#398 w/Allison Schrager - "The Horrible, No Good Economy: A Primer”

* 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

8 Sep 20231h 45min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* RIP to The Big Dick* Lawyer, capitalist, wiseass, politician … publisher?* Remember those moderate-Republican big-city mayors from the ‘90s?* The bottomless treachery of Singapore Gray* Two hobos get invited to Brentwood* Don’t. Take. The. Money.* The master and the LSD margaritas* Pleading guilty to hating dull newspapers* The New York Sun opening* When you refuse to de…

5 Sep 202320min

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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

2 Sep 20231h 11min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.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…

28 Aug 202328min

* 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 wethefifth.substack.com/subscribe

25 Aug 20231h 23min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.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…

24 Aug 202324min

* A Moynihan intro on theft and “Jew face”* Lara Bazelon on rap lyrics as evidence, January 6th prosecutions, RICO, prosecutorial insecurity and overreach * Artists, characters, and belief* A Title IX violation is worse than being convicted for robbery * Lara’s new podcast * Greg on Title IX bureaucracy and free speech* The decline of the American university* And much, much more* Stay tuned for volume 2, in which Kmele and Moynihan field questions from college students! 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

18 Aug 20231h 4min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* RIP Robbie Robertson* Yeah, so 30 minutes of music talk about The Band, The Doors being bad, listeners getting mad at us, Graham Nash in a book store, Mickey Jones, patriotic Bob, Barry Goldwater, and The Last Waltz. Sorry about that.* I’m going to suggest that you weren’t denied entry into the exclusive club because you’re Asian * But being an Asian-American…

14 Aug 202324min