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  • WTF - Lemon Pound Cake and Hot Dogs

    WTF - Lemon Pound Cake and Hot Dogs
    2026/03/22
    There are stories that feel like they were carefully planned, neatly written, and politely delivered. And then there are stories like this one… which show up wearing sunglasses, kicking in the front door, and humming a tune about dessert. In this episode of What the Frock, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod take you through the truly bizarre saga of Afroman, a police raid that found absolutely nothing, and the artistic revenge that followed. What begins as a questionable warrant quickly turns into a masterclass in unintended consequences. Cameras were rolling. Doors were broken. Cash went missing. And somewhere in the middle of it all, a lemon pound cake became the most suspicious object in the room. Rather than quietly accepting the situation, Afroman did what any reasonable modern philosopher might do. He turned it into music. Videos. Merchandise. And, ultimately, a courtroom showdown that asks a simple question. Can satire hurt your feelings… and still be completely protected? Along the way, the guys unpack free speech, the Streisand Effect, and why sometimes the worst thing you can do is try to stop people from laughing. It is ridiculous. It is real. And yes… the cake matters.
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    1 時間 9 分
  • DDH - Evacuation Day

    DDH - Evacuation Day
    2026/03/17
    March 17, 1776. Nearly a year into open rebellion, the British still hold Boston, and the American cause hangs in that uneasy space between bold talk and hard reality. In this episode of Dave Does History, we step into a siege that should have failed, led by an army that, on paper, had no business winning. Surrounding the city, Washington’s forces are outnumbered, under-supplied, and still learning how to become an army. Inside Boston, the British wait, confident that time and discipline will break the rebellion. And yet, both sides overlook the same critical piece of ground, Dorchester Heights, as if history itself were daring someone to act. What follows is not a clash of grand armies, but a lesson in leadership, ingenuity, and timing. With Henry Knox’s artillery finally in hand, Washington makes a gamble that will redefine the war. In a single night, under cover of darkness and deception, the Americans transform the battlefield. By morning, the balance of power has shifted, and the might of the British Empire faces a truth it cannot ignore. Sometimes victory is not taken. Sometimes it is forced upon your enemy.
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    38 分
  • WTF - Sorry, That's Not Your Money...

    WTF - Sorry, That's Not Your Money...
    2026/03/15
    On this week’s episode of What the Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod gather on the Ides of March to wrestle with one of the great mysteries of modern life. No, not the meaning of existence. Something far more perplexing. Why does everything suddenly feel just a little bit insane? The show kicks off with the latest political earthquake in Washington State, where a newly passed “millionaire’s tax” has inspired several very wealthy residents to pack their bags and relocate to places where the sunshine is warm and the tax codes are friendlier. Rabbi Dave has a simple warning for the rest of the country. If you think those billionaires are arriving with a sudden change of heart, you may want to check your assumptions and possibly lock the doors. From there the conversation wanders, as it often does, into the strange territory of social media outrage, questionable political logic, and the growing suspicion that something odd is happening to public discourse. Are people actually getting dumber? Or are the loudest voices simply drowning out the rest of civilization? Along the way there are stories from Navy chow halls, suspicious steak and lobster dinners before bad news, and a Wyoming strip club dispute that proves reality still writes the strangest scripts. All that, plus coffee. Or at least the tragic lack of it.
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    1 時間 3 分
  • WTF - 4-D Chess

    WTF - 4-D Chess
    2026/03/08
    Welcome to another episode of What the Frock?, where Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod once again attempt the impossible task of making sense of a world that seems determined not to make sense. This week’s conversation begins with a torpedo. Not metaphorically. An actual one. A Mark 48, fired in combat, setting off debate across the submarine world and raising a few questions about what really happened beneath the waves. From there, the discussion drifts through intelligence operations, geopolitics, and the strange way modern media manages to blame nearly everything, including gas prices and housing markets, on whichever crisis happens to be trending that week. But that is only the beginning. Along the way, Dave and Rod wrestle with theology, including the curious use of the so called Gospel of Thomas in modern political rhetoric. They talk about what happens when religious authority is used to sell ideas that may not actually belong to the faith being invoked. And then the conversation takes a more personal turn, reflecting on fear, anxiety, and how people, especially young people, process a world full of headlines about war and uncertainty. It is part history, part theology, part commentary, and occasionally part comedy. In other words, it is exactly what you would expect from What the Frock?
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    58 分
  • DDH - Standing Armies

