Breaking Nation: A Civil War Podcast explores the American Civil War in the tradition of Dan Carlin's Hardcore History – meaning long-form, immersive, and emotionally gripping. Breaking Nation is ambitious in scope. It's storytelling is narrative-driven and detailed. It treats the history with gravity and tries to present it as if the outcome isn't already known.
Episodes are longer than the typical podcast and unfold with tension, not hindsight. They are deep narratives with a cinematic tone that are deliberate, intelligent, and human.
"HISTORY NEVER LOOKS LIKE HISTORY WHEN YOU'RE LIVING THROUGH IT."
– John Gardner
A lifetime of study has driven host Scott Holmgren back to the refining furnace of the American Civil War to discover the stories, the triumphs and tragedies, and the lessons to be learned from an America both very different and very similar to our own. Join him for a journey into the past to unearth wisdom for the present through Breaking Nation.