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Read With MeGaming, AI, and Counterterrorism with Erin SaltmanWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Erin Saltman to discuss the role of gaming and AI in youth radicalization and de-radicalization. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-06-021h 01
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVGaming, AI, and Counterterrorism with Erin SaltmanWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Erin Saltman to discuss the role of gaming and AI in youth radicalization and de-radicalization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-06-021h 01
Read With MeBiden, Lincoln, and TrumpWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Mike Pesca to discuss Biden's health while in office and media discussion around it, and continue to prepare for a Special Military Operation targeting Trump's banner outside the Department of Agriculture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-05-281h 01In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVBiden, Lincoln, and TrumpWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Mike Pesca to discuss Biden's health while in office and media discussion around it, and continue to prepare for a Special Military Operation targeting Trump's banner outside the Department of Agriculture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-281h 01
Read With MeIcebreakersWherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Genevieve DellaFera answer silly questions Alicia's publisher sent her. Desert islands, Ayn Rand, and the effectiveness of the Tokugawa Shogunate are discussed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-05-231h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVIcebreakersWherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Genevieve DellaFera answer silly questions Alicia's publisher sent her. Desert islands, Ayn Rand, and the effectiveness of the Tokugawa Shogunate are discussed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-231h 00
Read With MeThe History of Puns with John PollackWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome author John Pollack to talk about the place of wordplay in human society. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-05-151h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe History of Puns with John PollackWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome author John Pollack to talk about the place of wordplay in human society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-151h 00
Read With MeNetanyahu, Trump, and StalinWherein Ben and guests discuss world leaders people won't stop revering for some reason. Lior Tepper brings updates from the trial of Netanyahu in Israel, Eve Gaumond and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump's meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, and Marichka Hlyten explains why there were Stalinist marchers in DC last weekend. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-05-071h 02In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVNetanyahu, Trump, and StalinWherein Ben and guests discuss world leaders people won't stop revering for some reason. Lior Tepper brings updates from the trial of Netanyahu in Israel, Eve Gaumond and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump's meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister, and Marichka Hlyten explains why there were Stalinist marchers in DC last weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-05-071h 02
Read With MeAll Things Finnish with Jussi ToivanenWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Jussi Toivanen to discuss Finnish language, culture, and politics. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-04-301h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVAll Things Finnish with Jussi ToivanenWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Jussi Toivanen to discuss Finnish language, culture, and politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-04-301h 00
Read With MeDead Pope with Michael Sean WintersWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Catholic journalist Michael Sean Winters to discuss the legacy of Pope Francis and what comes next for the Catholic Church. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-04-2159 minIn Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVDead Pope with Michael Sean WintersWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Catholic journalist Michael Sean Winters to discuss the legacy of Pope Francis and what comes next for the Catholic Church. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-04-2159 min
Read With MeNarcissists Among Us with Amy BrunellWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Professor Amy Brunell, a social psychologist, to tell us about narcissism. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-04-041h 01In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVNarcissists Among Us with Amy BrunellWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Professor Amy Brunell, a social psychologist, to tell us about narcissism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-04-041h 01
Read With MeThe Information Animal with Alicia WanlessWherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Alicia Wanless to tell us about her new book, The Information Animal, a historical and contemporary survey of the human information consumption.Pre-order Alicia's book here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-04-031h 02In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe Information Animal with Alicia WanlessWherein Ben and Holly Berkley Fletcher welcome Alicia Wanless to tell us about her new book, The Information Animal, a historical and contemporary survey of the human information consumption.Pre-order Alicia's book here: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-information-animal/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-04-031h 02
Read With MeOn Bullying with Tony VolkWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Dr. Tony Volk, a developmental psychology researcher, to talk about the dynamics of bullying, on the playground and in the Oval Office. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-04-021h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVOn Bullying with Tony VolkWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless welcome Dr. Tony Volk, a developmental psychology researcher, to talk about the dynamics of bullying, on the playground and in the Oval Office. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-04-021h 00
