In Lieu of Fun, We Have #DogShirtTV

Starting this evening at 5:00 pm Eastern time

Good Afternoon:

The estimable Charlie Sykes

I told you yesterday I needed a new project. I woke up this morning, after literally lying on a bed of nails last night, knowing what that project would be: the revival of In Lieu of Fun.

Yes, it’s time, folks. I have built the infrastructure. We have the technology. And starting in two-and-a-half hours, it’s happening: #DogShirtTV—the lineal descendant of In Lieu of Fun.

No, it will not be every day. No, there’s not going to be a regular schedule. But yes,

Kate Klonick

will join when she can. Scott Shapiro has promised to show up to discuss how the decision of whom to vote for is going. GDF and Alicia Wanless will join when they feel like it. And of course, tech problems will be legion, and part of the show.

This evening, the first guest will be none other than the estimable

Charlie Sykes

, author of

To the Contrary

and the subject of my most trafficked ever article on #DogShirtDaily.

You can watch it here live or any time you feel like it:

I will be reviving the old In Lieu of Fun podcast feed for those with a preference for audio:

Here’s the episode.

And paid subscribers and all members of the original Greek Chorus (who know who they are) are welcome in the studio to ask questions and join the live conversation. The link is below the paywall. And if that fact gives you incentive to sign up for a paid subscription, here’s a discount offer:

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In honor of the great

Kate Klonick

, there are a lot of possible #BeastsOfTheDay today. I thought about rescue turtles and cormorants and baby squirrels. I even thought about murder hornets. But at the end of the day, I you just have to go with the saber-tooth anchovy. It really existed, people. Really. And it died for our sins.

And it is today’s #BeastOfTheDay.