The Dave Bowman Show
After relocating to the PACNORWEST, Dave continues his look at the news, politics, trends, history, religion, sports and even entertainment of the day...
Episodes
May 6, 2025 • 22 mins
There was a time when history was not written—it was spoken. Passed from elder to child, rabbi to disciple, warrior to scribe. It pulsed with breath, gesture, tone, and rhythm. But somewhere along the road to modernity, history put down the mic and picked up a pen. In this week’s episode of Dave Does History, we explore the great divide between oral tradition and written tradition, and why understanding the difference matters now m...
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May 5, 2025 • 8 mins
This week on *Dave Does History*, we bring you the astonishing story of Nellie Bly—the fearless reporter who exposed cruelty inside an asylum, circled the globe faster than Phileas Fogg, and redefined what women could do in journalism. Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Bly smashed through 19th-century expectations with a pen, a passport, and relentless grit. From undercover stunts to war reporting, her career was a whirlwind of courage ...
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May 4, 2025 • 11 mins
It began on a spring day in Beijing, May 4th, 1919. More than three thousand students from thirteen universities gathered in Tiananmen Square, not to celebrate or observe a holiday, but to protest. They were angry, frustrated, and determined. Their government had failed them, their nation had been betrayed, and they were not going to remain silent. That day would not only be remembered for a student demonstration, but as the birth ...
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May 3, 2025 • 10 mins
Golda Meir was not born into power. She was born into pogroms. On May 3, 1898, in Kiev, within the crumbling Russian Empire, a little Jewish girl named Golda Mabovitch entered the world with history already pressing against her door. Her earliest memory, as she would later recount, was watching her father hammer boards across the entrance of their home to keep out the mob. Violence was not abstract. It was the soundtrack of her chi...
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May 1, 2025 • 9 mins
On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we follow Stonewall Jackson into the shadows of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863—the day the thunder rolled through the Wilderness. With audacity that bordered on reckless, Jackson launched one of the most daring flank attacks in American military history, shattering the Union right and changing the tide of the battle. But triumph came at a cost. In the confusion and darkness, Confederate bull...
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May 1, 2025 • 8 mins
The morning of May 1, 1863, broke over the tangled thickets of Virginia’s Wilderness with the kind of deceptive peace that war often wraps itself in. The sun rose, the birds sang, and thousands of men stirred in the dew-drenched underbrush, tightening their belts, adjusting gear, preparing for something that none of them could yet name. At a brick inn called Chancellorsville—really more of a crossroads mansion than a village—Major ...
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May 1, 2025 • 8 mins
In the dim light of the eastern horizon, on what tradition holds as April 24, 1183 BCE, the city of Troy, proud and impregnable for a decade, finally succumbed to the cleverest of tricks and the fiercest of wrath. Flames licked the sky. Statues crumbled. The gods, once patrons of heroes and city alike, now watched in silence as the once-glorious citadel groaned under the weight of Greek vengeance. This is not a tale of gentle endin...
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April 30, 2025 • 9 mins
On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we explore the boldest land deal in American history—the Louisiana Purchase. Signed on April 30, 1803, this momentous decision doubled the size of the young republic, redrew the map, and set the United States on a course for continental dominance. But it was more than a bargain—it was a gamble filled with political controversy, diplomatic drama, and far-reaching consequences for Native people...
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April 29, 2025
When we talk about the American Revolution, it is easy to get lost in a tangle of causes: taxes, representation, gun rights, even modern revisionist theories. But what if the real cause was something simpler — and far deeper? What if the Revolution was born of an idea so profound that it shaped not only 1776, but still echoes through our lives today?
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April 28, 2025 • 8 mins
James Monroe’s name today stirs little beyond a few dusty mentions in schoolbooks, a Doctrine vaguely remembered, and a presidency draped in the soft mist of the so-called Era of Good Feelings. Yet behind that fading silhouette stands a man forged in blood, battered by war, and tempered by a hard love for a fragile, hungry young nation. Monroe was the last of the Founders to hold the highest office — the last to remember what liber...
