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The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #259 - Tariffed into ChastityThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Tickets for tomorrow’s Moynihan-moderated debate at the Village Underground can be purchased here! And subscribe to the Moynihan Report YouTube channel!* Winnipeg land acknowledgements* Prison competition* Tariffs for erotic French movies* Traitorous Hollywood not paying enough to make movies* A listener wants to talk about Steph Curry * Rare books* Lying on the fact…2025-05-0617 min
The Fifth Column#499 - One of the Dumbest Decisions in American Political History? (w/ Scott Lincicome)* We bring back the great economist Scott Lincicome to separate MAGA myths from inconvenient facts on trade, trade imbalances, ChatGPT math, and getting “ripped off” by our (former?) allies. * Note: watch Kmele and Moynihan (and Gerald Posner) on the latest episode of the Moynihan Report * Eli’s new Liberation Day jam* These tariffs are dumb* Really, really dumb* Ruinously dumb* Laura Loomer is dumb* Tom Sowell isn’t dumb* MAGA’s Iraq This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...2025-04-041h 31
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #235 - To Overthrow the World: A Conversation on Communism with Sean McMeekinThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMichael Moynihan sits down with Bard College professor Sean McMeekin to discuss his new book To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, a Fifth-approved history of the global communist movement, from the ur-commie instincts of Plato to the sinister stupidities of Plekhanov. They also contemplate why so many smart people fall for ba…2024-11-1719 min
The Fifth Column#474 - Frankly, She Loves the American People* Yes, Michael J. Fox actually actually has Parkinson’s * The MAGA hat incident* We got a journalist around here…he’s asking a lot of questions* Choppin’ it up with 60* Young morons embrace violence* German American Bund at MSG 2.0!* Bob “Silent Coup” Woodward * Look, he was actually unfairly treated* Schultz interviews Trump* It was Jeff Gerth, actually* A tale of two natural disasters* The natural disaster of a Kamala interview* Running out the clock: “Frankly, I love the Ame...2024-10-101h 53
The Fifth Column#473 - Something For Everyone to Hate* The title is correct: everyone will hate something in this episode!* Moynihan is dying?* GPT as your GP* Choc and Chiclet * $$$ for TV* J.D. says Trump won in 2020* Jack Smith could have asked Moynihan * You hate him. But not enough.* A goomba union boss is going to choke America out* Rich and “working class”* Create jobs! End EZ-Pass!* Remembering the execrable Harry Bridges* Why is the government still mailing free Covid tests?* (MM f...2024-10-041h 44
The Fifth Column#464 - Alive from the RNC!Moynihan calls in from GOP Ground Zero in Milwaukee. Kmele threatens to dish about Silicon Valley support for Donald Trump. Welch only slurs as much as Reince Preibus. Topics include J.D. Vance’s political philosophy, Joe Biden’s deteriorating public appearances, and—as ever—Kmele’s mangled naughty bits. Who the hell knows when the Adderall shortage will kick in, but we’re squeezing the last drops out of Moynihan’s productivity before the vape-seizures finally do him in. Let’s gooooo!!!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or g...2024-07-171h 04
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only 🔓 UNLOCKED 🔓 #215 - The Hindenburg Debate, The Hindenburg Fifth Recording, and The View From Atlanta (w/ Alex Thompson)Oh dear. Yeah, that debate. Obviously. One would have to be a very successful, very delusional Substacker to think otherwise. But the night was about to get much, much worse. Moynihan, Welch, and Friend of the Fifth (former Rep.) Peter Meijer decided to record a quick reaction pod at 1am, after a collective 542 drinks. That…didn’t work. And that’s not what you are about to hear, although some devious editor appears to have dropped random clips of one particular Fifth host (Matt) into this episode, purely to bully him and amuse our bullying listeners. So as Welch recove...2024-06-2943 min
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #190 - Tantric Drummers for FreedomThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Javier Milei, tantric drummer* The hideousness of modern Peronism * A brief digression on Aerosmith* So how did we all meet?* Start fighting, Moynihan* Another digression on Sam Altman’s awfulness (two examples now available at Moynihan’s Instagram)* When Israel decided against killing the entire leadership of Hamas* Well, they tried anyway * Fiction that changed our lives * I don’t want to read about...2023-11-2230 min
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #183 - UNLOCKED - K&M Live in Philly* Unrelated non-programming note from Moynihan: “As some of you might recall, and as I mentioned in the intro, last year I beseeched listeners to help my amazing daughter Livia (and her gymnastics team) raise money for pediatric cancer. And last year, you guys came through in such a crazy way that one parent asked me if I was “some sort of cult leader.” I said no. I’m only a cult co-host. So thanks in advance! Oh, and the event is tomorrow!” THE LINK* Back in July, Kmele and Moynihan talked to a room full of students at FIRE’s...2023-10-0558 min
The Fifth Column#417 - Free Speech in Philly, Volume 1 (Live w/Lara Bazelon and Greg Lukianoff)* A Moynihan intro on theft and “Jew face”* Lara Bazelon on rap lyrics as evidence, January 6th prosecutions, RICO, prosecutorial insecurity and overreach * Artists, characters, and belief* A Title IX violation is worse than being convicted for robbery * Lara’s new podcast * Greg on Title IX bureaucracy and free speech* The decline of the American university* And much, much more* Stay tuned for volume 2, in which Kmele and Moynihan field questions from college students! This is a public episode. If you'd...2023-08-181h 04
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #174 - Coast to Coast, Until You Say StopThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Matt hasn’t seen Oppenheimer * Brittany Murphy is dead, probably from myocarditis. Kmele is surprised * Found that anti-Qaddafi t-shirt* That stupid interview on Democracy Now* NHJ is America’s greatest historian* Was Moynihan crying? (Moynihan responds: This is fake news)* “But ackshually……..”* Low key good and not great* Richard (not Robert) Frank’s brilliant book* The…2023-07-2625 min
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #172 - We're Literally Shaking / RFK ReduxThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* A sick podcast* Revisiting Coleman and RFK* Listeners yelling at Moynihan* Some nice stuff about Moynihan* A clarification from Moynihan* (All of this is re: RFK) * BTW, Sirhan Sirhan was really anti-Semitic* The conspiratorial mind* Are Birchers libertarians on meth?* Taking photos of yourself smoking crack* Matt tells a story about…something* Etc, etc, etc 2023-07-0423 min
