Best dave@thedavebowmanshow.com Podcasts (2025)

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Aces and Eights 5:14

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On today's episode of Dave Does History, we're pulling up a chair at a Deadwood poker table and watching the final moments of one of the West’s most iconic figures. James Butler Hickok, known to the world as Wild Bill, wasn’t looking for a fight that day. He was just trying to win a hand.He had no idea that someone had already decided to end the ga…

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August 1:00

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Its the hottest month for a reasonBy [email protected]

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Keep Up The Steam 4:21

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In 1963, the battle over civil rights reached a boiling point, and President John F. Kennedy stood at the edge of a political cliff. For years, he had played it safe, balancing ideals with cold electoral math. But that year, something shifted.From the fire hoses of Birmingham to the death of Medgar Evers, the moral weight of the moment pressed hard…

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Times Change 1:00

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In 1963, Civil rights protests were getting heatedBy [email protected]

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The Rock 5:26

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we turn our attention to a man who stood his ground when the entire Union line was collapsing. General George Henry Thomas, The Rock of Chickamauga, isn't a name you hear as often as Grant or Sherman. But maybe you should.Born in Virginia and raised in the slaveholding South, Thomas made the unthinkable decis…

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The Box Elder Treaty 7:10

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The Treaty of Box Elder, signed on July 30, 1863, was meant to mark the end of violence between the United States and the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone. But beneath its formal words and lofty promises, the treaty became a masterclass in betrayal. Though short in text, its consequences stretched over generations.…

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DDH - Common Sense, Uncommon Courage 33:19

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In this episode of *Dave Does History*, we head into the winter of 1775, a moment when America stood at the edge of decision but hadn’t yet taken the leap. The muskets had fired at Lexington and Concord. The King had declared the colonies in rebellion. But most Americans still clung to the hope of reconciliation.That changed with the arrival of one…

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When The Game Went to the Donkeys 7:26

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we saddle up for one of the strangest spectacles ever to grace the American sporting landscape: Donkey Baseball. That is right. In towns across the country during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, people paid good money to watch their neighbors try to play ball while riding reluctant, ornery donkeys.What started as a …

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WTF - Permanent Records

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Good morning, America, how are ya? I’m Rabbi Dave, joined as always by the ever-caffeinated Friar Rod, and today on What the Frock? we’re opening the dusty file marked Permanent Record. You remember the threat — utter one wrong word in 7th grade and boom, your life is over. But where did that terrifying idea come from? And why has it followed us in…

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The Hun Speech 4:49

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"Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that still rings mighty in history and legend, may the name German be known in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German."That was the moment the nickname “Hun” attached itself to Germany like a leech. At leas…

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Into the Belts of Fire 5:44

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In the summer of 1958, as the heat of the Cold War shimmered off asphalt streets and atomic anxiety settled into living rooms like static, a quiet metal cylinder rose from Cape Canaveral. It made no splashy headlines. It gave no television interviews. But what it saw—and what it was built to see—helped redefine how the United States would fight the…

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Before Time Rushed In 8:22

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But long before Wyoming became a refuge for old historians or a playground for tourists with fly rods, it was a stretch of land tangled in a messy and magnificent story. It is a story that stretches from mammoth hunters to suffragists, from obsidian blades to steam engines, from tribal sanctuaries to territorial skirmishes.…

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Until There Was No Sky Left 6:18

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Amelia Earhart wasn’t just a pilot. She was a force of nature wrapped in leather and sky. In this episode of *Dave Does History*, we trace the arc of her remarkable life—from her bold, tomboy beginnings in Kansas to the cockpit of the Lockheed Electra that carried her into legend. She didn’t break barriers gently. She tore through them at altitude,…

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Vanilla Ice Cream 5:55

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we’re taking a bite out of something sweet, simple, and surprisingly historic—vanilla ice cream. July 23 marks National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, and while some folks might write it off as “plain,” this flavor has roots that stretch from the ancient empires of Mesoamerica to the elegant kitchens of Monticello. A…

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DDH- The Patriot King? 32:48

