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In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

We're still not allowed to have fun anymore... We're not even allowed to have in lieu of fun... But we have this.

It started with a coronavirus crisis. We thought people might need something to do in lieu of fun. And some people might need someone to yap at them as they go through this. We have a lot of cool friends. So we started a

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  • 100. Maple Syrup Underground Railroad

    01:01:12||Season 4, Ep. 100
    Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump administration influencers, puppets as graduation speakers, and maple syrup smuggling in the tariff era.

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  • 99. Reading Battle Plans

    01:01:55||Season 4, Ep. 99
    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.
  • 98. Houthi PC Small Puppy

    01:02:55||Season 4, Ep. 98
    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.
  • 97. Canadian Elections

    59:39||Season 4, Ep. 97
    Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Eve Gaumond discuss the upcoming elections in Canada. Also, Ben has a new puppy.
  • 96. Mexican Avocados

    46:50||Season 4, Ep. 96
    Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss Ben's new video, Holly's new podcast, and why big law firms are capitulating to Trump.
  • 95. Canada and the EU

    01:00:28||Season 4, Ep. 95
    Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Frédéric Mérand, Canadian political scientist, to discuss Canada's potential integration with the EU.
  • 94. Soft Power

    59:22||Season 4, Ep. 94
    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.