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TontoCorazon posted:Dan should guest host The Dollop. I'm pretty sure Dan Carlin knows about some really crazy poo poo. Isn't that what Hardcore History was supposed to be? A show about stuff that history majors talk/laugh about in their lunch breaks.
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Popelmon posted:Isn't that what Hardcore History was supposed to be? A show about stuff that history majors talk/laugh about in their lunch breaks. v  v Beats me.
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Popelmon posted:Isn't that what Hardcore History was supposed to be? A show about stuff that history majors talk/laugh about in their lunch breaks. I don't think so; the earlier shows were more about themes than subjects (eg "was Alexander worse than Hitler?"), but he's drifted away from that over time. The idea made a comeback with Blitz episodes ("what sort of effect did alcohol/drugs have on history"), but he hasn't done one of those in ages either.
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Nov 6, 2015 04:22
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America's Best History Teacher Doesn't Work At A School
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Nov 12, 2015 22:15
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Happy he managed to sneak in a boxing (well, fist fight) metaphor.
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Popelmon posted:Isn't that what Hardcore History was supposed to be? A show about stuff that history majors talk/laugh about in their lunch breaks. OK, you were right! quote:"Historians and transmitters of history have rarely been the same people," [Carlin] said in a Reddit AMA, invoking Homer and Herodotus as early examples of great communicators. "Hardcore History," he went on, was "designed… for other 'history geeks' like me. The group that sat around a pizza and some beers after history class and got into the weird, fun questions on history (and getting into debates about things)."
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Nov 12, 2015 23:51
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quote:This podcast is so good it's dangerous. I've started doing dishes and housework just so I can hide in the back of the house with my headphones. Not ashamed to say that I do this too. I also don't mind taking the longer way around while driving.
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Nov 13, 2015 01:40
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gradenko_2000 posted:Not ashamed to say that I do this too. I also don't mind taking the longer way around while driving. When I moved and my 5-minute commute turned into a 35-minute one, Hardcore History made it way more palatable. Same with doing dishes. I can't count how many times I've listened to Death Throes of the Republic or Ghosts of the Osfront over the years.
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Thanks to the many recommendations for the Lesser Bonapartes I jumped in to the Aztec series and I'm loving it so far. I've just started the final episode. I was surprised at how compelling they managed to make the "exposition" episodes. A lesser podcast would have just started right on Cortes. One thing that has been breaking my concentration is their weird pronunciation of certain words: "ALIEM" "JAGOIRE" Is that a US regional thing, or what?
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Nov 13, 2015 04:17
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Aliem is a running gag of the series they use to mock Ancient Aliens types.
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if jagoire is "jaguar" then yea that's how we say it instead of stressing the U
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Yeah, Americans don't say "jag-u-are", we pronounce it "jag-waar". Laughing at the "Guy Fieri of history" quote. Also the pic of Dan with hair on his head and not on his face circa 1995.
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Nov 14, 2015 21:51
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I always thought it was like jag-wire. But I'm from the boonies, so that's probably just the white trash talking. Hey, Does anyone know of any good podcasts on the history of the middle east?
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Geez, you guys weren't kidding about The Dollop. I tried it when it originally came up in the thread but got immediately turned off by the hosts laughing and goofing around. I eventually listened to The Rube and was blown away. The over-laughing still annoys me a bit, but if anyone in here hasn't given it a full chance because of that just listen in full to that episode and you'll change your tune. What are some of the top episodes outside of that? I've listened to a few, including the Dolphin episode, but I just feel intimidated by this wall of episodes.
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feedmyleg posted:Geez, you guys weren't kidding about The Dollop. I tried it when it originally came up in the thread but got immediately turned off by the hosts laughing and goofing around. I eventually listened to The Rube and was blown away. The over-laughing still annoys me a bit, but if anyone in here hasn't given it a full chance because of that just listen in full to that episode and you'll change your tune. loving definitely ten cent beer night. Holy poo poo ten cent beer night is right there with Rube. Also the first live one with Patton Oswalt.
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If you don't know anything about the Kellogg brothers, that's a really jaw dropping story
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Groucho Marxist posted:If you don't know anything about the Kellogg brothers, that's a really jaw dropping story Oh yeah, the minute Patton realized what the podcast was about was downright hilarious.
