The Dave Bowman Show
1,042 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAfter 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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For Just Such a Time As this
January 26, 2021 03:53“And who knows whether it was just for such a time as this…?” One of my favorite stories in the Tanakh is the story of Esther. Not for the traditional reasons, but because there is a concept here that I have long believed. The idea is that even if you believe that G-d is some sort of puppet show director and controlling everything everything (and for the record, I do not believe that), you may never know why things are happening as they are happening What do I mean? if you will permit me t...
WTF: KEEP MY. NAME OUT OF YOUR THIN. MOUTH.
January 24, 2021 21:19The freedom to criticize opera is one of the most fundamental rights we have in this country. What you do not have the freedom to do is to sing along. They (Opera people) hate that. The Internet of Stuff has taken over our lives… and now our afterlives. And in what should become the most epic opera since “A True Daughter of the Party,” Helen Hywater and Caroline Nesbitt have created the most incredibly entertaining argument in the history of broccoli casserole…
WTF: The Discovery of the Antarctic Circle
January 17, 2021 21:21In 1773, Captain James Cook, who is NOT related to the Friar, “discovered” the Antarctic Circle. That goes to show that having a good Media Packaging system is really the critical element. And of course, no matter what happens this week in the nations capitol, the media package is what will matter to most people…
Bubbleheads - Midwatch Conversations
January 14, 2021 19:15Being on a submarine will lead to some... well... interesting conversations. Many of those chats take place in the middle of the night - the midwatch - and the run the gamut from humor to relationships to politics, religion and even ghost stories...
Agents of Goldstein
January 12, 2021 19:02 - 21 minutes - 20 MBSo� here�s the problem� it�s NOT a 1st Amendment issue for Amazon, Apple or Google to do what they did. That�s it� that�s the problem. The solution, on the other hand, is not nearly as simple�
WTF - Festum Asinorum
January 10, 2021 20:59It’s time for the Feast of the Ass! Which, by the by, is NOT the title of a porn flick. It was a service once mocked by the Goliards for its absurdity and silliness. Which one could argue has a very obvious modern parallel on full display for everybody to he haw about…
January 6, 2020 – The Moonlight Sonata
January 07, 2021 07:06The events of January 6, 2021, hint to us, like the notes of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, of changes, both banal and dangerous, to come…
The Moonlight Sonata
January 07, 2021 06:55 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBThe events of January 6, 2021, hint to us, like the notes of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, of changes, both banal and dangerous, to come...
Bubbleheads: Man the Maneuvering Watch
January 06, 2021 11:00On the first episode of Bubbleheads the Podcast, Brock and Dave will introduce themselves and talk about the very first time the put to sea aboard their respective submarines…
I'm Just a Bill...
January 04, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBIn all of the hullaballoo over the recent funding bill - to be clear, NOT a COVID-19 Relief Bill - there have been any number of disgusting discoveries. From the realization that people who have not suffered from COVID-19 in any way, shape or form, deciding that your suffering was worth a mere $600 to the realization that we are going to spend almost as much (if not more) on "gender studies" in Pakistan, there has been an almost universal disgust with what Congress has "accomplished." ...
WTF: The Goliards
January 04, 2021 01:27Once, long ago, there were men of faith who followed the legendary Bishop Golias. They were renegade clerics. Men of no fixed abode, they are noted more as gamblers and tipplers than as poets or scholars. Their satire was almost universally directed against the most powerful political entity of the day, the Church. In 1277a.d., they were forever banned from chanting in the service, and later they would be removed from the privileges of the clergy. Their songs of love and drinking, thought...
DNR: USS Christmas
December 27, 2020 21:02On the final episode ever of Do Not resuscitate, Dave & Rod have been officially reprimanded by Facebook. Why? Because COVID-19, that’s why! Which could be the reason that so many people are at least trying out new Social Media platforms. Or not. Dave is wondering why people hate him. more specifically why they felt the need to ruin his turkey sandwich with their Christmas Greeting cards? Over the course of 2020, Rod has been binging Hallmark movies but now, we have the additional burden of...
DNR: There'll Be Scary Ghoast Stories
December 20, 2020 22:19You might think that Andy Williams was singing about 2020, but he wasn’t per se. There was no way he could have foreseen the scary stuff from this year, which has culminated in actual, real-life arguments over whether or not having a Doctorate Degree is worthy enough or not. Meanwhile, politicians are being triggered by TV commercials during meaningless basketball games that they forced their family to watch, and since it’s still 2020, they have to tell you about it. H.P. Lovecraft drew ins...
