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There is a particular frustration that comes with being told to participate in government, doing exactly that, and then discovering that your participation was merely the opening round. You signed the petition. You read the measure. You cast your ballot. Now the lawyers are arriving, and the argument shifts from what voters wanted to whether […]

The Story Beyond the Famous Crossing PRODUCERS NOTE: Bill Mick is not able to join Dave this morning due to some technical issues. By December 1776, George Washington had good reason to wonder whether the American Revolution would survive the winter. His army had lost New York, retreated across New Jersey, and taken refuge behind […]

My sister wrote stories. She filled notebooks with the places she went, the people she met, and the things she wanted to remember. Every story began the same way: “Once upon a time, there was Deanna.” When our mother eventually put her own memories of Deanna on paper, she knew exactly what to call them. […]

“Not to my knowledge” is a perfectly serviceable answer when somebody asks whether the neighbors have borrowed your ladder. Coming from Ilhan Omar during questions about her former marriage, it invites a little more attention. On this episode of Plausibly Live – The Dave Bowman Show, Dave Bowman supplies that attention, along with considerable skepticism […]

When a Republican preacher calls non-Christian worship witchcraft, a debate over girls’ sports reaches Washington’s ballot, and UFOs become biblical demons, Dave Bowman has a few questions. Religious freedom is a wonderful thing. It protects your right to believe what you choose, practice your faith, and express convictions that others might find offensive. But what […]

France is burning, Kim Jong-un might be dead, and the NFL has apparently forgotten how the national anthem is supposed to sound. Welcome to another day on Plausibly Live. France has been through revolutions before. In fact, the French have practically made a national pastime of overthrowing governments, rewriting constitutions, and arguing about who ought […]

Thomas Paine and The American Crisis: The Words That Helped Save the American Revolution In December 1776, American independence seemed increasingly unlikely. Then Thomas Paine published thirteen words that would become immortal. By December 1776, the American Revolution was in serious trouble. George Washington’s Continental Army had suffered a succession of devastating defeats. The British […]

Washington State politics, government accountability, and the increasingly uncertain future of NBA basketball in Seattle. It started with a cup of coffee and a couple of political flyers sitting on the kitchen counter. Dave Bowman had an entirely different episode of Plausibly Live planned. France was burning, the French Revolution was on his mind, and […]

What do Washington State politics, an ancient biblical mystery, and a baseball playoff defeat have in common? More than you might expect. Sometimes the biggest arguments aren’t really about what we think they’re about. When high school girls walk away from a cross-country race rather than compete under rules they believe are unfair, is anybody […]

When does protecting children become government overreach? And what happens when an Apollo astronaut claims UFOs are actually demons? Two seemingly unrelated stories raise some surprisingly interesting questions on today’s episode of Plausibly Live: The Dave Bowman Show. Florida’s controversial social media law is back in the headlines after a federal appeals court cleared the […]