* M.L. Elrick (Twitter @elrick/Facebook ML ELRICK/Instagram ml_elrick), Marc Fellhauer (Twitter @MarcFell) and Shawn Windsor (Twitter @ShawnWindsor) rock out with Dirtbombs drummer and Third Man Records impresario Ben Blackwell (www.thirdmanrecords.com). Matt Jennings (Twitter @MattRJennings) administers his Soft History midterm while Joey Zuver considers transferring.* THE STRAIGHT DOPE:  Before he was a Rock God, Ben was a student in ML’s journalism class at Wayne State University. They reminisce about Ben’s most excellent excuse for missing most of his classes that semester.* Ben came on to discuss his adventures as one of the Dirtbombs two drummers, how he started Cass Records, his role as an executive at Third Man Records, and the upcoming White Stripes Greatest Hits album. But first, he wants to talk about disgraced former WSU Journalism Prof. Jack Lessenberry, whose lechery ML called out and who was later taken down by some of ML’s former WSU students.* While ML’s former students did a superb job, Wayne State’s investigation found he was even worse than we thought.* You might think Ben’s early advocacy of vinyl while everyone was still buying CDs was a stroke of genius. But he would just laugh at you. On the other hand, the guy who gave him his first gig hawking vinyl now works for him, so you might not be as wrong as Ben would have you think you are. Listen to get the whole story.* Ben has never met a Beatle, but Third Man Records is pressing a Paul McCartney album RIGHT HERE IN DETROIT. Ben did meet a Rolling Stone. He tells the boys who — and what caused him to holler: “Find me some effing ear plugs!!!”* There are all kinds of amazing things going on at Third Man Records. Ben ticks some of them off, including how you can see records being pressed right before your very eyes.* Listen and learn about life on the road with the White Stripes. You’ll also hear about an early late night appearance that Jack White (incorrectly) said “is as good as it gets,” as well as the time they went bowling with Conan O’Brien at the Garden Bowl on Woodward.  * Before he goes, Ben turns the tables on ML with a series of questions — some of which ML dodges. Then Ben exposes Oasis as phony tough guys. Then we find out that Shawn used to be a lot cooler than we thought.* After a plug for some great local shops — Nest, City Bird, Hugh, Pure Detroit and Leon & Lulu — ML welcomes Better Made honcho Phil Gusmano on to talk about the amazing journey every chocolate covered chip takes before it lands in your mouth. www.bettermade.com* Better Made Snack FoodsAdd Better Made’s line of best-selling seasoned potato chips such as BBQ, Red Hot, Sour Cream and Onion, Salt an…* THE GREAT DEBATE: Almost everyone loved it when Vanderbilt drafted the goalie of the university’s woman’s soccer team to fill in for their COVID qua...