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  • Franklin in Paris: The Diplomat Who Made the Revolution a World War

    Franklin in Paris: The Diplomat Who Made the Revolution a World War
    2026/10/06
    In 1776, Benjamin Franklin was seventy years old, suffering from gout, and boarding a Continental warship for a dangerous winter crossing of the Atlantic. His mission? Convince France that the American Revolution was worth betting on. This week on Dave Does History, follow Franklin from the deck of the Reprisal to the salons of Paris, where celebrity, secret diplomacy, British spies, American privateers, and a certain blue velvet suit all become part of the fight for independence. Then Saratoga changes everything. What began as a rebellion against Britain becomes a global war, and the diplomatic road Franklin helped build ultimately leads all the way to Yorktown.
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    34 分
  • Givernment can Move Mountains... For a Price

    Givernment can Move Mountains... For a Price
    2026/10/05
    Government promises to save you money. Somehow, it usually finds another way to collect it. On this episode of Plausibly Live, Dave looks at the curious art of government cost engineering: California politicians and their cars, property-tax “relief,” and why the enormous cost of the death penalty may tell us as much about government as it does about capital punishment. Then we head to North Korea, where Kim Jong Un managed something even government accountants haven't pulled off yet: he made the mountain move. Taxes, nukes, unintended consequences, and why Dave still refuses to read your email.
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    34 分
  • Does AI Have a Soul?

    Does AI Have a Soul?
    2026/10/04
    Can an AI have a soul? This week on What The Frock, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod tackle a question that sounds like science fiction but is rapidly becoming a serious theological debate: if an artificial intelligence can reason, claim to feel fear, and perhaps even experience suffering, what exactly have we created? Then it’s off to Portland, where teenage tweets, cancel culture, forgiveness, and “zero tolerance” collide with the question of whether people are ever allowed to grow up. And somehow it all ends with 31 miles, 10 Taco Bells, and absolutely no Pepto-Bismol.
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    59 分
  • Fentanyl, Fifty Cents & Dr. AI

    Fentanyl, Fifty Cents & Dr. AI
    2026/10/02
    If fentanyl kills thousands of Americans, why isn’t it used for executions? And what does a fifty-cent convenience-store overcharge become when the customer is paying with taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits? Plus, AI can explain your lab results, but should you trust it as a medical “second opinion”? Fentanyl, fifty cents, and Dr. AI. Somehow, it all connects. Plausibly Live with Dave Bowman.
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    29 分
  • Second Acts

    Second Acts
    2026/09/30
    Sometimes, you just need a second act. Charlie Sheen is heading back to television in Happy Jack, alongside his father, Martin Sheen. And as someone who still considers the Charlie Harper years of Two and a Half Men one of my guilty pleasures, I'm rooting for him. Not because the past doesn't matter. It does. But the worst years of a person's life don't necessarily have to define the rest of it. Plus, a look at the accident aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and why an aircraft carrier flight deck remains one of the most unforgiving workplaces on Earth. Charlie’s Second Act, on Plausibly Live – The Dave Bowman Show.
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    28 分
  • DDH | Washington's Other War

    DDH | Washington's Other War
    2026/09/29
    George Washington was fighting the British. But another enemy was tearing through the Continental Army, and muskets and artillery were useless against it. Smallpox threatened to destroy the Revolution from within. Washington initially prohibited inoculation. Then the evidence forced him to reconsider. What followed was one of the most consequential and dangerous decisions of his command: deliberately infecting thousands of soldiers to protect the army from a disease that might otherwise destroy it. Washington’s Other War is the story of smallpox, variolation, military secrecy, and the gamble Washington took to keep the Continental Army alive.
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    25 分
  • 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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