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Common Sense with Dan Carlin
Hosted by Dan Carlin · EN
Loud, fast-talking and deceptively funny, this politically-independent "forward-thinking pragmatist" looks at the events shaping our world through a uniquely American lens. It's smarter than you think, and faster than you expect.
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Show 326 - The Water in Which We Swim
Yesterday00:59:55Summary readyThis show was never meant to see the light of day, yet here it is.
SummaryShow 325 - Who's the Boss?
Nov 2400:39:33Summary readyThe President is outraged at multiple Democratic lawmakers for reminding members of the military of their constitutional oaths and responsibilities. Dan points out that individual agency among soldiers is a societal firewall protecting all of us.
SummaryShow 324 - What's Good for the Goose
Mar 23, 202501:31:26Summary readyThe U.S. political stage has long been primed for an American nightmare. Faction loyalists can argue over who'll end up pulling the constitutional trigger, but the metaphorical gun has been loaded for decades.
SummaryShow 323 - Gas Up the Cold War
Mar 1, 202200:40:19Summary readyVladimir Putin has instantaneously reignited the Cold War by savagely attacking Ukraine this week. In response to requests, Dan shares a few thoughts.
SummaryShow 322 - Betting on Long Shots
Sep 1, 202100:55:24Summary readyAfter 20 years in Afghanistan the U.S. exits the country thus ending the longest war in American history. Are there any lessons to be learned?
SummaryShow 321 - Garbage In, Garbage Out
Jan 14, 202100:47:28Summary readyIn a show recorded before the recent House impeachment vote, Dan examines the damage caused by the iceberg we recently hit when Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol and tries to suggest how we might avoid hitting another one.
SummaryShow 320 - Steering Into the Iceberg
Sep 20, 202001:13:01Summary readyTo paraphrase John Lennon, So you say you want a civil war? With the U.S. facing one of the most consequential elections in its history, Dan has some thoughts about us all, our choices and the times in which we live.
SummaryShow 319 - A Recipe for Caesar
Apr 1, 202001:26:19Summary readyDoes a global pandemic help break the spell of our bitter partisan conflict, or does it just raise the stakes? In the first CS show in years Dan wrestles with the Zeitgeist.
SummaryShow 318 - For Whom the Bell Trolls
May 26, 201800:46:08Summary readyYou never know when you might get a little common sense unexpectedly out of nowhere.This is one of those times.
SummaryShow 317 - Shades of Grey
Oct 28, 201700:51:06Summary readyDan is finding is hard to operate in a Black and White, Good and Evil cultural environment where everyone is outraged all the time about everything and where Americans hate each other. Where's the Common Sense?
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