In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein we are joined by Radley Balko to discuss his new piece in The Intercept -- "Big Trouble in Little Rock" -- describing the old guard in a police unit trying to take down a Black reformist police chief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Jonathan Rauch to talk about his recent article, "The Real Hoax" in Persuasion, and we are joined by David Frum to discuss his recent article, "Russiagate Was Not a Hoax," in The Atantic.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by “Blue Eagle”—an Afghan pilot evacuated from Afghanistan this summer. "Blue Eagle" is a member of the Operation Eagle group of helicopter pilots and their families that arrived to the US from Afghanistan this summer. He will talk for the first time broadly about the situation in Afghanistan and the difficult resettlement process. We will also be joined by Maggie Feldman-Pil...

Wherein Mike Pesca returns to the show to talk Ben Affleck, Howard Stern, and celebrity misinfo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Stanford Law Professor Nate Persily returns to the show to discuss the new legislation he helped author around transparency and access for social science researchers of tech platforms -- recently introduced by Sens. Coons, Klobuchar, and Portman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we play "Where's the Lie" with a member of the audience: Ducks with Pants! E.G. Phillips is a San Francisco based songwriter who creates lyric driven songs with his own special blend of whimsy and cinematic imagery which he uses to give a wry take on dealing with the longings of the heart and the madness of existence. Call it jazz-infused progressive folk if you feel the need to sling arou...

Wherein Yale Law School Constitutional Law Professor Jack Balkin returns to discuss "behind the scenes" details on the Supreme Court Commission and this thoughts on the recent opinion in Whole Woman's Health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Scott Shapiro live leaks his own January 5th Power Point, Mark Meadows eat your heart out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by the founder of the Cosmopolitan Globalist, Claire Berlinski. Berlinski is an novelist, essayist, journalist, historian, travel writer, biographer, critic, editor, and consultant who lives amid a menagerie of adopted stray animals in Paris. She is the author of There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters, Menace in Europe: Why the Continent’s crisis is America’s,...

Wherein David Priess joins us the show, introduces his new podcast with Shane Harris, and talks about his recent Lawfare articles about Trump's intelligence briefings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Pete Strzok to talk about Tucker Carlson's new penchant for spouting Putin's propaganda on his show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Sarah Longwell get dressed up and go to French sovereign territory! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And there was cheese. And God saw that it was good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Noah Hoffman, a two time Olympian in cross-country skiing to talk about his career, the issues with doping in sports, and what he's up to in his "retirement" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by law professor Jeff Kosseff to discuss his new "The United States of Anonymous" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Stewart Baker, former NSA general counsel, former policy guru at DHS, host of the Cyberlaw Podcast, and general troublemaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein it's cheese night! Or is it!? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we celebrate the nation of France, at the formal request of the French Embassy, with a crocodile shirt, a truly ridiculous set of Twitter exchanges, and a guest—if we can find one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein it being Friday, it's cheese night! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Shane Harris, intelligence correspondent for the Washington Post and co-host of Lawfare's new podcast, Chatter, joins to play "Where's the Lie?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by law professor Aaron Perzanowski to discuss his new book The Right to Repair! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein it being Tuesday, it's an unexpected Cheese Night with Kate and Genevieve! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Linda Greenhouse, longtime New York Times legal and Supreme Court writer, to discuss her new book: "Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court ." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Ben's uncle, Jon Turk, to talk about his new book. While tracking a lion with a Samburu headman and then, later, eluding human assailants who may be tracking him, Jon Turk experiences people at their best and worst. As the tracker and the tracked, Jon reveals how the stories we tell each other, and the stories spinning in our heads, can be moulded into innovation, love and...

Wherein are joined by Toomas Ilves and Anne Applebaum to talk about the situation on the Polish-Belarus border. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.