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In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV
It started with a coronavirus crisis. We thought people might need something to do in lieu of fun. And some people might need someone to yap at them as they go through this. We have a lot of cool friends. So we started a show. Then the crisis ended. But by then I was wearing dog shirts every day. And the the rest was the rest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV
What Is The Greek Chorus?
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Professor Lucy Jackson to tell us all about the Greek chorus, from its theatrical role to its philosophical…
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Maple Syrup Underground Railroad
Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump administration influencers, puppets as graduation speakers, and maple syrup smuggling in…
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Reading Battle Plans
Wherein Ben welcomes Mike Pesca to talk about podcasts, scandals, and the JFK assassination, and they read the newly released Houthi PC Small Group battle…
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Houthi PC Small Puppy
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss the Trump administration's leak of classified military information via group chat and welcome Anna Bower to tell…
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Canadian Elections
Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Eve Gaumond discuss the upcoming elections in Canada. Also, Ben has a new puppy. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Mexican Avocados
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss Ben's new video, Holly's new podcast, and why big law firms are capitulating to Trump. Hosted on Acast. See…
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Canada and the EU
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Frédéric Mérand, Canadian political scientist, to discuss Canada's potential integration with the EU. Hosted on Acast…
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Soft Power
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss the destruction of US soft power mechanisms, including Voice of America and the US Institute of Peace. Holly…
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Trump Ruined My Weekend
Wherein Ben puts the Trump administration on blast for destroying democracy outside of business hours, and Holly Berkley Fletcher and Alicia Wanless join in to…
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The Information Ecosystem
Wherein Ben takes questions from the audience on disinformation and Chuck Schumer's decision making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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Holly Runs The Show
Wherein Ben, once again broadcasting from an airport, asks Holly Berkley Fletcher to host the show for him. Holly talks Lindsey Graham, tuberculosis, and…
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Make-Up, Trains, and Humanitarian Crises
Wherein Ben celebrates his new career as a make-up influencer, Eve Gaumond tells us about her train journey across Canada, and Holly Berkley Fletcher reminds…
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Habeas Corpus and Immigration Law
Wherein Ben welcomes John Hawkinson to discuss habeas corpus in deportation proceedings. They also touch on government shutdowns, Canadian politics, and…
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The Tariffs Are Here
Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher and Alicia Wanless discuss the implementation of tariffs on Canadian goods, with occasional diversions to talk atheism…
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Intelligence, Rhetoric, and Protest
Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Eve Gaumond welcome reporter Shane Harris to discuss Trump's cut-off of military intelligence to Ukraine. We also…
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The Future of Transatlantic Partnership
Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander, our resident European defense expert, and her colleague Eric Adamson to discuss how Trump's betrayal of Ukraine is playing…
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Grab Bag
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss random topics, including colonoscopies, projection logistics, and the cactus's new friend, the snowman. Hosted…
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Comedy Hour
Wherein Ben, Eve Gaumond, and Holly Berkley Fletcher shoot the shit for an hour about whatever's on their minds: Dan Bongino, UFC, Elon Musk's Canadian…
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10,000 North Koreans In Ukraine
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Darcie Draudt, a political scientist specializing in the Korean Peninsula, to discuss what exactly 10,000 North Korean…
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Lessons From East Africa
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Rick Ehrenreich, a former State Department intelligence officer, to discuss the political situation in Rwanda…
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The Psychology of Uncertainty
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Kate Sweeny, a psychology professor studying the effects of uncertainty, to explain to us how the current state of…
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Escalation
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Max Johnston, producer of Lawfare's new podcast series on US-Ukrainian relations, to introduce the series, which…
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A World Without USAID
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Dr. Beth Stuebing, a surgeon working at a hospital in Malawi, to talk about what the loss of USAID means on the…
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The Supreme Court Reads The Polls
Wherein Ben and Eve Gaumond welcome Jonathan Rauch to talk about the political role of the Supreme Court. Also, Anastasiia Lapatina and her estimable baby are…
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Can Canada Resist Invasion?
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Murray Brewster, a Canadian political reporter, to discuss Canada's prospects of resisting US annexation. Hosted on…
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Do We Need A European Army?
