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Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast
Plausibly Live is where history, politics, culture, and the day’s absurdities collide. Veteran submariner, historian, and longtime radio host Dave Bowman brings sharp analysis, dry humor, and an independent perspective to the stories everyone is discussing, along with a few they ought to be. No slogans, no party-line talking points, and no manufactured outrage. Just thoughtful conversation, historical context, and the occasional rabbit hole.
Episodes
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastStories That I Am NOT Buying Into
I'm not sure if my BS detection Meter is working overtime or if things have just become so unbelievable that even the most cock-eyed optimist has trouble…
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Dem Bones
It's been a long few weeks. And we're not even really close to being back to normal yet. That said, I've spent a lot of time listening to others and thinking…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH- Do you Mind, Son? We Are Trying to Think
Today, April 11, is the anniversary of the founding of the US Navy’s Submarine Fleet! for one hundred and twenty-three years, US Navy Submariners have carried…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastI Don't Remember A Thing
I can talk, but it hurts. My good friend, the MILSURPWRITER, half jokingly suggested that I use a voice box, ala Stephen Hawking. All I could find on short…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastStalkers, Wings and Whales
Without getting into the details, there was one point in my media career (so far), that a person took it upon themselves to make an attempt to “find me” in the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Ides of History
In 44bce, the world was stunned on the Ides of March as a group of Roman Senators mercilessly attacked and murdered the sitting roman Dictator, Julius Cæsar…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast"So-Called Journalists"
I’ve never shied away from the fact that my mind works… differently. So last week three things happened concurrently. First, some politicians here in…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastFlashback - Interview: Kenneth Sewell (Red Star Rogue)
Back in 2011 I was able to have Ken Sewell on the Afternoons Live program on KFIV. This will give you even more insight into the story of the K-129...
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastBen's Blue Dot
Back before Meta deleted my original account, I had a picture of Ben standing on the sink in the bathroom, holding his hair back and intently looking in the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - AZORIAN
Some Technical Notes from today’s episode: (1) Dave has had zero sleep. He was up all night for a family activity. (2) The WMMB computer failed, necessitating…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastYou Either Support and Defend Free Speech, Or You Don't
In 1798, less than a full decade after the ratification of the Constitution and just eight years after the Bill of Rights, the President of the United States…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe War Is Not Meant To Be Won
As I get closer to my surgery (Mar 18), my voce is continuing to degrade. It is very frustrating to me, but as long as you tolerate it, I can live with it. The…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastWyoming Gets It
Look, it's NOT that I don't see some value in a college education. The problem I have with it is that you don't actually need a college to get that education…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - An Old Vulcan Proverb
Last week President Joe Biden was asked about his read of China’s intention vis-à-vis Russian and Ukraine. He said that he did not see” China helping Russia…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastTornadoes
I had some stuff on the war to talk about, but late last night, for the first time in my lifetime, something happened to my family that we always joked about…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast1914ism
NOTE: No video today. I screwed up the recording. Sorry. So... couple of things that I need to clear up. The name of the show is "Plausibly Live." For those of…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Known But To G-d
On February 21, 1945, the newly upgraded aircraft carrier USS Saratoga was supporting the landings on Iwo Jima. The night before she was detached with a small…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastPresidents' Day
Happy Washington's Birthday! Yes... that is the "real" name of today's holiday, but thanks to slick marketing and lack of civic virtue, we somehow or another…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastIt IS February 17th
It IS February 17th. I actually had a person yell at me today because he was certain that today is February 18th, and he is expecting me to do something for…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDistractions
I'm late to the party on the Superb Owl, that said, why does anybody take anybody talking about Superb Owl Commercials seriously? The days of the commercials…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Malthusiasm!
Look, nothing happens in a vacuum. Whether it's a Papal Bull that results in the eradication of cats that seems to lead to millions of human deaths, or a grain…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Blue Plaid Society
Last week I was wondering out loud about the whole fentanyl situation. Luckily, one of my compatriots from the US Navy Submarine Force is involved with a…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastRedactions
Seymour Hirsh is not a source that I take overly seriously. That said, his latest story about the Nordstream 2 Pipeline is rattling some cages, including mine…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastCT - The Committee of the Whole on The State of the Union
In practical terms, how many people does it actually take to approve and enact a law that is binding of the people of the United States? Now... you might think…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastPrepackaged Opinions and Jokes
It's a fact that most people today form their opinions long before that actually have anything close to the full information about... well... anything. And…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - The First American Civil War
The first American Civil War was every bit as vicious and hate-filled as the second. And... like the second, it eventually resulted in amending the US…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastSympathy for the Grammy's
Do you understand the difference between the Chinese Spy Balloon, er, meteorological airship, and the Grammy's?
