In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben, weary of finding and interviewing good guests, hands the show over to Holly Berkley Fletcher for a discussion of gerrymandering and drones.

Wherein Ben welcomes Elizabeth Tsurkov, scholar and ex-hostage, to discuss the Israeli perspective on the war with Iran.

Wherein Ben welcomes Mike Pesca for a discussion of Viktor Orban's election loss and what it tells us about the nature of autocracy.

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.

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.

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.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss the absurd military leader in Uganda and the defeat of Orban in Hungary.

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.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Ari Tabatabai to discuss the details of the current ceasefire with Iran.