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Listing Episodes With Topic Keyword: progressive
Show 224 - As We've Told You Before...
Description And Show NotesTue, 24 Apr 2012 - 54:49 minutes - 39.50mb
This rambling episode covers a ton of ground...from Bees to Bostram...from Friedman to the American Spring. Dan's favorite phrase in this show seems to be: "As we've told you before". So be prepared for redundancy.
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Show 223 - Undermined by Openness
Description And Show NotesThu, 05 Apr 2012 - 49:12 minutes - 35.46mb
Can the centuries-old structure of the modern Nation-State deal with the challenges of 21st Century global communication and inter-connectivity? What if it can't? And why is Dan trying to be Anderson Cooper?
Download .mp3Show 222 - Amplifying The Insanity
Description And Show NotesTue, 13 Mar 2012 - 31:01 minutes - 23.81mb
Dan comes up for air long enough from the Hardcore History dungeon to denounce both the President and the Press. He then goes on to denounce the GOP candidates. There's a lot of denouncing going on in this show.
Download .mp3Show 221 - Esperanto for Dummies
Description And Show NotesTue, 28 Feb 2012 - 39:11 minutes - 28.25mb
What if the high-minded reform and peace sentiments that often follow major violent conflicts didn't wear off over time? Dan wishes for a mood-altering substance that would replicate the attitudes of 1919 and 1946.
Download .mp3Show 219 - Security Uber Alles
Description And Show NotesThu, 09 Feb 2012 - 28:42 minutes - 20.70mb
Can a population ever have enough protection in the modern, violent 21st century world? Dan discusses the War on Terror and contends that its akin to an Enabling Act that legitimizes any level of security.
Download .mp3Show 218 - Up Your Class
Description And Show NotesWed, 01 Feb 2012 - 34:05 minutes - 24.58mb
The issue of economic class is one the U.S. political system mostly ignores. Dan blames this on what might be termed "Mythological Cataracts" that blind many Americans to issues that might be class-related.
Download .mp3Show 217 - The Big Ketchup Show
Description And Show NotesTue, 24 Jan 2012 - 1:01:25 minutes - 44.25mb
Dan tries to catch up on a ton of topics all at once. Subjects include: SOPA, Iraq, mistreatment of enemy dead by U.S. soldiers, Obama, Supreme Court decisions on GPS devices and Republican Party primaries.
Download .mp3Show 216 - Interrogating the Elephant
Description And Show NotesWed, 4 Jan 2012 - 41:52 minutes - 30.19mb
You can always tell when Dan is angry. His voice begins to boom into the microphone and he starts talking at machine gun speed. He's a bit angry in this episode. It's not your fault though. The Media has upset him.
Download .mp3Show 215 - Disappointing the Listenership
Description And Show NotesThu, 22 Dec 2011 - 44:55 minutes - 32.38mb
"If he hasn't made you mad yet...he will" has been a tag line used by Dan forever. Last show he again lived up to his reputation. In today's show, he deals with the fallout and answers his critics.
Download .mp3Show 213 - The Defazio Dialogues
Description And Show NotesWed, 30 Nov 2011 - 25:07 minutes - 18.12mb
Dan gets a return visit from U.S. Congressman Peter Defazio (D-Oregon) and questions him about corruption in government, the Bill of Rights, and the power of regular Americans to influence government policy.
Download .mp3Show 212 - The Very Velvet Fist
Description And Show NotesTue, 22 Nov 2011 - 41:34 minutes - 29.96mb
What if pepper spray or other modern crowd control tools had been available during the Civil Rights era? Dan looks at the challenges the protest tactic of civil disobedience faces in a 21st Century world.
Download .mp3Show 208 - The Fruits of Disillusionment
Description And Show NotesTue, 18 Oct 2011 - 42:31 minutes - 30.64mb
Dan unveils a new streamlined show format while tackling an issue he dealt with in the last episode...the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Download .mp3Show 200 - Ducenti
Description And Show NotesTue, 17 May 2011 - 1:14:41 minutes - 53.80mb
Episode 200 prompts some introspection on Dan's part and some thoughts about the era in which we live. In addition, there's an "In Related News" segment for the first time in a while and a "Dan Carlin Flashback".
Download .mp3Show 192 - Cyber-Lynching the Troublemakers
Description And Show NotesThu, 20 Jan 2011 - 1:05:43 minutes - 47.35mb
Dan expresses a concern about reform-minded political troublemakers being digitally "framed" by governments around the world. "Ben" thinks that's nutty conspiracy talk. What do you think?
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