Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast 114. Matt Welch Doesn't Care How You Vote, As Long As You Laugh
With Nancy off in Israel, Sarah sits down with Matt Welch, crackerjack co-host of The Fifth Column — not to be confused with Matt Walsh, conservative commentator, or Matthew Welch, everyone’s favorite bagpiper. Matt is editor-at-large at Reason, whatever that means, and a long-time journalist, musician, and libertarian, a term Sarah tries to pin down (good luck with that). Also discussed:
* Matt’s blood-boiling anger for bagpipes and pan flutes
* That time during the pandemic when we all lost our minds
* 1968 or 2020: Who wore it best?
* Did you know Matt spent time in Czechoslovakia?
* Media integrity: Going, going, gone
* Why Matt doesn’t own a gun
* Is it embarrassing to still love Hunter S. Thompson?
* Trade secrets of appearing on Bill Maher’s HBO show
* Q: “Does Bill Maher still date exclusively black women?”
* Public schools might be fucked
* Steel-manning the case against Israel
* The question about Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan Matt refuses to answer
* Who would win in a fist-fight between Fifth Column co-hosts?
* Who would win in a fist-fight between Sarah and Nancy?
* Why “One in a Million” by Guns N Roses is a work of art
* Who will be president in 2024?