Read With MeCraziness In CanadaWherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, and Eve Gaumond discuss the craziest recent events in Canadian politics, including lies, plagiarism, and threats of secession. Anastasiia Lapatina joins in to discuss the last episodes of her podcast on US-Ukrainian relations. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-03-311h 03In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVCraziness in CanadaWherein Ben, Alicia Wanless, and Eve Gaumond discuss the craziest recent events in Canadian politics, including lies, plagiarism, and threats of secession. Anastasiia Lapatina joins in to discuss the last episodes of her podcast on US-Ukrainian relations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-311h 03
Read With MeWhat Is The Greek Chorus?Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Professor Lucy Jackson to tell us all about the Greek chorus, from its theatrical role to its philosophical significance. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-03-281h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVWhat Is The Greek Chorus?Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Professor Lucy Jackson to tell us all about the Greek chorus, from its theatrical role to its philosophical significance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-281h 00
Read With MeMaple Syrup Underground RailroadWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump administration influencers, puppets as graduation speakers, and maple syrup smuggling in the tariff era. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-03-271h 01In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVMaple Syrup Underground RailroadWherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher, and Alicia Wanless discuss Trump administration influencers, puppets as graduation speakers, and maple syrup smuggling in the tariff era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-271h 01
Read With MeCanada and the EUWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Frédéric Mérand, Canadian political scientist, to discuss Canada's potential integration with the EU. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-03-191h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVCanada and the EUWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Frédéric Mérand, Canadian political scientist, to discuss Canada's potential integration with the EU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-191h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVTrump Ruined My WeekendWherein Ben puts the Trump administration on blast for destroying democracy outside of business hours, and Holly Berkley Fletcher and Alicia Wanless join in to discuss the Finnish language, American missionaries, the African middle class, and Canadian political culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-171h 01
Read With MeThe Information EcosystemWherein Ben’s guest doesn’t show up so he takes questions from the audience on disinformation and Chuck Schumer's decision making—and ends up channeling the estimable Alicia Wanless. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com/subscribe2025-03-141h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe Tariffs Are HereWherein 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-03-061h 01In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTV10,000 North Koreans In UkraineWherein 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-271h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe Psychology of UncertaintyWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Kate Sweeny, a psychology professor studying the effects of uncertainty, to explain to us how the current state of politics is pickling our brains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-251h 01In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVCan Canada Resist Invasion?Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Murray Brewster, a Canadian political reporter, to discuss Canada's prospects of resisting US annexation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-191h 02In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVDo We Need A European Army?Wherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Joel Linnainmäki, Minna Ålander, and Jonathan Rauch to discuss European defense now that the US has joined the authoritarian bloc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-181h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVTalk Radio: A Political HistoryWherein 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-1356 minIn Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVGirl Security: DEI is Great, ActuallyWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless welcome Lauren Buitta, founder of the nonprofit Girl Security, to talk about women in national security in the Trump era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-111h 02In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe New Techno-PlutocracyWherein 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-02-071h 03In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe Apocalypse: An Outside PerspectiveWherein Ben welcomes Minna Ålander to talk us through how Europe is viewing our collapsing democracy. Alicia Wanless joined in to give us a Canadian viewpoint. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-01-211h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVLast Show Before the ApocalypseWherein Ben celebrates our last show before Monday's apocalypse by rambling about bipartisanship, tariffs, assassinations in Canada, Aileen Cannon, and an old Finnish miner in Montana. Eve Gaumond, Alicia Wanless, Richard Wattenbarger, and Anna Bower join in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-01-171h 02In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVAnnexation: A How-To GuideWherein Ben and Alicia Wanless discuss how Trump would actually go about annexing Greenland and Canada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2025-01-101h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVThe Enemy UnderwaterWherein Ben welcomes Minna Alander, a Finnish expert on Northern European security issues, to discuss Russia's habit of sabotaging undersea cables. Alicia Wanless drops by to help out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-12-311h 02In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVOn Cursing and Chris WrayWherein Jonathan Rauch persuades Ben to swear off swearing, and Marty Lederman discusses Chris Wray's resignation. Alicia Wanless and Eve Gaumond cohost. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-12-121h 00In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVOn the Nature of TruthWherein Ben talks Bob Woodward, Anastasiia Lapatina talks Ukraine, and Alicia Wanless opines on the nature of truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-11-211h 00
