In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Matt Fulton and Chris Carr of the Secrets and Spies podcast to talk about the historical and cultural role of intelligence operations, both real and fictional. Check out their podcast here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Mike Feinberg and Alicia Wanless discuss a potential bombshell news story about Trump's BANANA, and Carol Tsang joins in with more thoughts on Japanese history and the origins of totalitarianism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg welcome Emily Hoge, a scholar of post-Soviet Russian history, to discuss Putin's recognition of the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben celebrates the infighting at the Trump DOJ and discusses the culture of gun ownership with Mike Feinberg and Eve Gaumond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein the cactus is dead. Long live the cactus. Also, Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Mike Feinberg discuss Kenyan politics, DOJ refugees, and celebrities on social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Mike Feinberg, recently fired from a senior FBI position for being friends with someone Trump doesn't like, to discuss his experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Shane Harris to discuss the Trump CIA's so-called tradecraft review, which concludes that there was no Russian interference in the 2016 election and that James Comey is a crook. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, and John Hawkinson cover home renovation, AI, tariffs, law enforcement, and the cactus's bruised ego. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Carol Tsang emerges from the Greek Chorus to tell Ben about the history of repression and resistance in Tokugawa Japan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben discusses safari adventures with Holly Berkley Fletcher, the state of the Supreme Court with Jonathan Rauch, Swedish and Canadian politics with Alicia Wanless, and the military situation in Ukraine with anyone willing to listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Anna Bower for a discussion of Independence Day under Trump, as well as DOGE, humor, and the New York Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss wildlife in Kenya, Minna Ålander joins in to talk about the seasons in Finland and defense policy in France, and Anastasiia Lapatina drops by with Ukrainian memes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Tyler McBrien, Lawfare's managing editor, to discuss Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral primary and what, if anything, it means about the country at large. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Ben Wizner of the ACLU, with whom he used to argue about civil liberties litigation, to discuss civil liberties litigation in the Trump era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Mike Pesca takes over the show to ask Ben about the effectiveness of the Iran strikes and the war powers debate, and Holly Berkley Fletcher about Kenyan politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss the recent NATO summit and the future of NATO in the Trump era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben has created a deepfake video of judicial nominee Emil Bove putting on vampire make-up, and he and Eve Gaumond discuss the ethical concerns created by a world in which that is possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss intelligence officers as they exist in real life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben answers Holly Berkley Fletcher's questions on the Supreme Court, deportation, federal grand juries, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Marty Lederman to discuss Trump's legal and constitutional violations in bombing Iran. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss what we know about the Israeli strikes on Iran. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben is on a train and can't maintain a wifi connection, and Holly Berkley Fletcher tries desperately to cover for him. Swahili, hotels, and naming conventions are discussed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss the role of vaccines in personal and community health and the role of the intelligence community in policy making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Eve Gaumond welcome James Hanks to discuss how he convinced Chat GPT to plan military operations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Holly Berkley Fletcher discusses different strategies at play in protesting Trump and Ben answers Anastasiia Lapatina's questions about the US legal system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.