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Members Only #201 - The Sounds of Blackness
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMatt calls in from a murder motel in Southern California that doesn’t really have wifi. He saves a few bucks. Kmele and Moynihan do the heavy lift. Everybody wins. A few topics discussed:* Houthi bodegas* Industrial policy schizophrenia* Will Kmele join the “back to Africa” movement?* Ujamma and Nyerere’s stash * The Fighting Sullivans (and no, the youngest wasn’…

#443 - Take a Load off Fani / RIP Alexei
* The Fani Willis train wreck* Daddy and the sacks of cash * $9,999* Russian McDonalds is so good that Tucker doesn’t care about freedom of the press* The political pilgrim* The murder of Alexei Navalny* A wave of whataboutism* Are your 19 year old daughters about to be drafted to fight in Gaza?* Time to retreat from the world?* OpenAI videos are sort of terrifying* Free Rachel Dolezal Kwame Nkrumah 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

Members Only #200 - The Anti-Racist Headset
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comKmele gets an Apple Vision Thing because of he course he does. And he wears it the whole episode because of course he does. It’s a racist product, btw. And Bobby Jr’s Super Bowl ad was good. And Matt likes Usher, it seems. And certain conservatives like visiting and praising dirtbag dictatorships. And in case you hadn’t noticed, Joe Biden thinks it’s 19…

#442 - In Defense of Colorblindness (w/ Coleman Hughes)
We’re back with two episodes smashed into one! So if you have a spare two hours… First up, our friend Coleman Hughes returns for a one-on-one conversation with Kmele about his brand-new book The End of Race Politics, which you should buy immediately. Also: Coleman was on Bill Maher’s show on Friday, most of which is available on YouTube.After an hour with Coleman, the full team is back for a few very uncomfortable conversations about a few very uncomfortable topics. Just listen and you’ll understand…The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Preferably paid, but…well take either…. 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

Members Only #199 - Why You Should Never Fly Coach
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comA rebroadcast of Sunday’s live Zoom, available only to subscribers, of course. And this particular live event was only available to Never Fly Coach-tier subscribers. So you know what that means: If you’re not subscribed, maybe it’s time to pony up? And if you’re already a subscriber…remember that there are different tiers and that we can, in fact, quite…

#441 - Dancing Daggers, Disturbed Dignity & Dozens of Drives to Delaware
* The point of a dagger * The Messenger of death* The billionaire model * WE NEED SOME QUICK BITES* The murder of James O’Keefe* Horrible people, horrible ideas, great writing* Requisite 2024 talk* In (soft of) defense of Jon Stewart* Cori Bush is the Whitney Houston of Congress* LD on Simmons pod* Jamaal Bowmen is the Philip Larkin of 9/11 (hmmmmmm)* Yay for Aaron!* And so much more! 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

Members Only #198 - Everybody's a Critic (Vol. 144)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* A black man on his toes* MJ at the Apollo * A “Compassionate” Traitor* Ron Radosh’s review of the doc * An entire life of lies* And a list of actual commies in the government (Note from MM: When I say “married to Ethel Rosenberg, * A shitty copy of Mission to Moscow* Listeners and Redditors: you’re wrong about Trump and democracy* The man vs. the movement / MAGA vs. po…

#440 - From Nashua to Haaazzaaa
Oh dear. Watching the New Hampshire returns, the lads do a spot-on impression of the good old, liquor-soaked days of 2016 Fifth Column and get pretty deep in their cups…so yeah, sorry about this one. * Trump wins* Cutting from Trump’s dumb speech* 20 percent for Dean Phillips* This is, in fact, democracy* No one says anything on cable news* The speeches * The overstatement machine * Moralism doesn’t work * A brave defense of Iran-backed Islamism* A sort of drunken rant about hipster Houthis* The New York Times on haaaazaaaaaa* It all falls apart…something about Tipper Gore, Jello Biafra, and covering every election but the U.S. one 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

