Publish date: Sat, 24 May 2014
Duration:1:18:03 minutes – 56.87mb
Description: The worst nightmare of the global Establishment isn’t Islamic terrorism, it’s critical mass levels of domestic dissent. If that’s your worst worry, wouldn’t you use every tool you had to forestall it? Dan thinks they are.
Show Notes:
1. “The Six Principles of the New Populism (and the Establishment’s Nightmare)”by Robert Reich, May 6, 2014
2. “Sen. Warren’s Floor Speech in Opposition to Michael Froman’s Nomination for U.S. Trade Representative” (Text of speech on the Senate Floor).
3. “Glenn Greenwald: from Martin Luther King to Anonymous, the state targets dissenters not just “bad guys” “by Glenn Greenwald for The Guardian Newspaper, May 12, 2014.
Publish date: Sun, 08 Jun 2014
Description: Imagine celebrities from the 1960s and 1970s who were involved in sexual conduct with minors in their heyday being called to account for it today. It’s currently happening in Great Britain. Dan has some thoughts.
Show Notes: 1. “British Stars of Yesteryear Are Ensnared in Sexual Offenses Inquiry” by Sarah Lyall for The New York Times, May 1, 2013.
2. “Teaching History Outside the Box” by Dan Carlin for Edutopia, June 3, 2014.
Publish date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014
Description: The Middle East seems to be imploding. Dan thinks this is likely all part of a natural process of redrawing artificial borders and re-balancing power relationships. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to be fun to live through.
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Publish date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014
Description: Dan Talks to Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks, gets his view on current events, discusses his Wolf-Pac reform idea and probes his thoughts on the future of media.
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1. The Young Turks Network
2. Wolf Pac
Publish date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014
Description: A police shooting in Missouri sparks unrest, and the paramilitary response is making headlines. Also, Islamic radicals in Iraq threaten the lives of many locals, how should the world respond?
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Publish date: Tue, 28 May 2013
Description: As usual, no rainbows or unicorns in this episode. Instead it’s a very harsh search for context that motivates Dan to discuss issues he’s already discussed recently. But what’s more important than ISIS and Ukraine?
Publish date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013
Description: In this show Dan deals with the question of political and ideological culture wars on the teaching of history in K-12 education.
Show Notes:
1.“Denver-area students walk out to protest history education plan they view as censorship” by Matthew Staver for The New York Times (and Associated Press). September 23,
2.Edutopia Article Link
3.Edutopia Audio Link
4.Organization of American Historians
http://www.oah.org/
Publish date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014
Description: Maybe it’s the cold medicine, but Dan is in one of his Unify the Electorate moods. He ties a lot into it too. The Internet, Romans, Greeks, Cocaine, corruption and an unvarnished view of reality all play a part. But the cold medicine’s there too.
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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress–and a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessig
Publish date: Thu, 29 Oct 2014
Description: This show has something to interest everyone. That is, as long as you are interested in Ebola or Artificial Intelligence. But who isn’t?
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Publish date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014
Description: Too many things are going on for Dan to keep up. Midterm elections, Mexican violence, survivalist snipers and Taylor Swift’s compensation for artists campaign overload this episode.
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Publish date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014
Description: Was torture an effective tool in the War on Terror? As legislators in Washington debate the point, Dan stands up for timeless American values. Also: New deadly police encounters spawn more Ferguson-style protests.
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Publish date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015
Description: Terrorists kill employees of a French magazine for perceived offenses against Islam. The attack highlights a clash of cultures over the limits of Free Expression. Dan examines the motivations and responses involved.
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Publish date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015
Description: The subject of Income Inequality is shaping up to be a major political issue in the 2016 Presidential campaign. Dan has a few thoughts on the subject along with a ton of questions.
Show Notes:
5. “President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union” address (January 20th, 2015)
6. “Millionaires Are Also Worried About Rising Income Inequality” by NBC News, January 27, 2015
7. “Twin Peaks Planet” by Paul Krugman for The New York Times, January 1, 2015
Publish date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015
Description: World tensions spike as the situation in Ukraine seems capable of boiling over into a larger conflict between Russia and the West. Dan blames hubris and political short-sightedness
Show Notes:
1. “Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries” by Bill Gertz for the Associate Press, Feb 20th, 2015.
