Best dave@thedavebowmanshow.com Podcasts (2025)

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Into Harms Way 2:15

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It was the night the U.S. Navy took back the darkness. On October 11, 1942, off Cape Esperance near Guadalcanal, Rear Admiral Norman Scott led a small task force into waters already littered with wreckage from earlier defeats. His orders were clear: protect the convoy, challenge the Japanese, and prove that America could fight—and win—at night. Wha…

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WTF - Slingn' It.... 58:16

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Welcome back to What The Frock, where faith meets foolishness and caffeine meets chaos. This week, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod are running on fumes, sarcasm, and coffee strong enough to qualify as a controlled substance. Rod has just returned from a cybersecurity conference in Vegas, and Dave is preparing for shoulder surgery while trying to do everyt…

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Arminius 2:09

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In the sixteenth century, when theology could start wars and conscience could get a man killed, Jacobus Arminius dared to question the idea that God’s will left no room for human choice. Born in the war-torn Dutch town of Oudewater on October 10, 1560, Arminius rose from tragedy to become one of Europe’s most provocative theologians. His belief tha…

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The Natural 2:14

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But not the Hollywood ending...By [email protected]

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Revolutionary Talk - The Quiet Before the Storm 34:37

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It is October 10, 1775, and Norwich can feel the weight of the war pressing closer than ever. Prices rise, faith stretches thin, and the news from Boston and Philadelphia gives as much worry as hope. General Gage has sailed home in disgrace, replaced by the iron-willed General Howe, while Washington clings to his siege lines with more resolve than …

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Revolutionary Talk - America Takes the War to Sea 20:50

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Welcome to Revolutionary Talk on WREV 760 AM. It is October 9, 1775, and today the tide quite literally turns. In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress has voted to arm two ships and send them against British supply vessels. Out of quills and parchment, a navy is born.John Adams declared that a nation cannot defend its liberty without command of t…

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Talk Less... Do More... 2:12

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She was born free in a time when freedom was rare, and she spent her life proving what it truly meant. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a teacher, journalist, lawyer, and activist who refused to accept the limits placed on her because of her race or her gender. From the Underground Railroad stops of her childhood home in Delaware to the classrooms of Canada…

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Revolutionary Talk - The Army 28:04

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Welcome to Revolutionary Talk on WREV 760AM. It is October 8, 1775, and General Washington has called a council of war in Cambridge to decide the future of the Continental Army. The debate over numbers and enlistments has turned into a debate over principle. Today, the army ruled that no Black man, free or enslaved, may serve in the ranks.The decis…

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Fast Eddie 1:47

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He was the kind of man who made danger look like routine. Eddie Rickenbacker grew up on the rough streets of Columbus, Ohio, fixing engines and outrunning bad luck. By the time America entered World War I, he was already famous as “Fast Eddie,” a race car driver who understood speed better than fear. When he climbed into a SPAD fighter with the 94t…

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Revolutionary Talk - TREASON!!!! 17:54

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Liberty 250 - With Manly Firmness 33:18

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You Can Be Sure... 2:00

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George Westinghouse was a man who refused to settle for “good enough.” Born on October 6, 1846, he became one of America’s greatest inventors and industrialists, a name forever linked with safety, innovation, and light itself. From the invention of the railroad air brake to the creation of the first natural gas distribution system, Westinghouse tra…

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Revolutionary Talk - The Cost of Living 24:46

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Prices are climbing, tempers are flaring, and the paper money in our pockets is losing value faster than flour can rise. In today’s episode of Revolutionary Talk, Dave Diamond takes us straight into the heart of colonial frustration. From the markets of Norwich to the farmlands beyond, inflation and British blockades are squeezing every family’s ta…

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The Chances of Rabbi Dave Being Killed by a Bear Are Low… But Never Zero

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Welcome to What The Frock? where reason and ridicule meet over coffee and common sense. This week, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod tackle three wildly different but strangely connected stories. It begins with the uproar over Netflix and its so-called “transgender agenda,” fueled by Elon Musk and a fifteen billion dollar hit to the company’s value. From th…

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The Women March 1:36

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It began with the sound of a drum in the rain. On October 5, 1789, thousands of women left the markets of Paris and marched toward Versailles, hungry, furious, and unafraid. They demanded bread, but what they carried was something far heavier: the voice of a nation on the edge of change.By the end of that march, the King and Queen would no longer r…

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The Hunt for Red October 1:42

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“The Hunt for Red October,” was released this past week in 1984. To say that there had never been anything like it would be an understatement. It was… amazing.By [email protected]

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"Little Sput" 1:49

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On the night of October 4, 1957, the world changed in a way few could have predicted. From the vast steppes of Kazakhstan, a Soviet rocket thundered into the sky, carrying with it a polished sphere no bigger than a beach ball. Once the roar of the launch faded, the silence of space was pierced by a sound unlike any other. Across continents, through…