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In this episode of *Dave Does History*, we step into the uneasy months before independence, when not everyone in the colonies was ready to break with the Crown. Some still believed King George III could be reasoned with, that he might rise above Parliament and become the kind of monarch Enlightenment thinkers dreamed of. John Dickinson’s **Olive Br…

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Bull Run 5:40

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we go back to a moment when the Civil War still wore a fresh coat of naivety. July 21, 1861. The first major clash between North and South unfolds near a muddy Virginia stream called Bull Run. People thought this would be over quickly. They brought picnic baskets. They brought their kids. What they got instea…

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WTF - Coldplaying the News

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This week on *What The Frock?*, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod take on the so-called top story of the week—no, not international conflict or political scandal, but a kiss cam moment at a Coldplay concert. What begins as bemused commentary quickly unravels into a deeper exploration of how news is chosen, shaped, and sold. Who decides what matters? Why do …

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Chryse Planitia 4:28

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we go back to July 20, 1976, a day that lit the fuse on a lifetime passion for space.At just twelve years old, I watched as Viking 1 became the first American spacecraft to land safely on Mars. It wasn’t a movie. It wasn’t science fiction. It was real, and it was glorious.Viking wasn’t just a piece of hardwar…

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The Blaze That Built a City 4:01

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Before sunrise on July 19, 1845, Lower Manhattan stirred under the weight of another blistering summer. Most of the city slept, unaware that a moment of carelessness or perhaps a faulty flame in a whale oil shop would turn calm into catastrophe. The fire began in the early hours inside J.L. Van Doren’s candle and whale oil business at 34 New Street…

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The Edict of Expulsion 6:34

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In 1290, King Edward I of England issued a royal decree that changed the course of English history and left a scar that lingered for centuries. Known as the Edict of Expulsion, this command forced the entire Jewish population—about 3,000 people—to leave the country.On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we’re digging into the political, economic, …

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Eleven Shots 5:59

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On this episode of Dave Does History, we take a sobering look at one of the most haunting nights of the 20th century: the brutal execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family by Bolshevik revolutionaries on July 17, 1918.It wasn’t a battlefield. It wasn’t a courtroom. And it certainly wasn’t justice. It was a dark cellar, a lie about a photog…

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He Was Kneeling 5:36

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On July 16, 1950, in the early chaos of the Korean War, a Catholic chaplain named Father Herman Felhoelter made a choice that would define the very idea of sacrifice. Surrounded by wounded American soldiers who could not be moved, he stayed behind as the enemy advanced.He knelt to pray over the dying and was gunned down mid-prayer, alongside the me…

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DDH - Liberty Saddles Up 32:46

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This week on Dave Does History, we take you back to the morning that changed the world—April 19, 1775. It didn’t begin with a declaration. It began with whispers, riders, and a few dozen men standing on Lexington Green. These weren’t revolutionaries yet. They were farmers, tradesmen, and teenagers who had simply had enough.Dave brings a personal le…

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Ummm... The 1st Amendment??? 7:19

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In the summer of 1798, the United States faced one of its first real reckonings with liberty. The ink on the Constitution was barely dry, and the Bill of Rights, particularly that bold First Amendment, still had a new-car smell. But fear makes people do strange things. War fever with France was sweeping through the country, stoked by the XYZ Affair…

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WTF - Nobody Cares??? 1:02:59

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This week on What the Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod wade into deep moral waters with a question that’s dividing the conservative world: Does anyone actually care about the Epstein files?After President Trump declared “nobody cares,” the frocked duo takes him to philosophical task, exploring justice, trust, and the obligation to truth, even when …

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The Northwest Ordinance 7:01

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In the summer of 1787, while America’s greatest political minds were huddled in Philadelphia crafting the Constitution, another crucial act of nation-building was quietly unfolding in New York. The Confederation Congress, often remembered more for its failures than its triumphs, passed the Northwest Ordinance—one of the most influential pieces of l…

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Along the Arkansas River 6:14

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On July 12, 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rolled into Pueblo, Colorado aboard his special train, stood on the rear platform, and delivered a brief but memorable speech. The weather was pleasant, the crowd was cheerful, and FDR, ever the showman, tossed out a line that still echoes today: “We want to make democracy work.” It sounded noble. I…

