Common Sense with Dan Carlin

Loud, fast-talking and deceptively funny, this politically-independent "forward-thinking pragmatist" looks at the events shaping our world through a uniquely American lens. It's smarter than you think, and faster than you expect.

Episodes

Show 323 - Gas Up the Cold War

March 1, 2022 • 40 mins

Vladimir Putin has instantaneously reignited the Cold War by savagely attacking Ukraine this week. In response to requests, Dan shares a few thoughts.

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Show 322 - Betting on Long Shots

September 1, 2021 • 55 mins

After 20 years in Afghanistan the U.S. exits the country thus ending the longest war in American history. Are there any lessons to be learned?

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Show 321 - Garbage In, Garbage Out

January 14, 2021 • 47 mins

In a show recorded before the recent House impeachment vote, Dan examines the damage caused by the iceberg we recently hit when Americans stormed the U.S. Capitol and tries to suggest how we might avoid hitting another one.

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Show 320 - Steering Into the Iceberg

September 20, 2020 • 73 mins

To paraphrase John Lennon, So you say you want a civil war? With the U.S. facing one of the most consequential elections in its history, Dan has some thoughts about us all, our choices and the times in which we live.

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Show 319 - A Recipe for Caesar

April 1, 2020 • 86 mins

Does a global pandemic help break the spell of our bitter partisan conflict, or does it just raise the stakes? In the first CS show in years Dan wrestles with the Zeitgeist.

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Show 318 - For Whom the Bell Trolls

May 26, 2018 • 46 mins

You never know when you might get a little common sense unexpectedly out of nowhere.This is one of those times.

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Show 317 - Shades of Grey

October 28, 2017 • 51 mins

Dan is finding is hard to operate in a Black and White, Good and Evil cultural environment where everyone is outraged all the time about everything and where Americans hate each other. Where's the Common Sense?

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Show 316 - The Day of the Dove

June 19, 2017 • 62 mins

Politically-related violence in the U.S. heats up as talk of "Civil War" goes mainstream. What would a "Civil War" in the U.S. even look like? Dan has some thoughts on this and ways to potentially avoid such a fate.

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Show 315 - War on a Whim?

May 1, 2017 • 68 mins

There's a lot in this show subject-wise, but it's really supposed to be about War Powers in the USA and how events in Syria and North Korea play into the issue.

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Show 314 - Unhealthy Numbers

March 16, 2017 • 65 mins

As the GOP attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Dan ponders the dichotomy between what Americans spend on health care versus what they get in return.

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Show 313 - Get Me A Glass of Water

February 14, 2017 • 55 mins

Dan is in an introspective mental place in this show...but he may just drag you in there with him.

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Common Sense with Dan Carlin

Episodes

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Show 321 - Garbage In, Garbage Out

Show 320 - Steering Into the Iceberg

Show 319 - A Recipe for Caesar

Show 318 - For Whom the Bell Trolls

Show 317 - Shades of Grey

Show 316 - The Day of the Dove

Show 315 - War on a Whim?

Show 314 - Unhealthy Numbers

Show 313 - Get Me A Glass of Water

Popular Podcasts

Show 323 - Gas Up the Cold War

Show 322 - Betting on Long Shots