Dan Carlin always ranks way too high in these sorts of discussions for my taste. Sure he knows how to paint a picture with words, but too many people ignore his dad-level historical interpretation and his "hey I'm just asking questions" approach of discussion topics. He seems like he's only a couple steps away from using the n-word for the sake of "historical accuracy."
I've wondered if he's hiding his influences a bit. He's always quoting "decades where weeks happen, weeks where decades happen" and then saying he's not sure who originally said it, while citing every other quote.
I've only listened to his WWI series (because it's freely available), but I thought it was quite good.
He really focused heavily on primary sources. You get a real feel for what things were like on the ground and how people were feeling and how they were contextualizing those feelings.
I think it's a good listen if only for the compilation of primary evidence narrated in such a way. Then you can discard his lib interpretation.
Dan Carlin always ranks way too high in these sorts of discussions for my taste. Sure he knows how to paint a picture with words, but too many people ignore his dad-level historical interpretation and his "hey I'm just asking questions" approach of discussion topics. He seems like he's only a couple steps away from using the n-word for the sake of "historical accuracy."
I tried listening to that but it was too History Channel for me.
unsubbed from every podcast of his after he started crying about civility politics and invited :my-hero: onto the show
I've wondered if he's hiding his influences a bit. He's always quoting "decades where weeks happen, weeks where decades happen" and then saying he's not sure who originally said it, while citing every other quote.
I've only listened to his WWI series (because it's freely available), but I thought it was quite good.
He really focused heavily on primary sources. You get a real feel for what things were like on the ground and how people were feeling and how they were contextualizing those feelings.
I think it's a good listen if only for the compilation of primary evidence narrated in such a way. Then you can discard his lib interpretation.
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