The Fifth Column

w/ Glenn Greenwald Co-founding Editor @ The Intercept, Host @ "System Update"A once in a century pandemic is producing unique and daunting challenges to civil liberties around the world. What are the necessary compromises? Where are the non-negotiable red lines? And what are those mysterious bright lights people have been seeing in the night sky? (The last one is easy: visitors from another galaxy, here to share their advanced technology with us... for a price).ALSO:- Avoiding a Hot War w/ Red-China- COVID in Brazil- Reading the YouTube Comments- Logging Onto CompuServe to Own The Conservatives- A Kinder, Gentler Greenwald- Russia-Gate Revisited- Why FISA Was Always Bullshit- 'Just the Tip' SocialismRecorded: April 30th 2020Published May 2nd 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/subscribe

w/ Jonah Goldberg Editor-in-Chief @The Dispatch, Host @ The Remnant PodcastPresident Trump has an inspired idea for arresting a global pandemic. It involves ultraviolet rays, disinfectant washes -- and Welch seems convinced that it also has something to do with "butt stuff" -- which, honestly, it wouldn't be the strangest thing you've heard all day.ALSO:- Jonah on Political Homelessness- Define "Prevaricate"- Presidential Ineptitude and Slothfulness,- How Shitty Henchmen Keep America Safe- Why The CDC is So Popular- Trump Punching is Boring- The Most Dangerous Debate- On Tucker Carlson- The Best Rescue Package- Georgia: Open for Business (or something)- Funding Lockdown Protests - The Limits of MitigationRecorded: April 23rd 2020Published April 25th 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/subscribe

Kmele Foster, Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) and Coleman Hughes (@coldxman) discuss the cacophony of concern about blackness+ racism in the midst of a once in a century global pandemic.RELATED POSTS:"Do COVID-19 Racial Disparities Matter?" - Coleman Hugheshttps://quillette.com/2020/04/13/do-covid-19-racial-disparities-matter/"Don’t Racialize the Pandemic" - Zaid Jilanihttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-race-fight-pandemic-dont-get-bogged-down-racial-categorization/Recorded: April 14th 2020Published April 20th 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/subscribe

- Gender Traitors- Teddy Pendergrass- Trump’s Absolute Authority- Cutting off WHO Funding- What a Pandemic Can Teach You- China and The American Free PressRecorded: April 15th, 2020Released: April 17th, 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/subscribe

"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 Jim Acostas- President Trump Lies, Frequently -- Accept When He's Telling the Truth- Trump's Greatest Failure- Foreign Policy Tea LeavesRecorded: April 7th, 2020Released: April 8th, 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/subscribe

With more than 80% of Americans under some form of movement restrictions, civil liberties are in retreat, authoritarians are gaining ground, and Kmele is feeling positively messianic.PLUS "The Fifth Column's Pandemic Shopping Guide: How to beat the system, score hard to find paper products, and avoid deadly CHINESE pathogens"- Keep Buggering OnRecorded: March 31st, 2020Released: April 2ndth, 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/subscribe

- The lads are losing it in quarantine- New York is "authentic" again / full of crackhead zombies- Being entrepreneurial in a time of crisis- So what's happening in COVID world- And what does Kmele think *now*?- Is this all capitalism's fault?- More studies, more confusion- The shitty media is even shittier than ever- Hating on De Blasio- Manufacturing scientific consent- It's MH370. And we're inside the plane- A wee bit of mail from a wee Scot Trot - Is there anything to talk about *but* COVID?- Kmele has a new telescope/is a huge nerd in the woodsRecorded: March 26th, 2020Released: March 27th, 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/subscribe

The quarantine continues...the Fifth Columnists have thoughts...- Kmele is the Kurtz/Lauren Hill of Virginia- Some listener mail- We have the results! (Calm down Todd)- Updates on the COVID- Is it all going to fall apart? Probably- Are we are at war? Not really- Some more listener mail- Some audiobooks to listen to while quarantined- Some more sports to watch while no sports is happening- Kmele really needs to bring it back to COVID- An Italian friend drunk texts, loses her mind- More disaster socialism- The most important thing about COVID is what Trump calls it- Some book recommendationsReleased: March 19, 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/subscribe

