227 w/ Ben Smith - "Sign O’ The Times, Memo to Kendi"

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* Matt, swallowed by Los Alamos* Jon Ronson’s new pod* A terrible trailer, a pretentious movie* Ringo Seal!!! Trump...

9 Jan 202412min

Should we even bother with the normal bullet points? Because it’s mostly about Claudine Gay. And the media’s embarrassing reaction to Gay’s “duplicative phrasing” and “attribution issues.” And what th...

4 Jan 20241h 43min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* The last one of the year * The French public sector * Macron and the menorah * Exploding appliances * Nick & Kany...

29 Dec 202314min

* I resign!* (“That was a great apartment….”)* I resign!* (“That was the worst job….”)* Mansplaining the war* Too big to process* It’s like 9/11 for Americans, and also not* “You can still smell the ...

24 Dec 20231h 7min

* Can Kmele sing?* A guy is surrounded by some racists* In praise of…Alec Baldwin?* Protesters are like racists* Trump and Colorado* Smart people who have come to some strange conclusions on this…* He...

21 Dec 20231h 24min

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* It wasn’t a debate * Moynihan loves islands. Who doesn’t?* University stuff* “Late capitalism”* Walt Disney wasn’...

17 Dec 202314min

* Ron Karenga * Handel’s Messiah and stock portfolio * Musicology is dumb, says Matt* Hip-hop is appropriation and it’s great * Method Man thinks the Stones and Bootsy are the same* The Fall of Minnea...

15 Dec 20231h 45min

* The editorial board of the Washington Post * What what wrong with the cease fire * On culpability* Can there *be* a negotiated settlement?* Is it really “the occupation”? * That wild 2022 video from...

7 Dec 20231h 55min