In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

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 plans live on the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 us about her search for the administrator of DOGE. The as-yet-unnamed puppy was also there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Eve Gaumond discuss the upcoming elections in Canada. Also, Ben has a new puppy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Frédéric Mérand, Canadian political scientist, to discuss Canada's potential integration with the EU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 gives an update on South Sudan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 discuss the Finnish language, American missionaries, the African middle class, and Canadian political culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben takes questions from the audience on disinformation and Chuck Schumer's decision making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, once again broadcasting from an airport, asks Holly Berkley Fletcher to host the show for him. Holly talks Lindsey Graham, tuberculosis, and boarding schools, and welcomes John Hawkinson to discuss whether we might actually invade Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 us that there's an ongoing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes John Hawkinson to discuss habeas corpus in deportation proceedings. They also touch on government shutdowns, Canadian politics, and trolley problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher and Alicia Wanless discuss the implementation of tariffs on Canadian goods, with occasional diversions to talk atheism, introversion, and Ukrainian refugees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 talked about the State of the Union, the latest SCOTUS ruling, and why there haven't been large-scale street protests in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 in Europe and what comes next for US-European relations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss random topics, including colonoscopies, projection logistics, and the cactus's new friend, the snowman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 citizenship, foreign election influence. You know, funny stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Darcie Draudt, a political scientist specializing in the Korean Peninsula, to discuss what exactly 10,000 North Korean soldiers are doing in Ukraine, as well as the broader implications of their presence for the future of North Korea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Rick Ehrenreich, a former State Department intelligence officer, to discuss the political situation in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 politics is pickling our brains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 launches later today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ground and to discuss the broader political landscape of humanitarian aid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 in DC for the launch of her new podcast on US-Ukrainian relations. Register for the launch event here: https://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-watch-ukraine-fate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Murray Brewster, a Canadian political reporter, to discuss Canada's prospects of resisting US annexation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Joel Linnainmäki, Minna Ålander, and Jonathan Rauch to discuss European defense now that the US has joined the authoritarian bloc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander, a European defense expert, and Fabian Hoffmann, a Norwegian expert on nuclear policy, to discuss European responses to Trump's foreign policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.