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An Expensive Education 1:44

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College ain't what I expected it to be...By [email protected]

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Our General 19:45

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Welcome back to Powder to Parchment on WREV 760AM, where we bring you Revolutionary Talk straight from the heart of 1775. Today we turn our attention to Benedict Arnold, and not the man remembered for betrayal, but the soldier who was still a hero.On October 3, 1775, Arnold and more than a thousand men began their march north through the wilds of M…

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America's First Traitor 2:20

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On October 3, 1775, at his Cambridge headquarters, George Washington gathered his leading officers around a table and laid out a single sheet of paper covered in characters that looked like the husks of an insect’s trail. The talk was quiet and direct. A senior official stood under suspicion, a ciphered message had been opened, and the implications…

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41 Cold War Sentinels - USS George Bancroft SSBN-643 5:54

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George Bancroft was one of the great figures of nineteenth-century America, a historian, diplomat, and the founder of the United States Naval Academy. More than a century later, the Navy honored him by giving his name to a vessel that represented the cutting edge of Cold War deterrence. USS George Bancroft (SSBN-643) was a Benjamin Franklin-class b…

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Revolutionary Talk - We Need a Navy! 26:40

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Welcome back to Powder to Parchment on WREV 760AM, Norwich’s home for Revolutionary Talk. Yesterday we looked at Washington’s grim reality outside Boston — nine shots apiece and a bluff that might break at any moment. Today, October 2, 1775, we turn to Philadelphia, where the Continental Congress takes up an idea as bold as it is dangerous: creatin…

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The Sorcerer Strikes 6:33

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In the autumn of 1944, the submarine USS Aspro slipped out of Fremantle and into the vast expanse of the South China Sea. This was her fifth war patrol, a mission that would test the nerves of her crew and the steel of the boat against Japan’s desperate efforts to keep its sea lanes open.For weeks the men endured the grind of patrol life, stalking …

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The Nottngham Cheese Riot 1:45

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On October 2, 1766, Nottingham’s famous Goose Fair turned from lively market to full-blown riot, and the cause was cheese. Prices had doubled, merchants were buying up entire wagonloads to haul away, and the townsfolk decided they would not stand for it. What followed was chaos, with stalls overturned, cheeses seized, and wheels rolled through the …

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2.5 Million Years 1:42

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After 2.5 Million yers, I missed itBy [email protected]

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Revolutionary Talk - The Powder Problem 20:01

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It's October 1, 1775, and WREV 760AM is on the air, bringing you "Revolutionary Talk" with your firebrand host, Dave Diamond. Word from Cambridge is not good. Shocking even. And from London the King has waddled in as he gets ready to open the session of Parliament. It doesn't look like he's in a conciliatory mood. Grab a mug of ale and fill your pi…

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McNamara Plot, Darrow’s Defense, and a City Remade 2:07

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In the early hours of October 1, 1910, downtown Los Angeles was rocked by an explosion that tore through the Los Angeles Times building. The blast, fueled by dynamite hidden in a suitcase and ignited by barrels of ink and ruptured gas lines, turned the newsroom into an inferno. Twenty-one people were killed and more than a hundred injured. The city…

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The Fitness Test The Military Actually Needs 1:37

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Its not the Brass that needs to get fit...By [email protected]

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Wake Me Up When September Ends... 1:09

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To Celebrate All Things Podcasting!By [email protected]

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Liberty 250 - Live at the Apollo 32:04

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In May 1774, Virginia’s House of Burgesses showed defiance that echoed straight into the Declaration of Independence. After calling for fasting and prayer in solidarity with Boston, Governor Lord Dunmore dissolved the assembly. The Burgesses simply moved down the street to the Raleigh Tavern’s Apollo Room, proving that liberty could not be locked o…

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Breaking the Hindenburg Line 2:15

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In September 1918, the First World War was nearing its end, but no one on the Western Front could be certain of that. The German Army still clung to the Hindenburg Line, a massive belt of fortifications stretching across northern France. At St. Quentin Canal, this line was at its strongest, defended by concrete bunkers, deep wire, and the canal its…

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Tylenol 3:14

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Well... Does It? Or Doesn't It?By [email protected]

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Jack's Silver Star Moment 7:45

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On June 26, 1943, the submarine USS Jack prowled the waters off Japan on her first war patrol. She was young, aggressive, and her crew carried a dangerous confidence. That morning, Jack struck hard, firing a spread of torpedoes into a convoy and sending two ships to the bottom. The crew was elated, convinced they had the war figured out.But in the …

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WTF: False Advertising? 1:00:14

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This week on What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod tackle the strange and noisy world of advertising. From podcasts to streaming services, from political campaigns to Super Bowl spectacles, they ask a simple question: is anyone actually paying attention?Dave reveals why he refuses to charge for ads on the show, noting that most listeners skip t…