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BB-36 6:32

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we set our sights on one of the toughest warships to ever sail under the American flag—the USS *Nevada*. Launched in 1914 and sunk, finally, in 1948, the *Nevada* wasn’t just a battleship. She was a brawler. She took a torpedo at Pearl Harbor, shook off six bombs, stood back up, and got back into the fight. S…

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The Earth Did Not Crash Into the Sun 7:27

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Today on Dave Does History, we’re cracking open one of the dustier chapters of the American presidency—one that begins not with fireworks and fanfare, but with cherries and spoiled milk. When President Zachary Taylor died unexpectedly on July 9, 1850, the nation turned to a man most Americans barely knew: Vice President Millard Fillmore. What follo…

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Monongahela 7:51

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July 9, 1755. The forests of western Pennsylvania echoed with musket fire, panic, and the cries of wounded men as the mighty British Empire came face to face with a kind of war it didn’t understand. At the center of it all was a proud general who wouldn’t listen, an outnumbered enemy who knew the terrain, and a young Virginian named George Washingt…

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Shootout on the Juneau Wharf 7:21

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On July 8, 1898, one of the Wild West’s most infamous con men met his end not in a saloon or a courtroom, but on a weathered dock at the edge of Skagway, Alaska. Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith had made a career out of charming suckers and swindling prospectors, running everything from fake lotteries to rigged card games. He called himself a prote…

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Otumba 6:39

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On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we’re heading back to the summer of 1520, deep into the heart of Mesoamerica, where a broken band of Spanish conquistadors found themselves surrounded by thousands of Aztec warriors on the dusty plains of Otumba. Hernán Cortés was battered, outnumbered, and on the brink of ruin. What happened next wasn’t a mi…

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The Father of the Navy 8:35

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So, was John Paul Jones a hero made by war, or was the war at sea made by Jones?The final judgment, as ever, lies with history. And Jones, more than most, knew where history gets written. Not in marble halls or courtroom ledgers, but on the open water, where wind and gunpowder do the talking, and names are carved into memory by the pounding of the …

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The Last Love Letter 6:33

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In the summer of 1775, a strange kind of tension blanketed the American colonies. Blood had already been spilled at Lexington and Concord. Boston was under siege. The Continental Congress had raised an army and chosen George Washington to lead it. But amid the smoke and gunpowder, there was still something deeper smoldering. Hope. Not for victory, …

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Unvexed to the Sea 7:39

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It was July 4th, 1863, and the stars and stripes flew again over Vicksburg, Mississippi. But this wasn’t a celebration. There were no parades, no fireworks, no songs of freedom. In fact, for 81 years, Vicksburg would skip Independence Day altogether. That morning, under a blazing Southern sun, a grim procession of exhausted Confederate soldiers sta…

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Hands Across the Stone Wall 8:02

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Fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg turned quiet Pennsylvania fields into a brutal crossroads of war, something extraordinary happened. The veterans came back. Not to fight. Not to argue. But to remember. To stand together on the same ridges and fields where they had once tried to kill each other, and shake hands instead. More than 53,000 of…

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Caesar Rodney’s Ride 11:27

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Caesar Rodney was no ordinary man. He was a physician, a farmer, and a military officer who had served in the Delaware Assembly. He was also one of the most ardent supporters of independence, but on the day of the vote, he was in Delaware, a 70-mile journey away from Philadelphia. Rodney had been in poor health and had been unable to attend the Con…

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DDH - Acts That Were Intolerable 32:38

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In this episode of *Dave Does History*, we travel back to 1774 and examine the moment when the British Crown pushed too far and the American colonies finally stood together. Host Dave Bowman joins *Bill Mick Live* to explore the Intolerable Acts, a series of harsh laws meant to punish Massachusetts but which instead united the colonies in defiance.…

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Air Burst Weapon? 6:44

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On the morning of June 30, 1908, something exploded over the Siberian wilderness with the force of a nuclear bomb—flattening over 80 million trees, lighting up skies across Europe, and shaking the Earth with a shockwave that circled the globe. But no crater was found. No rock. Just scorched forest and a century-old mystery. In this episode, we dive…

