
126 “Trump's Fence, Dating Ocasio-Cortez, Shaun King's Crusade”
"Smarter, harder, about the same length as usual." - Anonymous- The Border Fence Shutdown- Reasons to Dislike AOC- Tea Party Retrospective- Ellen Met Kevin- Jazmine Barnes, Shaun King, and Overconcen- Destroying The Weatherman- Race Price, New York City Public Schools, and Historical Fictions- Human Rights + Angela Davis Recorded: PM 1/9/2019Published: 1/11/2019 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
11 Tammi 20191h 34min

125 w/ Ben Smith “The (Syrian) Withdrawal Method, Journalistic Imperatives”
w/ Ben Smith (Editor in Chief @ BuzzFeed News) - BuzzFeed's Day in Court- About That Dossier- Insider Political Journalism vs Crisis Political Journalism- Sports Metaphors, Panglossian History- Newsroom Diversity- Indisputably Racist ALSO:- Syria, Afghanistan, and Impulse Control- The Best Laid Plans- Another Shutdown- GoFundMe Governance- Trust Issues Recorded: PM 12/22/2018Published: 12/23/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
22 Joulu 20181h 25min

124 w/ Yascha Mounk "The People vs Democracy, Beyond Nationalism and Identity Politics"
w/ Yascha Mounk (Author, "The People vs Democracy") (Host, "The Good Fight")- Liberal Democracy (and Liberal Democratic Values)- Democratic Deficits, Excesses, and Limits- Authoritarian Populism (on the Left and Right)- Political Norms- Domesticating Nationalism- Injustice and Identity- Inequality and Globalization- Free SpeechAND- Cohen Gets Sentenced- Kmele Crashes an *Unusual* PTA Meeting- Fukuyama was wrong, but none of you assholes read “the end of history” - Matt Says "Yemen" on MSNBC- NormsRecorded: PM 12/13/2018Published: 12/15/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
15 Joulu 20181h 38min

123 w/ Michael Barbaro and Jody Avirgan "Live at the Comedy Cellar in NYC"
Our first live recording; taped at the legendary Comedy Cellar in New York City.With Guests: Michael Barbaro, "The Daily" (The New York Times)Jody Avirgan, "30 for 30" and "The Five-Thirty-Eight Politics Podcast" (Five-Thirty-Eight, ESPN) "On Speech Controversies and The State of Journalism After Two Years of Trump."Recorded: 12/4/2018 (@ The Comedy Cellar in New York City)Published: 12/6/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
6 Joulu 20181h 27min

122 w/ Kevin Roose “Russiagate Reloaded, Facebook, Google, China"
w/ Kevin Roose (Columnist, The New York Times)- *Black* Intellectuals- Live @ The Comedy Cellar- All the Presidents Rogues- Nature, Severity, and Consequence- Facebook's Peril- Google's Dragonfly- China's Citizenship Scores Recorded: PM 11/29/2018Published: 11/30/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
30 Marras 20181h 18min

121 “On Anti-Racism w/ Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, Coleman Hughes, Thomas Chatterton Williams”
Kmele facilitates a wide-ranging conversation on race, racism, and anti-racism. With: Glenn Loury - Professor of the social sciences and economics at Brown University - Host, The Glenn Show @ bloggingheads.tv Thomas Chatterton Williams- Author, "Losing My Cool"- Contributing writer @ New York Times Magazine. - National Fellow at New America, where he’s completing a new book project about ‘being the black father of white-looking children in Paris’. John McWhorter - Professor of Linguistics, Philosophy, and Music at Columbia- Host, Slate’s "Lexicon Valley" Podcast- Writes for the AtlanticColeman Hughes- Undergraduate Philosophy major at Columbia University, and a columnist at Quillette Recorded:11/17/2018Published: 11/22/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
22 Marras 20181h 30min

120 "Everything* You Need Know About The 2018 Midterms, Serious Journalism, The Beleaguered"
- Phallic Humor- "We'll Do It Live" (In NYC, Next Month)- The Midterms (For People Who Kind of Hate Midterms)- The "Fuck You" Vote- Beto, Gillum, Abrams- Voter Fraud/Disenfranchisement- Trump vs. Acosta Part 5: 'Why can't they both lose?'- Trump: 'That's A Racist Question!'- Sessions, Out. Mueller, Next?- Cocaine Mitch Warns the Dems- Dog Whistles, Guilt by Association, David Duke- What Indiana Really Means- SIWT (Ezra Klein, Vox)- Surprisingly Serious Journalism Talk Recorded: PM 11/7/2018Published: 11/8/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
9 Marras 20181h 36min

119 w/ Noah Rothman “Political Violence and The Great Disillusionment”
w/ Noah Rothman(Associate Editor, Commentary -- Contributor, MSNBC/NBC News)Author of the forthcoming book: “Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America” (Jan 2019)- Plausible Deniability- Perspectives on Pipe Bombs and Synagogue Attacks- Speculation, Motive- Violence in a most Peaceful Era - The, Lou Dobbs- Persuading Donald Trump- The Populist Moment- Brazil- Egalitarian Jihadi Recorded: PM 10/29/2018Published: 10/31/2018 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe
1 Marras 20181h 34min