DNR: The Christmas Glory... Hole
December 13, 2020 21:31While busy making sure that more than two thousand businesses in the Puget Sound area have been shuttered due to COVID, the local government in King County has some advice for us on how to practice safe COVID Sutra. It involves not staying at home, which it has advised us to do because, COVID, so as to make sure that the sex act is COVID safe. Which is just another reason to wonder what the heck is going on here? Rod has your final BEER of the WEEK, while Dave wanders down the HISTORICAL RAB...
CT - Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes
December 11, 2020 00:12I have long said that I think that the idea of an Article V convention is never going to be a feasible thing. I truly believe that it was placed into the Constitution as a defense mechanism rather than any actual intent for use. More of a “just in case,” than the actual plan for amendment. That said, what if I – or you – could sit down with a group of like-minded people and revise or even replace the Constitution? What would I – or you – come up with? Even in a group of like-minded Conser...
DNR: Yippy-Ki-Yay
December 06, 2020 21:14Even more growing COVID-19 stupidity. In some places in Rod’s home state, even walking is now considered an “unnecessary activity” and is thus banned by the powers that be. Meanwhile, Dave can still walk, but not by himself on a socially distanced treadmill at a now verboten gym. The mall, on the other hand, with its crowds and lines of people waiting to get into stores that are limited to six people inside them, is just fine and dandy to walk about inside. The monolith was not taken back b...
DO NOT USE THAT PEN!!!!
December 02, 2020 18:16The “most dangerous place in the State of Washington is on our couches, on our chairs, at our tables.” So stay home. So says the man who got fewer votes for President than Kamala Harris managed to get before being promoted to President-in-Waiting without winning a single Primary. Anyway, Governor Zero has locked us down until at least December 14th, and most likely beyond that, with indoor dining at restaurants absolutely verboten. And since the Coronavirus is clearly the dumbest virus in t...
DNR: Penis Thumb
November 29, 2020 20:58We had a show planned. Really… we did. And then, the Right Reverend Rod, Friar Cook, and Laird of Oakdale decided to cook dinner. Having removed a portion of his thumb, he was left with an appendage that looks… well… phallic. And he won’t stop touching it. The BEER of the WEEK, which Rod was consuming both before and after the Turkey Tetrazzini Incident, is a Pandemic favorite. If Dave could stop giggling over Rod’s Penis Thumb, his HISTORICAL RABBIT HOLE of the WEEK would tell you a tale...
The American Protection League
November 24, 2020 21:06In the State of Oregon (and other places), Government leaders have asked citizens to become government spies and report their neighbors for “violations” of COVID-19 Restrictions. There are toll-free phone lines and free anonymous apps and plenty of Law enforcement agencies that have said “Nope” to the whole idea. There are, of course, two problems here. First, not EVERY Law Enforcement Agency has laughed out loud at the idea of sending resources to enforce these questionable directives. Seco...
DNR: Neurotypical
November 22, 2020 21:22“Dance Moms’ is the second-worst show on television. That’s not the point, which is that nobody on that show can be possibly be classified as “neurotypical.” which is why when one of these children gets cast in a new movie made by another neuroatypical performer who clearly has issues, the woke crowd comes out of their collectivist panties to complain. What is different this time though, is quite refreshing. Much like a Churro flavored Stout, which is your BEER of the WEEK. Dave’s HISTORICA...
DNR: Bananas... Or Else...
November 15, 2020 21:46It seems as though things have come full circle for Dave & Rod. We started with COVID lockdowns and now we are back to COVID lockdowns. This time though we have the added element of implied threats and government officials who seem hell bent on making certain that YOU comply while they themselves continue to act as if they don’t really care. The Right Reverend Rodbo, Laird of Oakdale, has your BEER of the WEEK, while Dave delves into the eMail bag to answer the question: Do you like bananas?...
"I Don't Like That" Is Still Not a Valid Constitutional Argument
November 12, 2020 19:08 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThe SHOW NOTES
(2018) - The 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month
November 11, 2020 10:00(2018) – One Hundred years ago this week, World War I came to its close. Today, there are only memorials and monuments. No eyewitness remains. And what was once “Armistice Day,” has morphed into “Veterans Day.” I am a Veteran and I certainly honor and respect my fellow Vets. It was an amazing experience and one that I value. In a military town it isn’t quite as unique, but most of my post-Military life it was always a special moment to meet eyes with a fellow Veteran. That slight nod and a s...
As We Are...
November 10, 2020 16:00There is a saying in the Talmud: “We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.” Right now, a lot of us are upset and angry and convinced with Crusader-like confidence in the holy righteousness of our beliefs. But are we seeing things as they are, or as we are? Once upon a time, a man who had lost the Presidential race refused to concede that he had lost, going so far as to accuse the winner of fraud and a good deal of manipulation of the vote. In what was one of the closest el...