Podcasts by Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Loud, fast-talking and deceptively funny, this politically-independent
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Show 309 - A Bodyguard of Lies from 2023-12-13T15:39:12.342299
Secrecy, hacking, information leaks, whistle-blowers, foreign-operative propaganda pushers, disinformation, election tampering and the search for any truth in cyberspace occupy Dan's thoughts in th...
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Show 312 - Re-Connections with James Burke from 2023-12-13T15:39:12.320910
Dan has another visit with the always fascinating science historian and TV host James Burke. He also catches up a bit on early Trump cabinet picks and the Dakota pipeline protests.
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Show 323 - Gas Up the Cold War from 2023-12-13T15:39:12.294279
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 from 2021-08-31T20:08
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 from 2021-01-13T17:44:08
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 ...
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Show 320 - Steering Into the Iceberg from 2020-09-20T12:10:40
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 time...
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Show 319 - A Recipe for Caesar from 2020-03-31T22:04:35
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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Show 318 - For Whom the Bell Trolls from 2018-05-25T17:53:26
You never know when you might get a little common sense unexpectedly out of nowhere.This is one of those times.
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Show 317 - Shades of Grey from 2017-10-27T17:26:44
Dan is finding is hard to operate in a Black and White, Good and Evil cultural environment where everyone is outraged all the time about everything and where Americans hate each other. Where's the ...
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Show 316 - The Day of the Dove from 2017-06-18T23:30:53
Politically-related violence in the U.S. heats up as talk of "Civil War" goes mainstream. What would a "Civil War" in the U.S. even look like? Dan has some thoughts on this and ways to potentially ...
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Show 315 - War on a Whim? from 2017-04-30T19:40:26
There's a lot in this show subject-wise, but it's really supposed to be about War Powers in the USA and how events in Syria and North Korea play into the issue.
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Show 314 - Unhealthy Numbers from 2017-03-15T20:40:02
As the GOP attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Dan ponders the dichotomy between what Americans spend on health care versus what they get in return.
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Show 313 - Get Me A Glass of Water from 2017-02-14T08:08:08
Dan is in an introspective mental place in this show...but he may just drag you in there with him.
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Show 311 - Trumped from 2016-11-10T23:30:53
Post-2016 election analysis and discussion from a Martian political perspective.
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Show 310 - Or Else from 2016-10-13T12:50:26
What happens if our nation's problems become too large to realistically imagine our politicians solving? What if voting doesn't help? Dan reminds us that he's not a moderate, and that you probably ...
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Show 308 - Return of the Podcaster from 2016-08-14T15:20:35
After a brief hiatus to finish his other podcast, Dan has a huge backlog of material to cover. The presidential race, foreign affairs and racial and cultural questions take center stage.
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Show 307 - Revenge of the Gangrenous Finger from 2016-06-26T21:05:17
This show has a "chickens coming home to roost" feel to it, but maybe in a positive way. It was supposed to be about the recent British vote to leave the EU, but evolved into something larger. Surp...
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Show 306 - Disengaging the Lizard Brain from 2016-06-04T22:22:26
Hate is a very strong word, but increasing numbers of Americans hate their countrymen. Is this a danger to the stability of the country? If it were deemed such, what can be done about it?
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Show 305 - A Catalyst for the Inconceivable from 2016-05-07T11:51:08
Dan finds the idea of a Donald Trump presidency to be inconceivable. He also thinks a fundamental change in U.S. Foreign Policy is also inconceivable. Could one inconceivable outcome lead to another?
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Show 304 - Speed Dating For Delegates from 2016-04-16T17:53:08
As the U.S. Presidential campaign veers into unprecedented territory Dan sees opportunity in the unusual circumstances. "Anger is an Energy" he says. And he says it AGAIN and AGAIN.
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Show 303 - The Way You Play The Game Redux from 2016-03-31T21:50:26
It's not easy to get under Dan's normally flexible, see-things-from-multiple-angles skin, but Donald Trump's stated willingness to cross traditional American moral fault lines has done just that.
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Show 302 - Of Courts, Cooks and Apples from 2016-02-26T13:04:26
Justice Scalia of the Supreme Court dies and CEO Tim Cook and Apple go toe-to-toe with the U.S. Government over privacy.
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Show 301 - Martian Perspectives from 2016-02-06T14:30:08
In an election where political outsiders are exceeding all expectations, who better than a political outsider to break down the situation? Dan gives his Martian-style post-Iowa analysis and looks a...
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Show 300 - Trecenti from 2016-01-07T16:01:53
Fantasies about electoral chaos, calls for political prudence and martian thoughts on an anti-federal government standoff in Oregon help stuff this episode chock full of what most of you love about...
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