how to survive a 4 hour hardcore history episode

built this the hard way. skipped straight to blueprint for armageddon once and tapped out at minute 40

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The Rest Is History - any recent episode
start here, it's two guys chatting for 45 min, feels like a pub conversation not a lecture
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The Rest Is History - a full miniseries (pick a revolution or a dynasty)
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Revolutions
mike duncan's back catalog. pick one season, the american revolution arc is the easy on ramp, and just marathon it
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this is the gateway drug for cooper's show. about 2 hours which felt long until i met dan carlin
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Fall of Civilizations - Bronze Age Collapse
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Hardcore History Addendum - pick any
shorter side series, 1-2 hrs, good bridge before the real thing
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Hardcore History - one of the newer episodes, not the 2000s archive
the audio quality on the really old ones will scare you off before the content does
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Hardcore History - Blueprint for Armageddon
the wwi series, five parts, this is the actual final boss everyone means when they say hardcore history
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Hardcore History - Ghosts of the Ostfront
if you survived blueprint you're ready for this one. eastern front ww2, people call it his best work