
329 "Recall Flops, Covid Recount, Forgetting Afghanistan -- Again"
- Bacon Egg and Cheese (Late Capitalism Edition)- The Met Gala -- America's Most Glamours Tax Shelter- Hetro Negative- No Sex Cults for Kmele- Democrat Wins Most Democratic State- Larry Elder: White Nationalist?- The Republican Trump Conundrum- How Long Can Democrats Run Against Donald Trump- "She was in coach!"- Covid Hospitlziations, Vaccine Booster Controversy- Protecting the Vaccinated- Bob Woodward's New Trump Book- Gen Mark Milley Called the CCP- Trump: 'Withdrawl all the troops. Nuke China. Stop the steal!"- Stop the Steal Part Deux- As Afghanistan Dispeares from the Headlines- Me Love You Long TimeRecorded: 9/15/21Published: 9/16/21 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
17 Sep 20211h 37min

328 w/ Josh Szeps “Living in the Lockdown Under”
-- Aussie Impressions of a Missing Moynihan-- A Gay Dad’s Homophobia-- Australian Federalism; Who Knew?-- Libertarianism, Shmibertarianism!-- Islands Are Weird, Man-- QR Covid Tracking Is Totally Fine-- Concentration Camp or Exercise Yard?-- Anti-Science Quarantines-- What Tucker Carlson Got Wrong-- What Tyler Cowen Got Right-- The CRT/Abortion Parallels-- He’ll Come Visit Just as Soon as He Can Escape! 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 Sep 20211h 20min

327 "Autumn in Kabul, Askew in Texas"
- Lead Astray- Wrong Line- Blues Traveler- Sugar in his Tank- When in Kabul- Repeal/Replace/Keep the AUMF for another 20 years?- Matt's Basement is Flooding (No, Really)- 1/2 Trimester- The Reverend Dr. James P Eagle Sr- The Rule of Law- Playin Coach- Reading Playboy for the... Ads?Recorded: 9/1/21Published: 9/2/21 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 Sep 20211h 38min

326 w/ Eli Lake "Afghan Withdrawal, Pandemic Surrender, Daddy Issues"
W/ Eli Lake, Opinion Columnist @ Bloomberg- New Dad- Moynihan's Big Night Out- Things to Remember (or Naw)- Meet Gutter (He Kidnaps Kids)- Whose on Top - The Most Inevitable Thing in the World- Hard Limits- Public Sentiments- Vietnam Syndrome- Hip Hop Conservatives- Afghan Clean Up- The Afghanistan VariantRecorded: 8/23/21Published: 8/25/21 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
25 Aug 20212h 2min

325 w/ David French "Systemic Racism, Earnest Disagreement, About Those CRT Bans"
W/ David French- Various Notes on the Amy Cooper Interview- The Enablers- Earnest Disagreement- The Two Illiberal Wings of Twitter- False Dichotomies, All The Way Down- Negative Partisanship and the Politics of Animosity- When ‘Your’ Base Turns on You- The Home Teams Defect- Structural, Systemic, Real, Imagined- Revising the CRT Bans- The Empty Promise of CRTPublished: 8/10/21 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 Aug 20211h 25min

324 "Simmon's Flu Game, Why Amy Cooper Matters, Bet on the House?"
Coco Shoots Her ShotGangs All HereNew York is Back**Real Winners Don't Bother Trying Carrying MJ Off The FloorJust QuitMasks + SuperstitionSave the BabiesSurprise 🎁The Stories We Refuse to Tell OurselvesIf It HappenedRecorded: 7.27.2021Published: 7.29.2021 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
29 Juli 20211h 48min

323 w/ Jonathan Rauch "Saving Truth, CRT Martyrs, Equal But Separate"
w/ Jonathan Rauch @ Author of "The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth." Senior fellow @BrookingsInst. Contributing writer @TheAtlantic. - I Heart Lizzo- Where Things When Wrong- Flooding the Zone- Breaking Journalism- The Humanitarian Threat and Moral Clarity- Cancel Culture, Information Warfare, Social Coercion- Truth + Checking - Greatest Leap Forward - Ibram Orwell- Bans, Martyrs, Inevitable Failure- Separate, Equal. Same Great Taste.Recorded: 7.6.2021Published: 7.9.2021 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 Juli 20211h 24min

322 w/ Chris Rufo "Banning Critical Race Theory, Robin DiAngelo's Retread, Bill Cosby - Free, Guilty"
"Well, it's my show. So, it's how I wanna do it." - Joy-Ann Reid "I can do what I wanna do." - Bobby Brown"Whateva! Whateva! I do what I want!" - Eric Cartmanw/ Chris Rufo @ Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute -- Contributing Editor, City Journal- When Rufo Met Reid- The Art of Culture War- Activist Journalist- Critical Race Theory: Boardroom, College Campus, Neighborhood Preschool- Bans, Censorship, Pedagogy, Choice- Machiavellian Realism, Pyrrhic Victories- Classical Liberal Caution, Libertarian Naïveté- The "Last" Word- Creed Wars and Culture Wars- Welch Reviews Robin DiAngelo's "Nice Racism"- "Doing The Work"- Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable- Pro Criminal Justice Reforms + Pro Putting People Under the Jail- Broken PromisesRecorded: 6.30.2021Published: 7.2.2021 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 Juli 20212h 22min