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Author: Dan Carlin

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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.
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Vladimir 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.
Show 315 - War on a Whim?

Show 315 - War on a Whim?

2017-05-0101:08:021

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.
Show 314 - Unhealthy Numbers

Show 314 - Unhealthy Numbers

2017-03-1601:05:073

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.
Show 311 - Trumped

Show 311 - Trumped

2016-11-1101:06:031

Post-2016 election analysis and discussion from a Martian political perspective.
Show 310 - Or Else

Show 310 - Or Else

2016-10-1347:471

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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Comments (374)

Aubaidy

i like this episode but there were alot unfamiliar words I didn't understand

Nov 2nd
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mark vandenberg

You're just listening to number 320 and as a cleaner.Slash deplorable slash mega, I hate to say it but dan can't see past his own biases

May 27th
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Mama JoGambah

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.

Oct 28th
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Steve Wafula

👍🏾

Nov 6th
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Steve Wafula

👍🏾👍🏾

Oct 9th
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mohsen

Please bring the voice of Iranian people to the world #مهسا_امینی #iran

Sep 25th
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Steve Wafula

Another great podcast, well presented & with solid analysis that will stand the test of time. Thanks Dan.

Jul 31st
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Luiz Puodzius

Nothing about neonazis Azov, nothing about 2014, nothing about separatists. what historian lover!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jul 7th
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Luiz Puodzius

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!

Jul 7th
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dirt dasty

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....👎

May 24th
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Steve Wafula

Thank you Dan 👍🏾

May 10th
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John J Edmund

Wow, Dan essentially predicted The Rittenhouse shooting. hindsight and all that, but he basically nailed it. Covid brought me HH in 2020.

Apr 6th
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C muir

vote for Biden the steady hand lolz

Mar 14th
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Jeremiah Tutor

"Dan we're all just a bunch od propagandized saps"

Mar 3rd
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Ozymandias Was Right

I've been REALLY hoping for an episode about all this insanity.

Mar 3rd
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!!!@@@!!!

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.

Mar 2nd
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Dominic Edgley

Thanks Dan, this was exactly what everyone needed.

Mar 2nd
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RJ

I wonder if Dan will do an interview with Mearsheimer

Mar 2nd
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Will Shogren

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.

Mar 2nd
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Will Shogren

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.

Mar 2nd
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