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0 pointsbennysonething3y ago0 comments

It's on Spotify. And on BBC sounds. And I think it's on iTunes. You might just be able to download it for free too. It used to be available like that years ago.

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TotoHorner3y ago

Nah I meant kranke155's claim that AskHistorians says Hardcore History is inaccurate.

That's not true.

However, I would agree that Hardcore History leans more towards the entertainment side, so while the overall picture is inline with what historians say (Cyrus the Great as a leader vs Darius or the effects of the Gracchi brothers), the specific stories that Dan Carlin says may have other interpretations or other versions.

Obviously, it would interrupt the flow to say "Oh but XYZ disagrees and says this specific story actually happened 5 years earlier", so Dan prefaces it by saying that it's one interpretation.

Saying that "AskHistorians thinks Hardcore History is really innacurate" is completely false.

opo3y ago

A couple of years ago, there was a discussion thread in AskHistorians of "How do you feel about Dan Carlin, accuracy-wise?": https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/k6jyx7/how_d...

>...Saying that "AskHistorians thinks Hardcore History is really innacurate" is completely false.

I think the overall opinion is quite a bit more nuanced than that and in general historians appreciate anyone who helps get people more interested in history. Though, in terms of accuracy, as one commenter wrote:

>...Not only doesn't Carlin do sufficient research with the appropriate sources, but he tends to approach his episodes with an endpoint in mind, and then focuses on ensuring his research fits that narrative rather than building a narrative from the research.

kranke1553y ago

Maybe I got this wrong but my feeling is they don’t like it over there. I’d have to check on why exactly.

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