Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show

History. Politics. Culture. Common sense. Plausibly Live with Dave Bowman. Veteran submariner, historian & broadcaster asking the questions worth asking.

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“Once upon a time, there was Deanna.”
That was how Dave Bowman’s sister began the stories she filled her notebooks with. Born with Downs Syndrome in October 1973, Deanna wasn’t expected to survive. She lived for 49 years, making friends wherever she went and giving her family stories they still carry today.
In this personal episode of Plausibly Live, Dave returns to a childhood football game, an unforgettable telephone call, and the sister whose life meant far more than any prognosis could predict. Through memories of Deanna and Jewish teachings about the soul, he reflects on human worth and the difference one life can make.
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Not to My Knowledge: Mummies, Money & Missing Common Sense https://t.co/V1ux0sMyk5

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42 YEARS IN CHARGE. AND IT'S STILL SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT?
A few political flyers and a morning cup of coffee completely derailed Dave Bowman's plans for Plausibly Live.
After nearly 42 years of Democratic governors in Washington State, why are politicians still promising to fix problems their own party has spent decades governing?
And could Washington's tax policies help cost Seattle its chance to bring back the SuperSonics?
Political hypocrisy, higher taxes, Republican incompetence, and a basketball team that might never come home.
France and the Revolution of 1789 will have to wait.
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You do understand that the players on the other teams get paid to play too, right? They are professionals as well... and they are highly motivated... I am a Dodger fan through and through, but nothing in this "disappoints me" in any way.

The Dodgers have had a hell of a run. remember all the bitching about the Yankees "buying pennants" back in the 70s?

With the lockout looming, all I can say is that no matter who wins this whole thing, I', gonna relax and enjoy it.

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One of the most disappointing endings to an MLB season ever?😬

A franchise that committed over $1.8 billion to just five players:

Ohtani: $700M
Betts: $365M
Yamamoto: $325M
Tucker: $240M
Snell: $182M

2026 adjusted payroll: $339M
Deferred salary commitments: $1.1 billion

And after all that, they get SWEPT in the NLCS by a Milwaukee Brewers team with a $146M payroll 🧹

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absolutely love the shot at t Yankees fans after the last out of the Guardians game... "How about the fans NOT getting involved in the play on that out?" LMFAO!!!

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Christopher Columbus: Hero or villain? Was his mathematics really wrong? And why has history become so selective about whom we celebrate?
On today's Plausibly Live, Dave Bowman explores the courage and controversy of 1492, plus new claims about the discovery of Noah's Ark in Turkey.
History, faith, and the human spirit of adventure.
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I've read the opening words of Genesis for most of my life. I thought I understood them.
Then, this week, two ancient Hebrew words stopped me in my tracks.
Tohu va-Vohu.
We usually translate them as “without form and void.” But the medieval Jewish commentator Rashi offers a fascinating perspective: astonishingly empty.
Imagine standing at the very beginning of Creation. No horizon. No familiar landmarks. No way to orient yourself. Just an emptiness so profound that the human mind struggles to comprehend it.
What does that mean for our understanding of Genesis? And what happens when we consider those ancient words alongside the Big Bang, Einstein's relativity, and modern cosmology?
This week on Plausibly Live, I'm setting aside politics for a little while to contemplate the universe, the stars, and the extraordinary mystery of existence.
Sometimes the most familiar words have the power to astonish us all over again.
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Stephen A. Smith mocked Lane Johnson's mental health. Where was ESPN's judgment? When ego replaces empathy, everybody loses. #PlausiblyLive

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Book bans don’t protect liberty. They weaken it. Bad ideas should be challenged, debated and defeated, not forbidden. New Plausibly Live.
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$11.5 million is being spent to keep Washington's new income tax.

$10.4 million of it is union money, including unions that bargain their contracts with the state.

Union dues > campaign for the tax > tax pays the wages > pays the union dues > go towards raising the next tax.

It's a full circle.

Vote Yes on I-645 to break the circle.

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Yet another reason that we had to beat Britain's ass in the Revolution...

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Would I get arrested for posting this in the UK?

Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning.
Britain read it as an instruction manual.

62,000+ arrests for "communications offences" in five years (~34 a day).

So I made a music video about it.

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YES on I-645

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Thunderclappers and Hornets: The Strange Places History Survives

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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