Dan Carlin Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Dan Carlin is the host of my favorite podcast, Hardcore History.

But… what?! History?! I know. I thought the same thing. How could a history podcast have a cult following?

And yet it did. During research for launching The Tim Ferriss Show, I asked many of the top dogs on the iTunes charts: what is your favorite podcast? Almost without exception, the answer came back: Hardcore History. Since then, I’ve become friends with Dan (and more obsessed with his show), and this episode explores all the questions I’ve been dying to ask him.

I hope you enjoy it, and listen to at least one episode of Hardcore History. They’re amazing.

Connect with Dan Carlin:
Like Dan Carlin on Facebook:   / hardcorehistory  
Follow Dan Carlin on Twitter:   / hardcorehistory  
Follow Dan Carlin on Instagram:   / hardcore_history  

The Tim Ferriss Show, Episode 20: Dan Carlin – Hardcore History, Building Podcasts, Creativity, and More
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00:00 Start
02:51 How the concept of Hardcore History evolved into a massively successful podcast
08:07 The basic ingredients of Hardcore History’s recipe
14:23 How Dan keeps his signature tangents out of the “blue room”
17:21 Why he will never do an episode on the history of Southeast India
25:32 Advice to those searching for their voice
34:37 The dramatic effect Dan loves that would be part of every episode, if he could do it all over again
50:00 The upside of Dan’s special brand of masochism
56:50 Why he likens himself to a street performer on a really busy corner
58:22 Who really came up with the idea for Hardcore History
1:09:25 Dan’s definition of “success”
1:23:20 The gateway drugs of Hardcore History