The Fifth Column#411 - A Conversation with Vivek RamaswamyFresh from his campaign stop in front of a Miami courthouse, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stops by the Fifth’s Chinatown studio to very politely argue with Welch and Moynihan about a whole bunch of stuff. Including:* The donor class* What kind of conservative is Vivek?* Populism and free trade* A peace plan for China and Ukraine* The Trump indictment* Would Vivek take a position in a Trump * Vivek leaves, the lads have a tipple* Not many randos this time* Matt an...2023-06-141h 37
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #170 - Ukraine Calling (w/ Tim Mak)This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comDespite being in a car in the city of Dnipro, journalist Tim Mak joins Michael Moynihan to talk about leaving NPR, moving to Kiev, and starting The Counteroffensive, his new Substack dedicated to reporting the Ukraine War. A few of the topics covered:* Tim arrived in Kiev the night the war started* Going back to Ukraine—and going independent* Why so many on t…2023-06-0924 min
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #164 - Smooth CriminalThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Che jumps on the third rail * Unaliving all the bad words* Throat clearing Suedehead * Let’s come to a conclusion before we know anything, ok?* Another pretendian* You guys are like Glenn Beck too, you know* Nonsense talk about Western science from a nonsense person (and that insane Zoom intro mentioned by Moynihan)* Michael Jackson’s doll isn’t ok* A supermarket encou…2023-05-0840 min
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #162 - Jon Ronson on Neo-Nazi Debutantes, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and "Platforming" Alex JonesHe first came on to talk about a suicide in the porn industry. Then he came back to help us explore the origins of our roiling culture wars. And now Jon Ronson returns for his third one-on-one conversation with Michael Moynihan, this time to discuss The Debutante, his brilliant new podcast about high society neo-Nazis, bad swastika tattoos, Throbbing Gr… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2023-04-301h 46
The Fifth ColumnMembers Only #154 - Konference Kmele, Konservative MJ, and Angela Davis's DebtsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Konference Kmele* The most Jewish podcast in America?* Arguing an overcorrection* Michael Jackson, social conservative* Kmele sends Angela Davis a SASE* Slavery, King Cotton, and fighting with NHJ* The two books on slavery Moynihan mentioned* Listener question about maybe working for a racist conspiracy theorist* More thoughts on big boy mannequins* Clip from Ethan Suple…2023-02-2736 min
The Fifth Column#395 w/ Katherine Mangu-Ward "Nothing Is True and Debate is Murder"* Moynihan’s hobo disaster* KMW, disinformation queen, stops by for a few, tells us how she broke her kneecap* KMW: The Fifth is staffed by crotchety scare-mongering old dudes (Ed. - This is disinformation)* So why *is* KMD the disinformation queen?* Wait, what does “disinformation” even mean??* The movie Contact is pretty libertarian * Killing old people, dead crank doctors, and libertarian Rachel Welch* According to hundreds of stupid people, the New York Times is a hate group or something* Religious TRUTH replaces reasoned debate...2023-02-161h 29
The Fifth Column#385 "Elon, NHJ, and MJ"Recorded on Sunday afternoon, this now-vintage episode was consider lost forever, after a certain Fifth Columnist discovered that he still doesn’t understand how computers, cameras, and microphones work. Well….lost until we (i.e. Moynihan) found a weird backup copy of the episode on the Twitch servers! So…a few days late, of variable quality, and now available for download:* Back to the “Twitter files,” reluctantly* Everyone loves Joe McCarthy * Yet another James/Jim Baker* The pointlessness of trying to control speech* The Times pickets* The Times retu...2022-12-141h 34
The Fifth Column382 w/ Nadav Eyal "Revolt and Resurrection: Tel Aviv Edition"Rejecting twelve hours with the commoners in coach, Kmele remains stateside while Moynihan and Welch make goyish aliyah in Israel. Wandering from the Egyptian border in the South all the way up to Trump Heights in the North, the lads are introduced to one of Israel’s most famous journalists and big thinkers, Nadav Eyal, author of Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization. Eyal graciously joined the Fifth at a recording studio in Tel Aviv for a very deep, very nerdy chat about whether or not the world is collapsing and if the midterms are a harbinger of a ch...2022-11-191h 33
The Fifth Column378 "Nazis and Sycophants and Cynics (Oh My)"* Moynihan has COVID (Again)* Another NYC Covid Spike* “Dangerous New Levels of Misinformation”* The Kids Are Actually All Right (but they’re mostly not getting vaccinated)* No Apologies for #DeathSantis* Ladies Who “Lead” (and cry about it)* Red Wave, Blue Wall, Purple People Eaters* Moynihan’s “Free Smoke” Preview* Republican Skullduggery* Yes, And, [ Deepest Possible Sigh ]* The “AOC to Nazi” Pipeline* Trust in Media… still virtually non-existent* The Sycophants and Cynics Coalition* YouTube is Kinda for Snuff Fil...2022-10-212h 11
The Fifth Column372 "The Queen is Dead"So I broke into the Palace with a sponge and a rusty spannerWith the Right Honorable Matt Welch ensconced in a posh Beverly Hills hotel, prepping to shock and sicken America with yet another appearance on Real Time, Kmele and Moynihan got on the horn to discuss the death of corgi-loving colonialist Queen Elizabeth II, moronic “anti-colonialist” Twitter, Bannon’s perp strut, Moynihan’s unwitting mentor, phantom racist volleyball fans, and an unarmed man shot in the back who wasn’t unarmed or shot in the back. This is a public episode. If you'd like...2022-09-091h 32
The Fifth Column371 "Triumph of the Shrill, Kmele's Thrill, America is Still Ill"Against a blood-red backdrop, President Biden gives an urgent campaign speech, warning that America is becoming semi-Nazi Germany, Donald Trump is partial Hitler, and our almost democracy is on the precipice of kinda revolution. The lads watch the speech and say lots of really smart things. But before they discuss the end of America, Kmele forces a conversation about Michael Jackson’s Thriller. He has a theory. Moynihan and Welch are…skeptical. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subs...2022-09-021h 22
The Fifth Column358 - Live at the Comedy Cellar w/ Michael Rapaport and Colin QuinnIn celebration of the Fifth’s triumphant move to Substack, the lads decided to do a live show in New York City, with the two most New York City guys they could find. But that live show in New York City sold out immediately, provoking a flurry of angry and/or heartbroken emails. So how does one skip the queue for the next one? Well, tickets are released to subscribers first. And our subscribers are bored and like to get liquored in the middle of the week. You see what we’re getting at? Now, it’s nothin...2022-05-231h 41
The Fifth Column349 "Moynihan Taps In From Ukraine"Kmele got a new baby!Welch is doing -- something.And a disheveled, bleary-eyed Moynihan checks in from Europe -- where he's been bouncing between checkpoints and bunkers in Ukraine. The dude is earning his WHOLE paycheck this week.Recorded: March 14th, 2022Published: March 15th, 2022 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2022-03-151h 41
