The Dave Bowman Show

Welcome to Day Six of the 2022 Midterm elections! It turns out that there is a scientific reason, if not a theological one, that the Neanderthal’s didn’t survive. It has to do with who was loving who. Rabbi Dave told you six months ago that there would be no “Red Tsunami.” The question is why did so many people believe that there would be? Was it the as simple as the polls were “wrong?” Or is ther...

In our modern society, you will often hear the cry, "What happened? How did things come to this?" I never expected to find an answer to that question. A few weeks back I decided to delve into the Anti-Federalists and their arguments against the Constitution. What inspired their thinking and debates? Little did I know where the whole thing would take me. So I was a little surprised when I landed on...

Happy Election Day! Although it is a midterm election, which are every bit as important as the Presidential Elections, we're going to take a look at the Top 5 Most Heated Presidential Elections in the history of our country.

Dave joins you to talk about the latest update on Eric's knee replacement surgery and follow on issues, as well as his own Dental misadventures.

Thank the gods that it is almost over... for now... What is it? why... It's THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION EVER!!!!!! It's not, but that isn't stopping Chelsea Handler from once again exposing herself to convince you that it IS the most important election ever AND that Daylight Savings Time is a MEGA MAGA Republican conspiracy to keep you from voting. The simple and unarguable FACT is that this is no...

Look, I said this the other day on Bill Mick’s Show, I am a free speech advocate. In point of fact, I am a free speech radical. I personally do not believe that there should be ANY limits on speech. The absolute answer to bad speech is more good speech. A bad argument should be countered by a good argument, not censorship. But… and you know what that means… there is some speech that is so offensiv...

If you happen to have Netflix, there is an interesting documentary series called "How To Become a Tyrant," which I give a pretty good rating to overall. The only drawback is that it relies entirely on a modern era understanding of who is a tyrant and how they obtained that position. There are some really applicable lessons in this show, and they're not wrong about these men who became tyrants, but...

One November 1, 1765, the Stamp Act, passed by Parliament and given assent by King George III, took effect in Colonial America. For most Americans of that day, it was an intolerable action that violated the basic principle of "No taxation without representation." Americans really weren't as upset by the tax as they were about the the control over it. They were being compelled by Britain to pay for...

Rabbi Dave is having a tough time of things. Some of you... and you know who you are... have hurt his feelings. Meanwhile the Vice President of the United States has a weird sexual inclination. And she's willing to openly discuss it, while cackling and clearly thinking about pushing the old guy off the stage. The Paul Pelosi story is weird. I think that we can all agree on that, even if you actual...

From time immemorial, elections have been a mess. There has been "ritualized bribery" to outright rigging of them, elections have always been a fiasco.  And, of course, they are still rigged today. Just not the way you are being told that they are rigged. Meanwhile, we need to figured out what to do about it, if anything even can be done. The lessons of history are NOT encouraging...

At 2:30am on October 25, 1944, USS Tang, one of the highest scoring US Submarines in the war, launched the final torpedo of her patrol. After attacking a convoy all through the previous evening, she was hoping to finish off one last ship before turning for home with a broom lashed to her periscopes. The real horror of war is how many things can go wrong. Usually with deadly consequences. As that l...

Are you easily offended (or don't like Monty Python)? Then you most definitely do not want to listen to the most offensive and sacrilegious episode ever of What the Frock... which was definitely - no doubt about it - not recorded on an Saturday evening, but rather a usual Sunday morning even though the boys are drinking really early on a Sunday morning, not a Saturday night.

Producers Note: The air quality in the Puget Sound Region today is the worst in the world. Dave's voice is raw, he has a massive headache and his eyes are burning. So please excuse the smokers voice sound of things today... In mid-October of 1787, James Wilson, the man who invented the Presidency, gave a speech encouraging the voters of Pennsylvania to approve the proposed Constitution. While not...

If you ask one hundred Americans, who is the best American citizen of ALL time? I've never done that, but my guess is the overwhelming answer would be George Washington. There is an almost worshipful quality that we take towards him, perhaps with some justification, as we have painted his deification onto the ceiling of our Capitol Dome. We have a corporate memory of him that fits both our need fo...

Rabbi Dave is morose this morning. Why? Because now that Autumn is upon us, he is realizing that life no longer has any meaning because Evil never rests and will always conquer good. It is relentless and no amount of comfort from Friar Rod will restore his faith in humanity or baseball. The proof of the Rabbi's theory on evil can be found in the city of Stockton, CA. It s here that a Serial Killer...

Konstantinos Laios joins Eric and Dave to talk about books and how he grew up in Greece studying World War II and the Battle of Kharkov. His next book, due in time for Christmas, is about the Ohio Class submarine...

There is a line in the film "The Da Vinci Code" which I have always liked: "Can you know a thing and never say it again?" The biggest problem with knowing something is that it automatically means that one cannot be blissfully ignorant of what it means and how it effects ones thinking and actions. when we know something, it compels us to use that knowledge - for good or for bad. But it must be used...

My son likes to ask me the question about what I would have thought about today's technology back when I was his age. when I was in the 4th grade, we actually had to do a written assignment where we would try to explain football to a person from a hundred years before. When Ben asked me about the fabulous iPhone 14, I began to realize something. When I was twelve (like him), I would have been insa...

The weirdest thing about the current hatred of Columbus Day is that there shouldn't even be a "Columbus Day." What do I mean? He was an absolute boss when it came to being the Admiral of the Sea. He did something that hadn't been done and he did it over and again. He brought glory and honor to his nation and his Monarch. But... and I cannot stress this enough... he would have no idea what we are t...

With his liver functions no longer "elevated," Rabbi Dave is reduced to taking Benadryl to try and sleep. The problem is it makes him late to stuff. Neither of the bys have seen the new rom-com "Bros." Is it because they are homophobes or because the film isn't that good? To the surprise nobody who doesn't wok for Fox News or the Blaze, the Scooby Doo character, Velma, turned out to be a lesbian....

Eric and Dave are joined by Jesse Chaney, a Sonar Technician Chief, who served aboard the USS Toledo and the USS Houston. The Toledo was a hot runner, with a Captain full of vim and vigor who is now rthe subnect of a famous internet submarine meme that you have definitely seen, but might not know the full story behind... Jesse's story is -like so many - a combination of ups and downs, but in the e...

You have often heard Bill Mick complain about GOP Republicans who give fire and brimstone conservatism speeches while running for office, and then turn into “do-nothings” once in office. He is, of course, not alone, nor is he wrong to express such sentiments. But is it anything actually new when it comes to specifically the GOP? Today we fear today the slide into progressive socialism as a result...

Is it the end of the world as we know it? with all these international brouhaha going on these days, it seems like we might be. Part of the problem is that some people ever thought that podcasts were anything other than radio to begin with. Seriously. Rabbi Dave got a new cell phone, and at long lost, his greatest dream has been achieved!

Eric and Dave are back to talk about the recent (repeated) threat by Russia to engage in the use of "tactical" nuclear weapons. With the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, are we closer than ever to nuclear combat toe-to-toe with the Ruskies?

Among the founders of the nation stand many from Boston. For all the firebrands, the one who seemed more determined than any other to win American liberty was Sam Adams. No... he was not a brewer. Yes, he did make malt - one of the main ingredients in beer, but he left the brewing to those who would honor his name later as they created their beverage in Boston. Sam Adams was a skilled speaker and...