Members Only #197 - Grappling Joe, Ending Ron, Inevitable Don
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Michael Winslow RIP?* Joe Rogan would tear Kmele in half* The cockfighting story that never was * Some pretty pathetic fight stories * That insane UK piano player video* HHHHHHAMAAAAAAZZZ* Chris on Kmele’s pejorative for the Irish* The end of Ron* It was always “inevitable”* Back to the basement* Voters and immigration: not that complicated* You want European politics?* Trump’…

#439 - Ladies Tees and Democracy Pleas
* This time, we’re not going to hold back* Destroying from the ladies tees* I love with Doug* More media implosions* ¯\_(ツ)_/¯* Democracy is over when my irrelevant newspaper folds* Passover is too Jewish* The uniqueness of the Holocaust* Opinion mongers making calls about newsworthiness * This era as history* Whatchutalkinabout Fani Willis* Ross Douthat and “Neocon Nikki” 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

Members Only #196 - You Make a Lotta Money
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comIn a rebroadcast of our latest Second Sunday, Tina Nguyen joins the lads again to discuss Substack, Andrew Yang, Kmele fighting another podcast host, James Bond, Tucker Carlson, Vietnamese immigrants, militias, and…the great Tom Vu. In case you’re unfamiliar with America’s greatest Vietnamese import, some of his greatest hits.

#438 - Guns & Flip Flops (w/ Tina Nguyen)
* The year of the ladies* They’re pro-Houthi* They’re Weebs * The MAGA Diaries * The diaspora politics of the Vietnamese* MAGA Straussianism * Tina and Tucker* Tina and the militias* Kmele and the Houthis* It’s always World War Three* Just say they went too far…* NYT on Russia bombing hospitals * Some Iowa thoughts* Some brief thoughts on the fake Substack Nazi controversy 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

Members Only #195 - No Limit Consultants LLC
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Matt, swallowed by Los Alamos* Jon Ronson’s new pod* A terrible trailer, a pretentious movie* Ringo Seal!!! Trump is “being persecuted”* Head injuries that help* Listen to that podcast, even if it’s terrible* A hot plagiarist* Substack and Nazis* Chomsky and Jeffery* Kmele’s new favorite football player* And so much more!

#437 - Gay Divorce
Should we even bother with the normal bullet points? Because it’s mostly about Claudine Gay. And the media’s embarrassing reaction to Gay’s “duplicative phrasing” and “attribution issues.” And what this says about the rot in academia. And something about a Disney Plus show. And ladies who live in trees. And how Kmele’s ice has to be colder than Welch’s ice. And a generation of dumb intellectuals. Enjoy. 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

Members Only #194 - 2023 Was an Inside Job
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* The last one of the year * The French public sector * Macron and the menorah * Exploding appliances * Nick & Kanye* Nikki’s slavery gaffe * But does she have a shot?* Billionaires on the “billionaire class”* Don’t forget about RFK* Who blew up the pipeline?* Why we believe what we believe* Vivek’s “inside job”

Members Only #193 – ‘I Don’t Think Anyone in Israel Right Now Feels Left of Center’ (w/ Asaf Zamir)
* I resign!* (“That was a great apartment….”)* I resign!* (“That was the worst job….”)* Mansplaining the war* Too big to process* It’s like 9/11 for Americans, and also not* “You can still smell the death”* The Jericho Wall revelations* “I’m pretty sure most people who were responsible will resign”* Were judicial protests a distraction?* State fails, society rallies* A time for Diaspora choosing* Like moths to crazy* Intelligence scandal, leadership scandal* Hard out here for a two-state solutionista* Did Israel choke off Gazans’ resources?* “My heart is captive in Gaza”* “If we don’t come out of this very secure, it’s the end of Israel”* And yet … hope! 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

#436 - From Gavin to Gotham
* Can Kmele sing?* A guy is surrounded by some racists* In praise of…Alec Baldwin?* Protesters are like racists* Trump and Colorado* Smart people who have come to some strange conclusions on this…* He’s screwing with you. You know that right?* They think you don’t understand policy * Not a lot of loyalty….(plus: a paean to Hope Hicks)* One word: NEW YORK* From Jihad to Lego * A silly list of “media influencers”* Is Emmanuel Lewis alive? (Yes) 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

Members Only #192 - Second Sunday Replay (12/10)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* It wasn’t a debate * Moynihan loves islands. Who doesn’t?* University stuff* “Late capitalism”* Walt Disney wasn’t a Nazi * Backfilling history* Massaging numbers* On the Qataris….* And a bunch of listeners chime in!