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Joel Linnainmäki, Minna Ålander, and Jonathan Rauch to discuss European defense now that the US has joined the…
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The European Perspective
Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander, a European defense expert, and Fabian Hoffmann, a Norwegian expert on nuclear policy, to discuss European responses to…
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Russian Influence and US Withdrawal
Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Dog Shirt TV newcomer Karen-Anna Eggen, a Norwegian expert on Russian influence operations, to…
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Talk Radio: A Political History
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Brian Rosenwald, an American political historian, to tell us about the history of talk radio and the Republican…
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The US and Belarus Swap Insurrectionists
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Katie Shmatsina, a Belarussian democracy activist, to talk about the situation in Belarus and the asylum process…
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Girl Security: DEI is Great, Actually
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Lauren Buitta, founder of the nonprofit Girl Security, to talk about women in national security in the Trump era. Hosted…
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Mike Pesca on Politics, Football, and the Penny
Wherein Ben welcomes Mike Pesca to talk about the Superbowl and how bad he thinks Trumpism is going to get. Holly Berkley Fletcher cohosts, and Anastasiia…
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The New Techno-Plutocracy
Wherein Ben welcomes Raluca Csernatoni, a European scholar, to discuss European responses to our developing techno-plutocratic hellscape. Alicia Wanless, Eve…
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Ukraine, South Africa, and the Arctic
Wherein Ben announces the launch of a new podcast on the history of US-Ukraine relations, and Holly Berkley Fletcher and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss how Trump…
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Hypothetical War Crimes
Wherein Ben discusses the barriers to US occupation of Gaza, Eve Gaumond discusses tariffs, and Shane Harris discusses the CIA. Hosted on Acast. See…
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The FBI Fights Back
Wherein Ben talks about the resistance to Trump from within the FBI and welcomes Jonathan Rauch to talk about public responses to corrupt government. Hosted on…
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Tariffs
Wherein Ben welcomes Stephanie Carvin, a Canadian political scientist, to discuss Trump's newly imposed tariffs and their impact on, well, everything. Hosted…
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Ethics and Ambition
Wherein Ben takes a step back from our many crises and muses on the ethical obligations of career civil servants, to what extent presidential administrations…
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Kash Patel, Mid-Air Collisions, and Other Chaos
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss how much Kash Patel sucks, the military situation in Eastern Congo, last night's plane crash, and anything else…
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Christianity and Democracy
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Jonathan Rauch to discuss his new book on the role of Christianity in American democracy.Find Jon's book here…
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Impoundment Crisis
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Anastasiia Lapatina and Steve Vladek to discuss Trump's impoundment of everything. Steve talks about the legal…
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The Exvangelicals
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Sarah McCammonn to discuss her new book, The Exvangelicals, and talk about the landscape of the evangelical…
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Tik Tok, Red Note, and Digital Migration
Wherein Ben welcomes Kate Klonick and Margo Williams to talk about the migration from Tik Tok to Red Note and the dynamics of digital cultural exchange. Hosted…
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Evangelical Sex
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Sheila Wray Gregoire, an expert on sex and relationships in the evangelical community, to talk about how…
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Everybody Gets Injustice
Wherein Ben welcomes Roger Parloff to discuss Trump's pardons of the January 6th rioters and Biden's pardons of his family and associates. Hosted on Acast. See…
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The Apocalypse: An Outside Perspective
Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander to talk us through how Europe is viewing our collapsing democracy. Alicia Wanless joined in to give us a Canadian viewpoint…
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Last Show Before the Apocalypse
Wherein Ben celebrates our last show before Monday's apocalypse by rambling about bipartisanship, tariffs, assassinations in Canada, Aileen Cannon, and an old…
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The Jack Smith Report
Wherein Ben welcomes Roger Parloff and Marty Lederman to discuss the Jack Smith report. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Porn and Purity: The Theology of the Pete Hegseth Hearing
Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss what Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearings have to teach us about the intersection between evangelical culture…
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Pissing Off the World's Richest Men
Wherein Ben welcomes Yael Eisenstat, former CIA analyst and current democracy activist, to tell us about her career speaking truth to tech oligarchs. Hosted on…
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Genocide in Sudan
Wherein Ben welcomes Holly Berkley Fletcher to tell us about the humanitarian crisis in Sudan: what's happening and why no one seems to care. Hosted on Acast…
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Annexation: A How-To Guide
Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless discuss how Trump would actually go about annexing Greenland and Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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The End of Justin Trudeau
Wherein Ben welcomes Dale Smith, a Canadian journalist, to tell us about Trudeau's resignation and what comes next. Also, Elon Musk called Holly Berkley…
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What I Saw at the Bourbon Street Attack
Wherein Ben welcomes Gia Kokotakis, a terrorism scholar studying car ramming attacks, who happened to be present at the Bourbon Street attack last week. She…
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John Ratcliffe: It Could Be Worse
Wherein Ben welcomes Shane Harris to tell us about John Ratcliffe, Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence. As Trump nominees go, he's not that…
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The Generative AI Bubble
Wherein Ben welcomes Gary Marcus to discuss AI: what's real, what's bullshit, and what happens next. Eve Gaumond and Matteo Carraba join in. Find Gary's new…
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Concerning the Hallmark Christmas Movie
Wherein Anna Bower and Katherine Pompilio teach Ben the true meaning of Hallmark Christmas movies. Also, Taylor Swift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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The Enemy Underwater
Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Alander, a Finnish expert on Northern European security issues, to discuss Russia's habit of sabotaging undersea cables. Alicia…
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How to Wreck the Federal Government
Wherein Ben welcomes Jody Freeman to discuss Trump's plans for structural deregulation of federal agencies. Holly Berkley Fletcher and Eve Gaumond join in…
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Make-Up and Undersea Cables
Wherein Ben hosts a rollicking panel discussion, with Holly Berkley Fletcher, Eve Gaumond, and Antti Ruokonen, all gathered to discuss the CIA, talking cacti…