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThirteen Ways To look At a Blackbird
The fastest moving story in the world right now is the Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana. Of course, by now, it's probably over North Dakota. Given that we are…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastCT - Size Matters
Brutus has made it clear that he has major issues with the proposed Constitution. There are parts of it he accepts as acceptable and even well considered. That…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastUnrestricted Submarine Warfare
The merchant vessel, Arc Integrity, is making its way to Europe, carrying a cargo of military supplies for Ukraine. Specifically, it is carrying Bradley…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Cisterna
In January of 1944, the Allies thought that they had found a way to crack the Gustav Line south of Rome. The bloody battles in Italy had the Allies stalled and…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDon't Feed the Chipmunks
It's been a rough morning... lots of distractions and shiny objects that are pulling my attention elsewhere. For what it's worth though, I don't really care…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastTraditions
There's a reason why there are traditions. They are, in point of fact, solutions to problems that have been long forgotten. And as the good book says, do not…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast90 Seconds to Midnight
Since 1947, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have been telling us how much time we have as a species by annual showing us a clock face with the hands…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - The Progressive Era Amendments
Some months back a caller asked me what I thought was the "worst" Constitutional Amendment. He postulated that it was the 17th, which moved the election of US…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastNational Infection
The good news is that Kshama Sawant will not be on the Seattle City Council anymore. The bad news is she has a plan to infect the nation with her CHAZ/CHOP…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Adagio Will Tear Your Heart Out
On January 20, 1942, more than a dozen high ranking officials of the Nazi Party and German government met over lunch in a villa outside Berlin. What they did…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastCT - The Propensity of Rulers
When pressed as to why there wasn't a Bill of rights contained in the proposed Constitution, James Madison had explained that if was believed that it would…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast0.05
For whatever it's worth, I have friends who have been caught DUI. I don't love or respect them any less for that. But for the life of me, the idea that in 2023…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Fun Franklin Facts
Before the middle of the 19th century, the most famous American in the world was Benjamin Franklin. He was - as most people know - a scientist, an inventor, a…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastGas Lighting
The subject of gas lighting has become the topic du jour among chat shows these days. Mostly because the so-called leaders of the nation decided to float a…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastArk Lessons Learned
Back in 2014, Kevin fox and I had an interview with a guy who was talking about the coming California ark storm. At the time it seemed surreal and hard to…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Measures or Men?
In many ways, the United States always resembled republican Rome. By the last half of the first century bce, the republic was teetering on the edge. Corrupt…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastFAFO
Dave is rather ill this morning. It goes back to yesterdays episode of WTF, but the bottom line is that he will only get through two of a planned three…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastGarden Party
Way back in 1972, Ricky Nelson, a superstar of 50's and 60s music, played a gig at Madison Square Gardens in New York. A weird thing happened that night…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Ship of Theseus
CONSTITUTION THURSDAY In ancient Greek legend, Theseus was a brave man who travels to the island of Crete, where he defeats the Minotaur. In a legendary…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastChaos
It's only the morning of the 4th day of the year and already chaos is reigning. From the Monday Night Football scare, to the Congressional Speaker of the House…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!
George Santos is the most infamous man in America today. In case you've been under a rock, he was just elected to Congress, but... it turns out that HE LIED ON…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast"Happy" New Year!
2023 has kicked off, but is it really something to be all that happy about?
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Stories That We Tell
NOTE: The dental procedures have begun, and as George S Patton once said, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. In literally the first minute, the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Arthur Lee Goes to France
It's a cold snowy day up here in the Pacific Northwest. Grab a cup of coffee and let's spend it talking history! Some months ago we had a caller to BML…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastGrab The Hat
Our family continues to be grateful for the support in prayer and thoughts from so many this difficult year. Out of necessity - at first - and then from her…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastMyrmidons
I was watching some Television over the weekend when I came to a realization that for some reason, had never completely struck me before. As you know, I love…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Some Random Dude on Twitter
One week after the assassination of President Kennedy, now President Lyndon Johnson issued an executive Order which formed the President's Commission on the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - November 22, 1963
November 22nd, 1963, was a seminal day in American history. Every American alive that day can tell you about their own experience of it, and even those born…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastIrrefragable Axioms
By the middle of November, speeches were being made and response were being written. James Wilson’s speech in Pennsylvania had caused a great stir, and Cato’s…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - USS Washington
Back in August when we left the story, the US Navy had just suffered its worst ever blue water defeat. More than a thousand Allied sailors were dead. Four…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Road to History
In our modern society, you will often hear the cry, "What happened? How did things come to this?" I never expected to find an answer to that question. A few…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Top 5 Heated Presidential Elections
Happy Election Day! Although it is a midterm election, which are every bit as important as the Presidential Elections, we're going to take a look at the Top 5…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastFree Speech vs Stolen Valor
Look, I said this the other day on Bill Mick's Show, I am a free speech advocate. In point of fact, I am a free speech radical. I personally do not believe…