The Fifth Column

- Take Em' To Church- Okay, Groomer- How "Lion King" Made Kmele Trans- Troll Culture- Mr. Cooper's Pronouns- Elon's New Gig- BLM House Flippin'- The Purpose Driven Journalist- Louie CK and The Larger Truth***- Mr Perfect- The Truth About Ukraine- Red Dawn x 1,000- Obamacare 2022- Covid Zero- That Time Welch Got Us Canceled- Howard Stern's Golden (Shower) AgeRecorded: April 6th, 2022Published: April 7th, 2022 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

8 Apr 20221h 54min

Slappy White and the Hot TakesBirthdays Was the Worst Days: Six Years of the FifthHey Twitter World (The Ballad of OJ Simpson)Jon Stewart’s excruciatingly dumb show on raceA Ben Dreyfuss tweetstormAmerica: From James Madison to Madison CawthornSex party etiquette A seven hour gap, a laptop that keeps on giving, and an ex-prez who won't go awayOn this sacred anniversary, a very, very exciting announcement 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

2 Apr 20222h 10min

On casualties, causation, and delusionIs there a risk of overcorrection in Ukraine?Sanctions, free trade, and nukesThe power of historical grievanceKmele and Matt...disagree on corporations taking sides in warsAlso, the war in Ukraine is not about your dumb culture war issuesThe Ketanji Brown Jackson ShowMa'am, where do you stand on NAMBLA?Florida's "Lia Ackshully Lost Act"Slava Ukraini and slavery tipsRIP Madeleine AlbrightCory Booker is a bad actorSome thoughts on Arianna Huffington's mattress business 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

24 Mar 20221h 46min

Kmele got a new baby!Welch is doing -- something.And a disheveled, bleary-eyed Moynihan checks in from Europe -- where he's been bouncing between checkpoints and bunkers in Ukraine. The dude is earning his WHOLE paycheck this week.Recorded: March 14th, 2022Published: March 15th, 2022 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 Mar 20221h 41min

Does the media have this conflict wrong?The privatization of protestEurope shutting down shitty, Kremlin-funded mediaWait, did Matt Taibbi just say he was warming to intervention?Verdict: unclearNo due process for shitty, Kremlin-funded oligarchs America's overlooked role in the beginnings of PutinismCould Russia have been democratic?Mearsheimer and the interminable NATO debateThe narcissism of Twitter war tourismTaibbi post game On Biden's SOTU speechOn the forgotten trade wars 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

3 Mar 20222h 3min

With Kmele waiting for his son to arrive and moving into his new East Coast digs (or something), Welch and Moynihan again find a temporary replacement. This time the honor is bestowed upon Jamie Kirchick, senior fellow for the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council and author of the forthcoming book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Bullet point topics for this episode seem unnecessary because....lotta Ukraine. With a bonus digression into Jamie's recent piece on Sohrab Ahmari and the right's lurch towards "national conservatism." Enjoy.Also: another Patreon coming at the end of the week. So go sign up. 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

23 Feb 20221h 31min

Guest: Jeffery Sachs, Lecturer in Politics @ Acadia UniversityA Huge School Board Recall in San Francisco (With National Implications)A Proposed Ban on Talking About *Gay Stuff* w/ School Kids (In Florida, Of Course)A Contoversial Federal Crackdown on Protesters in Canada (Swastikas! Swastikas! Swastikas!)Is there more? Maybe 😏Recorded: Feb 17th 2022Released: Feb 18th 2022 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

19 Feb 20222h 8min

Kmele's on a plane back East, where he shall remain and where the Fifth will increasingly ditch Zoom for in-person recordings. Yay. Filling in for Comrade Foster this week? Journalist, author, inventor, CNN contributor, mother of three, and all around swell gal, Mary Katherine Ham! The triumph of the stupidThe stupid Washington PostHating friends with stupid politicsMary Katherine, like Switzerland to her ex-friendsThe right after TrumpUnharassed by AilesWhen Hammer and Moynihan metRevisiting MKH’s reporting on the Tea Party town hall madnessMore on Hitler’s truckers Broken risk analysis: MKH on schools, masking, and Covid culture warsMasked and anonymousDoes Dave Chappelle hate the poor?Don't influence the normies The electoral power of hypocrisySports bras, shaming, and misinformationAnd so much more! 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

10 Feb 20221h 52min