Common Sense with Dan Carlin

Loud, fast-talking and deceptively funny, this politically-independent "forward-thinking pragmatist" looks at the events shaping our world through a uniquely American lens. It's smarter than you think, and faster than you expect.

Episodes

Show 324 - What's Good for the Goose

March 23, 2025 • 91 mins

The U.S. political stage has long been primed for an American nightmare. Faction loyalists can argue over who'll end up pulling the constitutional trigger, but the metaphorical gun has been loaded for decades.

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Show 323 - Gas Up the Cold War

March 1, 2022 • 40 mins

Vladimir Putin has instantaneously reignited the Cold War by savagely attacking Ukraine this week. In response to requests, Dan shares a few thoughts.

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Show 322 - Betting on Long Shots

August 31, 2021 • 55 mins

After 20 years in Afghanistan the U.S. exits the country thus ending the longest war in American history. Are there any lessons to be learned?

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Show 321 - Garbage In, Garbage Out

January 13, 2021 • 47 mins

In a show recorded before the recent House impeachment vote, Dan examines the damage caused by the iceberg we recently hit when Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol and tries to suggest how we might avoid hitting another one.

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Show 320 - Steering Into the Iceberg

September 20, 2020 • 73 mins

To paraphrase John Lennon, So you say you want a civil war? With the U.S. facing one of the most consequential elections in its history, Dan has some thoughts about us all, our choices and the times in which we live.

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Show 319 - A Recipe for Caesar

April 1, 2020 • 86 mins

Does a global pandemic help break the spell of our bitter partisan conflict, or does it just raise the stakes? In the first CS show in years Dan wrestles with the Zeitgeist.

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Episodes

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Show 322 - Betting on Long Shots

Show 321 - Garbage In, Garbage Out

Show 320 - Steering Into the Iceberg

Show 319 - A Recipe for Caesar

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Show 324 - What's Good for the Goose

Show 323 - Gas Up the Cold War