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Common Sense with Dan Carlin is an independent look at politics and current events from popular New Media personality Dan Carlin.
Carlin's self-described "Martian" viewpoints infuse each episode with a political alien's take on the world around us and the problems it faces. It's a smart, unique (and admittedly U.S.-centric) program that doesn't dumb down the information or analysis for the slowest person in the room.
Carlin's rapid-fire staccato voice has been compared to William Shatner after too many espressos. That, plus his penchant for making everyone in the audience mad at him eventually, makes for a witch's brew of a podcast that is not for everyone. But for those craving a deeper intellectual analysis, a less partisan approach and unpredictable outside-the-box revelations, Common Sense with Dan Carlin is a feast for the mind.
Carlin's self-described "Martian" viewpoints infuse each episode with a political alien's take on the world around us and the problems it faces. It's a smart, unique (and admittedly U.S.-centric) program that doesn't dumb down the information or analysis for the slowest person in the room.
Carlin's rapid-fire staccato voice has been compared to William Shatner after too many espressos. That, plus his penchant for making everyone in the audience mad at him eventually, makes for a witch's brew of a podcast that is not for everyone. But for those craving a deeper intellectual analysis, a less partisan approach and unpredictable outside-the-box revelations, Common Sense with Dan Carlin is a feast for the mind.
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7Vladimir Putin has instantaneously reignited the Cold War by savagely attacking Ukraine this week. In response to requests, Dan shares a few thoughts.
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?
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.
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.
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.
You never know when you might get a little common sense unexpectedly out of nowhere.This is one of those times.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Dan is in an introspective mental place in this show...but he may just drag you in there with him.
Dan has another visit with the always fascinating science historian and TV host James Burke. He also catches up a bit on early Trump cabinet picks and the Dakota pipeline protests.
Post-2016 election analysis and discussion from a Martian political perspective.
What happens if our nation's problems become too large to realistically imagine our politicians solving? What if voting doesn't help? Dan reminds us that he's not a moderate, and that you probably aren't either.
Secrecy, hacking, information leaks, whistle-blowers, foreign-operative propaganda pushers, disinformation, election tampering and the search for any truth in cyberspace occupy Dan's thoughts in this show.
After a brief hiatus to finish his other podcast, Dan has a huge backlog of material to cover. The presidential race, foreign affairs and racial and cultural questions take center stage.
This show has a "chickens coming home to roost" feel to it, but maybe in a positive way. It was supposed to be about the recent British vote to leave the EU, but evolved into something larger. Surprise, surprise.
Hate is a very strong word, but increasing numbers of Americans hate their countrymen. Is this a danger to the stability of the country? If it were deemed such, what can be done about it?
Dan finds the idea of a Donald Trump presidency to be inconceivable. He also thinks a fundamental change in U.S. Foreign Policy is also inconceivable. Could one inconceivable outcome lead to another?
As the U.S. Presidential campaign veers into unprecedented territory Dan sees opportunity in the unusual circumstances. "Anger is an Energy" he says. And he says it AGAIN and AGAIN.
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Umm "Common Sense with Dan Carlin is an independent look at politics and current events from popular New Media personality Dan Carlin." WHAAAA?? I stopped listening when Trump mania was going on and Dan went full liberal. Now that the war machine is in full swing and things are arguably worse for the world, I wonder if the "independent" Dan will speak or show that he is not, indeed, independent as advertised.
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Please bring the voice of Iranian people to the world #مهسا_امینی #iran
Another great podcast, well presented & with solid analysis that will stand the test of time. Thanks Dan.
Nothing about neonazis Azov, nothing about 2014, nothing about separatists. what historian lover!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
my! God! Blaming Russians! Only a gringo can simultaneously believe that US is right to invade Iraq 🇮🇶 for absolute no reason and blocked Cuba for 60 years, but Russia is mean for behaving just like America. Soon China 🇨🇳 will have to do the same and Americans will say. ONLY US CAN!
well its 2022 how has it been working out for Dan or is he rich enough not to feel the fiscal pain yet.... give it time... you know it's all that damn putins fault right dan....👎
Thank you Dan 👍🏾
Wow, Dan essentially predicted The Rittenhouse shooting. hindsight and all that, but he basically nailed it. Covid brought me HH in 2020.
vote for Biden the steady hand lolz
This the man who bought us hardcore history? This man is clueless. He sees things one way. Wishful thinking of Peace universally. There is no such thing. This is not heaven. This is a planet of the Kings of Kings. In the end if there is such thing as peace there will always be a Ruler that will emerge from nowhere. Mark my words. Everyone will wished there is still a Putin because the corrupt system machine will rule mankind and the unmasked of the antichrist is already here on earth.
"Dan we're all just a bunch od propagandized saps"
I've been REALLY hoping for an episode about all this insanity.
I've been calling for assassination of Putin from day 1. The man is crazy, and he's threatened the safety of the world with nuclear weapons. There should be a Tomahawk with his name on it.
Thanks Dan, this was exactly what everyone needed.
I wonder if Dan will do an interview with Mearsheimer
The people in charge who "got it wrong" are still in power because for certain political groupings and the military industrial complex, they got it very right. I think you're assuming too much good faith from eel people who unequivocally don't deserve it and probably belong in front of a war crimes tribunal.
oh, everyone at DoD, the natsec goblins, the neocon think tank freaks and the state department are all fucking toilet creatures. Putin is a massively dangerous character but i refuse to read any U.S. benevolence or altruism into this and frankly, you know better.
it isn't so much that i think you're a Biden bootlicker as i think you might be retconning tactical cunning onto a man who's brain turned into pure oatmeal several years ago.