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Dan Carlin takes his "Conditions of the Human Experience" style approach to some of the most fascinating and dramatic moments in world history.

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Show 73 - Mania for Subjugation III

Attacking the largest empire the world had ever seen is a huge endeavor at any age, but try doing it at 21. Alexander, fusing the qualities of a Napoleon with …

Dec 22, 2025 · 4h 14m

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Show 72 - Mania for Subjugation II

Is it safe to hand control of the deadliest army in the world to a 20-year old? If you are Thracian, Triballian, Illyrian or Theban, the answer is definitely no. …

Jan 03, 2025 · 3h 51m

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Show 71 - Mania for Subjugation

What's the recipe for making a historically world-class apex predator? In the case of Alexander the Great, it might be the three Ns: Nature, Nurture, and Nepotism.

Jun 07, 2024 · 4h 11m

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Show 70 - Twilight of the Aesir II

Pagan Viking Sea Kings spend the 10th and 11th centuries morphing into Christian monarchs. But with rulers like Harald Bluetooth and Svein Forkbeard it's debatable whether things will be any …

Nov 19, 2023 · 6h 23m

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Show 69 - Twilight of the Aesir

This show picks up where Dan's Thor's Angels show left off. In the early Middle Ages Pagan Germanic-language speakers like the Vikings are a dying breed. Many of their contemporaries …

Jan 15, 2023 · 5h 10m

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Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources

The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this …

Mar 07, 2022 · 5h 39m

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Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI

When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits …

Jun 08, 2021 · 5h 45m

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Show 66 - Supernova in the East V

Can suicidal bravery and fanatical determination make up for material, industrial and numerical insufficiency? As the Asia-Pacific conflict turns against the Japanese these questions are put to the test. The …

Nov 14, 2020 · 3h 32m

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Show 65 - Supernova in the East IV

Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will shift the momentum in the Pacific theater and usher in …

Jun 03, 2020 · 3h 58m

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Show 64 - Supernova in the East III

Japan's rising sun goes supernova and engulfs a huge area of Asia and the Pacific. A war without mercy begins to develop infusing the whole conflict with a savage vibe.

Oct 25, 2019 · 4h 53m

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Show 63 - Supernova in the East II

Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world …

Jan 12, 2019 · 4h 1m

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Show 62 - Supernova in the East I

The Asia-Pacific War of 1937-1945 has deep roots. It also involves a Japanese society that's been called one of the most distinctive on Earth. If there were a Japanese version …

Jul 14, 2018 · 4h 28m

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