4. “UK and EU ‘badly misread’ Russia” by BBC, February, 20, 2015
Publish date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015
Description: Dan has a couple of issues he’s been meaning to get to…a bit about guns, a bit about Marijuana, a bit about everyone’s Intolerable Oppression limits. He offers a bit of popcorn analysis on all of them.
Show Notes:
1.“Top Rabbi Renews Call to Arm European Jews” by Catherine Phillips February 16, 2015
4. “Sheriffs sue Colorado over legal marijuana” by Trevor Hughes for The
USA Today, March 5, 2015.
Publish date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015
Description: The ideas of secrecy, democracy, special interests and international trade deals are interwoven into this episode that uses the negotiations over two
upcoming international trade agreements to highlight current trends.
Show Notes:
1.“Outcry Follows Leak of Secret Trade Negotiations” by Forbes Magazine, November 14, 2013
4. Text of the letter sent from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Assistant of
the President Michael Froman:.
5. “The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” by John Hilary
8. “Adding independent voices to the debate” by Jonathan Easley for “The Hill”, March 17, 2015
Publish date: Sat, 16 May 2015
Description: Recorded to the soothing background sounds of jackhammers, this show talks about the electorate’s collective memory with a bit about riots and partisan self-image thrown in for variety’s sake.
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Publish date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015
Description: Dan has talked in the past about funding drives to get reformers elected, but this show explores a more “if you can’t beat them, join them” approach to achieving public policy goals in a money-dominated system.
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Publish date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015
Description: Dan has an in-depth discussion with author, neuroscientist, philosopher and podcaster Sam Harris about terrorism, violence, Islam, morality in foreign policy and a whole lot of other things.
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Publish date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015
Description: Experts have said that we are heading towards a future where privacy is dead. Do humans have any say in the matter? Dan talks encryption, personal security vs collective security, and dreams he has.
Show Notes:
1. “Hacking Team breach focuses attention on merchants of spyware” by Jaikumar Vijayan for The Christian Science Monitor, July 8, 2015
2. “FBI chief warns encryption emboldens would-be Islamic State attackers” By Lindsay Dunsmuir for Reuters, July 8, 2015
3. “FBI and DOJ Target New Enemy In Crypto Wars: Apple and Googley” by Jenna McLaughlin for The Intercept, July 8, 2015
Publish date: Fri, 07 Aug 2015
Description: Dan puts on his pundit hat to analyze the first GOP televised debate. Not surprisingly, while he’s no fan of Donald Trump, he finds reasons to be glad there’s a political outsider in the race.
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Publish date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015
Description: Dan tries to break down some of the issues and add some context to the arguments, nuances and complexities of the current immigration and refugee situation in Europe and the U.S.
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Publish date: Sun, Oct 18 2015
Description: An audio playback glitch results in Dan not being able to work on the overdue Hardcore History show. This effort is what got completed instead. Syria, Russia and the Democratic Presidential Primary debates are discussed.
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1. “The United States’ surprise allies in Syria” by David Ignatius for The Washington Post, Oct 15, 2015
Publish date: Sat, Nov 14 2015
Description: What began as a show speculating about speeding up the pace of technological discoveries morphed into a conversation about effective responses to the November 13th 2015 terror attacks in Paris.
Show Notes:
1. We Need an Energy Miracle” by James Bennet for The Atlantic Magazine, November 2015
Publish date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014
Description: The Supreme Court says trading campaign contributions for political influence isn’t a bug in the U.S. system, it’s a feature. Dan weighs in on the ramifications of such a decision. Also, Cuban Twitter isn’t so Cuban.
Show Notes:
1. Text of Supreme Court decisionMcCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
2. “US defends ‘Cuban Twitter’ creation” by Desmond Butler, Jack Gillum and Alberto Arce for the Associated Press, April 3, 2014.
Publish date: Sat, Dec 9 2015
Description: A mass shooting in California is tied to an American-born Muslim. Can any defense prevent homegrown terror while leaving our rights intact?
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