In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

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.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Kristin Du Mez to tell us about her upcoming book on the history of white American evangelical womanhood.

Wherein Ben welcomes Windsor Mann to discuss self-exile after Trump's victory, living in Puerto Rico as a WASP, and the prospect of Puerto Rican statehood.

Wherein the Greek Chorus Foundation Operation Taya has succeeded! Also, Anastasiia Lapatina's gym got bombed, and Holly Berkley Fletcher reports on an ex-evangelical comedy festival.