In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Francesco Galietti, an Italian political analyst, to discuss how the election of a right-wing populist has and has not changed Italy.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus discuss holiday inanities, innovative coup strategies, and why exactly Trump is fixated on Venezuela.

Wherein someone in the US military ordered a strike on shipwreck survivors adrift at sea, and Ben has Jack Goldsmith on the show to discuss.

Wherein Ben and the Greek Chorus discuss Taiwan, Venezuela, and Ben's battle with the Facebook ad algorithm.

Wherein Ben and the Greek Chorus meander from topic to topic, covering journalism awards, Canadian border control, the Jewish community of Finland, and much more.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss dismissed indictments, incoherent ceasefire negotiations, and what antisemitism looks like in the real world.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Dr. Kerry Kriger, founder of Save The Frogs and creator of the Million Frog March, to discuss frogs, democracy, and frog-based democratic intervention.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome journalist and novelist Stephen Marche to discuss his book The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Carol Tsang discuss when and how religious and non-religious communities in the US came to disagree about how to define political virtue.