![]() 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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