
#433 - The Body of a (German) American
* We ain’t gonna play Sun City* RIP Shane* George Santos: genius* Gavin v. Ron* Why would you do this, Gavin?* This awful presidential race * Hating WFB* Be friends with and “platform” your political opposites* RIP Kissinger?* Dictatorships and double standards * The forever war with Iran* An awful, awful hostage video * On hostages and peace partners * The future of Gaza 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 Dec 20231h 40min

Members Only #191 - Can We Be Trusted? (Ummm...)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* A shooting in the hood* The Oakland Politburo speaks. The world is appalled.* The free speech issue vs. the university infection * Knowing nothing but propaganda* Gaza Facebook is pretty wild* Sir Humphrey says: “This is the most insane answer ever”* What Epstein got right. And you gotta bring Bill Clinton* A weird story about Hillary’s shushing * UFO nonsense* What’s th…
29 Nov 202316min

#432 - Worse Than Hitler (A Fifth Column Thanksgiving!)
Family beckons. Booze beckons. So we’re going to forgo the bullet points that we’re pretty sure you don’t read anyway and just say…Happy Thanksgiving, from your friends at the Fifth! And while you shamelessly celebrate genocide, listen along while the lads bemoan the racism of the Black Plague; the deadline to file charges against Kmele; the quote-invention of ChatGPT; the hostage deal in Israel; and the extreme awfulness of Holocaust historians Joe Scarborough, Mike Brzezinski, and Claire McCaskill. 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 Nov 20231h 46min

Members Only #190 - Tantric Drummers for Freedom
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* Javier Milei, tantric drummer* The hideousness of modern Peronism * A brief digression on Aerosmith* So how did we all meet?* Start fighting, Moynihan* Another digression on Sam Altman’s awfulness (two examples now available at Moynihan’s Instagram)* When Israel decided against killing the entire leadership of Hamas* Well, they tried anyway * Fiction that changed our lives * I don’t want to read about who I am and where I came from * Another Fifth drinking game* And so very much more….
22 Nov 202330min

#430 - The TikTok Jihad w/ Mary Katharine Ham
* Live from Oakland* Sex strikes * Loving OBL * Stop deconstructing stuff * Seeing your friends spinout online…* They’re not sending anyone anywhere * Drunk Kathy Hochul and her bad, drunk ideas* Not drunk Nikki Haley and her bad ideas* Hate speech isn’t a thing in America* Israel and propaganda * MKH on evangelicals, Israel, and the supposed “left behind” vision of Zionism* TikTok you don’t stop * And so much more! 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 Nov 20231h 43min

Members Only #189 - "Thank You for the A-Bomb" (Second Sunday Rebroadcast)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* “She’s reasonable in person” (🤔)* In praise of…Estonia* Are any expressly political comedians funny?* Meetings interrupted by death * Listener question: On the 1619 Project * Indonesian guys loves America, nuclear weapons* Family friends with Carlos the Jackal* Israel asks: “Kmele, what should we do?”* Stars and Bucks (Correction: Bethlehem not Ramallah)* Why not get a…
16 Nov 202327min

#429 - The Kevin Hart Resource Curse
* One hell of a night, one brutal morning* Kevin Hart kills* Judy Gold and college comedy* The Washington Post says sorry for being mean to Hamas* Be brave, get fired?* There’s been a bunch of recent Islamist attacks in the West, actually* New York City’s hate crimes leader board* The pointless Republican debate* Vivek is the worst (and also was kinda good for three seconds)* Reaganism without Reagan (and Bannon’s Reagan film)* Only in New York, kids* Trust the kids, kids* Teaching about vs. proselytizing for… 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
12 Nov 20231h 13min

Members Only #188 - Shine on You Crazy 'Anti-Zionist'
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wethefifth.substack.com* Voting for New York judges (and do you have a spare apartment?)* An unsolicited application* Liz Warren warns about the surge of….* Is violent anti-Semitism in the U.S. a real threat?* Explain the progressive-Islamist alliance please…* He has become comfortably dumb* No, it’s not really fishy* Defining war, war crimes, and civilians * The government’s stupid war on (pr…
8 Nov 202330min