The Fifth Column222 - "Moynihan Squeezes the Short, Cynics and Skeptics"Make a Mint w/ MoynihanWho's Behind the SqueezeOn the War PathStrange BedfellowsPopularity ContestsEven LibertariansEquity and Private PrisonsComing AttractionsRecorded Jan 28th, 2020Published Jan 29th, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2021-01-302h 06
The Fifth Column203 w/ Nancy Rommelmann "From Portland to Kenosha to Rochester"Guest: Nancy Romemelmann, journalist and author of To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and MurderMoynihan is back from Kenosha, and Nancy Rommelmann returns for an update on the goings-ons in Portland.On the ground in KenoshaOn the ground in PortlandMedia Malpractice, Self Deception DC, Rochester, What's NextBiden v Trump*Worse Than Useless Facts*Details That MatterGoing Full MAGARecorded Sept 5, 2020Published Sept 6, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If y...2020-09-062h 12
The Fifth ColumnUNLOCKED - Patreon Dispatch #29 🎁 - The Williamsburg Tapes - This Podcast is LavaWe haven't unlocked a Patreon episode since way back in February. But we (Moynihan) were feeling generous, so here's a paywalled bonus episode from July 13, liberated for all of you cheapskates. You're welcome.If you want a new subscriber-only episode every week (plus slurring live Zoom calls, lost episodes, mail bag episodes, a community of like-minded psychos, etc), subscribe here!--------------For only the second time since the Bat Flu, the lads are back in the same room...and back at the Stupid Table™ in Williamsburg. The energy! The booze! Th...2020-07-181h 29
The Fifth Column187 w/ Bari Weiss "Karens in the Ramble, Section 230"She wrote a column in the New York Times. She failed to mention her favorite podcast. She mentioned other podcasts. She texted us asking if she could come on the show to apologize. We agreed. Bari Weiss, the genial and gentle bête noire of woke culture, is back...hat in hand, asking for Fifth forgiveness. But she sticks around to discuss lots of other stuff:- We are all Stasi agents now- You're both Karens!- A murder in Minneapolis- Whose more powerful? Jack Dorsey or one of...2020-05-291h 58
The Fifth Column185 w/ Ethan Strauss - "What's the Matter With Michael Jordan"w/ Ethan Strauss Writer @ Athletic, Author "The Victory Machine: The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty" (2020)- Getting Political- NBA vs China- Bad Deals and Bad Economics- The Incomparable Michael Jordan- 'What is Best In Life'- Resuming the NBA Season- Pissing off Kevin DurantRecorded: May 13th 2020Published: May 17th 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd...2020-05-171h 30
The Fifth ColumnEpisode 179: "A Most Racist Pandemic, Failure to Test""When America catches a cold, black America... " -- well, we should maybe talk about that.- Welch Makes a Baseball Analogy- Moynihan helps Governor Cuomo shame the traitorous scum who refuse to STAY IN DOORS- Amid growing concern about the disproportionate impact COVID-19 may be having on black folks in America -- Kmele has thoughts- When Billionaires Give Money Away (it's never enough -- and it's never good enough -- for Moynihan?)- China is Using Fake Numbers- A Briefing Full of...2020-04-081h 59
The Fifth ColumnEpisode 176: "My Corona; Pat Foster, Armed and in the Wilderness; and Delicious Miami Floor Drugs"UPDATE: The original version of this episode was uploaded out of sync. It has been replaced with a corrected version. We regret the error. But stop complaining. It's free. The bat virus apocalypse continues. The Fifth Column soldiers on, shouting ¡No pasarán!- Kmele is in the woods, Matt is in South Brooklyn, Moynihan is in hiding- All COVID, all the time!- Wait, so does he have it or not?- Kmele questions the consensus- Disaster capitalism becomes disaster socialism...2020-03-171h 50
The Fifth ColumnEpisode 172 "The Swamp, The POTUS, The Press" w/ Swin Suebsaeng, Lachlan Markayw/ Asawin Suebsaeng and Lachlan Markay (White House Reporters @ The Daily Beast)Co Authors: ""Sinking in the Swamp" How Trump's Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington"Description:- Moynihan's Vocal Fry and "Actually Good" Accents- Searching for "Henry Hills" in Trumpworld- Lachlan's Conservative Apostasy- Al Gore: Most Boring Interview Subject Ever- Rats and Snitches- Daily Beast: A "High-brow Tabloid"- Woke (Racist?) Bloomberg- The Muslim Ban- From Seb Gorka...2020-02-191h 34
The Fifth ColumnUNLOCKED - Patreon Dispatch #8 🎁The last time we did this, we said don't get used to it. Well, we meant it. But we're also feeling overly generous. So here is last week's Patreon-only dispatch, featuring Moynihan and Kmele. You're welcome.--------Kmele and Moynihan are back in Williamsburg drinking bad wine and talking shit...while trying to figure out why Welch isn't returning anyone's calls. Moynihan returns to Iowa and remembers why he hates journalists. Bumbling around the Hawkeye State, he chats with Andrew Yang, hangs with hardcore Trump types and fanatical Bernie bros. And t...2020-02-081h 42
The Fifth ColumnEpisode 168 w/ Miriam Elder: "Does Anything Matter Anymore?"GUEST:Miriam Elder, senior political reporter for BuzzFeed News and former Russia correspondent for The Guardian. (@MiriamElder)DESCRIPTION:Our fake biosMiriam's seven years in MoscowGet Shorty, Alex Jones, and the D-list bullshit artistsMatt’s Russophobia isn’t as bad as MSNBC’sPolitical theater provides cover to Putin’s authoritarianism Moynihan and Elder throw down over Bernie's alleged sexism. Plus: Is believing Warren or Sanders a #MeToo lesson?Who is the nihil...2020-01-181h 54
The Fifth ColumnEpisode 167 w/ Noah Rothman “ The Case for F*ckin Iran Right Up”GUEST: Noah RothmanAssociate Editor@ Commentary -- Contributor @ MSNBC/NBC NewsAuthor: “Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America” (Jan 2019)DESCRIPTION:- Why the Washington Bullets became the Wizard - Bomb Iran?- Will Americans ever support another Middle East War again?- International commerce —> global middle class —> less war- Trump thinks China should police the Strait of Hormuz- What if we did NOTHING?- Brian Stelter praises Tucker Carlson - John Bolton mig...2020-01-081h 37
The Fifth ColumnEpisode 166: “Buttigieg Loves Drugs, Soleimani Canceled, Media Malpractice”DESCRIPTION:- Neighborhood Watch- Moynihan’s Anti-Brit Streak- Bernie’s Fundraising Clout- Ron Paul’s Newsletters and Everlasting Ice Cream- Buttigieg Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs- Iran’s Quds Force commander Soleiman Killed in Iraq- Media Malpractice on Vaping- Chuck Todd's Fake News special- About That MemoRecorded: January 2, 2020Published: January 3, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a pub...2020-01-042h 01
The Fifth ColumnUNLOCKED - Patreon Dispatch #4 🎁Happy Kwanza -- We've UNLOCKED a Patreon Only dispatch just for you (and everyone else)! Enjoy it, but don't get used to it.The Williamsburg Tapes (Dispatch #4)"Losing Our Religion"DESCRIPTIONIt's a pre-Christmas miracle! The Fifth Columnists are back at the stammtisch (stupid table) in Williamsburg for a long-ass special dispatch, mostly discussing things distant from the news cycle. Kmele watches "Mandingo" and, to the shock of both Welch and Moynihan, is slack-jawed by how racist it is. The lads answer some reader mail and discuss Michael Collins...2019-12-252h 14
