In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Adam Gurri, cofounder of Liberal Currents, to discuss defending liberalism as an ideology in the modern world.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Mike Feinberg welcome Joel from the Greek Chorus to tell us about his recent tour of World War II and Holocaust sites in Europe.

Wherein Ben does not celebrate Yom Kippur and Holly Berkley Fletcher updates us on the civil war in Ethiopia.

Wherein Ben welcomes author David Corn to discuss his new book How Russia Won, which tells the story of Putin's assault on US democracy.

Wherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, and the Greek Chorus welcome Julia Curlee for a wandering discussion that started with AI extinction anxieties and ended up at bestiality in the FBI hiring pool.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus welcome Emily Hoge to tell us about the Night Wolves, a right-wing Russian nationalist biker club with an oligarch member who paid for Don Jr.'s wedding party.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and the Greek Chorus discuss Ben's staircase project, ballot secrecy issues, and Ben's commitment to dye his hair red if the GCF reaches its goal in Operation Taya.

Wherein Ben and the Greek Chorus discuss all the cool things you can do with AI, and Holly Berkley Fletcher wants to talk about slug sex for some reason.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher avoid a 9/11 memorial show by welcoming Anna Bower and Molly Roberts to talk about the imaginary Grand Conspiracy against Trump and the very real criminal investigations into it.