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- Money is fake. Let's give everyone a billion dollars, ok?- Masked and bonding with the Hasids- Why Matt can't smoke weed? (Yes, it involves Central Europe and the First Gulf War)- Ken Burns gives it away- Let's rerun 70s baseball and hockey games- More on this damn virus- We totally missed the Andrew Gillum wedding party- Dude. The drugs were on the floor- Pick some books. Let's read them- And so very much more Recorded: March 16th, 2020Released: March 17th, 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/subscribe

w/ Ross Douthat Columnist @ New York Times - Author of "The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Successes"DESCRIPTION: - Decadence, Low and High- The Four Horseman- “Giving Decadence Its Due”- Birth Rates, Populations, Populism- It’s Manifesto Season on the American Right- Ross Still Wants to Ban Porn- TVs Golden Age- The Case for Joe Biden- Don Jr's GOP- A New York Times Conservative 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/subscribe

w/ Eli Lake ( Columnist @ Bloomberg Opinion)- Typhoid Welch- Biden crushes South Carolina and Super Tuesday- Good 'ol Uncle Joe or Cognitive Decline- "Democratic" Socialism?- MAGA Corps and Bernie Bros Will Excuse Almost Anything Their Candidates Do- Elizabeth Warren Lost -- It's Empirically Not HER Fault- DNC Subterfuge- Biden's Lies About Getting Arrested, Mandela Thanking- Preview of the Biden v Bernie Debate- Schumer SCOTUS Threat- The FISA "Rubber Stamp"- The Horrifying Books on Your Sshelf- President Trump's *Disgraceful* Peace Deal w/ the Taliban- Eli's Libertarian War Powers Fetish- Steve Kornacki: Legend- Chris Matthews- Billionaire Lives MatterUPDATED FILERecorded: March 5th, 2020Released: March 6th, 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/subscribe

w/ Aaron Maté (Host @ PushBack, Contributor @ The Nation)- Throwin Up Gang Signs- COVID-19- Cuban History 101- Giving China Credit- Billionaires and Unicorns- Harvey WeinsteinRecorded: February 26th, 2020Released: February 27th, 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/subscribe

w/ 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 to Hunter Biden- Reporters vs Opinion Pundits- Will the Press Scrutinize the Next President as Aggressively?- The Never Trumpers Who End Up in the White House Anyway- John Bolton's Next Act- Swin/Lachlan's "Badgers Story"- Drama Queens- Bob Woodward- Godfather 3, still bad- Gore Vidal + Timothy McVeighRecorded: February 18th, 2020Released: February 19th, 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/subscribe

Description:- Black History Month- There's no Barbecue Sauce in American Dirt- Believe Some Death Threats, Leverage Others- Oscar Obsession (Beautiful Mind Edition)- Yang Dead Is Dead, Long Live Yang Gang- Bernie's Ceiling, Biden's Ebony Firewall- A SHOCKING Presidential Endorsement- Bloomberg's Stop + Frisk Memory Hole- ADL: "White Supremacy is On The Rise!"Recorded: February 12th, 2020Released: February 13th, 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/subscribe

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 they're all Iowa nice. Kmele has a black "Big Chill" weekend in Pennsylvania and opens about up his parents--to a gobsmacked Moynihan. As usual, the lads try to catch up on a bunch of listener mail, provoking discussions about tattoos, Chile, Northern Ireland, Goop, The Central Park Five, and the "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers. And twenty years after it debuted, Kmele finally watches Curb Your Enthusiasm.Outro music: RIP Andy Gill.Recorded February 4, 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/subscribe

Description:- Kmele's Inner MAGA- State of the Union Theatrics- “Oh, God -- Fire the Media!”- "The Big Lie" (and other nonsense)- Mitt Romney’s Moment- Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform- Iowa Fiasco- Waiting for Bernie to Turn on MSNBC- Preview of Upcoming Patreon EpisodesRecorded: February 5th, 2020Released: February 6th, 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/subscribe

Description:- When the mob came for the Fifth- Hong Kong: Proto Police State- The Democratic Field- Bernie's Got a Shot, The Joe Rogan Bounce- Criminalizing Disinformation- Watching Lou Dobbs- Fearing the Bern- Truthy Skepticism- An Impeachment Drive-By- Eli on the FBI- Some Idiot Wrote This (and this... and this...)Recorded: January 29, 2020Released: January 30, 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/subscribe

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 nihilist candidate?Banning lies on FacebookCan a bully be funny?The “Independents” couple foreverRecorded: January 16, 2020Released: January 18, 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/subscribe

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 might testify- Moynihan shows up late- Elizabeth Wurtzel- Facebooks deep fake 'Problem'- Thanks for the swags, and the boozeRecorded: January 7, 2019Published: January 8, 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/subscribe