The Fifth Column162 w/ Errol Morris "Steve Bannon, American Dharmam"The director of classic documentaries "The Thin Blue Line," "Fog of War," and "Standard Operation Procedure," Errol Morris has long been the doyen of critics...until he made "American Dharma," a film exploring the worldview and influence of former Breitbart boss and Trump campaign chief executive Steve Bannon. Predictably, Morris was accused of "platforming" Bannon and, for the first time in his career, America's most famous documentarian couldn't find a distributor for his film. On the day "American Dharma" opened in New York, Morris sat down with Michael Moynihan to discuss the controversy, whether or not Bannon is a "...2019-11-301h 01
The Fifth Column160 "Pub Hopping, Impeachment Hearings, Roger Stone Goes down"- Who Shot Ya? (Tupac, Biggie)- Moynihan Drinks w/ Trump Supporters in Bay Ridge- Buttigieg- Impeachment Hearings- Devin Nunes’ Garbage Clown Schtick- Roger Stone Goes Down- What Happened to Rudy Giuliani?- Stealing Land in Texas, Pardoning War Criminals- Patreon Launche (https://www.patreon.com/wethefifth)Recorded: November 15th 2019Published: November 17th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public ep...2019-11-181h 41
The Fifth Column154 - "Still Teflon Don, Moynihan's Emmy, Vaping Panic"- Moynihan won an Emmy- #EmmysSoWhite- "Some saw..."- Films Don't Matter- Xenophobic Immigrants- Biden, Trump, Ukraine- Will He Be Impeached ? Maybe…And No- It's Greta Thunberg's World- The Vaping Muslim Ban- Rashida Tlaib's Science of Smoking- Tweet Dumpster Diving- “Cancel Culture is A Myth”Recorded: September 26, 2019Published: September 27th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 2019-09-271h 21
The Fifth Column153 - "Moderate Chic, NYT's Kavanaugh Follies, Our Pal Corn Pop"- The “moderate chic” party- RIP Emmet O’Lunney’s- Brett Kavanaugh *Allegation(s)*- College campuses in the 1980s was all about apartheid- Moynihan’s Foggy Memory, and Everyone’s- John Bolton, Out- Obama’s Apology Tour and Trump’s Chomsky Impression- Kmele’s Worried about Iranian escalation - Joe BIden’s "Corn Pop" Story: Fact Check=True- George Packer’s Atlantic Piece on Schools- Cancelling the SNL guy - Mark Sanford...2019-09-192h 01
The Fifth Column150 - "Churn-alism, The Epstein Suicide (?), Effective Conspiracy Mongering"Welch, Moynihan, and Kmele are all in the same room for the first time in more than a month -- and it's a glorious reunion.Recorded: August 16th 2019Published: August 18th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2019-08-181h 29
The Fifth Column149 - w/ Jon Ronson "Porn Stars, Psychopaths, Cancel Culture"In this Special Dispatch, Michael Moynihan sits down with legendary journalist, author, and documentarian -- Jon Ronson. They discuss some of Ronson's most celebrated books, his fabulous new podcasts exploring the porn industry ("The Butterfly Effect", "The Last Days of August"), and his penchant for pissing off Alex Jones.Jon Ronson's Books Include:"Them" (2001)"The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2004)"The Psychopath Test" (2011)"So You've Been Publicly Shamed" (2015)Recorded: July 26th 2019Published: August 2nd 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. ...2019-08-021h 04
The Fifth Column148 - w/ Ben Dreyfuss "Mueller Talks, Send Em' Back, Al Franken, A$AP Rocky v. Sweden"Guest: Ben Dreyfuss (Editorial Director, Mother Jones)Description:- Moynihan in Martha's Vineyard- Mueller sucks on TV- Trump’s Razor: The dumbest explanation is the most likely- “Send them back” — is it racist?- Jane Mayer's Al Franken defense- Shitty Media Men- Deletes Jokes- A$AP Rocky See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other su...2019-07-281h 45
The Fifth Column146 - w/ Patrick Radden Keefe "Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' and a notorious murder mystery"Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at the New Yorker, author of "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland"Description:In this special dispatch, Michael Moynihan talks with Patrick Radden Keefe about the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 in Belfast, at the hands of the IRA. Her disappearance remained a mystery for decades, but in his new book, Keefe names the names of the alleged perpetrators, and talks about the greater political implications of the Catholic-Protestant violence that continues to plague Northern Ireland to this day. Also...2019-07-101h 14
The Fifth Column145 - "Dem Debates, Plan B for Iran, History for Nincompoops"- Moynihan Goes to Court- Welch gets a Stress Sty- RIP, Steve Dunleavy- NBA O-W-N-E-R-S- Democratic Debate Preview - No Plan B for Iran - Concentration Camp Kerfuffle- San Fran Bans E-cigs (Till They Can Figure Out What the Hell is Going On"Recorded: 6/25/2019Published: 6/27/2019www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...2019-06-271h 38
The Fifth Column143 - "How to Get Arrested In Brooklyn, We're All Left Wing Hacks Now"- Kmele’s New Spot in Brooklyn- Moynihan Gets Arrested- Fisher is a jealous "lefty hack"- Dave Rubin is totally NOT in his Feelings- Assange, Journalistic Freedom- Trump vs His Advisors- European Elections- MLK: Hero, Philanderer (and possibly worse), But Definitely a Hero- Bill de Blasio Needs to Raise Some Money, FastRecorded: 5/28/2019Published: 5/30/2019www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt...2019-05-301h 32
The Fifth Column141 w/ Eli Lake - "Muller Report, Julian Assange, Deep State Grifters "w/ Eli Lake (Columnist @ Bloomberg Voice)- We Like Bari Weiss- Moynihan is a Drunk, Also a Great Neighbor- Muller Report- Grifting, the Grifters, of Grif- Eli Lake's Hood Pass- Tom Arnold Was Great in True Lies- All The Missing Tapes- Seth Abramson's Beautiful Mind- Election Interference / Hacking / Exaggerations- Impeachments + Inquiries- Assange: Journalist or Naw?- Naughty Journalist in the Movies...2019-04-252h 02
The Fifth Column135 "Privileged College Parents, Platform Revoked"DESCRIPTION:- Kmele's in 'Frisco', Moynihan's hungover, Matt got lit up on Twitter- Desperate wealthy college parents headed to prison?- The injustice of legacy admissions- Elite colleges are overrated- Biden v. Beto- Venezuela's blackout and the three initials who shall not be named- Platforming vs de-platforming- Tucker Carlson's shock-jock period- National Review swinging (and missing) at Trump- If you’re going to “Cancel,” cancel everything- Matt's Pat Caddel...2019-03-181h 55
The Fifth Column133 “Canceling Neverland (and everything else), They're All Socialist Now"- Smooth Criminals, "Leaving Neverland" Skepticism- Canceling Michael Jackson, R Kelly, and The Entire 1970s- All Hate Matters- Dual Loyalties- Bernie Sanders Marched for Civil Rights, He's Still "Too White"- Democratic Socialism**- Revisiting Moynihan v. Weisbrot- Some Idiot Wrote This- Salman RushdieRecorded: 3/5/2019Published: 3/7/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...2019-03-071h 44
