Lawfare Archive: Hardcore Dan Carlin
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🗓️ 1 January 2024
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From September 27, 2014: A few weeks ago, Benjamin Wittes began listening to a podcast called Hardcore History, which is the brainchild of a fellow named Dan Carlin. Carlin was doing a series of episodes on World War I, and Hardcore History is—let's just say—a different sort of podcast. The episodes are very long, very involved, and to Ben at least, completely riveting. Ben can't recommend it highly enough. Carlin, a former radio talk show host, also runs a podcast called Common Sense, which focuses on contemporary political issues and features Carlin's eclectic political views—many of which Ben disagrees with intensely. Literally millions of people are downloading Carlin's lectures on World War I and other major events in mostly military history. Ben caught up with Carlin this week to discuss the World War I series, Hardcore History more generally, and his views on matters surveillance, ISIS, and overseas intervention.
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| 0:16.4 | slash Lawfair. Also check out Lawfair's other podcast offerings, rational security, chatter, lawfare no bull, and the aftermath. I'm Kayla Benjamin. I'm Kaye Benjamin. Inuit Law Fair with an episode from the Law Fair Archive for January 1st, 2024. |
| 0:46.0 | Over the past few months, several pieces in Law Fair have reflected on the historical context of current events. |
| 0:51.2 | Whether that be the 50th anniversary of the War Powers Resolution, |
| 0:54.4 | the Justice Department's first ever war crimes prosecution, how the October 7th attack and subsequent |
| 0:58.8 | response are and aren't similar to 9-11, and more. |
| 1:02.1 | For today's archive episode, I picked an episode from September 26, 2014, in which Benjamin |
| 1:08.2 | Wittis sat down with Dan Carlin to discuss his podcast, Hardcore History, where he delves into history in very long, very involved |
| 1:14.4 | episodes. |
| 1:15.4 | His series on World War I, his views on NSA surveillance and U.S. military operations, |
| 1:20.1 | and more. I'm Benjamin Wittis and this is the Law Fair Podcast September 27th, 2014. |
| 1:36.0 | That's the voice of Dan Carlin, podcaster Extraordinar, |
| 1:41.0 | creator of both the hardcore History and the Common Sense Podcasts. |
| 1:46.1 | Over the past several months, Carlin has been on the Hardcore History Podcast, doing a project that will be of intense interest to many |
| 1:55.5 | lawfare listeners a giant series on World War I it's rich it's rive, and it's at great length. |
| 2:05.0 | Meanwhile, over at common sense, Carlin takes on NSA surveillance, which he hates, |
| 2:11.0 | and US interventions overseas, which he really hates in a eclectic political |
| 2:17.0 | podcast that everyone will find something to disagree with in. |
| 2:21.6 | I caught up with him by phone in a wide-ranging conversation |
| 2:26.3 | earlier this week. It's the Law Fair Podcast, episode 93, |
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