In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein we are joined by Nicole Wong and Alex MacGillivray. Alex served as United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the last two plus years of the Obama Administration. He was Twitter‘s General Counsel, and head of Corporate Development, Public Policy, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein, it is Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah—so no better way to celebrate than with cheese! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Will DeWitt, a doctor specializing in family medicine and HIV at Callen Lorde, which provides services and care to NYC’s LGBTQ community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein, it is the 500th episode of ILOF and we celebrate with a week of old guests, with Ada Palmer playing us out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein, it is the 500th episode of ILOF and we celebrate with a week of old guests, today Lisa Page and her puppet return! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein, it is the 500th episode of ILOF and we celebrate with a week of old guests, with wacky Wednesday and Peter Strzok! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Slate legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Leah Litman to discuss the Supreme Court's embrace of remote oral arguments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein, it is the 500th episode of ILOF and we celebrate with a week of old guests, the second being Preet Bharara Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Wherein, it is the 500th episode of ILOF and we celebrate with a week of old guests, kicking off with Tim Miller! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein the Wall Street Journal's Jeff Horwitz shows up on the shoe with 10,000 bees loose in his car. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Yascha Mounk, chronicler of democratic decline worldwide, podcaster, essayist, and author. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Seth Magaziner, the general treasurer of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to discuss state finances in the era of coronavirus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein David Plotz—former chief of Atlas Obscura and editor of Slate and one of the trio who runs the Slate Political Gabfest—joined us for a rollicking conversations about whatever we want to talk about. Plotz has since founded the podcast company, City Cast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein, it being the 499th episode of In Lieu of Fun, we plan the 500th episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Annette Gordon-Reed, historian and law professor at Harvard, Pulitzer Prize winner, and most recently. the author of "On Juneteenth"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Stephen Wertheim to discuss the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Tim Miller because it’s been a while and we have a lot to talk about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein we are joined by Toomas Ilves, former president of Estonia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Molly Crockett, Professor of Psychology at Yale University, joins us to talk about her lab's recent study on moral outrage and amplification on social media! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Kate and Ben for a drink with Preet Bharara, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and podcaster extraordinaire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos, who served in Afghanistan, joins the show to talk about the fall of Kabul and the return of the Taliban. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein University of Chicago Renaissance historian Ada Palmer joins the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan and it's too depressing to discuss, so Virginia Heffernan joins us to talk about county fairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Noah Feldman of the Harvard Law School, after standing us up once, joins us for real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Sarah Longwell, Yascha Mounk, and #BabyCannon join the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.