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  • Vic Tacitis

    Vic Tacitis
    2026/04/10
    There are days in history that arrive like a bell tolling in the distance. You hear them before you fully understand them. They carry weight, memory, and sometimes… a truth that never quite sits comfortably. This is one of those days. In this episode, we step into the silent world beneath the ocean’s surface, into the story of the USS Thresher, a boat whose loss in 1963 has echoed through generations of submariners. For decades, the story was simple. A failure. A flood. A sudden end. Clean, clinical, and, as it turns out, incomplete. Because history, like the sea, has layers. What unfolds here is not just the story of a submarine, but of what men are told, what they believe, and what institutions choose to say, or not say, in the name of something larger. It is about training, trust, and the uneasy space between truth and necessity. It is about the difference between what is official and what is real. And hovering over it all is a phrase, quiet but relentless. Vis tacita. Silent force. Unspoken power. Some forces shape events without ever raising their voice. This is one of them.
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    19 分
  • DDH - Oh... Canada...

    DDH - Oh... Canada...
    2026/04/07
    Some moments in history shout. Others whisper, and those are the ones that tend to matter most. In this episode of *Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live*, we step away from the familiar noise of tea taxes and marching redcoats and take a hard look at a quieter threat, one that struck fear deep into the colonial mind. It is a single grievance in the Declaration of Independence, often overlooked, rarely discussed, and yet powerful enough to push a divided people closer to revolution. At the heart of the story is the Quebec Act of 1774, a law that did not fire a shot or close a port, but instead reshaped land, law, and religion in ways that left the colonies feeling surrounded and exposed. What Parliament intended as a practical solution in Canada was received in America as something far more dangerous. This is not just a tale of policy. It is a story about fear, perception, and the moment when distrust of government becomes something deeper, something irreversible. Because once people believe their way of life is under threat, history rarely slows down.
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    37 分
  • WTF - Plunging Through Space

    WTF - Plunging Through Space
    2026/04/05
    Some mornings, you ease into the day. Other mornings, you find yourself asking serious theological questions about Easter… while simultaneously learning far more than you ever wanted to know about space toilets. This is one of those mornings. In this episode of What the Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod take you on a ride that starts with Passover and Easter traditions, drifts into lunar mechanics and the realities of modern space travel, and then barrels straight into the kind of real-world issues nobody can ignore. Along the way, they tackle everything from the Artemis mission’s triumphs and… plumbing challenges… to the growing debate over H-1B visas, corporate decisions, and what it all means for the future of American workers. And just when you think the conversation could not possibly stretch any further, it turns toward the unsettling realities of modern warfare, where drones and artificial intelligence are rewriting the rules faster than anyone can keep up. It is thoughtful. It is irreverent. It is occasionally absurd. In other words, it is exactly what you expect. So whether you came for the humor, the history, or the honest questions about where all this is heading, you are in the right place. Welcome to What the Frock?
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Charles of Carrolton

    Charles of Carrolton
    2026/04/02
    There is a certain kind of Founder we tend to forget. Not the loud ones. Not the ones who seem born for statues and schoolhouse walls. The quieter ones. The ones who understood power not because they held it, but because they had lived without it. Charles Carroll of Carrollton was one of those men. He was the wealthiest man in the American colonies, and at the same time, a man legally shut out of political life because of his faith. He could not vote. He could not hold office. He could not practice law. And yet, when the moment came, he became one of the clearest voices for independence and one of the men who signed his name to it, fully aware of what it could cost him. This is not just the story of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It is the story of a man shaped by contradiction, privilege and exclusion, conviction and compromise. It is the story of how lived experience turns into principle, and how principle, when tested, becomes action. Because Charles Carroll did not simply talk about liberty. He had spent a lifetime understanding what it meant to be denied it.
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    6 分
  • FLASHBACK - Happy Boskin Day!

    FLASHBACK - Happy Boskin Day!
    2026/04/01
    The Best April foold Day Ever
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    34 分
  • DDH - Ginger or Mary Ann?

    DDH - Ginger or Mary Ann?
    2026/03/31
    Here is the thing about history. It does not disappear all at once. It fades, quietly, in the spaces between what we recognize and what we no longer notice. We start with a question that feels harmless. Mary Ann or Ginger? It sounds like pop culture nostalgia, the kind of debate that belongs to a different time. But hidden inside that question is a clue, a signal from a world where people shared a common language of history. When Mary Ann’s family was named George and Martha, audiences did not need it explained. They understood. Instantly. That kind of shared understanding mattered. It mattered a lot. Because the men who built this country were not guessing their way forward. They were steeped in history, trained in the rise and fall of Rome, searching for answers in Livy, Tacitus, and the story of Cato, a man who chose death over tyranny. They turned those lessons into something living, something powerful enough to sustain an army at Valley Forge. So tonight, we are going to ask a simple question with a complicated answer. What happens to a republic when its people stop getting the reference?
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    36 分
  • WTF - Conversion Therapy

    WTF - Conversion Therapy
    2026/03/29
    There are conversations that stay neatly in their lane, and then there are conversations that take a hard left turn somewhere around minute three and never quite come back. This episode of What the Frock? belongs firmly in the second category. We start in familiar territory, taking a look at the week’s headlines and the strange dual reality of modern media. But before long, Friar Rod drops a question that shifts everything. What does it mean to explore the Orthodox Church, and what happens when the faith you grew up with no longer feels like the whole story? From there, Rabbi Dave brings his own journey into the mix, and what unfolds is an honest, sometimes uncomfortable, always fascinating discussion about belief, tradition, and the challenge of rethinking what you have always accepted as truth. This is not a debate. It is a conversation between two men trying to make sense of something deeply personal. Of course, this being What the Frock?, the serious never stays serious for long. Baseball, airline absurdities, and one truly questionable coffee maker decision all make their appearance. In other words, it is exactly what you signed up for.
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    58 分
  • DDH - The Perfect Villian

    DDH - The Perfect Villian
    2026/03/24
    There he sits, George the Third, crowned, certain, and simmering. Not a cartoon villain twirling his mustache, but a king who believed, quite firmly, that he was right. That is where this story begins, not in rebellion, but in conviction. Because the truth is a little uncomfortable. The American colonists did not see themselves as rebellious children. They saw themselves as Englishmen, defending rights older than the crown itself. Trial by jury, representation, the ancient guarantees that stretched back through Magna Carta and the long memory of English law. And George? He saw something else entirely. Disorder. Ingratitude. A distant people who refused the responsibilities that came with protection and empire. To him, this was not tyranny. It was governance. Necessary. Justified. Even moral. That tension, that gap between belief and accusation, is where the Revolution lives. Not in muskets and marches alone, but in the quiet certainty on both sides that they were defending what was right. Today, we step into that divide. We look at the man behind the crown, the charges against him, and the uncomfortable possibility that every villain, especially the convincing ones, thinks he is the hero of the story.
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    38 分