#136 – Dan Carlin: Hardcore History

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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