Look, you asked for it. Fifth fan favorite (ed - we really don't understand you people) and Mother Jones editorial director Ben Dreyfuss (né Gould) is back. And the results are wonderfully shambolic. But seriously: make sure the kids are in bed before press play.... <ul><li>Ben is "on leave" from Mother Jones</li><li>Why Ben's editor blocked him on Twitter (and you should too)</li><li>No ice in Hawaii, no avocados in Wisconsin</li><li>The worst movie Ben's dad ever made (Or was it the best?)</li><li>Why everyone in DC hates Facebook</li><li>Why people read dumb articles on Facebook </li><li>Ben starts a Substack. Obviously.</li><li>What Ben learned about Donald Trump in the suicide ward</li><li>Manipulating people on the internet</li><li>And so much more...</li></ul> <hr> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> 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 <a href="https://www.wethefifth.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.wethefifth.com/subscribe</a>

215 - "New in Town, Vax Populi"

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