    DDH - Standing Armies
    2026/03/03
    On this week’s segment of Dave Does History on Bill Mick Live, we take up one of the most overlooked, and most explosive, phrases in the Declaration of Independence: “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” It is easy to skim past those words. It is much harder to understand why they burned. Why were the American colonists so deeply unsettled by the presence of British troops? Why did red coats in Boston streets feel less like protection and more like occupation? And why did Jefferson and the other founders see a standing army not simply as a policy disagreement, but as a direct threat to liberty itself? In this episode, we trace the fear of standing armies back through English history, from Charles I to James II, and show how those lessons shaped colonial resistance. We explore the debt of the Seven Years War, the Quartering Act, the Boston Massacre, and the constitutional compromises that followed independence. This is not just a story about muskets and marches. It is a story about power, memory, and the uneasy balance between security and freedom.
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    37 分
  • It's Never "What." It's ALWAYS "Who."

    It's Never "What." It's ALWAYS "Who."
    2026/03/01
    Welcome to What the Frock?, the podcast where current events meet common sense, and occasionally get audited by artificial intelligence. This week we cover a little light material, including presidential war powers, selective political outrage, international air defenses, and whether your emergency room visit secretly financed new hospital drapes. You know, the usual Sunday conversation. We begin with the War Powers Act of 1973 and the timeless American tradition of loving executive authority when your team holds it and denouncing it when the other team does. Somehow, every president questions the constitutionality of the law while also using it. It is a bipartisan magic trick. Then we shift to something even more unsettling: Dave’s ER bill. After a two-minute consultation and one warm blanket, the invoice arrived with the enthusiasm of a small mortgage. Enter ChatGPT, which calmly suggested strategy over outrage. The machines are not taking over the world yet, but they may be coming for hospital billing departments. We also touch on budget chaos in Washington State, a legislator who may have personally tested the DUI threshold debate, and why “it was bots” is the new political defense strategy. All that, plus music, sarcasm, and just enough skepticism to keep things interesting.
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    1 時間 5 分
  • The Cork Expedition - Old Mother Covington Part II)

    The Cork Expedition - Old Mother Covington Part II)
    2026/02/25
    Last time, we stood at Moore’s Creek Bridge and listened to Old Mother Covington speak. In three violent minutes, a Loyalist rising collapsed and Governor Josiah Martin’s promise of ten thousand men dissolved into smoke and swamp water. But that battle was only half the story. Three thousand miles away, in Cork, Ireland, the British Empire was assembling the force that was supposed to make Moore’s Creek irrelevant. Seven regiments. Artillery. Royal confidence. This was the hammer meant to fall in coordination with that uprising and split the colonies in half. On paper, it looked elegant. Cheap victory. Minimal commitment. Maximum effect. Instead, Cork became a lesson in delay, delusion, and the dangers of believing your own optimism. Recruiting faltered. Ships were scarce. Deadlines slipped from December to January to February. When the fleet finally sailed, it ran straight into the wrath of the Atlantic. Storms scattered the convoy. Transports sank. Soldiers drowned before they ever saw America. This episode is the other side of Moore’s Creek. The British side. The paper army. The missed signals. The pride that refused to turn back. Old Mother Covington did not win the war that morning. But Cork made sure Britain never had the chance.
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    18 分
  • DDH - Old Mother Covington

    DDH - Old Mother Covington
    2026/02/24
    We tend to remember the American Revolution as a clean fight. Patriots in homespun. Redcoats in formation. Muskets cracking across open fields. But that is not how it felt in North Carolina in 1776. Before there was Saratoga. Before there was Yorktown. Before Jefferson put ink to parchment and accused the king of stirring up “domestic insurrections among us,” there was a swamp. A narrow bridge. And neighbors marching against neighbors. Royal Governor Josiah Martin believed he could crush the rebellion from the inside. Ten thousand loyalists would rise. Seven thousand British troops would land. The Carolinas would fall. The Revolution would choke before it ever reached full flame. Instead, in the cold darkness before dawn on February 27, 1776, Highland Scots charged across a greased bridge shouting “King George and broadswords!” What followed lasted three minutes. Three minutes that shattered a royal strategy. Three minutes that hardened a colony. Three minutes that pushed North Carolina to become the first to authorize independence. This is the story of Moore’s Creek Bridge. This is the story behind the grievance. And this is why Old Mother Covington still echoes in the dark.
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    36 分