In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben discusses safari adventures with Holly Berkley Fletcher, the state of the Supreme Court with Jonathan Rauch, Swedish and Canadian politics with Alicia Wanless, and the military situation in Ukraine with anyone willing to listen.

Wherein Ben welcomes Anna Bower for a discussion of Independence Day under Trump, as well as DOGE, humor, and the New York Times.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss wildlife in Kenya, Minna Ålander joins in to talk about the seasons in Finland and defense policy in France, and Anastasiia Lapatina drops by with Ukrainian memes.

Wherein Ben welcomes Tyler McBrien, Lawfare's managing editor, to discuss Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral primary and what, if anything, it means about the country at large.

Wherein Ben welcomes Ben Wizner of the ACLU, with whom he used to argue about civil liberties litigation, to discuss civil liberties litigation in the Trump era.

Wherein Mike Pesca takes over the show to ask Ben about the effectiveness of the Iran strikes and the war powers debate, and Holly Berkley Fletcher about Kenyan politics.

Wherein Ben and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss the recent NATO summit and the future of NATO in the Trump era.

Wherein Ben has created a deepfake video of judicial nominee Emil Bove putting on vampire make-up, and he and Eve Gaumond discuss the ethical concerns created by a world in which that is possible.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss intelligence officers as they exist in real life.