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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 PodcastA Tyrant for the Ages?
If you happen to have Netflix, there is an interesting documentary series called "How To Become a Tyrant," which I give a pretty good rating to overall. The…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - The Stamp Act Revival
One November 1, 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by Parliament and given assent by King George III, took effect in Colonial America. For most Americans of that day…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastOf Course Elections Are "Rigged..."
From time immemorial, elections have been a mess. There has been "ritualized bribery" to outright rigging of them, elections have always been a fiasco. And, of…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Circles of Death
At 2:30am on October 25, 1944, USS Tang, one of the highest scoring US Submarines in the war, launched the final torpedo of her patrol. After attacking a…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastCentinel
Producers Note: The air quality in the Puget Sound Region today is the worst in the world. Dave's voice is raw, he has a massive headache and his eyes are…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastHistory + History = Five?
If you ask one hundred Americans, who is the best American citizen of ALL time? I've never done that, but my guess is the overwhelming answer would be George…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastCan You Know a Thing?
There is a line in the film "The Da Vinci Code" which I have always liked: "Can you know a thing and never say it again?" The biggest problem with knowing…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Tragedy of Cato
My son likes to ask me the question about what I would have thought about today's technology back when I was his age. when I was in the 4th grade, we actually…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - It's Still NOT Columbus Day
The weirdest thing about the current hatred of Columbus Day is that there shouldn't even be a "Columbus Day." What do I mean? He was an absolute boss when it…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - The Odyssey of Rutherford B. Hayes
You have often heard Bill Mick complain about GOP Republicans who give fire and brimstone conservatism speeches while running for office, and then turn into…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - He 'Da Man!
Among the founders of the nation stand many from Boston. For all the firebrands, the one who seemed more determined than any other to win American liberty was…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastCassandrian Messaging
A television ad among a sea of television ads has Dave asking questions about why it is that the GOP seems utterly incapable of responding in any cogent way to…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Chisholm Trail
As we've seen, Brutus is deeply concerned that the proposed Constitution will result in a government that extends its reach into every aspect of Americans…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH- Historias
So... what exactly IS history? It's an important question, perhaps even more so than "Why study history?" Like so many thing, if we do not understand WHAT we…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastReading
A long time ago, my Dad sat at the kitchen table with me and a book. For me, books are the wellspring of inspiration and my sanctuary. And when I get stuck on…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastPraesidio Libertatis (Brutus 1st Letter, pt 1)
The issue is now out in the open for debate. For Brutus and the other Anti-Federalists, there are many examples, but only one real issue - how will the…
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DDH - The Rising Sun
We have - today - an almost scriptural reverence for the founding document of the United States government, the Constitution. To listen to most conservatives…
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DDH - The Chaco War
It has been long established that the President has plenary powers when it comes to the foreign affairs of the nation. Wide latitude and power has been…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastFLASHBACK - Father's Day 2013 on Afternoons Live - Hour 1
Back in June of 2013, John and I managed to get both of our Fathers to visit the show, live in studio. We had a blast with them as they quickly showed that…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Most Annoying Person In History?
There are any number of people who are annoying. But in all of history, we learn that the all-time champion of being annoying was none other than the greatest…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - A Tempest in a Teapot Dome
In the summer of 1922, the Republican Party was in deep trouble. Tradition holds that all Presidents see their party lose seats in Congress during the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastBrutus v Publius
I have long held that the Anti-Federalist of 1788 is the ideological grandfather of today’s libertarian*. Many of the same issues of today find a distant echo…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Dark History
The Rabbis tell us that some of the most important parts of the scriptures are the stories that we do not like. The tales of failures and embarrassing…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThere Is Work To Be Done
In 1967, Nichelle Nichols was not happy. She was holding the television role as Lt. Uhura on the sci-fi show, Star Trek, but her role was limited and didn't…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastAbsolutism
Over the past couple of days we have watched both sides use exactly the same language to describe their outrage/joy over the events at the former President's…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Savo Island
By the time the sun rose over Guadalcanal on August 9, 1942, the US Navy was just beginning to come to terms with the tragedy that had occurred in the dark…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastKansas
The last half of July and the first days of August have been a whirlwind. Thank you to everyone who texted and eMailed or commented about the situation. I…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Print the Legend
On August 2, 1776, the members of the Second Continental Congress gathered to finish what they had begun back in July. Now, each of the men was called forward…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - "Everybody Knows..."
My least favorite phrase is: "Everybody knows..." I have been known to hang up on callers who sprinkle their diatribe with that idiotic phrase. First off, NOT…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Edge of Everything
Somewhere around 13.5 Billion years ago, something happened that began the path to where we are today. I know that, like abortion, that debate is something…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - Media... Bias?