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April 27, 2025 • 8 mins
In the spring of 1805, on a dusty strip of Libyan coastline, a small band of Americans, mercenaries, and one exiled prince marched into the pages of history. Their objective was a fortified town called Derna, perched between the Mediterranean Sea and the desert, ruled by a Bashaw named Yusuf Karamanli. What happened there gave the United States its first military victory on foreign soil and immortalized the phrase “to the shores of...
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April 27, 2025 • 58 mins
This week on What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod take a no-holds-barred swing at the madness of the week! From the myth of the Pope Hammer to Trump’s controversial blue suit, from Washington State’s political implosion to a college sperm race you just cannot un-hear, the guys call it like it is — with humor, skepticism, and a healthy dose of rock ’n’ roll spirit. Plus: Deion Sanders, Shadour’s draft disaster, and Rabbi Dave’s...
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April 26, 2025 • 5 mins
There are names in American naval history that echo like cannon fire across the centuries. John Paul Jones. David Farragut. Chester Nimitz. But before them all, before the Navy had steel hulls and nuclear reactors, before the Stars and Stripes flew over a single commissioned warship, there was Esek Hopkins. For a brief and storm-tossed moment, he was the man in charge of the very first American fleet. He was bold, controversial, ir...
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April 25, 2025 • 5 mins
On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we journey back to April 25, 404 BCE—the day the mighty city of Athens fell and the Peloponnesian War came to a crushing end. After nearly thirty years of conflict, starvation, and political chaos, Sparta stood triumphant and Athens bowed to a brutal new order. We will explore the final moves of the war, the rise of Lysander, and the long-term fallout for Greece and the Western world. It is a...
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April 23, 2025 • 6 mins
On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we mark the birthday of James Buchanan—America’s only bachelor president and, many say, its most ineffectual. Born April 23, 1791, Buchanan entered office with unmatched experience and left it as the nation shattered into civil war. What went wrong? Was he a victim of circumstance or a man who mistook inaction for wisdom? Join us as we explore Buchanan’s tragic love story, tangled presidency,...
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April 22, 2025 • 32 mins
Pope Francis has died, and the world now turns its eyes to the smoke above the Sistine Chapel. In this episode of *Dave Does History*, Dave Bowman joins Bill Mick to break down the ancient—and often misunderstood—process of the papal conclave. From medieval roof removals to modern-day power plays, Dave explores the rituals, rules, and raw politics of picking the next pope. Was it always this secretive? (Yes.) Was it always this mes...
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April 21, 2025 • 10 mins
Today on *Dave Does History*, we journey back to the sacred soil of the Palatine Hill for the story that launched an empire. From the flames of Troy to the she-wolf’s lair on the banks of the Tiber, discover how Aeneas, Romulus, and Remus forged the foundations of Rome—not just as myth, but as history, taught and believed by the American Founding Fathers. Join Dave as he channels Livy, pierces the fog of legend, and uncovers the mo...
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April 20, 2025 • 68 mins
In this week's episode of *What The Frock?*, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod set their sights on Hungary—yes, the land of goulash, Rubik’s Cubes, and oddly aggressive water polo. Discover why two-thirds of Hungarians are podcast addicts, why paprika is practically a religion, and why clinking beer glasses might start a diplomatic incident. With classic banter, a belly-rubbing statue, and Rabbi Dave's fight against diabetic chaos, this epi...
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April 20, 2025 • 9 mins
On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we dive into the fiery moment that launched America onto the global stage—the 1898 declaration of war against Spain. From the mysterious explosion of the USS *Maine* to the explosive headlines of Hearst and Pulitzer, we explore how media, politics, and patriotism collided to send the United States into war. Was it a fight for Cuban freedom—or the birth of an empire? Join us as we uncover the ...
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April 19, 2025 • 7 mins
On this episode of *Dave Does History*, we travel back to April 19, 1775, and the misty morning on Lexington Green where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. But we are not just talking about battles—we are talking about people. Join Dave as he shares the story of Ebenezer Bowman, a seventeen-year-old Minute Man who stood his ground, witnessed the opening volleys of war, and later helped shape the new nation. It i...
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