Dan Carlin is a podcaster operating out of Eugene, Oregon, who is the host of popular podcasts Common Sense and Hardcore History. Introduction For more than a dozen years, the 41-year-old radio talk show host has been pushing the idea that the two main political parties in the United States are a large part of the problem, rather than the solution to our governmental and societal dilemmas. In addition to pushing what he calls a "neo-prudentist" view of things, Carlin brings history into the mix and uses it to help analyze problems and craft solutions. Carlin broke into the television news business in Los Angeles in the late 1980s. He's been a television news reporter, an author, a columnist, and for the last dozen years, a radio talk show host. No longer broadcasting on terrestrial radio, Carlin has achieved notoriety in recent years in the so-called "new media"-- internet radio, podcasting, and the blog