The Dave Bowman Show

A long time ago, the very first time that I ever listened to "talk radio" was when an author (David Lifton) was being interviewed about his new book, "Best Evidence" which outlined his theory about the assassination of John F Kennedy. I recall the show being very interesting, very entertaining (most important) and most of all, very influential. I went out the next day and bought the paperback vers...

There was very big news in the submarine world today as USS Connecticut departed San Diego for the final leg of a 7000 nautical mile surface transit. The Sub Vets, Eric and Dave (your submarine experts!) recall their own adventures on surfaced submarines, including the more disgusting bits (Hint: NEVER Trust a guy in the crews lounge or Dave when he tells you that the AMR1 bilge will "help" with y...

Dave was on WMMB-AM in Melbourne FL with Bill Mick (Bill Mick Live) to talk about the Salvation Army, John Stossell vs Facebook "Fact Checkers" and the USS Connecticut's arrival in San Diego...

The book used to be one of my favorite works of fiction. These days, I am wondering if it is still considered “fiction” or procedural manual? What book, you ask? 1984. What has happened now? Well… you may have heard that inflation is really bad. You may have noticed that there are long lines at the gas station (I certainly have), and food is getting more and more expensive. So you might think that...

It’s the 2021 finale for Friar Rod and Rabbi Dave. They talk trolls and birds (along with dinosaurs and Christians), and it’s that time of the year when they bring your their look at the latest Hallmark Holiday flicks! How much would you fork over to some “company’ to drop you off in the middle of some foreign country and leave you there? For fun? Once upon a time the Rabbi took one for the team a...

The Sub Vets, your submarine experts are back. Eighty years ago this week the Imperial Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2400 Americans and sinking numerous ships. Among the vessels in the harbor that day were four US Navy Submarines. In retrospect, the attackers should have paid more attention to the submarines… In Sub Vets News, the Royal Navy seems to have a drug problem among her boat sa...

Back in the 1870s Otto von Bismarck coined a term that still resonates today, despite the fact that purists on both political sides hate it: realpolitik In December of 1941, a Congresswoman – the first ever – learned a lesson in realpolitik. In April of 1917 she had been among fifty US Representatives who felt that a US Declaration of War on Imperial Germany was a mistake and to be opposed. In ret...

In late 2011, Admiral Jonathan Greenert became the Chief of Naval operations. Before that, he had commanded the US Navy's 7th fleet, a fleet that just rings with Naval History related to world war II. But even before that, the Admiral had once upon a time been a LtCDR and was the executive Officer aboard a ballistic missile submarine. And, aboard that submarine, one of the sailors with whom he had...

Rabbi Dave has arisen from his muscle relaxer induced coma to share the hour with the Good Friar Rod as they ask questions about how the government is doing things and why Trevor Noah is in some “hot water” for finally at least appearing to see the obvious answer in front of his not so funny face. Did you know that JaBiden is the worst treated by the media President in history? Delta Airlines had...

A long time ago, there was a king who decided that all of the people of his realm should behave as he had decided that they should behave. Failure to behave as dictated would result in the most dire of consequences. rules were established, ancient traditions were dismantled and the people who objected were placed under enormous burdens. To be certain, there were those people who agreed with the ki...

You freeloading oxygen breathers are welcome to join The Sub Vets, The Submarine Experts, Eric and Dave as they set sail into the world of every and all things submarines! We start things off with a discussion of some Patrol Hackers, a bunch of questionable "submarine terms," which drifts into a sea story or two. We learn of Eric's tragic Submarine youth, as he was both DINQ and had an "abusive Se...

Over the past few days, Communist China sent military aircraft into Taiwanese airspace. This resulted in Taiwan sending up large amounts of interceptor jets. The world wobbled ever closer to a war that has been on the back burner since 1949. I’m old enough to remember when all of our cheap Chinese products were stamped with “Made in Taiwan.” You will notice that is no longer the case. And it’s a b...

Just to be absolutely clear, I was born as a fourth generation member of The Salvation Army. My grandparents were lay leaders at the Oklahoma City and later the Norman Corps in Oklahoma, while my parents are retired Officers (ordained ministers). As was my Uncle (of blessed memory) and My Aunt, my cousin and my sister. Not to mention numerous friends. In point of fact, I was an Officer from 1991-1...

Rabbi Dave is ready for Hanukkah, which begins tonight at sundown. Friar Rod is still convinced that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The onset of the next COVID panic has already begun. Let the lockdowns and mandates begin anew, over a variant that (a) probably is less virulent and (b) NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT ANYWAY! People are really touchy about bad Yelp reviews, but not as touchy as a Preach...

Both the Friar and the Rabbi are… experiencing the after effects of too much drink, song and social media. The Good Friar is in Twitter Jail, while the Rabbi is fascinated by an alien invasion of North Carolina. Bless their hearts… Some technical issues have the show time limited again, but the boys are still here to ask the question: What The Frock?

Eric Ryle is back to talk submarines and whether or not Tom Clancy is still dead… Updates on the latest idiotic USS Connecticut theory and how the Russians were so concerned about what appeared to be litter on the ocean floor that they cleaned up a bunch of it, just to make everybody smile. Smoking cigarettes on Submarines used to be a thing. How Dave ended up as a C3 Poseidon FTB. Eric tells the...

Can somebody please, for the love of all that matters in this world, and explain this nonsense to me? Juries reportedly being intimidated, people calling for the removal of the VEEP, the FBI creating TAGS, and for the love of everything that matters to me… STARBUCKS?????

Bill Mick and Dave get together on WMMB to talk about Oklahoma, the National Guard, and the Kyle Rittenhouse trial wrapping up...

Rabbi Dave and Friar Cook recall the tragic events of St. Brice’s Day, when the invading Danish Vikings finally paid a terrible prices for… bathing. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsome, who cackled and exploded into bats, finally showed up after two weeks, at a wedding officiated by Nancy Pelosi. You cannot make this stuff up, folks. As you know, Dave HATES Disney. He always has. Why, you may ask? He explain...

As the Ritterhauser* trial lurches to its apparently inevitable conclusion, many are speculating that the Prosecutors have intentionally thrown the case, trying to get a mistrial. There’s a flaw in that theory, but it also appears to be a standard play in the Prosecutorial playbook. And that, my friends, is a problem… *Intentionally misspelled as a Raines Sandwich for Facebook

The Sub Vet, Eric Ryle, is back to talk about submarines and Veterans Day. This week we learned that a long time Navy Metallurgist lied for years about the testing of steel used in Navy ships and submarines. Now, for Dave and Eric, it didn't make any difference as their boats were much older, but it does raise questions about the quality of the steel used in today's boats. But more than that, it r...

Bill Mick and Dave get together to talk about Aaron Rodgers, Terry Bradshaw and boyhood heroes…

Bill Mick and Dave get together for more Trek Talk. This time they delve into The Wrath of Kahn and THE answer to the greatest controversy in all of Star Trek - How did Kahn know who Chekov is?

The new version of the 1965 Novel, Dune” is out, and while it is a massive improvement over the 1984 version, there are still a few people who are not happy about it. from our perspective, the focus on human interaction is particularly intriguing and there are more than a few applicable to our time ideas here. Millennial’s are upset because life, as it turns out, is not easy. Listeners are sending...

Eric Ryle of The SubVet.com is back to talk with Dave about their expert opinions of the latest news on the USS Connecticut. First off, the Navy had kind of admitted that the submarine hit the bottom, somewhere in the South China Sea. Then the Navy sort of released an official picture of the boat, although technically it’s a picture of the SecNav talking last week with the Captain of the Tender in...