#435 - TFC's Holiday Racism Spectacular!
* Ron Karenga * Handel’s Messiah and stock portfolio * Musicology is dumb, says Matt* Hip-hop is appropriation and it’s great * Method Man thinks the Stones and Bootsy are the same* The Fall of Minneapolis * The Fifth’s verdict * Some good things, some bad things * Revisiting the Chauvin trial* An 800,000 word reflection from James Bennet * Fanaticism and forgivenness * How is this plagiarist surviving?* How about firing these dopes* LP and AJ * The many, many, many dead in Ukraine 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

#434 - Crazed Conspiracies, Moral Mulligans, and Indecent Ivies (w/ Shadi Hamid)
* The editorial board of the Washington Post * What what wrong with the cease fire * On culpability* Can there *be* a negotiated settlement?* Is it really “the occupation”? * That wild 2022 video from Jenin that Moynihan mentioned* You’re going to be defrocked* Being handcuffed by “the Nahkba”* The insane rape conspiracy theories—and why they exist* Are all these people pro-Hamas?* Mrs. Gay Goes to Washington* Choose different words, dummies* Are you allowed a moral mulligan?* The Calvin Principals* And much, much more 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

#433 - The Body of a (German) American
* We ain’t gonna play Sun City* RIP Shane* George Santos: genius* Gavin v. Ron* Why would you do this, Gavin?* This awful presidential race * Hating WFB* Be friends with and “platform” your political opposites* RIP Kissinger?* Dictatorships and double standards * The forever war with Iran* An awful, awful hostage video * On hostages and peace partners * The future of Gaza 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

Members Only #191 - Can We Be Trusted? (Ummm...)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* A shooting in the hood* The Oakland Politburo speaks. The world is appalled.* The free speech issue vs. the university infection * Knowing nothing but propaganda* Gaza Facebook is pretty wild* Sir Humphrey says: “This is the most insane answer ever”* What Epstein got right. And you gotta bring Bill Clinton* A weird story about Hillary’s shushing * UFO nonsense* What’s th…

#432 - Worse Than Hitler (A Fifth Column Thanksgiving!)
Family beckons. Booze beckons. So we’re going to forgo the bullet points that we’re pretty sure you don’t read anyway and just say…Happy Thanksgiving, from your friends at the Fifth! And while you shamelessly celebrate genocide, listen along while the lads bemoan the racism of the Black Plague; the deadline to file charges against Kmele; the quote-invention of ChatGPT; the hostage deal in Israel; and the extreme awfulness of Holocaust historians Joe Scarborough, Mike Brzezinski, and Claire McCaskill. 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

Members Only #190 - Tantric Drummers for Freedom
This 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 who I am and where I came from * Another Fifth drinking game* And so very much more….

#430 - The TikTok Jihad w/ Mary Katharine Ham
* Live from Oakland* Sex strikes * Loving OBL * Stop deconstructing stuff * Seeing your friends spinout online…* They’re not sending anyone anywhere * Drunk Kathy Hochul and her bad, drunk ideas* Not drunk Nikki Haley and her bad ideas* Hate speech isn’t a thing in America* Israel and propaganda * MKH on evangelicals, Israel, and the supposed “left behind” vision of Zionism* TikTok you don’t stop * And so much more! 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

Members Only #189 - "Thank You for the A-Bomb" (Second Sunday Rebroadcast)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* “She’s reasonable in person” (🤔)* In praise of…Estonia* Are any expressly political comedians funny?* Meetings interrupted by death * Listener question: On the 1619 Project * Indonesian guys loves America, nuclear weapons* Family friends with Carlos the Jackal* Israel asks: “Kmele, what should we do?”* Stars and Bucks (Correction: Bethlehem not Ramallah)* Why not get a…

