The Dave Bowman Show

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...

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June 30, 2026 33 mins
For 250 years, Americans have celebrated the Fourth of July as the birth of a nation. We remember Lexington and Concord, the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, and the long war that followed. Yet an uncomfortable question remains: if the American Revolution was simply a colonial rebellion against Great Britain, why does it still command the attention of the entire world two and a half centuries later? In this conclu...
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Sometimes the internet reminds us that it is both humanity's greatest achievement and its greatest mistake. This week, an innocent comment by a television reporter admitting she had no idea where Bosnia-Herzegovina was somehow exploded into an international controversy. There were apologies, outrage, arguments over geography, and even complaints that she apologized to Bosnia but forgot Herzegovina. Naturally, we decided the only se...
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June 26, 2026 45 mins
Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence was approved, Americans still argue about a single sentence. Thirty-five words, written by a 33-year-old Thomas Jefferson, have shaped political debates, inspired reform movements, launched revolutions, and challenged generations to reconsider what liberty and equality truly mean. In this special Liberty 250 episode, we examine what may be the most important sentenc...
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There are some weeks when the news cycle feels like a carefully organized sequence of important events. Then there are weeks like this one, where you find yourself discussing earthquake prophets, cricket, influencer narcissism, Elon Musk, and an apparent uprising of Wyoming deer all in the same conversation. Naturally, that became an episode of What The Frock? We started with one of the internet's favorite hobbies: predicting the e...
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For this week's Liberty 250 episode, we meet one of the most fascinating and overlooked men of the American founding. While names like Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and Washington dominate the story of independence, Francis Hopkinson quietly helped shape the nation in ways that most Americans never realize. He signed the Declaration of Independence, composed America's first known secular song, designed national symbols, wrote influen...
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Is Western civilization collapsing before our very eyes? This week on What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod examine the mounting evidence. FIFA has managed to anger soccer fans around the world just as the 2026 World Cup gets underway. Seattle is hosting a controversial Pride-themed match. The United States Men's National Team suddenly looks competent. And somehow, mandatory hydration breaks have become the latest battleground ...
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John Dickinson is one of the most misunderstood Founding Fathers in American history. While Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin are remembered as champions of independence, Dickinson is often remembered as the man who opposed the Declaration of Independence. Yet that simple description leaves out one of the most remarkable stories of the American Revolution. Long before Jefferson wrote the Declaration, Dickinson was...
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June 7, 2026 55 mins
This week on What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod tackle one of the most fascinating questions of the modern age: if medical science continues advancing at its current pace, how long should we expect to live, and would we even want to? What begins as a conversation about longevity quickly turns into a thoughtful exploration of purpose, legacy, aging, faith, technology, and the changing world around us. Along the way, the discu...
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June 5, 2026 28 mins
Why are you a fan of the teams you love? It sounds like a simple question, but the answer may reveal more about America than sports. For generations, loyalty to a team was rooted in geography. You cheered for the local club because it represented your city, your neighborhood, and your community. The Dodgers belonged to Brooklyn. The Broncos belonged to Denver. The Mariners belonged to Seattle. But does that still hold true in the t...
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June 2, 2026 38 mins
As Americans, we celebrate July 4, 1776, as Independence Day. We gather for fireworks, parades, and patriotic ceremonies, honoring the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Yet many historians point to another date as the true moment the United States was born: July 2, 1776. In this episode of Liberty 250, we explore one of the most dramatic and overlooked stories of the American Revolution, the legendary ride of Caesar Rodne...
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May 31, 2026 55 mins
What happens when pizza, James Bond, Mikhail Gorbachev, artificial intelligence, Daylight Saving Time, Colorado hippies, and the color purple all collide in the same conversation? Welcome to another delightfully unhinged episode of What The Frock? This week, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod explore the fascinating concept known as the “Pizza Effect,” the strange cultural phenomenon where an idea, tradition, or belief leaves its...
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May 26, 2026 38 mins
The old pine tree flag has suddenly become controversial again, which tells us less about the American Revolution than it does about how badly modern Americans have forgotten their own history. In this episode, we trace the true origins of the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, from the towering white pines of colonial New England to the decks of George Washington’s improvised navy during the first desperate months of the R...
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May 24, 2026 63 mins
This week on What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod wander bravely into the increasingly foggy borderlands between reality and whatever the internet has decided reality ought to be this week. Artificial intelligence is rewriting politics faster than anyone expected. Viral AI videos now spread through social media before fact-checkers have even located their reading glasses. Campaigns are learning that attention matters more than...
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May 20, 2026 69 mins
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a handful of farmers, merchants, lawyers, preachers, smugglers, and stubborn troublemakers looked at the most powerful empire on earth and quietly began asking a dangerous question: what if government exists to serve the people, instead of the people existing to serve government? That question changed the world. But the road to independence did not begin with muskets at Lexington or signatures in P...
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May 19, 2026 38 mins
On September 17, 1978, millions of Americans sat down to watch a brand-new science fiction series called Battlestar Galactica. They expected spaceships, laser battles, strange planets, and chrome-plated robots marching under the chilling phrase, “By your command.” What they probably did not expect was that buried beneath the music, helmets, and Vipers was one of the oldest political warnings in human history. This episo...
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May 17, 2026 58 mins
This week on “What The Frock?”, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod wander into the Underworld of Homer and somehow emerge in modern America, surrounded by TikTok livestreamers, AI-generated summaries, driverless Waymo cars circling suburban cul-de-sacs, and a civilization increasingly obsessed with shadows instead of substance. The conversation begins with the internet outrage surrounding the casting rumors in Christopher Nolan&...
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May 12, 2026 34 mins
The Declaration of Independence is usually remembered as a thunderbolt, a bold declaration hurled across the Atlantic at a king and an empire. But near the end of the document, the tone changes in a way most people barely notice. The accusations stop. The anger softens. And suddenly the colonies begin speaking directly to the people of England themselves, “our British brethren.” That shift is the heart of this episode....
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May 10, 2026 58 mins
This week on What the Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod climb aboard a metaphorical trireme and sail straight into the stormy waters of myth, movies, technology, and modern madness. Somewhere between Homer’s Odyssey, Star Trek, Star Wars, UFO files, malfunctioning computers, and the increasingly terrifying future of artificial intelligence, the pair attempt to answer a question humanity has apparently been wrestling with since...
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May 9, 2026 13 mins
There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about this episode. Not old in the sense of worn out, but old in the way a good highway diner is old, or the way a favorite ball cap becomes part of a man’s identity. This is not a polished studio production wrapped in synthetic perfection. It is one man, a new recorder, a road stretching westward across the Hood Canal Bridge, and the quiet realization that sometimes the best conve...
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May 5, 2026 35 mins
Chapter 38 May 10, 1776, is not a date most people remember. It does not come with fireworks or famous signatures. If you read the Congressional Journal for that day, it looks like business as usual. Letters, supplies, committee work. The kind of record you would skip past without a second thought. That is the mistake. Buried in that routine is a line that changes everything. Congress tells the colonies to begin forming governme...
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