Shouldn't this be at least 6 hours?

One thing that always pleases me about Dan's conversational style is that he never loses focus of the central point, yet somehow still manages to answer each question in a very well rounded and entertaining manner. Born storyteller and a very sharp man, to say the least.

Dan Carlin is amazing. If there were Oscars for podcasts then dan would deserve one.

Dan Carlin: a guy who will spend two hours telling you how he's trying to create shorter podcasts.

I love how humble he is. Truth is, Dan Carlin is one of the great thinkers of this generation.

One of the most eye opening experiences I had in college was taking an intersession history class to get it out of the way and being taught by a visiting professor from Prague. This was the first time I heard about WWII from the Eastern European prospective and it blew me away. It was a revelation that who, when and where you are paints your understanding of history and that facts are not always just facts but informed by human perspective. Later, in grad school I found another fascinating course on hermeneutics and realized it again. I’ve loved history ever since. Love Dan Carlin.

Dan Carlin is freaking amazing. His Hardcore History podcast is the best there is. I’ve been listening to him for over a decade. Download it!

Great Talk. I almost ignored this. Figured I'd listen for 5 minutes to get an idea of it. At 15 minutes in I realized I was mesmerised and had to listen thru to the end. Thanks for sharing!

I like to think Ben is an elderly golden retriever that's sleeping on the floor next to Dan while he's recording. :)

First podcast I’ve donated to....this dudes amazing....got me listening to 20 hours about WWI....never even thought about it that much...ty Dan please keep them coming bro

Long time listener. I am a huge fan Dan. Keep up the good work!

I just finished listening to The Ghosts of Ostftont', it was brilliant.

Dan Carlin has a gift. He could literally chain together an endless string of nonsense and I'd still sit down for three hours to listen to him. The way he speaks is magnetic.

A master of the art of storytelling.

It is really weird hearing his voice attached to a face.

Powerful Dan Carlin

We need more people like Dan Carlin on the planet

My sister in NYC turned me on to your podcast. I love them, I can’t get enough, keep up the great work . I read a lot of history before I go to bed , then I’ll put on 1 of your pod cast ,even if I’ve heard it before. I love the way you tell the difference between the way historians tell it.

Dan has influenced me in so many ways. The way he obsesses over context has really opened my eyes, and it allows me to view the world in a completely different way.

This guys podcast is amazing. I can't even name by favorite but possibly the King of Kings series is my favorite.

Thank you sincerely Dan . You just grew my brain . I never thought about the way to get better at journalism is to study geography . You have a beautiful mind . Thanks for the content all over the net . ❤ from 🇨🇦

Take A Moment Dan, you paint pictures with your words. As a veteran of the RAF for 28yrs. You take me back to that time in my life and help me to process my experience. Thank you Dan Stay Safe and Stay Free

The more I listen to this man, the more I appreciate him and his approach. He seems to have a great balance and the right priority between left-right hemispheres ( as presented by Iain McGilchrist's brilliant book "The Master and his Emissary".) He is also honest and not full of himself - rare qualities these days in the public sphere. Good interview!

Always great to hear him outside of the podcast, another great human that could read the phone book and I'd listen, although it would be far shorter than one of his normal episodes...

What I like about his history podcasts are that he really delves in to the context of an event. The way he makes you understand the context of events on a personal/human level is what draws me to his series. I've began some of his podcasts knowing nothing about the subject and finished them with a new perspective on certain subjects.

dan carlin is one of the best storytellers today. a true professional

Who will inspire the next generation of historians you ask? Well you inspired me dan.

Dan, hurry up with that next episode.

Thanks so much Dan-great stuff

That first question about living through history definitely hit home for me. Not to draw comparisons - they're two different events, certainly - but I live in Minneapolis, and I had to go to my grocery store job while the riots were going on last May. I remember needing to buy shoelaces before one of my shifts, and I drove to a CVS near my house, only to find that it had been looted. Then during that shift, they boarded up the windows of our store. That was about as close as it got for me. It was some surreal shit tho, and I still don't really know how to process it.

Here I am watching this again…and again…and again

Terry Pratchett made a comment about our species being "Story telling apes" and by that standard Dan Carlin is the silver back. We are forever trying to define why and how we developed and evolved. Analyzing the 2% difference in DNA between us and chimps. Its not simply language, animals talk. The 2% may be in that we love a good story.

I heard about this man from Grimes on Lex's Show on KZfaq. Delighted to discover him. Bravo.

Much love, brother Carlin.

"... for lack of a better word..."

Need more Common Sense.

No joke, this is exactly what I pictured him looking like. Which is so satisfying.

