re: Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast should drop soon

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I wish he would do a couple of episodes on the Cold War and spying.

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Have also been hoping for this. I would also like one on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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The Troubles would be good.

Has he done anything on the Communist Revolution in Russia?

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Mike Duncan has said he's going to go into some depth on the Communist Revolution on his Revolutions podcast, so I wouldn't be too upset if Carlin doesn't cover it. Duncan has said that he plans to cover 1848 in depth (so ~15 episodes or so) then...it's up in the air.

He has said he will definitely cover the Mexican Revolution of 1910 - 1920 and the Russian Revolution, and if he is going to cover the 1917 Russian Revolution, I imagine he'll definitely hit the 1905 Russian Revolution. I'd lay good money on him covering the 1918 Irish War of Independence as well.

Other than that, between 1848 and 1910, I don't know what he would cover - there are a bunch of revolts and revolutions in China and in the Ottoman Empire during that time frame, but I am not sure he'll consider those noteworthy enough to cover. I bet he covers the Cuban Revolution of 1895 - 1898. He will probably hit the 1871 Paris Commune as well, given he's already covered so much of France. Given his bent, I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to breeze through German and Italian unification as well.

That would put him hitting the Russian Revolution sometime early next year, I would think.

What is Destroyer about?

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Other than that, between 1848 and 1910, I don't know what he would cover - there are a bunch of revolts and revolutions in China and in the Ottoman Empire during that time frame, but I am not sure he'll consider those noteworthy enough to cover.

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It probably depends on perspective and tying those revolts to a bigger picture. That timeframe would cover European influence over China and the Boxer Rebellion, as well as overthrowing the last Dynasty of China and establishing a Republic. A revolution that ends thousands of years of a monarchy is big, plus it directly led to Japan invading Manchuria and eventually communist China.

The Ottoman Empire managed to hang on past 1910, but significant events prior to its eventual collapse occurred prior to 1910 and had repercussions throughout Europe and the Middle East. They're both a rabbit hole that he may not want to go down, especially if he has a backlog of other revolutions he wants to cover.

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It probably depends on perspective and tying those revolts to a bigger picture. That timeframe would cover European influence over China and the Boxer Rebellion, as well as overthrowing the last Dynasty of China and establishing a Republic. A revolution that ends thousands of years of a monarchy is big, plus it directly led to Japan invading Manchuria and eventually communist China.

The Ottoman Empire managed to hang on past 1910, but significant events prior to its eventual collapse occurred prior to 1910 and had repercussions throughout Europe and the Middle East. They're both a rabbit hole that he may not want to go down, especially if he has a backlog of other revolutions he wants to cover.

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You definitely touched on it - what is the unifying theme for his coverage.

His masterpiece for this Revolutions series was his coverage of the French Revolution (and somewhat related, in my opinion, the Haitian Revolution). Everything else is tangential to that, and I think it's been clear that he considers that to be the defining revolution of the modern era (and I would agree with him) vis a vis the American Revolution.

Considering that, it would follow that the Chinese and Ottoman revolts would not be a cohesive track for him, as he hasn't covered those stories whatsoever.

Also considering that, it is amazing to me just how much impact the French Revolution had for more than a century after it happened, and I understand why he considers it so important.

It is always amazing to me just how different the American Revolution played out compared to both contemporary (Bolivaran and French) and historic (English) and modern (Russian, Mexican, Chinese, etc.) revolutions did as far as blood, treasure, and exhaustion is concerned. I think we ended up paying our real price in the 1860's and that it could even be argued that the American Civil War was a continuation of our original revolution.

Thanks to this board I got turned on to this podcast. Really interesting if you like history.

Is the only way to get his older podcasts like the wrath of Khans to buy them on his website now? On the podcast app I only see back to episode 48.

I listened to the Blueprint for Armageddon series earlier this year and it was fantastic.

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Khan's is by far the best one IMO

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I've sorta been saving it, a lot of folks share your opinion it seems.

I read yesterday that he was about half way through with his newest episode and decided to completely change subjects. So it may be awhile before the next one drops.