In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV

Wherein Ben, once again broadcasting from an airport, asks Holly Berkley Fletcher to host the show for him. Holly talks Lindsey Graham, tuberculosis, and boarding schools, and welcomes John Hawkinson to discuss whether we might actually invade Canada.

Wherein Ben welcomes John Hawkinson to discuss habeas corpus in deportation proceedings. They also touch on government shutdowns, Canadian politics, and trolley problems.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher and Alicia Wanless discuss the implementation of tariffs on Canadian goods, with occasional diversions to talk atheism, introversion, and Ukrainian refugees.

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Eve Gaumond welcome reporter Shane Harris to discuss Trump's cut-off of military intelligence to Ukraine. We also talked about the State of the Union, the latest SCOTUS ruling, and why there haven't been large-scale street protests in the US.

Wherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander, our resident European defense expert, and her colleague Eric Adamson to discuss how Trump's betrayal of Ukraine is playing in Europe and what comes next for US-European relations.

Wherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher discuss random topics, including colonoscopies, projection logistics, and the cactus's new friend, the snowman.

Wherein Ben, Eve Gaumond, and Holly Berkley Fletcher shoot the shit for an hour about whatever's on their minds: Dan Bongino, UFC, Elon Musk's Canadian citizenship, foreign election influence. You know, funny stuff.

Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Darcie Draudt, a political scientist specializing in the Korean Peninsula, to discuss what exactly 10,000 North Korean soldiers are doing in Ukraine, as well as the broader implications of their presence for the future of North Korea.