In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Mike Feinberg discuss the effects the Trump administration has had on the FBI and CIA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher soldier on through technical difficulties to discuss Christian apocalypticism in the military and Kristi Noem’s congressional testimony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Ari Tabatabai to discuss the situation as US and Israeli attacks on Iran continue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, and the Greek Chorus discuss how to make your inevitable midlife crisis productive and minimally pathetic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Mike Feinberg discuss when additional historical context distracts rather than helping to clarify, with reference to Iran, various intelligence agencies, and land acknowledgements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg discuss the firing of career FBI agents, and Eve Gaumond reports on AI misinformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss various outrageous Trump administration behavior, including attacks on refugees, career FBI agents, and Malawi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher take questions from the Greek Chorus on last nights Special Military Operation, evangelical sects, AI, vyshyvankas, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Anastasiia Lapatina welcome Svetlana, a Ukrainian mom running a business aimed at providing community support to other moms, to discuss the practical effects of Russian airstrikes on day to day life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Anastasiia Lapatina gives an update on battery buying operations in Ukraine, and Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher report on the Principles First conference they attended over the weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Mike Feinberg, and the Greek Chorus discuss attacking Iran, reading Plato, and other weekend plans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome author Windsor Mann to discuss the things people do to live with themselves in the Trump era, from fleeing the country to rethinking deeply held convictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Mike Feinberg meander from topic to topic, covering antisemitism, poetry, hypothetical leftist authoritarianism, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Brittany Martinez, Executive Director of Principles First, to talk about her organization and its upcoming conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless catch up and discuss the media ecosystems in Canada and Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben, Mike Feinberg, and Andrew Steele discuss Pam Bondi's recent Congressional testimony. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg discuss the newly released affidavit justifying the FBI raid on the Fulton County election offices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben welcomes Emily Hoge to discuss the Soviet buildings he saw in Ukraine and how the legacy of Soviet architecture is affecting the war effort today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben is back in the US and Anna Bower walks him through various sports-related news he's missed, including an alternate Superbowl half-time show and new Olympic doping schemes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Mike Feinberg, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus catch Ben up on all the US news he's missed while visiting Ukraine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Anastasiia Lapatina welcome Jimmy Rushton, an independent journalist working in Ukraine, to talk about reporting in a country at war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben does a very impromptu show from a bunker in the city of Kharkiv, where the bombing is ongoing and the city is alive. Note: the abrupt end of the show was due to internet connectivity problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben reports on ice in Ukraine, Holly Berkley Fletcher reports on ICE in Minnesota, and Ben has learned a lot about the Jewish community in Odesa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg discuss Kash Patel's firing of a large group of career FBI agents, amongst other strange behavior by FBI leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wherein Mike Feinberg is sick of talking about authoritarianism, so he, Ben, and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss pizza, LinkedIn, and how to find a teenager to shovel your driveway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.