The Fifth Column
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The Fifth Column
Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and art...
Recent Episodes
675 episodes
The Revolution Will Be Staffed by PhDs (w/co-host Peter Miejer) - #564
-The Fifth Column whiskey racket begins
-Matt moves during a heat wave… Peter Meijer reports for duty
-Meijer, class traitor, explains the...
Adam Carolla Has Nowhere Else to Go (Members Only #332)
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Also: a serious discussion of the cinematic categ...
One-Hitter: Sarah Isgur Explains the Supreme Court’s Big Finish (Members Only #331)
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We are lucky to be joined once again by Executive...
The Cadres and the Cabal (#563)
-Welch enters his Charles Nelson Reilly era
-Laura Branigan, Happy Mondays, and songs you didn’t know were covers
-Puerto Rico’s revenge
One Hitter: The DSA Takes NYC w/ Michael A. Cohen (Members Only #330)
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Michael A. Cohen is a columnist for MSNOW, a seni...
Genocide Juice and the Socialist Machine w/Reihan Salam (Members Only #329)
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-Ethnicity as performance
-Manhattan politi...
The Iran Deal Is Bad and Everyone Is Stupid (#562)
-Kmele debuts his Sebastian Bach beach jeans
-The Iran deal is like the JCPOA, but a lot worse
-Lebanon sneaks into a U.S.-Iran deal
...
Batya Ungar-Sargon and the Status Revolution (Members Only #328)
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Batya Ungar-Sargon, host of Batya! on NewsNation,...
The Knicks, Oyster Man, and the Infinite Lies (#561)
-The Knicks give New York its greatest night in years and OG makes his MVP case
-Valid destruction or peaceful rioting?
-A brief detour th...
A Hamster Wheel of Shit w/Ana Navarro (Members Only #327)
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Throughout this entire interview, Ana remains fur...
When Political Violence Has the Right Enemies w/ Noah Rothman (Members Only #326)
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Noah’s new book is Blood and Progress… not to be...
Populism for Morons, Journalism for Martyrs (Episode #560)
-a dog is on set and Kmele should be wearing a helmet
-Bernie Sanders wants to collectivize AI
-The boys bask in the warmth of collectivis...
Senator Chris Murphy Wants You to Join a Cult (Members Only #325)
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Chris Murphy’s book, Crisis of the Common Good, i...
A Great Nation in Decline Welcomes Australia’s Finest w/ Josh Szeps (Members Only #324)
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Be sure to check out Uncomfortable Conversations...
Ben Rhodes and the Evil Empire State of Mind (#559)
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Why'd You Gag Me, Preet Bharara! (Members Only #323)
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The podcast is called Stay Tuned with Preet, and...
TFC LIVE in DC at w/ Lulu Garcia-Navarro & Robby Soave - Members Only #321
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After 10 years of doing this podcast, this week w...
Matt Yglesias on Cancellation, Mamdani, and the AI Panic (Members Only #320)
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Matthew Yglesias is a liberal policy writer and l...
The Youngest Guy in the Worst Room in America w/ Rep. Maxwell Frost (episode #558)
We talk about broken housing markets, broken healthcare, broken Congress, Trump’s corruption, a broken Cuba, Epstein, UAPs, and the tragedy of being a...
When Everyone Stops Pretending w/ Steven Pinker (Episode #557)
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Robert D. Kaplan on a World Getting Darker (Members Only #320)
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His next book, China Whisperers (out in November)...
Masquerade of Morons (Episode #556)
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Premeditated Fingering w/ Anthony Scaramucci (Members Only #319)
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We’re joined by Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Sk...
David French on the Supreme Court, Race, and the Miracle That Confirmed His Faith #555
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Crimes of Boredom (Members Only #318)
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After the failed shooting at the White House Corr...
Tucker, Totenkopf, and the Fascist Question w/ Michelle Goldberg #554
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Live From Village Underground: The 10th Anniversary Show w/Ryan Long (Members Only #317)
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Comedian Ryan Long stops by to join the guys at t...
Audience of One w/ Brian Kilmeade (Members Only #316)
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The border, the bombs, and can you guess how many...
Nothing is Impossible w/ Mark Harmon (Members Only #315)
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He has spent a lifetime around fame, a heroic fat...
A Blockade of the Blockade #553
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Supreme Court, Inferior Congress w/ Sarah Isgur (Members Only #314)
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Sarah Isgur, Executive Editor of SCOTUSblog, has...
The Ceasefire That Wasn’t #552 (w/ Abe Greenwald)
-The wrong Greenwald, but the actual Abe
-Everyone loves our ad spots
-Iran’s deranged peace menu
-Ceasefire, with extra missiles
Halfwits, Knuckle Draggers, and Droolers (Members Only #313)
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BEHOLD, the Mailbag (aka male-bagging, aka you-ye...
Ten Years of The Fifth Column (#551)
The Fifth Column marks ten years with a live, loose, alcohol-assisted celebration featuring Thor Halvorssen, Pete Meijer, Olivia Reingold, Nick Gilles...
Cuba, Race, and the American Category Problem w/Ted Henken (Members Only #312)
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Oh, and Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of t...
The Limits of Sound and Fury w/ Rahm Emanuel (Members Only #311)
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* Maybe I wasn’t exactly a prince
* Why nob...
Is Apple Still Apple? #550 (w/ David Pogue)
Kmele loves Apple products…maybe a little too much. But what a perfect guest to talk all things related to this monster company and how it’s shaped Am...
The Hungarian Road to Havana (Members Only #310)
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-Celine Dion, slightly less stiff
-Every he...
There’s Always a New Monster to Destroy (w/ Noam Dworman) -#549
-Joe Kent’s weird texts and the “Israel did Iraq” brainworm
-The Jews are so fucking clever
-Iraq 2003, back from the dead yet again
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Cuba in the Dark (Members Only #309)
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-Gov. Chris Christie debrief
-Kmele nearly...