#429 - The Kevin Hart Resource Curse
* One hell of a night, one brutal morning* Kevin Hart kills* Judy Gold and college comedy* The Washington Post says sorry for being mean to Hamas* Be brave, get fired?* There’s been a bunch of recent Islamist attacks in the West, actually* New York City’s hate crimes leader board* The pointless Republican debate* Vivek is the worst (and also was kinda good for three seconds)* Reaganism without Reagan (and Bannon’s Reagan film)* Only in New York, kids* Trust the kids, kids* Teaching about vs. proselytizing for… 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

Members Only #188 - Shine on You Crazy 'Anti-Zionist'
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Voting for New York judges (and do you have a spare apartment?)* An unsolicited application* Liz Warren warns about the surge of….* Is violent anti-Semitism in the U.S. a real threat?* Explain the progressive-Islamist alliance please…* He has become comfortably dumb* No, it’s not really fishy* Defining war, war crimes, and civilians * The government’s stupid war on (pr…

#428 - Poundtowns and Political Pilgrims
* Happy birthday Kmele* The girls of the IDF * The lads take a wrong turn, end up in “Poundtown”* In fairness, we didn’t know he did a whole segment on this * So Mike Pence dropped out?* That’s some good polling for Bobby Jr. * When innocents die* Nat Turner’s bloody rebellion * Human shields and asymmetry* Kill ‘em all, says Rep. Brian Mast* Political pilgrims for Hamas* Sorry but nothing after 1917, Matt* And much, much more! 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

Members Only #187 - A Break from the Grimness w/ Danny Polishchuk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comAlong with fellow comedian Ryan Long, Danny Polishchuk is one half of the very funny Boyscast podcast (a favorite of Fifth Column listeners, we are reliably told). Again alongside Ryan Long, Danny is the woke guy in the “When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything” video.” And there’s lots of great solo stuff over at his YouTube channel. Danny s…

#427 - Is Cancel Culture Cancellable? (w/ Greg Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott)
* On The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All―But There Is a Solution.* The youngest Fif’ and Maher guest.* My how times have changed since 9/11.* The numbers are very, very bad. Bad numbers!* The sudden (and probably temporary) rediscovery of campus neutrality.* Yes, some post-Oct. 7 campus ruckus has been Cancel Culture.* And so, so depressing.* The (surprising!) view from Gen Z.* Millennials are the worst.* Schlott vs. Haidt.* Shut up, bigot.* The Left does it more (on campus, anyway).* We’re past peak-Woke, right? Right? 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

Members Only #186 - From the Haganah to Häagen-Dazs
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* An idiot…He wrote this* Condolences to a friend * What is a war crime?* History wars and war crimes* The worst congresswoman went to the worst law school * In defense of Harvard. Sort of. * Defending Panthers and the exhilaration of murderous anti-Semitism* Why no air raid shelters?* Meir Kahane Krunch* Objecting to a guest. We disagree* Karine Jean-Pierre will answer what…

#426 - w/ Matt Duss - Notes from the Other Side
* Hamas and the hospital* Don’t trust and try to verify* Did Israel “create” Hamas?* When there’s no negotiating partner* America’s role in the Middle East* Enter Iran…* Gauging Palestinian public opinion* A massive media failure* One-way root causes* And much more! 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

Members Only #185 - Radicalized by Radicals
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Where are you Ben and/or Jerry?* The radicalization of KF* What it means to be “anti-war”* The radicalization of the universities* Other fronts in the war * Israel, its neighbors, and its assassination program (Note: It was not Shamir who was PM during Operation Opera. It was Begin. Moynihan regrets the error)* Importing anti-Semitism to Europe* No, you can’t go to H…

