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Here's The Thing...
Welcome to Here's the Thing..., the podcast where history, culture, politics, faith, current events, and everyday life collide in thoughtful conversation.Hosted by Dave Bowman, veteran broadcaster, historian, and storyteller, Here's the Thing... takes listeners beyond the headlines and talking points to explore the ideas, assumptions, and stories that shape our world. Whether examining a forgotten moment from American history, unpacking a cultural trend, discussing technology's impact on society, or reflecting on the deeper questions of faith and human nature, each episode begins with a simple premise: there is always more to the story.Drawing on decades of experience in radio, historical research, and public discourse, Dave approaches every topic with curiosity, insight, and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. Expect engaging discussions, unexpected connections, practical observations, and the occasional dose of humor along the way.From the American
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The Great Kansas–Arkansas Pronunciation War
My father’s family is from Kansas. My mother’s family is from Arkansas. Two states, two names that look almost identical on a map, yet nobody outside the region ever pronounces both correctly on the first try. One is KAN-zoss, crisp and complete. The other is AR-kan-saw, with that final s locked in a vault somewhere near Versailles.The difference comes from the same Native tribes, the same Siouan root word, and two separate crews of French explorers who couldn’t agree on spelling three hundred years ago. Kansas kept the English habit of saying every letter. Arkansas kept the French habit of pretending the last one doesn’t exist, then passed a law in 1881 just to make it official.This is the whole ridiculous, fascinating story: the rivers, the fur traders, the legislative pettiness, and why, to this day, saying either name wrong in the wrong state can still start a fight. Welcome to the show. Let’s finally settle why Kansas and Arkansas refuse to sound alike, and why we all have France to blame.
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The Undereducated Republic
In this episode of Dave Does History, we take a hard look at how the decline of liberal education has left America vulnerable to the false promises of socialism. Once, our schools taught citizens how to think, how to reason, and how to recognize truth from illusion. Today, they train workers for jobs but not minds for liberty. The result is a generation that confuses equality with fairness and emotion with justice.Drawing on the ideas of Robert Maynard Hutchins and the wisdom of the founders, this episode explores why education was never meant to be job training, but the foundation of a free society. When citizens stop reading the great books and stop asking the great questions, they become easy prey for comforting lies. Real freedom, we argue, begins in the classroom, and the republic will only survive if Americans learn once again how to think.
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We Did Start the Fire
Maybe the question isn’t who’s burning the books?Maybe it’s why did we stop opening them?
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The Natural
But Not the Hollywood Ending...
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The Flat Earth Theory
It's not what we thought it was...
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The Hunt For Red October
Released this week in 1984 while I was on Patrol...
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An Expensive Education
College was not what I expected it to be...
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2.5 Million Years Ago
That's how long the light took to get here...
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The Fitness Test The Military Actually Needs
Its not the Brass that needs to get fit...
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Wake Me Up When September Ends
To celebrate all things podcasting!
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Tylenol?
Does it? Or Doesn't It? Does it even matter?
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The Space Cookie
“The Space Cookie” is remembered for his laughter, his loss to lung cancer, and the lasting sacrifices of submarine service.
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A Ferry Ride, Chowder, and Nostalgia
Kimmel's back... So was I
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Pecan Pie
There's a lot of memories on that counter
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The Last Jew In Vinnista
One haunting photo, one nameless man, a symbol of defiance and loss that still shatters us today...
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When Technology Fails... But the Crooks Don't...
One stolen card is bad enough, but two in the same day? Technology promises us safety and convenience, but thieves are always adapting. Here’s the thing—sometimes our smartest tools are no match for smarter crooks.
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IT's NOT CORN...
Nor is it candy!
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No So Free Speech
Free speech isn't there to make you happy
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Matters of Faith
And ice cream...
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Trial of the Century
To quote BTO, "You ain't seen nothing yet..."
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Retired
It's just like work, but without that pesky paycheck...
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INCONCEIVABLE!
Unlike Vizzini, Washington knew what it meant...
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49 Years, 9 Months, 5 Days...
There's been a lot of life and loss since the last time...
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Simple and Meaningful
Sometimes, it's just two words
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The "V"
One has it, the other one doesn't...
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So... That's Nice...
Got my Kidney X-rays back...
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Vote Decomcracy?
In reality, democracy means you can lose freedom if enough people vote for it.
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"Fled"
Look... attention whore's gonna attention whore...
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Bad Publicity?
There's no such thing, right? Right?
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Intervention?
Fentanyl, Venezuela, and is America is about to open another chapter in its long history of intervention?
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It's Not The Norm
And it's time to stop the pretending that it is...
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Talk Journalism?
Are Talk Radio hosts... journalists?
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The Last Ace
America's last WWII Flying Ace passes into history
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Sideline Failures
In the middle of the field
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It's a Logo
Who is the real problem?
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NIL For Sale
My school wants more money...
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But... That Doesn't Happen...
The Minneapolis DFL DFA's Omar Fateh...
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Belivers
It's what fairy tales are all about...
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William and Catherine Booth Day
Sometimes... it just takes a while...
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Moral Equivilents?
France helped us in the revolution... does that mean that we should help Ukraine?
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Danger! Danger, Dave Bowman!
With my name, I don't trust computers...
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Memory
Is it the memory that fails? Or Am I just getting old?
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There's Roast Beef in the Pockets Of Marjories Taylor-Greene
Bill Maher is amused... so am I
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Petrichor
Its a great smell...
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Hurling Subway
Is this really "violent" crime?
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Turkey
Whatever you call it, it's delicious...
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Tech Failure
Why is anybody surprised that ChatGPT5 is a disaster?
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The Dave of Theseus?
Am I who I once would have been?
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Smithsonian Institution: America’s Treasure of Knowledge
Its an amazing place...
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The 2nd Bomb
It ended the war... and keeps the peace...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Here's the Thing..., the podcast where history, culture, politics, faith, current events, and everyday life collide in thoughtful conversation.Hosted by Dave Bowman, veteran broadcaster, historian, and storyteller, Here's the Thing... takes listeners beyond the headlines and talking points to explore the ideas, assumptions, and stories that shape our world. Whether examining a forgotten moment from American history, unpacking a cultural trend, discussing technology's impact on society, or reflecting on the deeper questions of faith and human nature, each episode begins with a simple premise: there is always more to the story.Drawing on decades of experience in radio, historical research, and public discourse, Dave approaches every topic with curiosity, insight, and a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. Expect engaging discussions, unexpected connections, practical observations, and the occasional dose of humor along the way.From the American
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