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 public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

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, the Pete Best of Apollo 11; offer some meandering thoughts on Catholicism and Seventh Day Adventism; ruminate on tragedy and loss; blather about the Richard Jewell movie nontroversy; recommend books about Israel; and provide two-plus hours of assorted other nonsense.Recorded: 12/??/2019Published: 12/25/2019 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/subscribe

GUEST: Conor FriedersdorfStaff Writer @ The AtlanticDESCRIPTION:- Patreon-only Preview- Chapo Trap vs Conor- An Underreported Attack in Jersey City- Afghanistan Mea Culpa- Something About Impeachment- Reauthorize Every War, Every Year- Biden, Dove of the Obama Administration- Complicated Brexit voters- Gesture politics- The Paternalism of Blooombergism- The Pronoun Talk- Civility, Without Obsessing Over IdentityRecorded: December 17, 2019Published: December 18, 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/subscribe

Description: - Kmele’s Dog Ate His Own Tail- Debunking mediums and magicians- UK elections, the problem with Jeremy Corbyn- WaPo’s “Afghanistan Papers”- IG report and the FBI's no-good, very bad behavior- Mispronouncing Nunes- Acela Wars- Greta Thunberg: Person of the Year- The case against Welches Case Against ImpeachmentRecorded: December 12, 2019Published: December 14, 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/subscribe

Description: - [ GRRT, BAOW ]- Dragonball Z- Kamala Drops Out, A Narrative Quickly Take Shape- A De-platforming in South Bend- 1619 and Historical Skepticism- Are the Democratic Primaries Racist? (Can We Call It Seeding or Naw?)- A Farewell to NATO? And the WTO? And the EU too?- "Impeachment", The Board Game- "The Irishman", A ReviewRecorded: December 6, 2019Published: December 8, 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/subscribe

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 "fascist," and why he thinks his most controversial movie is also his best. Recorded: November 1, 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/subscribe

Description:- Trumpian Slam Poetry ("I Want Nothing!")- Got a Thing for Fiona Hill- Blue Pill Confessional- Burisma Biden- The Good, The Bad, and The Career Diplomats - Weird John Bolton Tweets- The Wrestle Mania Impeachment- Sacha Baron vs Facebook, Borat as Proto-Hate Speech- Grading the Democratic Debate- Spiking the Kaepernick- About that PatreonRecorded: November 22nd 2019Published: November 24th 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/subscribe

- 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 episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

Recorded: November 6th 2019Published: November 9th 2019GUEST: Bari WeissOp-Ed Staff Editor and Writer @ The New York TimesAuthor, "How to Fight Anti-Semitism" (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/subscribe

Recorded: October 20th 2019Published: October 31st 2019GUEST: Thomas Chatterton WilliamsAuthor, "Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race" (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/subscribe

Recorded: October 18th 2019Published: October 22nd 2019GUEST: Meghan DaumAuthor, "The Problem With Everything" (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/subscribe

Recorded: October 9th 2019Published: October 10th 2019GUEST: Walt Hickey, Senior Editor for Data @ InsiderFounder @ Numlock News newsletter 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/subscribe

- Picking fights in restaurants- Botham Jean's brother forgives Amber Guyger for murdering his brother. And that's a problem. - Forgiveness vs. MORE HARSH SENTENCING- Ukraine/Trump - Matt lacks the Xi-spot to laugh - Trump’s Afghanistan policy is a photo of ladies in pants - Base familial corruption- Swampier than the swamp- We've been had (if we're Obama or Trump supporters)- Obama’s Jonas Brothers drone joke- Trump’s DC hotel is the Star Wars bar- Never Trumpers should be Never Government people- Frank Luntz’s curtains open and play “Hail to the Chief”- Impeachment check-in- If Bannon hates the elites, why is he the primary source for Michael Wolff’s book- Andrew Yang Hates Porn- Christopher Hitchens' opinions from beyond the grave- Don't write "Orange Man Bad"- The Fifth Column LIVE, again?Recorded: October 3, 2019Published: October 4, 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/subscribe

- 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. 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

- 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- Business Insider's GOP debate- Some Idiot Wrote ThisRecorded: September 16th 2019Published: September 19th 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/subscribe

