# Fall of Civilizations podcast

20 Hacker News commenters recommended Fall of Civilizations podcast and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for engaging, high-quality retellings of ancient history, with a rich narrator and polished production.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent audio and production quality (5 comments): "The audio is splendid as well though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47109435)) "The Paul Cooper production is great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46981951)) "Agree it’s also really well done." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121400))
- Consistently praised as top-tier (5 comments): "Compare that Fall Of Civilizations (a fantastic podcast btw) that often has 7 months between videos." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45921614)) "The fantastic Fall of Civilizations podcast also had an episode about it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48859435)) "Top of my list are Empire, Fall of Civilizations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47167063))
- Engaging, rich retellings of history (2 comments): "it's such an epic story and the narrator builds such a rich picture of the times and events" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46980960)) "Each episode is of exceptional quality and retells history in an engaging manor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413763))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Rest Is History podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rest-is-history-podcast.md): 14 recommend
- [Hardcore History by Dan Carlin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hardcore-history.md): 13 recommend
- [Revolutions Podcast by Mike Duncan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/revolutions-podcast.md): 12 recommend
- [The History of English Podcast by John McWhorter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/history-of-english-podcast.md): 12 recommend
- [The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/history-of-rome-podcast.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Fall of Civilizations podcast", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fall-of-civilizations-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).