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  • Slow White Quarterbacks

    Slow White Quarterbacks
    2026/09/28
    White paint is racist? Trevor Lawrence is helping your fantasy team? And every strange play now comes with the question: How much money was riding on that? On today’s Plausibly Live, we start with a viral story that sounds too ridiculous to be true, which turns out to be exactly why you should check it before sharing it. Then it’s football, fantasy leagues, prop bets, parlays, and what legalized gambling is doing to the way we watch sports. I just want to root for my team. Not a spreadsheet. Not a parlay. My team.
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    31 分
  • WTF | Who Holds the Accountable Accountable?

    WTF | Who Holds the Accountable Accountable?
    2026/09/27
    Who holds the people with authority accountable? This week on What the Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod take that question from the pulpit to Candace Owens and the courtroom, then straight into the rapidly expanding world of AI. Everybody wants authority. Nobody wants accountability.
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    1 時間 2 分
  • Thunderclappers and Hornets: The Strange Places History Survives

    Thunderclappers and Hornets: The Strange Places History Survives
    2026/09/26
    Lewis & Clark left behind more than journals. Thanks to Dr. Benjamin Rush’s mercury-laced “Thunderclappers,” they also left archaeologists a rather unusual trail across America. Then, why Charlotte Hornets? The answer goes back to 1780, Lord Cornwallis, Patriot militia, and a town the British came to regard as a “nest of hornets.” Thunderclappers and Hornets: The Strange Places History Survives
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    30 分
  • The Final Frontier

    The Final Frontier
    2026/09/24
    The United States says it has a weapon in orbit but has revealed little about what it does. Could the announcement deter an adversary, or could uncertainty make a confrontation in space more dangerous? On this episode of Plausibly Live, I look at the possibilities behind that announcement, from disrupted signals to damaged satellites, and at a question Star Trek fans may recognize: what happens when your instruments show you where a target was instead of where it is? Captain Picard’s famous maneuver offers a surprisingly useful way into the problem. Then it’s back to Earth, where Brooks is selling $150 Mariners sneakers. The tribute to retiring broadcaster Rick Rizzs is a nice touch. After 44 years as a Mariners fan, though, I have some thoughts about what the team is asking us to celebrate.
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    31 分
  • Don’t Feed the Alligator, Do Adopt the Cat

    Don’t Feed the Alligator, Do Adopt the Cat
    2026/09/23
    What do a progressive bar facing an ideological revolt and my wife wanting a cat have in common? In both cases, somebody thinks they’re in control. Today on Plausibly Live: why appeasement never satisfies the alligator, what Cats teaches us about feline ownership, and the growing possibility that Cami has already chosen the cat.
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    39 分
  • DDH | The First Salute: Eleven Guns That Announced a New Nation

    DDH | The First Salute: Eleven Guns That Announced a New Nation
    2026/09/22
    On November 16, 1776, Fort Washington fell and nearly 3,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured. Almost 1,800 miles away, the Continental Navy brig Andrew Doria entered the harbor at St. Eustatius and fired a thirteen-gun salute. Eleven guns from the Dutch fortress answered. Dave Bowman tells the story of the First Salute, the Golden Rock of St. Eustatius, and the commercial network that supplied the American Revolution with weapons, gunpowder, naval stores, and credit. It was not formal Dutch recognition of American independence, but it was the first official acknowledgment of an American flag aboard an American national vessel by a foreign authority. Fort Washington revealed how close the Revolution was to destruction. Fort Oranje revealed how far the American claim to nationhood had already traveled.
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    33 分
  • Can The President Throw Reporters Out of The White House?

    Can The President Throw Reporters Out of The White House?
    2026/09/21
    Can President Trump throw reporters out of the White House simply because he believes their coverage is dishonest? The First Amendment does not guarantee anyone a seat in the briefing room. Once the government grants press credentials, however, the Fifth Amendment demands something the White House cannot ignore: due process. Dave also examines Gavin Newsom’s $750 million Hollywood tax-credit program and asks why California’s politically connected entertainment industry deserves relief that ordinary businesses never receive. Can Trump Throw Reporters Out of the White House? is available now.
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    35 分
  • WTF | Does G-d Care About Who Wins a Football Game?

    WTF | Does G-d Care About Who Wins a Football Game?
    2026/09/20
    Does G-d care who wins a football game? Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod question why victorious athletes credit G-d’s will while nobody visits the losing locker room to ask whether G-d wanted that team to lose. Then the conversation turns to fear of artificial intelligence and Britain’s alarming proposal to “pre-bunk” ideas before the public hears them. Faith, football, AI, free speech, and the Ministry of Truth collide in the latest What The Frock? Watch or listen now.
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    57 分