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Signup to Generate a PitchBoondoggle is hosted by Jim Driscoll. The show has published 62 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Playing Possum" (9 June 2025, 66 minutes), "One Ring To Rule Them All" (29 May 2025, 70 minutes), and "Dissent" (24 May 2025, 58 minutes).
Boondoggle publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 62 minutes across 62 episodes.
Booking probability for Boondoggle is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Boondoggle requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Boondoggle's contact route on record: public web form.
Jim Driscoll hosts Boondoggle, a news podcast with 62 episodes published.
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Episode #17
In an episode recorded before Trump raised the stakes in LA, and before Israel kidnapped the crew of the Madleen, Jim and Chris discuss the recommendations by some Democratic strategists to play possum and not react to...
Episode #16
After a brief introductory foray into fashion, Jim and Chris return to the topic of artificial intelligence. What is the situation with the regulation of AI systems? How transformative is the technology going to be...
Episode #15
In a busy news week (is there any other kind these days?), in this episode, recorded on Tuesday evening, Jim and Chris discuss first the terrible ongoing situation in Gaza, and the shamefully belated way in which the...
Episode #14
Where was the episode last week? Jim confesses to participating rather too enthusiastically in Oxford's May Day celebrations and him and Chris swap musical stories before getting into criticisms of Labour's approach to...
Episode #13
In this episode, Jim and Chris discuss whether the Russia-Ukraine war could have been avoided, in the course of which they cover the history of NATO expansion and the wrong turn taken in relations between Russia and the...
Episode #12
Has the much anticipated constitutional crisis finally arrived? Chris puts this question into a historical context by remembering some of the egregious actions of the Bush administration, which was, let us not forget...
Episode #11
Talking just a few hours after Trump had announced a 90-day pause of tariffs, Jim and Chris discuss the purpose of his roller coaster tariff policy, which has very little to do with economic policy. Follow us on Bluesky...
Episode #10
In this episode, Jim and Chris discuss the woeful response of Columbia University to Trump's aggressive attempt at control and crackdown on academic freedom and free speech. They discuss the letter organised by friend...
Episode #8
Free speech is, supposedly, a right-wing issue and yet the Trump administration is engaging in the most severe crackdown on political speech since McCarthy, and they may shortly surpass even that dismal nadir. Jim and...
Episode #9
Freedom of speech is a fundamental right, but it is not unrestricted. There are things that you do not have a right to say, even when a broad free speech right is in place, as in the US. The classic example is shouting...
Episode #7
Chris describes watching Mississippi Burning with his son, how that brought back memories of his time as a local reporter in Mississippi in the 1980s, and how the themes of the film resonate with today. The social norms...
Episode #6
Trump and Musk and their enablers and acolytes are busy dismantling the entire American system of government. As the US hurtles towards a constitutional crisis, with the Trump administration preparing the ground to...
Episode #4
Jim and Chris welcome back Guido Haefli to hear about his time working at the Swiss Embassy in India. We hear some details of the Swiss relationship with India, before discussing the history of the situation in Kashmir...
Episode #4
Is what is happening in the US a coup? The short answer is yes. By rummaging around in the digital plumbing of various government departments and shutting down funding to those he disapproves of, private citizen, I beg...
Episode #3
What is it like to be a military peacekeeper? What do military peacekeeping missions actually do, and do they make any difference? Jim and Chris are joined by Swiss national Guido Haefeli, who prior to studying in...
Episode #2
After marking the death of The Band's Garth Hudson, Chris and Jim get in to the dark spectacle of the Trump inauguration. Unconstitutional policies, barely veiled threats of invasion and territorial expansion, plans for...
Episode #1
Chris and Jim are joined in this first episode of 2025 by old friend of the podcast, author and journalist Sasha Abramsky. Sasha talks a little bit about the situation in LA which he visited at the weekend (see his...
Episode #12
Our final instalment with Luke Doherty, where we cash a couple of cheques that were issued in the past two episodes - the role of AI in politics, and the prospects of a 'new cold war' between the US and China. We're...
Episode #11
The second part of what is now going to be a trilogy of episodes featuring Jim, Chris, and Luke Doherty. In this wide-ranging discussion, the trio begin by considering the US role in international politics in the run-up...
Episode #10
In this episode, Jim and Chris are joined by Luke Doherty, a fellow student with Jim in Birmingham. After talking for a little bit about what Luke was doing before he came to Birmingham, and what brought him back to...
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