The Fifth Column130 “The Jill Abramson Affair, Jewish Money, Indentured Servitude"(Plagiarism, Green Room Encounters, and All The Receipts)- We Need to Talk About Jill Abramson- Too Important to be a Plagiarist?- Rep Omar: You Might Be An Antisemitism, But Maybe Not- Blackface: The Highest Form of Flattery?- Klobuchar, FTW- Team AOC's Green New Deal FiascoALSO:- Moynihan Steps Out of Line- The Huxtable Compound- Indentured Servitude- 22 Savage- The Red Shoe Diaries2019-02-131h 40
The Fifth Column128 “A BOMBSHELL (If True), Punching MAGA Teens, Venezuela"- Jerry Brown- BuzzFeed's Bombshell?- Jason Leopold, Oliver Darcy- The Temple of Journalism- Anonymous Sourcing- Punching Catholic Kids- Stolen Valor, Callin' BullshitALSO:- Jill Abramson (Part 2)- "GUILTY" - By M.C. Moynihan- On Venezuela Recorded: 1/22/2019 PMPublished: 1/24/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this w...2019-01-241h 46
The Fifth Column127 w/ Brian Stelter “The Holy Order of Journalism, Excommunicating Steve King""They're like a train -- a train that's always runnin' right on time." - Anonymousw/ Brian Stelter (Chief Media Corespondent, CNN) (Host, "Reliable Sources")- Moynihan Meets Ann Coulter (Again)- A Boy and His Blog- Authoritarian Storm Clouds- The Temple of Journalism- Is CNN in Resistance Mode?- Grading Trump on a Curve- Excommunicating Steve KingALSO:- Media Literacy- "Page One", and The Business of News2019-01-191h 23
The Fifth Column123 w/ Michael Barbaro and Jody Avirgan "Live at the Comedy Cellar in NYC"Our first live recording; taped at the legendary Comedy Cellar in New York City.With Guests: Michael Barbaro, "The Daily" (The New York Times)Jody Avirgan, "30 for 30" and "The Five-Thirty-Eight Politics Podcast" (Five-Thirty-Eight, ESPN) "On Speech Controversies and The State of Journalism After Two Years of Trump."Recorded: 12/4/2018 (@ The Comedy Cellar in New York City)Published: 12/6/2018 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www...2018-12-061h 27
The Fifth Column115 w/ Bari Weiss "Kavanaugh, Believing Her, Abercrombie & Fitch Forever"-Kanye West's very MAGA SNL Appearance-Getting Totally Kavanaugh Faced-Moynihan at the Mississippi Trump Rally-Believe All Women-Bari Would Have Hated Kavanaugh in High School-Kavanaugh's Kamikaze-Apocalypse Skeptic-Bari's New Book, "The New Seven Dirty Words"(Recorded October 2nd, 2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2018-10-041h 15
The Fifth Column114 "Notes on Moynihan's European Excursion, The Kavanaugh Hearings""We're back, You're Welcome" - The Fifth(Recorded: September 19th, 2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2018-09-201h 38
The Fifth Column109 "Moynihan Meets D'Souza, NYT Controversy, Manafort on Trial"(Recorded Aug 1st, 2018)- Moynihan Meets D'Souza, Trump Jr- Kmele Finishes A Story- Sarah Jeong: Racist or Racist?- Russian Hacking + Facebook- QAnon- Trump, Manafort, Witch Hunt- Some Idiot Wrote This- RIP, Andrea Rich See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2018-08-041h 46
The Fifth Column105 w/ Michael Tracey "Immigration Upset, Child Separation, Very Bad Things"(Recorded: June 20th, 2018 w/ Michael Tracey, Roving Journalist and Correspondent @TYTNetwork - Never Give Up - Woke at Whole Foods - Why do they hate Tracey - Eschewing the pretense of objectivity. - The exceptional lying of President Trump. - Trump vs Obama on immigration - On the media and reactions and anti-media animus - Bernie the Trumpist - Tariffs don’t mean the Western alliance is crumbling. - The media needs constant Trumpocalypse - Kudlow’s coke habit - Psychoanalyzing Trump See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public epis...2018-06-211h 42
The Fifth Column104 "When Trump met Kim, Neo Confederates, Strictly 4 My Sniglets"(Recorded June 13th, 2018) IN THIS DISPATCH:- Is the Western Alliance kaput? Does it matter?- Did Trump hand Kim a propaganda win, and if so, isn't averting nuclear war the bigger win?- North Korea shares a border with Russia and Rachel Maddow is ON IT- Moynihan shows up late- It's Trump's GOP until further notice and they're cool with "neo-Confederate" candidates, thank you very much- Michelle Wolf "comedically" slams Bari Weiss for something she never did...2018-06-151h 56
The Fifth Column103 w/ Josh Zepps "Kim Kardashian: Humanitarian, Presidential Privileges, Primate Jokes"(Recorded June 6th, 2018)w/ Josh Szeps (formerly Zepps, frequently misspelled as Zeeps) host of "#WeThePeople LIVE" and “The People Versus” IN THIS DISPATCH:- Brisbane to Boston.- Clive James’s death watch- Kanye drops “Ye” - Slavery may be a choice after all- Kat Timpf falls out of a tree...- Jim Acosta was wrong about Kim Kardashian- Bill Clinton is a widower- Bill Clinton is the real victim, but he's kinda sorry too2018-06-081h 36
The Fifth Column100 “In Defense of Red-Pill Kanye West, Trump Subpoena, Press Freedom Day”(Recorded May 3rd, 2018)18:00+ Host Grab-Assing20:00+ Defending Red-Pill Kanye, Why Slavery is Always YOUR fault36:00+ Morrissey's Politics, Lennon's Domestic Violence40:00+ Coping with Persistent (and almost certainly imaginary) Threats on Your Life45:00+ Phrase Politics, Welch goes off the reservation50:00+ Moynihan's Perpetually Offended53:00+ Stormy Daniels74:00+ Inside the Fox Green Room ALSO: - Trade Talk- The Best Tinted Glasses- The WHCD, Press Freedom Farce, Why Journalism Awards Suck- Welch Goes on a Sinclare Media Rant See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers...2018-05-041h 44
The Fifth Column094 w/ Jody Avirgan "Enhanced Interrogation, Free Speech, Twitter Mobs"Recorded: March 15, 2018We've got FiveThirtyEight's Jody Avirgan in the studio. Matt is on assignment someplace.This Week:Is there a free speech "crisis" on campus?Moynihan and Jody's considerably different approached to sparking media frenzies.PLUS: Rex, we hardly knew ye (literally). But was he all that stood between us and the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" dominatrix? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...2018-03-161h 41
The Fifth Column093 "Flirting w/ North Korea, Back Channeling w/ Stormy Daniels"Recorded: March 9, 2018.Welch, Moynihan, Fisher and Foster are in attendance.An increasingly unlikely Presidential visit to North Korea.A seemingly permeable steel and aluminum tariff.A growing interest in POTUS's indiscretions w/ a Porn StarAnd Sam Nunberg's media PsyOp (and/or) breakdownPertinent Notes:- "A Strange new respect..."- "A tribute vice pays to virtue..."- "The Q got that D..." (and at Moynihan's insistence)BTC: 1262cXpJkHECVSiLU5iktcqbCW5oz8tJeiETH: 0xD4BB6B1784541A27FE046AA1963329a9672c3f04 2018-03-101h 42
The Fifth Column088 "Deepest Shithole Imaginable"Moynihan is back, Matt was an illegal immigrant, and Kmele was *front* row for Lebron vs. Steph.Plus: DACA. FISA. Shit. #MeToo.Recorded: January 15, 2018 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2018-01-161h 27
The Fifth Column086 w/ Tina Brown "The Vanity Fair Diaries and Authentic Bullshit" (Special Dispatch)Recorded: December 21, 2017.Michael Moynihan (Vice News) in conversation with the incomparable Tina Brown. On the business and practice of journalism, the marvelous island of Manhattan, the authentic bullshit of Donald Trump, and #metoo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2017-12-221h 03