#425 - The Nightmare Scenario (w/ Oren Kessler)
A few weeks before the Hamas pogrom, Moynihan was reading Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by the brilliant Israeli-American journalist and historian Oren Kessler. So he called him to talk through the current conflict, its historical antecedents, and how Hamas’s murder spree has effected his family.* RIP Tomer Shoham* The nightmare scenario* “This is good for Hamas”* The “I don’t support it, but you have to understand…” argument* The “occupation” is Tel Aviv and Haifa* Nowhere to go / hostage trading* On the media coverage* The Arab Revolt of 1936* The beginning of Arab nationalism, Jewish terrorism* Writing while angry* The Jewish Agency Fund 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

Members Only #184 - Zoom Rebroadcast - On the Pogrom in Israel
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com(Editor’s note: about 20 seconds of Comrade Lake’s mic is missing at the very beginning of this recording. It fixes itself soon thereafter. Sorry about that)It’s that time of month (…ummmm….time for a rebroadcast of our Second Sunday Zoom call). As you probably already guessed, we managed just one topic of conversation this time around: the unfolding ho…

#424 - w/ Rep. Peter Meijer - McCarthy and His Enemies
* Former Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer is back to talk about his insane friends and erstwhile colleagues on the Hill * Peter’s surprising (to us) view of Rep. Matt Gaetz* “I try to see the best in people” (Hmmmmm….)* The gordian knot of polarization* Peter makes the case for [blank] as Speaker…….* Oh wait, he’s kinda serious!* What do any of these people actually believe? * “Oh, I mean, there's horseshoe theory and then there's horseshoe theory…”* Does Peter have an announcement to make?? Maybe??* Well, he didn’t exactly deny it* Note: giving people free shit usually works (for a bit)* The HARD LEFT supercut* Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was setup and no one really cares* Two progressive activists are murdered and out come the ghouls 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

Members 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 annual student conference in Philadelphia. Much fun was had by all. And it was recorded. So…here you go.* A generous Greg Lukianoff intro. And some stuff about Kmele and Moynihan and Jonah Lehrer. For the kids.* And then…the kids tell tales of campus woe…* What more description do you need? 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

#423 w/Josh Szeps - TED, Just Admit It
Our old Aussie-Aussie-Aussie-Oi-Oi-Oi pal Josh Szeps, former host of the morning show Wake Up Ya C***s, was in New York this weekend and stopped by the Fifth’s Chinatown headquarters! So we decided to have a few drinks (Ed. note: Josh has lost approximately 600 pounds and is now sober, while Welch and Moynihan are still the same old lazy alcoholics) and argue about how our pal Coleman Hughes was treated by TED…receive a concise primer on the politics of Australia’s “voice” referendum…get an equally concise lesson in Aussie identity politics… promote his terrific podcast “Uncomfortable Conversations”…and recount a recent conversation that was so uncomfortable that it has been permanently disappeared. 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

Members Only #182 - The Racist Wolf
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Deion’s audacious blackness* Kevin McHale’s audacious whiteness * Serious Hasan’s baby is covered in cocaine* What everyone hates most is a racist, anti-Asian wolf* Cutting the razor wire because…why not?* Immigration in Europe is different* DOWTCHA BOY! The (Irish?) origins of Jamaican Patois* Is Matt the Harvey Weinstein of the Fifth?* Guess what? There was more to t…

#422 - Introducing The Fifth Column Center for Antiracist Research
* The sartorial excellence of the Pennsylvania Senate delegation* “Pooping on their shoes” * Kilmeade v. Rosendale (that’s his name)* Kendi and the disappearing millions * Want to demonitize one of your enemies? We have an idea!* A threatening letter from Lady Orwell DBE* The ACLUization of everything * Trump on the Meet the Press* Broadcast needs to “lend democracy a hand?”* Biden is just getting worse* Ron slides further…and new New Hampshire numbers * Defeatism and elitism, mixed * The “moral clarity” darling of 2023: Christiane Amanpour 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

