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Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:52:11 PST
Show 41 - Thor's Angels
Description And Show NotesThu, 19 Jan 2012 - 04:06:00 minutes - 236.60mb
What started as a standard podcast episode morphed into an audio book on what used to be called "The Dark Ages" in Europe. Dan gets into many areas he should probably avoid...Gods, Germans, bikers, Jesus...
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Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:57:12 PST
Show 40 - (BLITZ) Radical Thoughts
Description And Show NotesWed, 12 Oct 2011 - 02:37:38 minutes - 113.50mb
Using the two 20th Century "Red Scare" eras as case studies, Dan looks at the fear that can be generated by potentially dangerous ideas and examines the way such powerful mass emotions can cloud human judgment.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:16:24 PST
Show 39 - Death Throes of the Republic VI
Description And Show NotesWed, 29 Jun 2011 - 05:25:32 minutes - 312.57mb
In a massive finish to the "Dan Carlin version" of the fall of the Roman Republic, conspiracies, civil wars, beatniks of antiquity and a guy named Caesar figure prominently. Virtually everyone dies.
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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:56:16 PST
Show 38 - Death Throes of the Republic V
Description And Show NotesThu, 31 Mar 2011 - 01:25:51 minutes - 103.08mb
The last great generation of the Roman Republic emerges from the historical mists. The dynamic between Caesar, Cato, Cicero, Crassus and Pompey forms the axis around which the rest of this tale revolves.
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Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:38:59 PST
Show 37 - Death Throes of the Republic IV
Description And Show NotesThu, 27 Jan 2011 - 01:25:03 minutes - 102.11mb
Sulla returns to Rome to show the Republic what REAL political violence looks like. Civil war and deadly partisan payback will pave the way for reforms pushed at sword point. Lots of heads will roll...literally.
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Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:11:59 PST
Show 36 - Death Throes of the Republic III
Description And Show NotesSat, 30 Oct 2010 - 01:37:44 minutes - 93.92mb
Rome's political violence expands in intensity from riots and assassinations to outright war as the hyper-ambitious generals Marius and Sulla tear the Republic and its constitution apart vying for power and glory.
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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:43:11 PST
Show 35 - Death Throes of the Republic II
Description And Show NotesSun, 29 Aug 2010 - 01:35:15 minutes - 91.50mb
Disaster threatens the Republic, but the cure might be worse than the disease. "The Dan Carlin version" of this story continues with ambition-addict Marius dominating the story and Plutarch dominating the sources.
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Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:58:31 PST
Show 34 - Death Throes of the Republic I
Description And Show NotesSun, 27 Jun 2010 - 01:22:22 minutes - 79.13mb
The wars which elevate Rome to superpower status also sow the seed for the downfall of its political system. Money, slaves, ambition, political stalemate and class warfare prove to be a toxic, bloody mix.
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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:56:36 PST
Show 33 - (BLITZ) Old School Toughness
Description And Show NotesTue, 27 Apr 2010 - 01:01:50 minutes - 44.52mb
Does the toughness of peoples play any role in history? How can historians deal with such an amorphous human quality? Historiography, boxing, barbarians, philosophy and wisdom are among the subjects touched upon.
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Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:26:21 PST
Show 32 - Globalization Unto Death
Description And Show NotesSat, 27 Feb 2010 - 01:31:04 minutes - 65.63mb
Ferdinand Magellan is the lead character in this episode about the collision between the Old and New worlds and what Dan calls "Globalization 1.0". It is also full of controversy!
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