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Lex Fridman Podcast

#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

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Lex Fridman

Technology, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Science

4.713.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 207 minutes

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Summary

Dan Carlin is a historian, political thinker, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Dan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/hardcorehistory
Dan’s Website: https://www.dancarlin.com/
Hardcore History podcast: https://apple.co/2HX7hAA
Common Sense podcast: https://apple.co/3mM6WPZ

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(07:53) – Nature of evil
(14:50) – Is violence and force fundamental to human civilization?
(19:58) – Will we always have war?
(29:38) – The Russian front in World War II
(37:32) – Ideologies of the US, the Soviet Union, and China
(50:15) – Putin
(1:02:50) – Journalism is broken
(1:10:16) – Genghis Khan
(1:24:36) – Greatest leader in history
(1:32:21) – Could Hitler have been stopped?
(1:49:21) – Hitler’s Antisemitism
(1:55:12) – Destructive power of evil
(2:04:26) – Will human civilization destroy itself?
(2:16:31) – Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX
(2:24:53) – Steering around the iceberg – wow do we avoid collapse of society?
(2:47:00) – Advice on podcasting
(2:50:12) – Joe Rogan, Spotify, and the future of podcasting
(3:05:19) – Future episodes of Hardcore History podcast
(3:20:21) – Is Ben real?
(3:21:05) – Meaning of life

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Dan Karlin, host of Heartcore History and Common Sense

0:07.3

Podcasts.

0:08.8

To me, Heartcore History is one of, if not THE greatest podcast ever made.

0:16.0

Dan and Joe Rogan are probably the two main people who got me to fall in love with the

0:21.2

medium of podcasting as a fan and eventually as a podcast for myself.

0:27.7

Dan was surreal.

0:30.0

To me, he was not just the mere human like the rest of us, since his voice has been a guide

0:35.9

through some of the darkest moments of human history for me.

0:39.8

Meeting him was like meeting Jengus Khan, Stalin, Hitler, Alexander the Great and all

0:45.6

of the most powerful leaders in history all at once in a crappy hotel room in the middle

0:50.4

of Oregon.

0:52.0

It turns out that he is in fact just the human and truly one of the good ones.

0:58.8

This was a pleasure and an honor for me.

1:02.5

Quick mention of his sponsor, followed by some thoughts related to the episode.

1:07.2

First, is Athletic Greens, the all-in-one drink that I start every day with to cover all

1:12.2

my nutritional bases.

1:14.2

Second, is Simply Safe, a home security company I use to monitor and protect my apartment.

1:20.2

Third, is Magic Spoon, low-carb, keto-friendly cereal that I think is delicious.

1:26.6

And finally, Cash App, the app I use to send money to friends for food and drinks.

1:31.5

Please check out these sponsors in the description to get a discount and to support this podcast.

1:37.8

As a side note, let me say that I think we're living through one of the most challenging

1:41.9

moments in American history.

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