Members Only #181 - From Bob Geldof to Jesus (of Nazareth) to Walt Disney
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Bob Geldof is the hero of this story* She isn’t the pantless one* Catholics, Kmele and your “best religious experience”* Nick and the Burn* Jamaican names / Wes Anderson movies * Revisiting Less Than Zero* The Hollywood Party v. Walt Disney* A listener has an Amy Cooper question…* The Kendi Center kind of shuts down* NOI in our imagination* Whitedurans wonder what to do ne…

#421 - Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
* 36 year-old grandmother vapes, feels up Democrat * Shanah Tova!* Russell Brand, who Moynihan wrote about in 2014, is accused of rape* They are coming after the truth tellers, maaaaaannnnnn* Revisiting Hunter’s indictment * Breaking: Biden is confused and sleepy * Trump v. Kelly* I’m the president, so it’s legal…* Ron’s compounding troubles, plummeting poll numbers* Preemptive skepticism * Hasan Minaj is an unfunny fraud 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

Members Only #180 - The Fifth on Zoom! With Ben Dreyfuss! It's a Rebroadcast!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comAs Moynihan explains in the intro, this is the Zoom recording from this month’s Second Sunday broadcast. Basically, it’s the difference between a soundboard and audience bootleg. But so it goes. So no bullet points this week—enough time has already been spent on this episode—other than to say that Ben Dreyfuss shows up and we talk about Danny Masterson,…

#420 - Texas Ends New York! Protesters End Climate Change! DOJ Prosecutors End Proud Boys!
* Every city is a nightmare* Airbnb banned—but hotel rooms are now free!* Pedro glues his feet to the floor, Moynihan discovers climate change* It’s the end of New York as we know it (and Mayor Adams feels not so fine)* None of this is sustainable, btw* “BIPOC” residents in Chicago are angry * Nikki rising, Vivek shrinking* Enrique Tarrio, black white supremacist, gets more time than Mr. American Taliban* The DOJ understands why an activist guy murdered a non-activist guy 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

Members Only #179 – The Late Richard Riordan and the Never-Launched L.A. Examiner
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#419 - In Defense of Capitalism...and Sweden's Covid Response (w/ Johan Norberg)
Let’s abandon the usual bullet points and instead provide a few relevant links. The lads sit down with Swedish writer and historian Johan Norberg to discuss his forthcoming book The Capitalist Manifesto; his report on Sweden’s Covid response; his almost-a-book The Mirage of Swedish Socialism: The Economic History of a Welfare State; and that time, twenty years ago, when he first came across Moynihan wandering around Stockholm, clutching a book about filthy commies. 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

Members Only #178 - The Blob
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Elvis Costello’s dad is the best dancer* Orthodox Shyne* Jamaicans vs….ummm…non-island people* Close enough* The race blob* The Australia craze / Jacko* Gross Steven Segal songs* “The molester Rolf Harris?”* Revisiting the dumb debate * Ron, Vivek, et al* In praise of Gary Becker (and his family)* OJ Simpson: Slashing government spending* Moynihan’s baggage has shifted on this…

#418 - The State of Debate (w/ Mike Pesca)
* Best mugshots of all time (Winner: 70s Larry King)* Who won the dumb debate* No, the agenda is a hoax* Nikki…pretty, pretty, pretty good, actually* “Let’s not look backwards”* One of the most deranged policy suggestions…* The debate over Trump prosecutions* Did Trump sound sane compared to Tucker?* What happened to Pesca’s podcast “Not Even Mad” podcast?* It’s really hard to make a podcast where everyone disagrees * Is the New York Times getting a bit more sensible?* Blurring the lines between activism and journalism 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

Members Only #177 - Bang , Bang, Bing, Bong, Dong, Dong (Second Sunday Live Rebroadcast)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* San Francisco again* Song of the South again* TikTok NPC insanity* Colombian Snow White, for the first time* How Obama broke up with his girlfriends * Roger Stone on JFK Jr. And a bit on PressTV * Richy Rich of Richmond * The AnCap of Argentina* If the lads of the Fifth could avoid the dumb outrage, would they ?* Iran, Pakistan, American foreign policy* Are we more polariz…