The Fifth Column

#408 - It's For Nobody (w/ Ethan Strauss)

May 25, 2023

02:19:46

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The Bizarre Accent of a Swiss Citizen

01:20

The Holocaust: A Memoir

01:20

The Mistake of Jeremy Lin

01:20

Fear Inducing New Social Expectations

01:20

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Being a Good Guy

2min

Tina Fey's Singing

2min

The Queen of Rock and Roll

2min

The Death of a Good Person

2min

The Zone of Interest

2min

The Monstrous Abuses of Auschwitz

3min

No Country for Old Men

2min

The Lesbian Bond to No Country for Old Men

2min

10.

Ron DeSantis Throws His Hat Into the Ring

2min

11.

The Diversity Myth

2min

12.

The Importance of a Good Interview

2min

13.

The NAACP's Warning to White Racism

2min

14.

The Problems With Traditional Media

2min

15.

How to Engage With Trump on Truth Social

2min

16.

The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk

3min

17.

The Importance of Engaging With Critics

2min

18.

The Importance of Free Speech

2min

19.

How to Differentiate Yourself From Donald Trump During the Republican Primary

2min

20.

Elon Musk's Interview With the Wall Street Journal

2min

21.

Donald Trump's Bar Mitzvah

2min

22.

Trump's Competitors Are Not Addressing Him

2min

23.

The Hunger Strike and the Death of Bobby Sands

2min

24.

Larry Elder and Tim Scott's Path

2min

25.

The Depressing Truth About Tina

3min

26.

The End of Populism in the Republican Party

2min

27.

Joe Biden's Disqualification From the Presidency

2min

28.

The Importance of Truth in Politics

2min

29.

The Third Rule of Three: Don't Be a Nazi

2min

30.

Ethan Strauss and Andy Kaufman on the Start Bucks

2min

31.

The Don't Apologise Double Down Principle

3min

32.

The Sickness of the System

2min

33.

Ike Turner's Memoir

2min

34.

The Los Angeles Dodgers Transgate Story

2min

35.

The Oakland A's Fired Ethan Furman

2min

36.

The Importance of Public Access Television in Sports

3min

37.

The Meme of Glenn Kuiper

2min

38.

The Negro League's Museum

2min

39.

The Importance of Second Chances

3min

40.

The Disagreement of Jeremy Lin

3min

41.

Glenn Kuiper's Firing

2min

42.

Cowardice and the Decline of Civility

2min

43.

The Importance of Character Witnesses in Social Media

2min

44.

How Dave Stewart Stands Up for Glenn Kuiper

2min

45.

The End of My Career

2min

46.

The Absurdity of the Whole Exercise

2min

47.

The Grotesque Way We Destroy Lives From Making Honest Mistakes

2min

48.

The Importance of Honesty

3min

49.

The Rainbow Push Coalition

2min

50.

The Gordia Not Earlier

2min

51.

How to Tell Yourself Stories in Order to Live in Society

3min

52.

The Importance of Consequence Culture

3min

53.

The Importance of Love in the Culture War

2min

54.

The Conservative Backlash Over the New Normal

2min

55.

The Importance of Speaking Up

2min

56.

The Right Wing Protests

2min

57.

The Benefits of Targeting Independent Artists

2min

58.

Fox News and the Right Wing

2min

59.

Target's Boycott of Target Is an Imperialist Way of Thinking

2min

60.

The Importance of the Culture War

2min

61.

The Pros and Cons of Bud Light

2min

62.

The Risks of a Matt Wall

2min

63.

How Much of This Shit Is Actually Being Sold in the Stores?

2min

64.

The Cultural Impact of LgbtQ on Africa

2min

65.

The Disney Experience

2min

66.

The Men of the Middle Years

2min

67.

The Decision to Admit a Dead Person to the Hospital

2min

68.

The NBA Finals Prediction

2min

69.

The Nuggets: A Juggernaut

2min

70.

The Impact of Race on the MVP Race

2min

71.

JJ Riddick: A Media Star

2min

72.

Kendrick Perkins on LeBron James

2min

* Tina, RIP. Bill Lee, RIP.

* Zone of Interest

* DeSantis announces

* Tim Scott announced too, btw

* An increasingly crowded and unimpressive field

* Our old pal Ethan Strauss joins

* Why does Joe keep saying that…thing about Iraq?

* “Trump is sharper than Biden”

* An interregnum on Ike Turner

* Ethan’s piece on Glen Kuiper

* The American employment gulag: exiled forever

* Paying indulgences

* Is it ok to boycott brands for not having the right politics? A debate

* Cruising, the gay Casablanca / Donnie Moore, baseball’s Ike Turner

* Bonus blathering about Basketball

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The Fifth Column

#408 - It's For Nobody (w/ Ethan Strauss)

Episode guests

The Bizarre Accent of a Swiss Citizen

The Holocaust: A Memoir

The Mistake of Jeremy Lin

Fear Inducing New Social Expectations

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