**Streamed Live on November 3rd, 2018 at 11 a.m.** Dan Carlin has worked as a news reporter, an author, a columnist, and a radio talk show host. He began podcasting around 2005 and now he is the host of two popular podcasts, [_Common Sense_](https://www.dancarlin.com/product-category/common-sense-with-dan-carlin/ "Common Sense podcast"), and [_Hardcore History_](https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ "Hardcore History podcast"). Carlin is outspoken on issues like state surveillance, foreign intervention, concentrated power, free speech, education reform, the problems of a two-party system, and civil liberties. _Common Sense_ was nominated for a Podcast Award in the Politics/News category in 2012 and 2013. Hardcore History was nominated in 2012 for a Stitcher Award in the Best Educational & Learning Podcast category.
