I'm surprised most history buffs in my circles are more drawn towards WW2, as I have been, since WW1 seems to actually be the more shocking, multifaceted, and worldchanging of the two. WW1, or The Great War, or The War To End All Wars - was crazy. Loved it, would recommend it to anyone and everyone regardless of their level of interest in history or podcast listening habits. Well, they do say that reality is stranger than fiction, and on top of that when those real happenings are described by the great master of his craft Dan Carlin - you can be absolutely sure that it would be miles better than any other fictional story you would ever hear. And I will say this here - none of those books contained a story so full of twists and turns, of hopes and despairs, of heroes and villains, of worlds clashing together as this - and here all of that supposedly happened in real life. Who knew history could be so damn interesting? I read more than 25 books at the same time I listened to these six episodes, some of them have even made to my all time favourites list. Though initially I only had plans of listening to it while doing house chores or commuting - simply as a commitment to learn more about the world I live in - I found myself more and more listening to it just for the sake of it. I listened to more than 23 hours worth of audio material in here over the course of last 5 months. So thank the heavens there are Dan Carlin materials in this world for people like me whose knowledge of their species' larger history has been no better than that of a chimp(no offense to any chimpanzees out there). But somehow I never just made the connection. I also knew Russia was part of the allied power in the great war which lasted from 1914-1918. I mean I knew from the top of my head that it happened in 1917. To give an idea about how little I knew of World War I before 'Blueprint for Armageddon', or of any part of world history for that matter - I genuinely had no idea that the Russian Revolution happened during this war. But of course, all of that was before coming across Dan Carlin. Podcasts I can go with now if the content material is something I am truly interested in, and history for the most part is NOT something I had ever been interested in. I never listened to any radio programs, and for the most part, I am not a big fan of audio books either. ![]() I had never been a fan of any kind of audio material whatsoever. The production quality is just on whole other level. ![]() But the thing is, I cannot even begin to imagine 'Hardcore History' at the same category as all the other podcasts. Apparently the first episode of 'Blueprint for Armageddon' had been the first ever podcast I had ever listened to.
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