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Wherein Ben welcomes Mike Pesca for a discussion of Viktor Orban's election loss and what it tells us about the nature of autocracy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben hosts a live taping of the Lawfare Podcast, with a panel discussion of the prosecutions of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leadership, which the Trump administration is now trying to vacate. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Mike Feinberg welcome Quinta Jurecic to discuss Harmeet Dhillon, Trump's head of the Civil Rights Division at DOJ, and the damage being done to civil rights law in the US. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Deece Eckstein, a Texas-based activist, to discuss the Republican Senate runoff and the broader political situation in Texas. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss the absurd military leader in Uganda and the defeat of Orban in Hungary. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, Mike Feinberg, and the Greek Chorus discuss mismanagement in the DOJ and what public spaces should allow dogs. These issues turn out to be related. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Ari Tabatabai to discuss the details of the current ceasefire with Iran. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben introduces Mike Feinberg and Anastasiia Lapatina to a game called "Tell Me Something Interesting." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus discuss the majesty of the cosmos and the fundamental insignificance of human squabbles. They also discuss some human squabbles. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Anna Bower to discuss government non-compliance with court orders, the firing of Pam Bondi, and a scandal-prone tortoise. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg welcome Mike Pesca to discuss the art of the podcast monologue and public speaking more generally. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Anastasiia Lapatina, Jonathan Rauch, and the Greek Chorus discuss yesterday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg discuss the paradoxical effects of AI development on human society. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, and the Greek Chorus follow up on Sunday's book club discussion of Antigone and debate the philosophical implications of AI ownership. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Mike Feinberg, and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss the architects of the Iraq War and how they live with themselves. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Andrew Steele leads a Greek Chorus discussion on Sophocles’s Antigone and Jean Anouilh’s Antigone.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, Mike Feinberg, and the Greek Chorus discuss how various evangelical Trump administration figures are praying publicly for the deaths of their enemies. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus welcome Shane Harris to discuss various intelligence failures in the Trump administration. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless discuss the effects of online prediction markets. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Mike Feinberg, and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss conspiracy theories, old movies, upcoming Special Military Operations, and who stabbed Mike in the throat. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus discuss Reconstruction Era history and the recent reporting on Cesar Chavez. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben went to court yesterday to get his lasers back. Anna Bower, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus get a full account. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

The following is the livestream footage of the my projection from July 5, 2025—including my interactions with the National Park Service Police. I have kept it unpublished until the case was resolved but am releasing it today. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben welcomes Tyler McBrien to discuss his new investigative podcast on the Georgia Guidestones and the conspiratorial right wing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe

Wherein Ben and Mike Feinberg discuss whether the American public cares about violations of international law. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe