Benjamin Wittes and Kate Klonick

In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

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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.

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Benjamin Wittes and Kate Klonick

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

The Girlies Are Fighting! with Marichka Hlyten 06.06.2025

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher celebrate Trump's messy breakup with Elon, and welcome Marichka Hlyten to talk about the latest developments in Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Africa News and Protest Slogans 05.06.2025

Wherein Ben discusses lobbying strategy, Holly Berkley Fletcher shares news from across Africa, and the Collegium workshops protest slogans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Belarus, Sudan, and Bach with Katsiaryna Shmatsina 04.06.2025

Wherein Holly Berkley Fletcher discusses fake news about Sudan, Anastasiia Lapatina welcomes Katsiaryna Shmatsina to talk about national identity and repression in Belarus, and Ben asks why no one is selling old Swedish men on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Building the Bulwark with Jonathan V. Last 03.06.2025

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher and Anastasiia Lapatina welcome Jonathan V. Last to talk about optimism and pessimism, building a media empire, and the craft of journalistic writing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaming, AI, and Counterterrorism with Erin Saltman 02.06.2025

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Erin Saltman to discuss the role of gaming and AI in youth radicalization and de-radicalization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The WITAOD Chronicles with Anna Bower and Tyler McBrien 30.05.2025

Wherein Ben welcomes Anna Bower and Tyler McBrien to discuss Anna's months-long quest to unmask the administrator of DOGE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What Should Democrats Demand? 29.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Jonathan Rauch, who has a proposal for potential Democratic legislative strategy in the current budget negotiations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Biden, Lincoln, and Trump 28.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Mike Pesca to discuss Biden's health while in office and media discussion around it, and continue to prepare for a Special Military Operation targeting Trump's banner outside the Department of Agriculture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cleaning the House 27.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher compare their approaches to household cleanliness and the psychology thereof. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parenting (in a Warzone) 26.05.2025

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss parenting wins and losses--and the difficulties posed by a baby who's been awake in a bomb shelter all night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Icebreakers 23.05.2025

Wherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Genevieve DellaFera answer silly questions Alicia's publisher sent her. Desert islands, Ayn Rand, and the effectiveness of the Tokugawa Shogunate are discussed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thoughts on South Africa 22.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss democracy in South Africa and the complete lack of genocide against Afrikaners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump v. Lincoln: Live Storyboarding 21.05.2025

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the audience plan a Special Military Operation targeting Trump's latest ego boost: an enormous banner of his face hanging opposite Lincoln's outside USDA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rattling Sabers 20.05.2025

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Minna Ålander discuss how Trump's attempts to exercise coercive power are going in various domestic and political arenas. If you want to join us live every weekday at 8am EST, get a years subscription to Dog Shirt Daily for just $25 this week only. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live from the Arctic 19.05.2025

Wherein Ben welcomes Anastasiia Lapatina for a real-time tour of a Norwegian town on the Russian border and a live interview with a local journalist covering Russian aggression in the Arctic. Holly Berkley Fletcher comes on to discuss her most recent shenanigans, Minna Ålander talks NATO policy, and Ben goes over the recent SCOTUS arguments in the birthright citizenship case. Hosted on Acast. See...

The Ukrainian Perspective 17.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss Ukrainian perspectives on Russian dissidents, international organizations, and national identity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The History of Puns with John Pollack 15.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome author John Pollack to talk about the place of wordplay in human society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South African Refugees and Ukrainian Children 14.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss the difficulties of addressing wealth disparity. Then they welcome Marichka Hlyten to talk about Russian abuse of Ukrainian children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Holly's Agenda 13.05.2025

Wherein Holly Berkley Fletcher comes on with a list of discussion topics, including refugees, book reviews, South Sudan, and a covert margarita operation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Planes and Protests 12.05.2025

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Jonathan Rauch discuss why Trump wants a Qatari plane and how to protest at a military parade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Papal Politics 09.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss the new Pope, what the Papacy represents, and why we should care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three Scams with Nicholas Weaver 08.05.2025

Wherein Ben welcomes Nicholas Weaver to talk about corruption in cryptocurrency, the global supply chain, and American universities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Netanyahu, Trump, and Stalin 07.05.2025

Wherein Ben and guests discuss world leaders people won't stop revering for some reason. Lior Tepper brings updates from the trial of Netanyahu in Israel, Eve Gaumond and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump's meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, and Marichka Hlyten explains why there were Stalinist marchers in DC last weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Quilting for the Constitution with Emma Petty Adams 06.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Jonathan Rauch welcome Emma Petty Adams to discuss her organization, Mormon Women for Ethical Government, and the influence of Mormon women in Republican politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Art of the Ukraine Deal 05.05.2025

Wherein Ben and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss negotiation strategy in the Ukraine peace talks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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