The Fifth Column081.5 w/ Rob Mariani "Milo's (Very Brief) Daily Caller Engagement"Recorded: Thursday, November 8, 2017.We chat with Rob Mariani, former opinion editor for the Daily Caller, about Milo's first (and last) weekly column -- and how to handle radioactive things without getting burned.Plus:questioning Moynihan's sexuality;a very gay historical debate;the intellectual dead end of "just trolling" politics.(Columnist Interruptus) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2017-11-1545 min
The Fifth Column081 “MAGAversary Shellacking, Dreams & Nightmares, Mr. Trump's Asian Junket"Recorded on Thursday, November 8th, 2017Trump takes a long 'grueling' trip to the Far East, maybe tempers the crazy and manages to get cooked in the elections stateside.PLUS:- Aubrey and Kojo- The Meek Mill Guide to Criminal Justice Reform- 10 Lbs of Gelatin- Moynihan Got it For *Cheap*CORRECTION: "Dreams & Nightmares" was definitely a studio album and not a mixtape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...2017-11-1158 min
The Fifth Column079 “'Allegation & Admission, Baseless or Otherwise” w/ Bill Schulz and Nancy RommelmannRecorded on Thursday, October 26th, 2017Moynihan and Kmele are on Assignment -- Welch takes the reins.With Special Guests: Nancy Rommelmann - Journalist, Author of "To The Bridge" Bill Schulz - Host of Compound Media's "Mornin'!!!! w/ Bill Schulz" See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2017-10-281h 02
The Fifth Column078 “'McCain and Bush Sneak Diss Trump, Gold Stars for Niger”Recorded on Thursday, October 19th, 2017"The opposite of a way with words"- How Chad Saved Moynihan’s Life (and Why We're Huge in Canada)- Former President Bush and John McCain Have Strong Words for Trump - Totalitarianism, Populism and Economic Uncertainty- US Troops in Africa, Calling Up Gold Star Parents- The Opposite of a Way With Words- When 'Everything' is 'Some of the Things'- Morbid Premonitions, A Non-Fatal Stroke- When Louis (Farrakhan) Met Richard (Spencer) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 2017-10-211h 11
The Fifth Column073 w/ David Weigel "Bernie Shapes the Party, Hillary Wrote a Book, A Little Prog Rock"Recorded on Thursday September 14, 2017Guest: David Weigel, political reporter for The Washington Post and author of the prog-rock history "The Show That Never Ends." Matt's recovering from surgery, Moynihan's upright & sober, and Kmele's getting domesticated.Also:-Bernie Sanders is pushing a new health care plan (and he's got a dirty little anti-immigration secret).-Trump's immigration reversal, and his infatuation with those generals.-The best thing about Hillary's new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This...2017-09-161h 35
The Fifth Column072 "Media Panics, Title IX, DACA, The Passion of Bagger Vance"Recorded 9/8/2017Moynihan’s back from Russia and has the drinking stories to prove it. Normally reasonable journalos lose their goddamn minds over Betsy DeVos’ intention to bring back due process on college campuses.Matt Welch on DACA: “Call it amnesty, and do it anyway” (WaPo) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/08/yes-daca-is-amnesty-lets-just-call-it-that-and-then-lets-make-it-happen/?utm_term=.d7cee531cf3aKmele takes Anthony Fisher to task for calling President Trump’s brand “cruelty” in a DACA-related article Fisher wrote for The Week. But you gotta hear BOTH SIDES (link: https://theweek.com/articles/722742/trumps-daca-suspension-proves-brand-isnt-winning--cruelty)Absorbing...2017-09-091h 18
The Fifth Column070 w/ Jacob Siegel "What Didn't Happen in Boston, Something about Afghanistan"Recorded 8/24/2017This episode: non-existent Nazis, overblown Antifa, and Portuguese vagina-walls.Jacob Siegel was in Boston and Afghanistan, and now he is in Moynihan's chair. He helps the guys figure out what the hell happened in Boston (and why it's not the same as Charlottesville).PLUS: Is there a "libertarian-to-alt-right pipeline"? Should we take "Internet fascists" seriously? Would going "soft on white supremacists" actually help Trump?AND... sunk costs in Afghanistan, fights on Planet Libertarian, and Matt doesn't want to punch any grannies. Happy birthday, Hollywood (wherever he is).2017-08-251h 48
The Fifth Column069 w/ Deray Mckesson "Unite the Right, with White ISIS"The guys take a deep dive into Donald Trump's policy on infrastructure and Nazis.Matt is back, Moynihan is off drugs and high on life, and Kmele once started a Bible study group.BONUS: Kmele interviews BLM activist Deray Mckesson, and the conversation gets *dangerous*. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2017-08-172h 02
The Fifth Column068 "Criminal Justice, Naughty Texts, Fire & Fury, Diversity Manifesto" (w/ Radley Balko and Thad Russell) Recorded: 8/9/2017With Us This Week:Radley Balko - Washington Post Columnist, Author "Rise of the Warrior Cop","Dr Death and The Country Dentist" (Coming - Feb 2018)Thaddeus Russell - Host of the Unregistered podcast, Author "A Renegade History of the United States" (Much Topics. Extra Innings) - Criminal Justice Reform (Obama's Legacy, Trump's Trajectory, Opioids, Ferguson 3yrs On)- Foreign Policy Miasma (Venezuela, North Korea, Manafort's Home Searched by FBI)- A Diversity Memo, Super Angry About A Show That May Never Get...2017-08-112h 30
The Fifth Column067 w/ Alyona Minkovski “Get Me THE MOOCH, The Story of Lyndon Jumbo Johnson"[“And We Back." -Chance the Rapper] - Moynihan is MIA- Welch is trapped in a room with no AC, 75 dead flies, and a busted shoulder -- and loving every minute of it.- Moscow is beautiful in the summer (if you believe a former RT propagandist)- Kmele... well, yeah- And the brilliant, talented Alyona Minkovski is IN THE BUILDING (@AlyonaMink) PLUS:- The brief but magical tenure of THE MOOCH. - The conspicuous absence of President St...2017-08-031h 40
The Fifth Column065 w/ Eli Lake “Donald Jr Loves It, Moynihan's Great Big Movie Premier”Recorded: July 12th, 2017Play-by-Play: · Eli Lake Is a Superlative, Award-Winning Hebrew · Fab Five Freddy Is a Foreign Policy Genius · “I’m a White Male…” · Lies, Damn Lies, and IT’S TREASON! · Lacrosse Team Away Games · Eli Slow Claps · World in Disarray: Mosul/Afghanistan EditionEli Lake, columnist @ Bloomberg View, swings by. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bon...2017-07-141h 40
The Fifth Column064 "It's Blackmail, Presser in Poland, Jay Z: Feminism"A Helpful Guide to This Weeks Dispatch: · No Mic for Anthony Fisher · Kmele read 22 books this weekend (including Letters to a Young Contrarian, The Shadow of the Panther) · Moynihan talks about Hitchens · Something about the Black Panthers, Lew Rockwell, Marvin Gaye and Berry Gordy · Russian tourist abuses child · Moynihan outs an octogenarian former Nazi at a barbecue (sort of)(We're at about the 20 min mark here.)ALSO: · #CNNBlackmail scandal (False Start) · President Trump in Poland (Did You Know: POTUS was once...2017-07-071h 41