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVWe're Not Allowed to Have Fun Any More, But We Are Allowed to Have #DogShirtTVOn the inaugural episode of #DogShirtTV, the estimable Charlie Sykes joins Benjamin Wittes, Alicia Wanless, and Genevieve DellaFera to talk about the political conventions, the new energy in the Democratic Party, his memories of the 1968 Chicago convention, and fresh water sharks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-08-211h 00
The Lawfare PodcastInformation Ecology and 19th-Century Naturalism at Verify 2024Hosted by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Cyber Initiative and Aspen Digital, Verify 2024 brings together journalists and cyber and tech policy experts to discuss critical issues in cybersecurity. For this live recording of the Lawfare Podcast, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down at Verify 2024 to talk about information ecology and 19th-century naturalism with Alicia Wanless, the Director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Chinmayi Sharma, an Associate Professor at Fordham Law School.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See ac...2024-04-1044 min
The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionInformation Ecology and 19th-Century Naturalism at Verify 2024Hosted by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Cyber Initiative and Aspen Digital, Verify 2024 brings together journalists and cyber and tech policy experts to discuss critical issues in cybersecurity. For this live recording of the Lawfare Podcast, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down at Verify 2024 to talk about information ecology and 19th-century naturalism with Alicia Wanless, the Director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Chinmayi Sharma, an Associate Professor at Fordham Law School. Get for Ad Free Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-04-1044 minThe Lawfare Podcast: Patreon EditionChatter: Information Ecology with Alicia WanlessAlicia Wanless is one of the pioneers of the idea of information ecology, the notion that we should think about information and disinformation as part of a complex ecosystem, the management of which she analogizes to environmental policy. Wanless has been complaining for several years that the war on “disinformation” skates over important question: What are the collateral effects of anti-disinformation policies? How do interventions against information pollution operate in the real world? In her conversation with Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare’s editor in chief and this week’s Chatter guest host, Wanless talks about how she became in...2023-06-0155 minThe Lawfare PodcastChatter: Information Ecology with Alicia WanlessAlicia Wanless is one of the pioneers of the idea of information ecology, the notion that we should think about information and disinformation as part of a complex ecosystem, the management of which she analogizes to environmental policy. Wanless has been complaining for several years that the war on “disinformation” skates over important question: What are the collateral effects of anti-disinformation policies? How do interventions against information pollution operate in the real world? In her conversation with Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare’s editor in chief and this week’s Chatter guest host, Wanless talks about how she became in...2023-06-0155 min
ChatterInformation Ecology with Alicia WanlessAlicia Wanless is one of the pioneers of the idea of information ecology, the notion that we should think about information and disinformation as part of a complex ecosystem, the management of which she analogizes to environmental policy. Wanless has been complaining for several years that the war on “disinformation” skates over important question: What are the collateral effects of anti-disinformation policies? How do interventions against information pollution operate in the real world? In her conversation with Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare’s editor in chief and this week’s Chatter guest host, Wanless talks about how she became in...2023-06-0155 min
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVCanadians Truckers Take Over the ShowWherein Canadians overrun In Lieu of Fun in a fashion not seen since the War of 1812. Eve Gaumond guest hosts. Alicia Wanless returns to talk truckers and ideology. And we are joined by Glen McGregor, senior political correspondent for CTV news in Ottawa. Genevieve and Ben try to prevent the White House from being burned down in the invasion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-02-101h 03
In Lieu of Fun: #DogShirtTVAlicia Wanless Talks Information OperationsWherein we are joined by Alicia Wanless!Wanless is the director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She researches how people shape—and are shaped—by a changing information space. Wanless conducts content and network analysis, and has developed original models for identifying and analyzing digital propaganda campaigns. With more than a decade of experience in researching and analyzing the information environment, focusing on propaganda and information warfare, Wanless applies this learning to support government, military, and major tech companies to develop policies and integrate information activities into trai...2021-11-101h 04