You can change history by how you tell it. Perspective is everything.

don't know why but at the end when the interviewer mentioned google play music dans real unexpected laugh made me laugh out loud 54:19

Dan is the best thing on the Internet right now. Hands down

Shoutout to Bill Simmons!! The Podfather!

Superb.

POWERFUL Dan Carlin.

Dan Carlin is my favorite human.

I'm laughing at myself right now because I wasn't actually planning on watching the entire video but then I got way too invested in his stories.

the notion of 2 histories, with one for understanding and one for essentially, entertainment, is very insightful and explains why the internet is full of wikis about fictional works, many humans - who we may refer to as nerds - love to discover, love to ask questions and find answers, we love conjecture. Yeah we like truth, but humans are capable of willing suspension of disbelief - I can read histories of the three kingdoms period in china, or I can read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, or I can read both - and be thankful that both options are available to me.

Dan, hat's off to you Sir

He looks exactly like his voice sounds. Bold and interesting.

Dan Carlin is my hero.

When see Dan Carlin is on any podcast and its under an hour. I feel cheated.

Dan is such a nice guy

ageen and ageen and ageen

Dan Carlin/Joe Rogan 2020

@Andrew Finck hahaha we got the Romans and celts/gauls...we might get egypt next but should it be a blitz story or a full on episodic saga

That's clearly not Dan Carlin - this talk is way too short!

Teach them history Dan!

Words are important, especially when they are spoken from someone that understands that. We need more people that know that. Words support like bones. They can also be used to break bones. Act accordingly.

this is my guy....!!!

Unnamed interviewer is pretty good

Where is the Wrath of the Khans show? I can't find it anymore on KZfaq. 🙁

Dan always makes me wonder if my playback speed has been turned up. It hasn't.

Plenty of commentators are happy to talk endlessly about things they don't know much about. I very much respect Dan for avoiding that.

Egypt, Dan. Tell me about Egypt.

Still the king!!

It’s never easy to describe Dan C to somebody with a vocabulary word but I’ve always known, that is my kind of dork

I like that the guy uses his power for good - it is very easy to use acting and voice acting skills to convey some distorted message for personal gain under the cover of ''educational media". Nowadays everybody lazily expects books to be reformatted as a simple animated synopsis on KZfaq or some vlogger acting out his "reaction" to the book. Yet this podcast will not give you anything that you can't find in the history books. I have read "The Gallic War" by Caeser, History of Rome by Mommsen, Decline and Fall.. by Gibbon... there is a limited number of ways to tell the same story.

It makes sense to me now...how Dan busts out multiple hours long podcast single episodes w such fervor. Coffee damn it! Amazing coffee! He’s jacked right now off that caffeine!!!!

@Praljak the Remover we like to see his talks go above level 1...and 2 and and 3 and 4,5,6,7,8,9,10...

The man was definitely born with the gift of gab, no doubt. This just flew bye in a blink.

47:11 RIP Chester

Dan "Don't touch my hat" Carlin everybody!

Dan "For Lack of a Better Word" Carlin

that looks like the most uncomfortable chair they could find.

"Hi, Dan. How was your morning?" 12 hours later.......

The guy on stage right should have just been a microphone.

Anyone knows what kind of boots dan is wearing? They look like the perfect pair of boots!

I just want to know why he always sounds pissed off when he reads a document.

*gasp* There's a face to go with the voice!

Cute girl in glasses ask a "really good question"... Love it Dan.

The man who would be president in an ideal world.

Dan is very cuddly

@Jay McCain lmao 😂 nice

2022 Dan 2024! I know, he wouldn't, that's why he should be! We should pick our leaders from merit, not money, parents, power, or other bs. Just a thought.

Oh! Bilbo Baggins in a checked shirt :)

Plain-speaking ftw. NOTHING beats that!

Why is he on google instead of working on HH?!

Dan seems to have a little man on his shoulder allways telling he's wrong & I love it I also feel bad for him

Give us a Xmas gift dan please

Dammmm

Love DC of course, excellent content, but maybe instead of addressing the audience, answer the interviewer? It's just Common Sense.

Goat

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13:39

31 minutes in, did he let evidence of Ben's existence slip?

Anchor doesn't seem to build up and make Dan comfortable by responding to "Wonderful facility" .. engage in small talk to break ice

GREAT story teller. GREAT voice. The bad part is....he is his own biggest fan. Buddy favors length / duration over quality. He would greatly increase his fan base if he were to even do summaries. Its insane how he will drag sh1t out and say the same thing 10 diff ways. I want to be able to listen to his content because I can see the great value but WOW does he drag on and on

... but can i get the old episodes through googe play music?

Dan likes old school punk rock. You probably should too.

13.39

I wonder if he could use some other amature or real historian to quickly bring him up to speed on a story. Outsource the research as it were.