The Fifth Column Podcast

The Fifth Column

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. www.wethefifth.com
David French on the Supreme Court, Race, and the Miracle That Confirmed His Faith #555
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 …and how raising a black daughter changed the way he sees America.-David French returns to the Fifth Column-SCOTUS drops of a few ruling-Free speech wins 9-0 (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport)-The Voting Rights Act gets another trim (Louisiana v. Callais)-Racial gerrymanders vs. political gerrymanders-Smart racists, dumb racists, and …
Apr 30
1 hr 51 min
Crimes of Boredom (Members Only #318)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comAfter the failed shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the boys sift through bad manifestos, assassination discourse, microlooting, conspiracy politics, and the strange moral permissions of America’s bored radicals.-Matt’s 15-year Werner Herzog hangover workshop-judging the newest failed killer manifesto-America’s stupidest assassination d…
Apr 28
19 min
Tucker, Totenkopf, and the Fascist Question w/ Michelle Goldberg #554
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-have we met before, or did we just share a zip code?-Iran is a disaster from basically every possible angle-you don’t go to war with this president-maybe just crawl back to a worse JCPOA and call it historic-Venezuela “worked,” which is exactly why it made the next disaster easier-take the oil, burn the soft power, call it realism-Europe gets lectured,…
Apr 23
1 hr 24 min
Live From Village Underground: The 10th Anniversary Show w/Ryan Long (Members Only #317)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comComedian Ryan Long stops by to join the guys at their very special 10th year anniversary. A few live mics, a non-stop flow of mystery drinks, and audience participation: what could go wrong? -10 years later, the grievance ledger is still very much active-Brett Weinstein cannot think his way back from the moon-Andrew Schulz proves the real mistake was le…
Apr 22
18 min
Audience of One w/ Brian Kilmeade (Members Only #316)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comThe border, the bombs, and can you guess how many Baldwins there are? -up at 2:30am, in by 4am, then 6 straight on-air hours before the fill-in shift even starts-Glenn Beck saved 5pm and accidentally birthed The Five-Fox News finally discovered the internet-2020 was insane and everyone got dumber-if the facts change every ten minutes, your monologue pro…
Apr 21
18 min
Nothing is Impossible w/ Mark Harmon (Members Only #315)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comHe has spent a lifetime around fame, a heroic father, football mythology, and old Hollywood… and somehow still comes off like the calmest guy in the room.-Steve McQueen and a Mini Cooper-what Carl Reiner was really like, and why Summer School still rules-growing up with Tom Harmon: Heisman winner, broadcaster, fighter pilot, legend-the war story Mark on…
Apr 16
19 min
A Blockade of the Blockade #553
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-Where have ye gone Chris Matthews?-California’s governor race is a freak show (Fang Fang rides again)-Bring Kevin Spacey to the table?-Barney Frank, Ted Kennedy, and different standards-The anti-gambling jihad-Talks about talks about talks-The good ‘ole days of Lebanon, Libya, Valerie Plame, Bob Novak-Dr. Jesus-Trump versus the Pope-From melting pot to…
Apr 15
1 hr 12 min
Supreme Court, Inferior Congress w/ Sarah Isgur (Members Only #314)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comSarah Isgur, Executive Editor of SCOTUSblog, has a book! Last Branch Standing is out today. -The Ted Lasso version of the Supreme Court-The Supreme Court is not the 6-3 cartoon people think it is-RBG thought Roe was built on weak foundations-The Court decides legal questions, not good policy vs. bad policy-Congress is now mostly bookers, comms staff, and 535 Inst…
Apr 14
18 min
The Ceasefire That Wasn’t #552 (w/ Abe Greenwald)
-The wrong Greenwald, but the actual Abe-Everyone loves our ad spots-Iran’s deranged peace menu-Ceasefire, with extra missiles-The joint Hormuz tollbooth fantasy-What Iran lost, even if nobody can sell it-Regime change, but not the fun version-Vanceworld (probably) leaks to the Times-Trump threatens apocalypse, then shrugs-Pakistan, Vance, and easier marks-Groypers and other forms of loser energy-The anti-Jewish right stops pretending-Sovereignty for me, not for thee-When the right starts sounding like the left-Israel’s image problem, and America’s deeper one-RFK Jr. enters the podcast economyPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.After 10 years, we’ve finally found a sponsor we actually like. Ground News pulls coverage of the same story into one place so you can compare headlines across sources and see how framing changes depending on the outlet.Subscribe for 40% off our Vantage plan using our unique link https://groundnews.com/fifthThe 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
Apr 9
1 hr 30 min
Halfwits, Knuckle Draggers, and Droolers (Members Only #313)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comBEHOLD, the Mailbag (aka male-bagging, aka you-yell-at-us-and-we-tell-you-to-fuck-off)-The Easter Bunny claps for the Iran rescue-Lie long enough and eventually your conscience taps out-about that Rahm moment-who remembers Jazz Hands?-maybe woke actually is over-Bret Weinstein, vindication for the Evergreen psychos-Helen Keller and her commie ventriloqu…
Apr 7
20 min
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