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Good King Wenceslaus 2:10

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When most of us hear the name “Good King Wenceslas,” we think of the Christmas carol that paints him as a benevolent monarch who braved the snow to help a poor man. The truth, however, is far darker and far more fascinating. Wenceslaus I was not a king but a duke of Bohemia, ruling in the early tenth century at a time when the nation stood at a cro…

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Give Me Liberty... Ships! 2:37

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On September 27, 1941, long before American troops landed on foreign shores, a different kind of weapon was launched in Baltimore. The SS Patrick Henry, the first Liberty ship, slid into the water at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard as bands played and President Franklin Roosevelt’s words echoed over the radio. It was a plain freighter, built not f…

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The Return of the Golden Hind 8:47

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On September 26, 1580, the people of Plymouth looked out to sea and saw a battered ship limping into the harbor. Her sails were patched, her timbers worn, and her crew thinned by years of hardship. Yet she carried a story that would change the course of England’s future. This was the Golden Hind, commanded by Francis Drake, and she had just complet…

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From Harbor Tragedy to a Resilient Legacy 5:24

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In September of 1921, San Pedro Harbor was the bustling new home of the Pacific Fleet. Battleships filled the anchorage, destroyers patrolled the coast, and tied to the tender USS Camden was the small submarine USS R-6. She was a product of the pigboat era, a generation of submarines built during World War I that were experimental, cramped, and dan…

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The Space Cookie 1:28

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“The Space Cookie” is remembered for his laughter, his loss to lung cancer, and the lasting sacrifices of submarine service.By [email protected]

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France’s Deadliest Peacetime Naval Disaster 2:12

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On the morning of September 25, 1911, the French battleship Liberté lay quietly at anchor in Toulon harbor. The fleet was already grieving the loss of sailors from a smaller accident aboard the cruiser Gloire, and preparations for their funeral were underway. At first light, there was no reason to expect anything but another routine day. Then smoke…

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Mrs. Hutchinson's Son 5:36

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In September of 1942 the submarine USS Sargo left Fremantle on her fifth war patrol, a mission that would take her deep into enemy waters of the South China Sea. For nearly a month she stalked empty horizons, her crew wrestling with leaking exhaust valves and the constant threat of discovery. Then came September 25, when Sargo fired at a Japanese f…

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41 Cold War Sentinels: USS John Marshall SSBN-611 5:55

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The USS John Marshall was never meant to be famous. She did not fight great battles or fire weapons in anger. Yet her legacy is important. She shows how the Navy adapted in the Cold War, repurposing old ships for new missions, keeping pressure on adversaries, and supporting allies in ways that never made the papers. She carried the name of a man wh…

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A Ferry Ride, Chowder, and Some Nostalgia 1:00

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Kimmel's back... so was I...By [email protected]

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The Great Chief Justice 1:57

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When John Marshall became Chief Justice in 1801, the Supreme Court was little more than a formality. It met in cramped quarters beneath the Capitol, ignored by presidents and forgotten by the public. Over the next thirty four years, Marshall would transform that overlooked institution into a powerful branch of government.…

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Operation Kiebitz 5:53

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In 1943 a strange and daring plot unfolded in Canada, one that sounds like the script of a wartime thriller. Four of Germany’s most celebrated U-boat commanders, including Otto Kretschmer, the infamous “Tonnage King,” were being held at Camp 30 in Bowmanville, Ontario. Behind the fences they hatched an audacious escape plan. They would dig tunnels,…

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Pecan Pie 1:00

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There's a lot of memories on that counterBy [email protected]

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The Last Jew in Vinnista 2:01

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One haunting photo, one nameless man, a symbol of defiance and loss that still shatters us today...By [email protected]

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The Candy Bomber 2:06

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In 1948 Berlin was a city under siege. Not by tanks or artillery, but by hunger. The Soviet Union cut off all roads, rail lines, and canals leading into West Berlin. Over two million people faced starvation, and the world wondered if the Western Allies would abandon them. Instead, the Americans and British launched the Berlin Airlift, a mission tha…

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Chilled Speech 59:21

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Welcome back to What the Frock? with Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod, where free speech meets the frying pan and gets served with a side of fries. In this episode, we saddle up and ride straight into the storm around Jimmy Kimmel’s firing — not because of ratings, but because he said something the network didn’t like. From there we take aim at the FCC, ad…

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The Meeting That Nearly Ended the American Revolution 1:37

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On September 21, 1780, Benedict Arnold crossed the line from hero to traitor. Three years earlier he had been the savior of Saratoga, celebrated as the boldest commander in Washington’s army. But pride, debt, and resentment festered. Congress insulted him, creditors hounded him, and his Loyalist wife Peggy Shippen opened a channel to the British.Th…

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