The Fifth Column

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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Oct 11, 2021 • 1h 32min

332 w/ Robby Soave "Tech Panic, Phyrric Stalemate, Bifurcated Holiday"

w/ Robby Soave, (Senior Editor @ Reason - Author, "Tech Panic")Oral SurgeryBuying Robby's BookHow Facebook (Isn't) Destroying The WorldIncompetent + ill-informedPlease, Think of The Teenagers A Vintage Moral PanicMark Zuckerberg's Body Count Victims + VictorsMessy SpeechWhen Google Becomes Microsoft26 Words (That Created the Internet) About That FBI MemoThe Darkest Day in American HistoryThe Great Culture War VortexAmericas' Dumbest HolidayRecorded: 10/6/21Published: 10/10/21 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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Oct 2, 2021 • 1h 58min

331 w/ Katie Herzog "Once Upon A Time In Williamsburg, Wizard of Ozy"

w/ Katie Herzog, Host @ "Blocked and Reported"Stay in Your HoodSo Many SourcesDog Run ConfidentialWhat Emma KnewKatie's NightmareHow Did You Get This NumberCool OffDenzel Was DrinkingMore ShaftVery Heavily RedactedEven More Heavily RedactedTwo SpiritsWizard of OzyRecorded: 9/30/21Published: 10/2/21 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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Sep 24, 2021 • 1h 52min

330 w/ Antonio Garcia Martínez "Would Apple Hire Steve Jobs, Conservatives Hate Big Tech"

W/ Antonio Garcia Martínez, Propritor @ "The Pull Request"False StartDriven to DrinkCultural Valley ("Crazy Ones Need Not Apply")Mission ProtocolsThe Full NYT Software DownloadSection 230The Devil in the DetailsA Conservative War on Big TechStormfront / SJWAn Uncertain FutureGOP 🥰 FDRA Crypto First EconomyWe Probably Can't Get Along?Amazon vs. Google vs. Apple vs. FacebookNancy Pelosi: Project Manager?Pull RequestLe Tech BlogRendered Absurd By TimeFrom Nokia to MSNBC to Google Wave..."Will it Pass?" - Infrastructure Edition"Will it Pass?" - George Floyd EditionFalse StopRecorded: 9/22/21Published: 9/24/21 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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Sep 17, 2021 • 1h 38min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Sep 9, 2021 • 1h 21min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Sep 3, 2021 • 1h 39min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Aug 25, 2021 • 2h 2min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Aug 10, 2021 • 1h 26min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Jul 29, 2021 • 1h 48min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
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Jul 9, 2021 • 1h 25min

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 www.wethefifth.com/subscribe

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