In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Brian Rosenwald, an American political historian, to tell us about the history of talk radio and the Republican Party.Find Brian's book here: https://www.brianrosenwald.com/book

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Katie Shmatsina, a Belarussian democracy activist, to talk about the situation in Belarus and the asylum process in the US.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Lauren Buitta, founder of the nonprofit Girl Security, to talk about women in national security in the Trump era.

Wherein Ben welcomes Mike Pesca to talk about the Superbowl and how bad he thinks Trumpism is going to get. Holly Berkley Fletcher cohosts, and Anastasiia Lapatina shows off her baby.

Wherein Ben welcomes Raluca Csernatoni, a European scholar, to discuss European responses to our developing techno-plutocratic hellscape. Alicia Wanless, Eve Gaumond, and Jonathan Rauch join in.

Wherein Ben announces the launch of a new podcast on the history of US-Ukraine relations, and Holly Berkley Fletcher and Anastasiia Lapatina discuss how Trump is screwing around in South Africa and the Arctic.

Wherein Ben discusses the barriers to US occupation of Gaza, Eve Gaumond discusses tariffs, and Shane Harris discusses the CIA.

Wherein Ben talks about the resistance to Trump from within the FBI and welcomes Jonathan Rauch to talk about public responses to corrupt government.

Wherein Ben welcomes Stephanie Carvin, a Canadian political scientist, to discuss Trump's newly imposed tariffs and their impact on, well, everything.