The Fifth Column
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Seize the Means of Conservatism (w/ Stephanie Slade) MO #340
Clip Roulette w/ Dictators, Demons and Democracy (Episode #571)
Terry Moran and the Network News Autopsy (Members Only #339)
The Politics of Pretending (Episode #570)
A Man of 1989 (w/ David Frum) #569
Out of Whiskey and Reaching for the Rotgut (Members Only #338)
The Admirably Irresponsible Journalist w/ John R. MacArthur (Members Only #337)
The Fifth Gets a Substitute Teacher (w/ Jesse Singal) #568
The Temple Is Rich. The Monks Are Poor (w/ Frank Dikötter) Members Only #336
I Don’t Make Mistakes Anymore. They’re Just Lies (w/ Chris Cuomo) #567
The Gold-Plated Imperial Presidency (w/ Maggie Haberman) Members Only #335
The Denial of Reality Is a Powerful Drug (w/ Bret Stephens) - Members Only #334
There Is No They - #566
Failing "The God Test" (w/ Robert Wright) - Members Only #333
Are We the Baddies? The Graham Platner Reckoning (w/ Kat Rosenfield) - #565
The Revolution Will Be Staffed by PhDs (w/co-host Peter Meijer) - #564
Adam Carolla Has Nowhere Else to Go (Members Only #332)
One-Hitter: Sarah Isgur Explains the Supreme Court’s Big Finish (Members Only #331)
The Cadres and the Cabal (#563)
One Hitter: The DSA Takes NYC w/ Michael A. Cohen (Members Only #330)
Genocide Juice and the Socialist Machine w/Reihan Salam (Members Only #329)
The Iran Deal Is Bad and Everyone Is Stupid (#562)
Batya Ungar-Sargon and the Status Revolution (Members Only #328)
The Knicks, Oyster Man, and the Infinite Lies (#561)
A Hamster Wheel of Shit w/Ana Navarro (Members Only #327)
When Political Violence Has the Right Enemies w/ Noah Rothman (Members Only #326)
Populism for Morons, Journalism for Martyrs (Episode #560)
Senator Chris Murphy Wants You to Join a Cult (Members Only #325)
A Great Nation in Decline Welcomes Australia’s Finest w/ Josh Szeps (Members Only #324)
Ben Rhodes and the Evil Empire State of Mind (#559)
Why'd You Gag Me, Preet Bharara! (Members Only #323)
TFC LIVE in DC at w/ Lulu Garcia-Navarro & Robby Soave - Members Only #322
Matt Yglesias on Cancellation, Mamdani, and the AI Panic (Members Only #320)
The Youngest Guy in the Worst Room in America w/ Rep. Maxwell Frost (episode #558)
When Everyone Stops Pretending w/ Steven Pinker (Episode #557)
Robert D. Kaplan on a World Getting Darker (Members Only #320)
Masquerade of Morons (Episode #556)
Premeditated Fingering w/ Anthony Scaramucci (Members Only #319)
David French on the Supreme Court, Race, and the Miracle That Confirmed His Faith #555
Crimes of Boredom (Members Only #318)
Tucker, Totenkopf, and the Fascist Question w/ Michelle Goldberg #554
Live From Village Underground: The 10th Anniversary Show w/Ryan Long (Members Only #317)
Audience of One w/ Brian Kilmeade (Members Only #316)
Nothing is Impossible w/ Mark Harmon (Members Only #315)
A Blockade of the Blockade #553
Supreme Court, Inferior Congress w/ Sarah Isgur (Members Only #314)
The Ceasefire That Wasn’t #552 (w/ Abe Greenwald)
Halfwits, Knuckle Draggers, and Droolers (Members Only #313)
Ten Years of The Fifth Column (#551)
The Fifth Column marks ten years with a live, loose, alcohol-assisted celebration featuring Thor Halvorssen, Pete Meijer, Olivia Reingold, Nick Gillespie, and Nancy Rommelmann, with stops along the way for Venezuela, culture war absurdity, Jewish identity, sexual politics, old stories, new grievances, and the usual refusal to keep anything on the rails. WATCH IT on Youtube:The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a reader & viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Follow The Fifth ColumnYouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn 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/subscribe
Cuba, Race, and the American Category Problem w/Ted Henken (Members Only #312)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comOh, and Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of this show, yes, on April Fools’. Can you fucking believe it? Join us for the only appropriate celebration, a LIVE late-night shitfest of alcohol, probable technical mishaps, and some very special guests.-Theodore Henken, plantanified yuma-Why America still can’t quit Cuba-Cuba and the full moon were made f…