In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben tells a spell-bound Holly Berkley Fletcher about his new paleontological discovery: Our hominin ancestors were fucking with us. Antti Ruokonen drops by to tell us why he's thankful for the Finnish education system.

Wherein Holly Berkley Fletcher joins us as a new cohost, and she and Ben get started by gossiping wildly about feet pics, young women writing Trump love letters, and George Will.

Wherein a fanged monster has attacked Ben in the dead of night, and he decides to make it about Ric Grennell. Samuel Moyn also joins us for a slightly more serious discussion about his latest op-ed. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/opinion/trump-legalism-trials.html

Wherein Ben explains the process of sacrificing Matt Gaetz on the altar of the US Senate, Antti Ruokonen tells us about a Finnish ballot initiative, and everyone argues about when and how to change your passwords.

Wherein Ben talks Bob Woodward, Anastasiia Lapatina talks Ukraine, and Alicia Wanless opines on the nature of truth.

Wherein Ben dares to defend (gasp) Merrick Garland, which is a much bigger deal than he thought it would be, apparently. Then Antti Ruokonen drops in to give us a Finnish perspective, and Roger Parloff joins us to discuss the Trump trials, the impact of Russian election influence, and various acts of shameless judicial hypocrisy.CORRECTION: In this episode, Roger Parloff mistakenly misattributed this New York Times oped to Thomas Friedman. It is, in fact, by Thomas Goldstein.

Wherein Eve Gaumond decides that she is in charge and turns the show into an extended interview with Ben about the news that happened yet this week: the crazy cabinet appointments to come, what Ukraine is going to do with the new power to use long-range missiles to hit targets in Russia, and more.

Wherein we get a report on the populist movement in Canada from Eve Gaumond, and a report from the analogous movement in Finland from Antti Ruokonen.