The Dave Bowman Show

The news this morning informed me – multiple times – that Whoopi Goldberg will be on vacation for the next two weeks. Two hours into the local morning news program there has not been a single mention of the Russian rejection of the US diplomatic note sent yesterday in replay to Russia’s security demands. The problem with Whoopi Goldberg’s comments that led to her going on vacation is that there vi...

Dave is on The Bill Mick Live Show to talk about the history of radio as portrayed in Television. Howard Hessman (Dr Johnny Fever) passed away on Sunday and it reminds us of a time when every wondered if a radio station was really that whacky and bizarre? The answer is: Yes, it was and is! The show WKRP led to other TV shows about radio, including one that featured an odd electrical engineer who b...

After a very confusing week, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod are back to tell you what they are confused about, including some people nobody has any idea who are trying to censor other people that everybody knows who is. Video games are dangerous and the US Navy has... well... an explanation(?) of an odd and confusing thing that also happened.

Eric Ryle of The Sub Vet and Dave Bowman are here to talk things submarine - and in this case, passionate love of country. There's a few things that need to be addressed regarding last weeks show about Project Azorian. There are always stories in the Submarine Service about some strange things. Eric and Dave give you a little view of their own worlds and careers, and Eric is raging mad about the w...

TRIGGER WARNING: Dave is borderline unhinged this morning. If you are one of “those people” who pretend to be “offended” by adult language and tautology you’ll probably want to skip this episode. If you would like to help him calm down, buy him a cup of coffee on ko-fi… – Producer Henri Some days I wonder – seriously wonder – why I bother to even get up and look at the news. Look, I get it… I’m cl...

In October of 1973, the world was still reeling from the Yom Kippur war. Egypt, defeated and embarrassed, had requested that the United States send troops as “peacekeepers” while the Soviet Union was threatening to do the same. Cooler heads would ultimately prevail. At the same time, the nation was still broiling over the Kent State incident, and while US troops had at last been withdrawn from Sou...

The University of Northampton in England, has informed the world that it has decided that the George Orwell book, 1984, a dystopian novel of tyrannical dictatorship, censorship and thought control, needs a "Trigger Warning" because, as the school says, "students may find some 'explicit material' offensive and upsetting." The irony of that move seems to have escaped the faculty of the University of...

The countdown to a potential world wide conflagration is still continuing. Meanwhile, Eric Ryle of The Sub Vet and Dave Bowman talk about submarine news and history. A texter to the show wanted to know more about the mysterious story from 1968 of the disappearance of a Soviet Golf II class SSB in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Like most things in the world of submarines, there is much more to th...

The whole world seems a bit... well.. crazy right now. from Ukraine, to Iran, to China to North Korea, to the white House, things seems to be falling apart faster than the Dallas Cowboys in the Playoffs. But what if there is a better way to look at things?

Dave joins Bill Mick on WMMB-AM to talk about the Supreme Court ruling that ended the OSHA Vaccine Mandate. Or maybe it didn't end it. At least they had the decency to follow in the traditional steps of the branches of the US Government and blame somebody else for what they did (or didn't) do...

The Rabbi and the Friar are back to talk about Cyberwar and the idea that we are already in the opening phases of World War III. In July of 1914, most of Europe showed almost no concern over the exploding crises in Serbia, at least until the our de France was over. Then the proverbial schtuff his the rotating air movement device. Some Americans, far too many of them "Republicans" aren't just conce...

Eric Ryle of The Sub Vet.com and Dave Bowman get together to talk submarine and just some the numerous dangers faced by the men and women who man the boats. It was in 2005 that USS San Francisco ran into an underwater seamount, causing massive damage and a great deal of heroic work to save the ship (you can read one of the best descriptions HERE). One crew member, MMS(SS) J Ashley perished in the...

In 49bce, Julius Cæsar stood on the bank of a river in northern Italy and contemplated – at least for a moment – the decision he was about to make. His next act would change the world, pretty much forever. And while there is a great deal of opinion regarding Cæsar, the simple fact is that his action destroyed the greatest experiment in republicanism the world had ever seen. Within a few months, he...

Bill Mick and Dave get together to talk History! If you believe that 2020 was "unprecedented" or even unusual, then you know literally nothing of US History. In fact, in terms of post election violence (or even pre-election violence) 2001 isn't even in the Top 5. Now, Congressman James Clyburn (the man who saved Biden's Campaign?) has called for Federalizing Elections, saying that elections are "t...

In the aftermath of the "Memorial to Democracy" last week, one is left to wonder if the meaning of the word "irony" has any impact on those who demand that we remember "democracy" as if it were something that a couple of thousand yaboos managed to kill in a single afternoon. One of the bedrock principles of the so-called "American" democracy (which was NOT a democracy until the definition changed...

It's 2022. Sorry, but we thought that we were supposed to be dead, so we didn't plan much for this first show of the "Winter of Death!" Dave is feeling morose over the prospects of the new year. It's been a rarity in his long life, but this seems like the perfect year to throw anther World War. Rod has some new equipment and some issues with idols and mannequins, while watching some of the nonsens...

Like many people, I more or less just hunkered down yesterday and tried to completely ignore the news. Look, I get it, but in my view, there is nothing left to be said about it all. What you believe about January 6th says more about you than it does about what happened that day. If you love Trump, it was a protest. if you hate Trump, it was an insurrection. You’re both nuts, but please, continue w...

This was supposed to be a "return to normal day." But from COVID to Iraq to Iran to Washington, D.C., to Ukraine to Kazakhstan to Germany to North Kitsap, it has been anything but a normal day...

Dave joins Bill Mick to talk about some history and the media and why we will always be distrustful of those who control information. Last week, a “Producer” (whatever that means) for MSNBC created a small firestorm when he derisively referred to the Diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics as being over the “alleged human rights violations” by Communist China, or as I refer to it, West Taiwan....

Welcome to 2022. Or as some have called it, the third year of “15 Days to Flatten the Curve!” The State of Washington has been in a “state of emergency” for (as of today) 674 days. Despite calls for the Governor to end the ongoing “emergency,” the appeal has fallen upon deaf ears. Why is that? The answer is the same today as it was more than 670 days ago. And the same as it will be in another 600...

Dave and Rod hang out on new Years Eve. No agenda or schedule, just a roaming conversation about the end of the year and the passing of Betty White...

Bill Mick and Dave get together to remember 2021s big events and look forward (?) to 2022 getting even worse!

In the first days of August of that particular year, one of the largest and most powerful empires in the world – albeit one with an equally large inferiority complex – issued an ultimatum to one of its small, but not insignificant neighbors. “Do what we want, or we will ‘by force of arms’ do it anyway.” It was not a declaration of war, certainly not in the legal sense. It was, however, a act of ag...

The Sub Vet Podcast returns, featuring your submarine experts, Eric and Dave who share with you news from the world of submarines. The USS Connecticut made it all the way home this week, including a stop over at a little known facility in the northern part of the Puget Sound. The boys have their own tales of Patrols made over the holidays and Senior chief Duke chimes in with his story from USS Alb...

Bill Mick and Dave get together tot talk about vaccine mandates for Government contractors, and (please, don't make us do this...) quidditch...