LRT Recommends: The Dan Carlin Show

I think the readers of the Louis Riel Trail will enjoy Dan Carlin's podcast called Common Sense.

I've been a fan of Dan Carlin for quite some time, and his shows just keep getting better. In his latest podcast "Blocking the Playmakers", Dan discusses the fact that many of our best minds don't go into politics and how this has led to culture of mediocrity in our national capitals and has deprived us of vision and effective problem solving.

Dan is of course talking about the United States, and his podcast tends to take the stance that the Democratic-Republican view of politics has led to group think and a lack of moderation in political discussions - you never for example hear Sean Hannity say things like "You know I am normally really conservative, but on this one issue I am totally liberal" - a fact that makes most mainstream political discussion cartoonish and predictable. Something I hope Louis Riel Trail never is.

The Canadian listener of course doesn't have to deal with a two-party system - for better or worse - but we face many of the same issues with the lack of effective discourse and good leadership. This has contributed to lowered expectations among citizens and voters since we don't even seem to find answers to problems that seem solvable.

Dan Carlin explains his positions much better than I do, and I an happy to recommend that all Louis Riel Trail's readers check out Dan Carlin's common sense.