Recorded: September 4th 2019Published: September 7th 2019Guest: Steve Kornacki, National Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Author of "The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism"- RIP, Vice News Tonight on HBO- Everybody kinda likes Joe Walsh- The "Straight Man" on MSNBC- New Jersey politics is so much more fun than national politics- Kamala Harris channels robot John Edwards- Negotiating with the Taliban- Casualty counts matter- It’s a better and worse media moment- An alternate history where Mario Cuomo decides to run- Pulling a string on Kornacki and he just goes- Bill Weld’s novels- Lonelier than the ideological middle is the temper-mental middle- The guardrails have been annihilated- Admitting to liking Chappelle’s show- US military “protecting elections”- The T 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.wethefifth.com/subscribe

- Ladies Libertarianing- The Segregation of Everything- The 1619 Project: “Everything that makes America exceptional is because of slavery”- NHJ: “We’re the MOST American”- Trump: “I hereby order…”- Dual Loyalty (and cascading stupidity)- David Koch, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter- Park Slope SocialistsRecorded: August 23rd 2019Published: August 26th 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/subscribe

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/subscribe

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. 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

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 subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

Guest: Molly Jong-Fast is a contributor to The Bulwark and the author of three books. (@MollyJongFast)Recorded: July 11th 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/subscribe

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, Moynihan reveals the moment when he realized Gerry Adams isn't the folk hero that many Americans believed he was. 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/subscribe

- 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 discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

w/ Coleman Hughes- Everyone Told Coleman Not To Testify- Age, Experience, Credentials- Lethal Weapons, Imaginary Friends- “Shame Shame”- Full Puerto Rican- Moral Alchemy- Coleman Reads His Mentions- We, They, Us- Candace Owens, Lil Pump, And The Decline of Western CivilizationRecorded: 6/21/2019Published: 6/24/2019www.wethefifth.com 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/subscribe

- 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-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/subscribe

- "Alex Jones is not a civil rights leader!"- Howard Kurtz was once serious- Trump's attempted outing- Phony classical liberals- Free speech at the margins- Every election is stolen- Finding Loose Change- Conspiracy theorists, right and left- An Infinitely stupid Congress- Donald Trump as Mr. BeanRecorded: 5/8/2019Published: 5/12/2019www.wethefifth.com 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/subscribe

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- Dogs = White Supremacy- That's Why Darkies Were BornRecorded: 4/24/2019Published: 4/25/2019www.wethefifth.com 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/subscribe

w/ Ben Dreyfuss - Editorial Director @ Mother Jones- Waiting for Godot- Ben Dreyfuss is, Young Bernie Madoff- Jill Abramson's 'Write' Privilege- "Strange Justice" = "Strange Fruit"?- Political turncoats- Paleo-Neoconservative- Private School Kids Buying Drugs- Daddy issues- Bret Easton Ellis' bad writing- Death threats- Race RealistsRecorded: 4/17/2019Published: 4/19/2019www.wethefifth.com 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/subscribe

w/ Andrew Sullivan - Writer at Large for New York Magazine,- Hating New York- What Would Hitch Say?- On Being a Reluctant, Problematic Civil Rights Pioneer- Surviving a Death Sentence- Immigration Backlash- Obama Hated Identity Politics?- Assange Arrested- Pope Benedict blames the 60s- Too Many Popes- The Comfort of Religious RitualRecorded: 4/11/2019Published: 4/12/2019www.wethefifth.com 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/subscribe

w/ Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate)- Our Mathematical Universe- "Leaving Neverland" Revisionism- Russiagate: Right, Wrong, Whatever- Jonathan Chait is “Completely* Correct*”- When in Venezuela + Nobody Likes Sanctions- Venezuela: Humanitarian Crisis, Economic Crisis"- Making Friends + Enemies on Twitter- "The Realm of Hungry Ghosts" (a book by Aaron's Dad)- Stop Snitchin (On Your Sources)- Joe Biden Feminism - Kmele Talked w/ Thad- Marvin Gaye: You're the (black) ManRecorded: 4/3/2019Published: 4/4/2019www.wethefifth.com 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/subscribe

- Trump: Death by gloating- Margaret Sullivan: the Captain Beefheart of journalism- Glenn Greenwald spikes the football with a vengeance- MSNBC doubles down- Seth Abramson: Poet laureate, Resistance Hero- Trump's enemies list and love of authoritarians- Roger Stone and the D-list of DC conservatism- Jussie Smollet's privilege- Some Idiot Wrote This, Jane Mayer editionRecorded: 3/26/2019Published: 3/28/2019 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/subscribe