the history thing is an easy way to sort of set up context. And I feel like...

you know to get back to your point about sort of what's missing in in the way we do news and current events is context because context helps so much it's the difference between like you said seeing that whole trump zielinski thing from start to finish or seeing the curated you know uh tiktok version of you know 15 seconds or 20 seconds context really matters and and that's what we're starved for um with our lack of depth in the society now and and the quickness that we need everything um

you know to get back to your point about sort of what's missing in in the way we do news and current events is context because context helps so much it's the difference between like you said seeing that whole trump zielinski thing from start to finish or seeing the curated you know uh tiktok version of you know 15 seconds or 20 seconds context really matters and and that's what we're starved for um with our lack of depth in the society now and and the quickness that we need everything um

you know to get back to your point about sort of what's missing in in the way we do news and current events is context because context helps so much it's the difference between like you said seeing that whole trump zielinski thing from start to finish or seeing the curated you know uh tiktok version of you know 15 seconds or 20 seconds context really matters and and that's what we're starved for um with our lack of depth in the society now and and the quickness that we need everything um

And you're listening to me at two times the speed, Mike, that completely screws up the baritone that I don't have in my voice. But I understand that. So the politics thing, I started off with a radio. I don't know how we got to me on this subject, but I started off with a radio show where basically everybody was my enemy and everybody hated me.

And you're listening to me at two times the speed, Mike, that completely screws up the baritone that I don't have in my voice. But I understand that. So the politics thing, I started off with a radio. I don't know how we got to me on this subject, but I started off with a radio show where basically everybody was my enemy and everybody hated me.

And you're listening to me at two times the speed, Mike, that completely screws up the baritone that I don't have in my voice. But I understand that. So the politics thing, I started off with a radio. I don't know how we got to me on this subject, but I started off with a radio show where basically everybody was my enemy and everybody hated me.

I was the Martian in the day part was what we used to call it because, you know, on talk radio, you're on a station with a bunch of other shows that were nothing like mine, but they were all very like each other. But I inherit that audience, right, because I come after this guy and then I lead into that guy. And so I get those audience and I was nothing like those people.

I was the Martian in the day part was what we used to call it because, you know, on talk radio, you're on a station with a bunch of other shows that were nothing like mine, but they were all very like each other. But I inherit that audience, right, because I come after this guy and then I lead into that guy. And so I get those audience and I was nothing like those people.

I was the Martian in the day part was what we used to call it because, you know, on talk radio, you're on a station with a bunch of other shows that were nothing like mine, but they were all very like each other. But I inherit that audience, right, because I come after this guy and then I lead into that guy. And so I get those audience and I was nothing like those people.