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Nov 15, 2015 06:18
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My favourite Dollop episodes: 2. Purity Balls 3. Competitive Endurance Tickling 4. Ghosts 5. Hugh Glass 6. The Tank Chase 10. The Jackson Cheese 15. Ten Cent Beer Night 46. The Cereal Men 51. Michael Malloy 77. Thomas Kinkade 104. The Hippo Bill
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Nov 15, 2015 06:20
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I found Rainbow Man particularly memorable as well, didn't know anything bout that story and boy does it spiral into places you don't expect
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Nov 15, 2015 07:06
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How the gently caress did nobody mention the David Hahn episode. The boy scout who built a home made nuclear reactor in his dad's backyard shed in suburban Michigan. that episode was so incredible I listened to it three times. The dollop is super funny and is my 2nd fave historical podcast after dan carlin.
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Nov 15, 2015 09:43
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LAPD series is pretty good too. Ferguson and Iraq war are good if you want to be depressed.
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Trabandiumium posted:LAPD series is pretty good too. Man I didn't like these at all. I think its best when its something obscure and good fodder for jokes.
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I dropped the Dollop because of how lovely they were being during the whole plagiarism thing but Samuel Whittemore is a hell of a listen.
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Trabandiumium posted:LAPD series is pretty good too. Wow, really? Like the previous poster said, the weirder the better. Tbh the two are not the smartest of the bunch, and anything that requires a wider grasp of history and politics comes out feeling a bit tortured. Iraq was ok, but imho nothing to really talk about.
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Going through the archives of the Dollop to find some underappreciated gems, I really enjoyed No. 113 - Reg Spiers, No. 109 - Mad Dan Morgan, 104 - The Hippo Bill, 93 - The Dole Plane Race, 87 - Action Park!, 71 - The Spite Fence, 64 - Philly Fans, 60 - Comet Panic, 58 - Lenny Dykstra, 47 - Bricklayer Bill, 32 - The Leatherman, 29 - The Pinto, and 23, The Willie Dee. Action Park and Willie Dee are pretty important to listen to. They're real good.
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Nov 16, 2015 05:03
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Oh poo poo Skeptoid did an episode on "420: The Cannabis Code"? Sounds potentially boring material but hearing Brian Dunning's smug alien voice talking about weed should be interesting while I'm on weed.
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TontoCorazon posted:Oh yeah, the minute Patton realized what the podcast was about was downright hilarious. The Boston Corbett one has the same effect
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Wake_N_Bake posted:Dan Carlin out with a new Common Sense addressing the Paris bombings The subject hits a bit too close to home so I'm not going to listen, but would you mind going into a bit more detail? I'm curious to know what he says.
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The new Common Sense was pretty great. The first part about the Bill Gates article was super interesting and I think he was spot on about the Paris stuff. Also: Boxing analogy!
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100YrsofAttitude posted:The subject hits a bit too close to home so I'm not going to listen, but would you mind going into a bit more detail? I'm curious to know what he says. The big thing is that he hopes people don't overreact to this in a similar way in which we ended up with the Patriot act.
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I think Dan Carlin might be the first person to compare isis to Mohammad Ali. I liked his point that terrorism is a problem that basically can't be solved short of a complete orwellian nightmare of a society and anyone who claims otherwise is ignorant or dishonest.
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CountFosco posted:The big thing is that he hopes people don't overreact to this in a similar way in which we ended up with the Patriot act. Right thanks. Well. Seems a bit too late for that.
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Peace Frog posted:the Aztec series I'm having trouble finding this, and I'm really interested. Is it by the same people as the Lesser Bonapartes?
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bollig posted:I'm having trouble finding this, and I'm really interested. Is it by the same people as the Lesser Bonapartes? It's a series of Lesser Bonapartes episodes.
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Nov 19, 2015 21:07
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It blows my mind that he needed to write said thing, what an insane comparison.
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Haha Niall Ferguson is such a troll.
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I don't know, replying to such a thing makes you look like an idiot as well. Unless the original article garnered a lot of interest, it's like hand-picking a dumb tweet to showcase how smart you are.
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