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WTF - 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out 1:03:28

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This week on *What the Frock?*, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod wade into the holy waters of absurdity with a story so bizarre it could only be real. When the Prime Minister of Armenia offers to prove his religious bona fides by flashing the head of the national church, our frocked duo cannot resist diving into the theological and anatomical madness. But …

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하늘이 무너져도 솟아날 구멍이 있다 7:57

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In the long and violent history of war, there are days when everything breaks. June 28, 1950, was one of those days. Just four days into the Korean War, the world seemed to come unglued on the Korean Peninsula. Chaos did not just reign, it roared. Orders were ignored or misunderstood, cities fell faster than anyone expected, and in the scramble to …

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A Name Perpetual 5:10

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The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 wasn’t born in taverns or whispered in secret. It started openly, in the clear air of St. Keverne on the Lizard Peninsula, where a blacksmith named Michael Joseph spoke out against a tax that made no sense to his people. England was raising money to wage war against Scotland, supposedly to crush a Yorkist pretender nam…

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Lass' sie nach Berlin Kommen 9:09

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In June of 1963, the Cold War stood like a concrete wall between freedom and tyranny—quite literally in Berlin. President John F. Kennedy, in one of the most electrifying moments of his presidency, traveled to the divided city to deliver a message not just to Germans, but to the world. With the phrase *"Ich bin ein Berliner,"* he declared solidarit…

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The Woman Who Launched a Thousand Headlines 7:46

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It was just past 11 p.m. on a steamy June 25, 1906 when Harry Kendall Thaw, millionaire playboy and professional lunatic, stood up from his table at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden. The show, a light musical romp called Mam’zelle Champagne, was wrapping up. The crowd was cheerful, a little drunk, and completely unprepared for what was …

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Ben Franklin Electrifies the Revolution 31:27

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In this episode of *Liberty 250*, we follow Benjamin Franklin’s journey from loyal servant of the British Crown to committed American revolutionary. It begins with the Hutchinson Letter Scandal, where Franklin’s attempt to ease tensions by quietly exposing colonial corruption backfires, igniting public fury and British outrage. Then comes the Bosto…

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QWERTY 7:31

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Before there were keyboards, before there were screens, there was the rhythmic clatter of metal keys striking paper. In this episode of *Dave Does History*, we’re rolling back to June 23, 1868—the day Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for a curious contraption called the “Type-Writer.” What started as a tinkerer’s solution to sloppy handw…

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The Russia Trap 7:00

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History doesn’t often repeat itself on the exact day. But sometimes, it seems to have a cruel sense of timing. Twice, on June 22, Europe’s most powerful warlords, Napoleon Bonaparte in 1812 and Adolf Hitler in 1941, looked across their maps, stared toward the East, and decided they could break the Russian bear. Both gambled that a lightning campaig…

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WTF - What The Frock Is Going On Here???? 58:04

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This week on *What the Frock?*, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod explore the unexpected brilliance of artificial intelligence… and its tendency to ignore instructions entirely. What starts as a simple rant about Glenn Beck’s A.I. paranoia turns into a hilariously absurd deep dive into a 1972 Italian gibberish song and a modern A.I.-generated bumper track t…

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Leading From the Front 6:32

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He was a man who could have had it easy. Enoch Poor had built a comfortable life for himself in Exeter, New Hampshire. He was a skilled craftsman, a successful shipbuilder, and a respected merchant. He had a wife he loved, children he cherished, and a business that provided for his family and neighbors alike. But when the call to arms came, when th…

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This Is a Lot Bigger Than Any Domestic Problems You May Be Experiencing 5:18

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It was a warm June afternoon in 1980, and I was sixteen years old when I walked into a movie theater in Tacoma, WA, and saw my very first R-rated film. It wasn’t some gritty drama or raunchy sex comedy. It was The Blues Brothers. And in that moment, somewhere between the blast of "She Caught the Katy" and Jake’s gravity-defying backflip at the Trip…

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