It's a common idea today that "we don't trust the media." There's almost a mantra that this is a relatively new thing, and that no matter what side of the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastEinstein and the Pursuit of Happiness
E=MC2 What does that well known equation mean? Not in the mathematical sense. Not in the physical sense... what does it... you know... mean? For much of my…
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DDH - I Declare!
In the early weeks of 1776, Independence favor was fanned by the publication of the most influential and best selling book ever published in America. Thomas…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastLord Uvalde
“The harsh reality of life is that sooner or later, your beliefs will find themselves tested. It’s easy to say, “I believe this…” and maybe even mean it…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH - The Pursuit of Happiness
A few months ago we and a caller who was of the opinion that "only a few" guys actually "did anything" at the 1787 Constitutional Convention. The idea is one…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastWhat Would Jesse Do?
I got up one morning last week and I knew who Jesse Kelly is, but I had absolutely no idea who Haley Carter is. I didn't even know that there was a…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastNever Say Never
I guess the real lesson here is to never say never, right? A few years ago I couldn't see any possible way that Roe would be "overturned," but today we saw it…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastRandom Thoughts
It's the first full day of summer, and I am still not 100%. My voice continues to fail me when I need it most. That said, there are some things about which I…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show Podcast"I Shot the Clerk"
In the summer of 1966, the Supreme Court ruled that as a part of your 5th amendment protections, Law Enforcement is required to advise you and to insure that…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Sand Pebbles Theory
Yesterday was Flag day, and I carried out my standard activities for the day, which includes watching the film, "The Sand Pebbles." I first saw the film as a…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH: The 2nd Continental Congress
On June 14, 1937, the state of Pennsylvania did something that to date, no other state has decided to do. In declaring June 14th a state holiday, Pennsylvania…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Real "Threat"
Dave goes off script after an assassination attempt on a sitting Supreme Court Justice
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Real Maverick
In the late 1930’s, the Iowa Hawkeyes had endured years of being a perennial doormat of a football team. But in 1937, a new student-athlete enrolled at the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastBat S*** Crazy
Over the weekend, a fellow podcaster interviewed one of our local Congresswomen. That interview went full BSC as she (the Congresswoman) informed us that…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastMaimonides
"At this time, we have been beset by additional difficulties, everyone feels [financial] pressure, the wisdom of our Sages has become lost, and the…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastUnintended(?) Consequences
The biggest problem with the whole Roe v Wade is that nobody – on either side – is really considering the underlying and ancillary issues that we are headed…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastThe Biggest Twitter Troll Ever
To be frank, I don't believe that Elon Musk ever intended to actually buy Twitter. Eccentric rich people do strange things, and there is usually no real rhyme…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastWhat If...?
In November of 2013, the nation was "more divided than we have ever been before!" The issue at hand was healthcare, and specifically the lawsuit that was…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastAs Iron Sharpens Iron
Here's my question.... is there anything we are missing in the whole "overturn Roe discussion?" Of course there is, but do we even care? Let's start here - in…
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Judges
In the Book of Judges, we read a very tragic – albeit strange to our ears – tale of a mess of a situation involving a man, his concubine, some really bad…
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Tempora Mutantur... Iterum...
On this episode of Dave Does History*, Bill Mick and Dave talk about the strange case of Fred Korematsu, a man who was arrested, charged and convicted of being…
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Settled Law?
My vaunted technology failed me this morning, and the video portion of this was lost to the bit bucket... On Fridays I like to drive Ben to school. It's just…
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Here Be Monsters...
Back in 2007/08, I was pretty much alone in a theory that I had regarding California's Prop 8 - the ban on gay marriage in California. I said on the air then…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastDDH: The Committee on Public (Dis)Information
In April of 1917 the US Government had a problem. It had just declared war on Imperial Germany, less than six months after re-electing President Wilson who's…
Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show PodcastTSV: Bonk's Big Adventure
The Sub Vets, Eric and Dave, are joined by Jamie Ferguson, who was a Sonar Tech aboard USS Darter, USS Louisville and USS La Jolla. Then, he became a…
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Endorsement or Coercion?
My son (11) and his my grandson (12) attend the same school and have the same PE teacher. On the walk to the bus stop this week, they were chatting about the…
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TSV: The Navy Dentist Show
After Eric almost dies* when a root canal goes rogue, he and Dave sit down to talk about their adventures with Navy Dentists (and doctors) and how they are…
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DDH: King Tut
Dave Bowman joins Bill Mick to close out Tuesday with our weekly trip through the Wayback Machine as we get his unique perspectives on history. Today…just what…
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Life Is Good
So... there is no What the Frock today, because... well... reasons... This past week has been a very stressful time in the House of David. Cami is changing her…
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FLASHBACK: Sunglasses in the Shower
Back in 2013, John got a new pair of sunglasses... mirrored sunglasses...