The Fifth Column062 "Notes on Philando Castile, Otto Warmbier, and Evergreen"Recorded: June 21, 2017The Philando Castile case has reached a controversial conclusion. In July 2016, Castile was shot to death during a traffic stop by Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez. Yanez's acquittal has touched off a new wave of outrage.Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student detained in North Korea since last January, was finally allowed to return home last week… in a coma. He would die a few days later.And Moynihan recounts his recent visit to Evergreen State College. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 2017-06-221h 26
The Fifth ColumnSD2 w/ Timothy Snyder “On Tyranny, Bloodlands, Trump and Hayek”[Special Dispatch #2]A rangy and Moynihan-heavy exchange w/ Timothy Snyder, Yale University Professor of History and author of numerous books including (the magisterial) “Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin” (2010) and his latest best-selling “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” (2017)Fascism, Nazis, Stalinists, Trump, The Road to Serfdom, 'the square root of 69 is eight-something', and the Cavaliers are very unlikely to take the series in seven games (the last two items have almost nothing to do with this dispatch, but they're demonstrably true).w/ Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice News Tonight on HBO)2017-06-0957 min
The Fifth Column058 “Mayhem in Manchester, Deals with Devils, and Collusion Most Foul” - The Fifth Column"If they're buying off this president, they're really not getting their money's worth." - Michael MoynihanDo terrorists hate us for our freedom? Are the Saudis just "guided by the beauty of our weapons"? Will Welch start drinking before 11 am? The answers may surprise you. All this and more on a new Fifth Column.Plus: Commemorative drug paraphernalia. The Moynihans convert to Judaism (but just for the holidays). And The Fifth Column is *probably* expanding to SiriusXM! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a...2017-05-251h 30
The Fifth Column057 w/ Thad Russell “ComeyGate Metastasis, Completely Settling This NATO Business” - The Fifth Column“The most important Fifth Column History… In fact, the most important podcast all week.” - Thad RussellThe apeirogon-like ComeyGate scandal careens into its second week. Rumors seem to be the only thing emanating from Washington DC these days (for better or worse), and not-so-quiet-just-above-a-whisper speculation about impeachment can be heard all over Capitol Hill.Plus, Thad and Moynihan get into it, again. And the guys finally fix this whole NATO business once and for all, sort of. Kmele krushes kampus racism, and Thad knows an uncomfortably large number of Irish racial epithets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and op...2017-05-191h 50
The Fifth Column055 w/ Jamie Kirchick “Obamacare: Repealed & Reloaded, Europe May Be A Goner” - The Fifth ColumnMoynihan is late; Matt went to a cocktail party; Kmele needs a date for Guardians of the Galaxy; and Jamie Kirchick (author, “The End of Europe”) drops by with dire predictions about the fate of the European Project.Meanwhile, Obamacare is dead (long live Obamacare).Plus: Spurious allegations, police shootings, and "the N-word." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2017-05-051h 41
The Fifth Column053 w/ Michael Weiss “The MOAB Doctrine: Technically, Bombing Stuff is A Strategy” - The Fifth ColumnA record-breaking, kiloton-length new release with all the kinetic energy of [ABRUPTLY CUTS OFF EXPLOSIVES METAPHPOR]...Eat some chocolate cake with Xi, flatten a section of Afghanistan, (check-in with Vladimir), rattle saber at North Korea (glare menacingly in the direction of everyone else in the room, intermittently clapping your hands and screaming as loud as you can... )... and try to assure everyone that you know exactly what you're doing. Everything is fine. This is fine.Bannon is out (-ish). NATO is great (again?). And Brian Williams can't be the only journalist in America who LOVES...2017-04-142h 12
The Fifth Column048 "Ok, We Need to Talk About Russia, Worse Than Iraq, Non-troversies" - The Fifth ColumnIt's an active week in Washington as the Trump administration takes a few mulligans. The Travel/Muslim Ban is revealed, Congress debates the deeply unpopular health care reform-reform proposal, and the administration teases a new trillion dollar infrastructure slush fund. The steady diet of (real and imagined) scandal, controversy, and leaks hasn't let up either. And while the national press is outraged over one ridiculous conspiracy theory and infatuated with another, almost no one is paying attention to the slow-motion cataclysm in the middle east... a situation that could get very bad, very fast.Kmele's a misogynist...2017-03-101h 36
The Fifth Column042 w/ Thad Russell "John Lewis: Moral Authoritarian for Hire, CNN vs Trump, Freed Manning" - The Fifth ColumnThe waning hours of President Obama's tenure, on the eve of Trump-Mageddon, and the hits just keep on coming.The President-Elect finds himself embroiled in a nasty fight with an almost universally revered CIVIL RIGHTS ICON -- who in this particular showdown may just be playing the part of a cuddly Alex Jones.And of course, since 'two beefs are always better than one,' Trump is simultaneously mixing it up with CNN too. Is this a prelude to a broader Trumpian assault on the free press!? Maybe? Did you see hopefully?Plus...2017-01-191h 41
The Fifth Column039 "Tragedy in Berlin, About That New Cold-ish War, Obama's Failures and Successes" - The Fifth ColumnIn the final dispatch of 2016, THE COLUMNISTS examine the recent terror attacks in Berlin -- parsing predictable responses, likely fallout, and beyond.And as the Obama Presidency draws to a close, an increasingly 'complicated' (if not entirely frosty... but perhaps 'cold-ish') relationship with Vladimir Putin (or is it 'some 400lb guy sitting around in his mom's basement') are hogging the spotlight and throwin' shade on POTUS's legacy.And about this legacy business... they kick that around too. Good, bad, above average... Welch, Moynihan and Foster discuss. See you in 2017. See acast.com...2016-12-301h 42
The Fifth Column031 "Weld Says What?, Trump Not At Fault For KKK Support, and Kmele Calls In From Easter Island" - The Fifth ColumnThis week, Hollywood Mike Moynihan deigns to rejoin the Troika of Truth in our last podcast before Election 2016 is dumped on our heads like a sack of dead rats. Kmele heroically calls in from “Easter Island” (a massage bar on the Upper West Side?) to let everyone know that he STILL thinks that maybe Donald Trump hasn’t been playing footsie with David Duke all along. For longer than Bill Weld probably deserves, we discuss the oddness of the Libertarian vice presidential nominee “vouching for Mrs. Clinton” on The Rachel Maddow Show. And Moynihan finds an idiot who wrote some garbage ab...2016-11-031h 01
The Fifth Column030 w/ Andrew Schulz “Lead Paint, Black Jeopardy, and Netflix & Mass Incarceration" - The Fifth ColumnThis week, comedian Andrew Schulz (http://theandrewschulz.com, The Brilliant Idiots Podcast) stops by, Moynihan is a no show, and things get out of hand quickly (The 'explicit content' warning is there for a reason people). Up for discussions: Schulz shares some thoughts on the privilege of celebrity and recounts a recent run in with Jerry Seinfeld. Kmele hearts another SNL skit but hates Ava DuVernay's new Netflix mass incarceration doc ("13th"). While Welch quotes MLK, explains how lead paint *may* have led to a global crime boom, and has some additional thoughts on the James O'Keefe/Project Veritas...2016-10-261h 35
