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Hardcore History #6
Shield of the West
Spartans, Athenians, Persians and references to Star Trek all make appearances in this look at the dramatic and extremely consequential Greek and Persian wars.
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First published December 8, 2006
About the author
Dan Carlin
84 books1,364 followersDan Carlin is an American political commentator, amateur historian, and podcaster. Once a professional radio host, Carlin eventually took his show to the Internet, and he now hosts two popular independent podcasts: Common Sense and Hardcore History. Carlin broke into the television news business in Los Angeles in the late 1980s. He has worked as a television news reporter, an author, a columnist, and for the last dozen years, a radio talk show host. No longer broadcasting on terrestrial radio, Carlin has achieved recognition in internet radio, podcasting, and the blogosphere. Currently, he hosts two popular podcasts, both of which are frequently among the highest-ranked podcasts on review sites such as Podcastalley and iTunes.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 28, 2022
A spiritual precursor to King of Kings describing the "beginning of the end of the Old Old World," this was the first episode of Hardcore History that displayed Dan Carlin's gift for painting pictures with words. Before this, the episodes were historical discussions of varying quality. In Shield of the West you can practically see the battle scenes. This is still nowhere near the elaborate, richly entertaining episodes Carlin would come to produce later, but it's a vivid preview of things to come.
November 8, 2022
A fun history lesson about the events of 300 however the downsides is probably the lack of clarity of key events. I’ve learnt elements of this conflict but I don’t think I have a good understanding of key events ( besides some broad strokes).
November 21, 2018
"If Europe was The Old World, these people were The Old Old World."
August 11, 2020
During this episode, Dan sounded more excited about the topic than usual. I'm glad he explored it later in the "King of Kings" series.
April 25, 2019
300 Spartans vs Persia. Persia was a lot more lenient than previous empires in the area.
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