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The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses
The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses | Dan Carlin
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In his first book, the creator of the award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks to some of humanitys most apocalyptic moments to understand the challenges of our future.
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The_Penniless_Author
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I've been a fan of Dan Carlin's podcast, Hardcore History, for years, so this was a no-brainer purchase. Much of the material here will be familiar to any regular listeners like myself, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining. The overarching theme is that the relative peace and stability we've been living through for half a century is an anomaly, and that history shows that societal collapse is always much nearer than people realize.

The_Penniless_Author @Milara He does have a bachelor's in History, though as he freely notes on his show he's not a historian (though he's had several renowned historians as guests). Basically, he's an extremely well-read fan of history with a background in radio, which makes his podcast a lot more listenable than most. He's been doing HH since 2006, so it's one of the oldest/best podcasts still around. The length and detail of some of his episodes are remarkable. 3y
rwmg I used to listen to him and my impression was that he is very good and knows his stuff. I would use him to time my exercise walks, so I panicked rather when he had a 5-hour episode on Julius Caesar and stopped listening. 3y
The_Penniless_Author I tend to think of his shows like doctoral dissertations tweaked for the radio. His long-form stuff is actually my favorite. The four-part series about the eastern front in WWII was about 6 or 7 hours, and all of it was fantastic (but yes, too long for a walk, unless you're feeling particularly ambitious 🙂). 3y
Suet624 I listened to a book about the history of the world and it was just war after war after war. 3y
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🎧 This was a fascinating and terrifying book. Short & to the point. Recommendation if you enjoy a little bit of history! This was one of the $6 Audible sale books. I listened on the Libby APP but it‘s well worth the $$ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️3/4

The_Penniless_Author Liked this book as well, and love his Hardcore History podcast. Would recommend if you're interested in exploring some of the topics in the book more in-depth. 3y
Twainy @The_Penniless_Author I agree. I used to listen to his podcast & enjoyed it. This is another treeware book on my wishlist. 3y
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To imagine the twenty-first-century world being hit with a great plague like the great disease pandemics of the past is fantasy, yet it‘s also extremely possible and has happened many times before.

Suet624 Yes, no, maybe. 😂😂😂 4y
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The chapter on the Roman Empire was kind of boring. Other than that, I found this book to be quite interesting.

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Humankind is more than seventy years into an ongoing experiment. The experiment will answer the question of whether we can handle the power of the weapons we've created. Since the weapons aren't ever going to get any weaker, the only way this experiment will ever likely conclude is if we find out that we can't.

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Sounds like me.

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AthenaWins
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Really enjoyed this book, though the first half much more than the second. His expertise obviously being much more in 20th century history, he didn't spend a lot of time discussing much earlier disasters. Still a solid book though. Recommend to fans of apocalypse theories and history.