The Fifth Column028 “Billy Bush: The Real Victim Here, Avoiding World War III" - The Fifth ColumnMoynihan watches the presidential debate with his old pal Glenn Beck. Donald Trump doesn't understand how handshakes work at all. Hillary Clinton should probably give up on email at this point. And there's obviously only one hope for avoiding an all out nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia: someone's gonna need to arm the Kurds while setting up a 'No Fly Zone'... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www...2016-10-131h 24
The Fifth Column026 "Kmele's STILL an Uncle Tom, and Yet Another Aleppo Moment" - The Fifth ColumnNear the tail end of the recording, Moynihan pronounced this the best show we've ever done..." Perhaps so. What we can say for sure about this weeks installment of The Fifth: 1) We lost track of time, 2) Much wine was poured & consumed, and 3) Gary Johnson is at least as handsome as Han Solo. We recap the Week in Presidental Campaign 'Stuff' (from the first presidential debate, to Gary Johnson's latest 'Aleppo Moment'. Kmele recounts his recent appearance on the Brilliant Idiots podcast and the subsequent fallout. Other things of interest also occur, but we won't spoil it for you.2016-09-301h 22
The Fifth Column023 w/ Andrew Kirell "Trump's Mexican Day trip, Hillary's Alt-Right Syndrome" - The Fifth ColumnColin Kaepernick rides the pine (which makes sense on many levels). Donald Trump visits Mexico. Hillary Clinton squares off with the AltRight. A few things remain unclear: Will our heroes ever get around to the oft promised discussion of 'private prisons'? Will Welch learn to properly operate the clock in the studio? Will Mexico pay for the wall? Will Moynihan finally learn how to 'Dab'? Andrew Kirell of the Daily Beast sits in for the hour. "What a Time to Be Alive" is an above average album, "Views" was disappointing. If you've got a problem with...2016-09-011h 13
The Fifth Column022 w/ Buck Sexton "NSA Hacks, The ISIS Blame Game" - The Fifth ColumnWhen Buck Sexton sits in for the hour there's a good chance the conversation will turn to foreign policy. As it turns out, that's exactly what happened and despited promises to the contrary, it pretty much stayed there. We did manage to establish a new (as in "first ever" and "only") Official Beer of the Fifth Column, so that's something. Other highlights: It's Moynihan's Birthday... Pretty sure Matt is drunk... and Kmele managed to pretzel Paul Krugman, Isis, Obama Care and the War in Iraq into a single metaphor -- fair chance he's drunk too. Special thanks to...2016-08-251h 07
The Fifth Column021 w/ Michael Malice "The Best-Worst Case for Trump/Hillary, Charter Schools are Super Racist" - The Fifth ColumnMoynihan is off this week, appears he had obligations related to something he's describing as "his real job". We don't know what that's supposed to mean but it sounds illegal. Author and Observer columnist Michael Malice fills the empty chair for am hour and change, shouts things into the mic and generally enriches our regular rhetorical intercourse. Up for discussion this week: Gary Johnson's diminishing (but not completely exhausted) prospects for getting into the presidential debates. Matt Welch tell's a story that could get people locked up and/or deported. Charter schools are super racists, duh. That revenge porn...2016-08-181h 14
The Fifth Column020 "Olympic Twerking, Obama's Drone War Playbook, The Clinton Foundation, Ferguson: Two Years Later" - The Fifth ColumnEpisode 20: The most discursive and 'intrupty' installment to date, but never worry, they always stick that landing (that's an Olympics reference). This Week: - Obligatory Olympics Banter- Malia Obama twerks and tokes at Lalapalooza- Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, Lose in Court, But Kinda Win, Maybe...- Clinton and Trump Dazzle the American Electorate With More Email Scandals, Assassination Plots and the Appearance of Generalized Political Corruption- The Justice Department is Unimpressed with the Baltimore City Police Department- The White House FINALLY Releases It's Drone War 'Playbook'- Where else can you get all that in sixty mins? You're welcome...2016-08-111h 05
The Fifth Column019 "How to Survive a Nuclear Holocaust, Welch-splaining Nato, Kmele's BLM Dust Up " - The Fifth ColumnThe Conventions are over, Welch, Moynihan and Foster are back in Gotham and it feels like Autumn in August. Still, Trump related anxieties have managed to reach new levels of 'OH-MY-GOD'; will his ascension to the presidency result in a nuclear conflict, the dismemberment of NATO, Armageddon, or garden variety disappointment & dishonesty? What's so great about NATO? And what's this about a contingent of Black Lives Matter protestors moving into the park adjacent to Kmele's apartment? Welch, Moynihan and Foster discuss... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This...2016-08-041h 10
The Fifth Column018 "The DNC Takes Philly , Ted Cruz's Dad Takes Grassy Knoll" - The Fifth Column (Updated)The Fifth Column's presidential convention coverage continues. Matt Welch phones in from the convention floor in Philadelphia, Moynihan convalesces in New York after a harrowing Republican convention and Foster dabs his brow compassionately with a damp cold cloth. On The Agenda This Week: The DNC has developed it's own 'damn email' problem; somehow it involves Russians and a pair of geriatric US presidential candidates. Trump and Sander's convention speeches are analyzed for an all together different sort of plagiarism; painting by numbers. Black Lives Matter Moms (pronounced "blim') take center stage at...2016-07-271h 06
The Fifth Column017 "A Very Trump Convention, Ted Cruz Jujitsu" - The Fifth ColumnWelch and Moynihan from the Floor of the RNC Convention... What could possibly go wrong? No more description. You listen, you find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2016-07-2154 min
The Fifth Column010 w/ Thaddeus Russell "The Strip Tease Convention, #MehTrump and Russell v Moynihan” - The Fifth ColumnWill Johnson & Weld make it to the presidential debate stage? Just who is this French fellow -- is he really running for POTUS and why's he omitting all the best bits from his Game of Thrones write-ups? Is there any city more remarkable then Orlando, Florida? Yes. Plus: "It's not dodging when Bernie does it!" and "Russel vs Moynihan: This time it's personal".Foster, Welch and Moynihan discuss... Thaddeus Russell (http://www.thaddeusrussell.com) drops by. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is...2016-06-021h 06
The Fifth Column006 "Primary Precognition, Panic at the WHCD” - The Fifth ColumnMight a Trump primary victory signal the 'end of days' while simultaneously proving the existence of extraterrestrials? Can independents finally make a significant impact on the election? Will Matt and Moynihan finally 'keep it 100?Welch returns. Foster, Welch and Moynihan discuss... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe2016-05-0455 min