The Fifth Column

Recorded on Thursday, October 26th, 2017Moynihan and Kmele are on Assignment -- Welch takes the reins.With Special Guests: Nancy Rommelmann - Journalist, Author of "To The Bridge" Bill Schulz - Host of Compound Media's "Mornin'!!!! w/ Bill Schulz" 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

Recorded on Thursday, October 19th, 2017"The opposite of a way with words"- How Chad Saved Moynihan’s Life (and Why We're Huge in Canada)- Former President Bush and John McCain Have Strong Words for Trump - Totalitarianism, Populism and Economic Uncertainty- US Troops in Africa, Calling Up Gold Star Parents- The Opposite of a Way With Words- When 'Everything' is 'Some of the Things'- Morbid Premonitions, A Non-Fatal Stroke- When Louis (Farrakhan) Met Richard (Spencer) 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

Recorded on Thursday, October 12th, 2017The Harvey Weinstein Controversy1) What To Do With “Shitty Media Men?2) Why won't Hillary and Barack say anything?Tillerson, Corker and World War III1) The Worst of All Possible Worlds2) Death by Non-ProliferationTrumps Assault on the Media1) "When the President says it in public..."2) How We Got Lucky With TrumpPLUS:Google, Twitter, and a Tangible ThreatMatt's Mom Bought Him a Mug.Kmele Says Completely Unacceptable Things (almost every dispatch) 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

Recorded on Thursday, October 5th, 20171) First Amendment Controversies2) Meditations on the Las Vegas and the Second Amendment3) An Homage to Catalonia (particularly on the subject of secession, with additional remarks on Kurdistan) PLUS:Kmele Heads to ComicCon, Bumps into TNCMoynihan vs Melba 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

Guest: Katherine Mangu-Ward, Editor-in-Chief @ ReasonRecorded: Wednesday, September 27th, 2017.Another wide-ranging, intellectually-stimulating, and very well-lubricated dispatch.We begin with an almost respectable (but undeniably illuminating) discussion of Donald Trump's "Revolutionary Tax Framework" -- (his words). Proceeding from there to the re-re-re-failure of Republican maneuvering to "Repeal and Replace" Obamacare.Then we really pour on the gas:From "Taking a Knee" to "Title IV"Banning Uber to prevent rape is ... beyond stupid.Mark Warner's crusade to stop Russia from using Facebook (and hollow out the First Amendment).PLUS: Should you ever use "cyber" as a prefix?What's the origin of "hang 10"?#firebettsyGender differences.(Sweep the leg.) 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

Recorded on Thursday, September 21, 2017President Trump's remarks at the UN parley were (hilarious? /meh? /dangerous? ) and unmistakably confused.We crack open cans of Portland's finest sangria while discussing this and other matters of profound consequence.Cargo shorts are irredeemably awful, but should a UN human rights commission formally designate them Nazi paraphernalia? Is Mark Zuckerberg's plan to save democracy credible? How hot would your step-granddaughter have to be before you wouldn't, not, totally date her?Also:- Meditations on the St. Louis and Police Shootings- Something about the Manafort warrant and wiretaps- and "some idiot wrote this..." and it's so awful that you should find the time to read it. 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

Recorded on Thursday September 14, 2017Guest: David Weigel, political reporter for The Washington Post and author of the prog-rock history "The Show That Never Ends." Matt's recovering from surgery, Moynihan's upright & sober, and Kmele's getting domesticated.Also:-Bernie Sanders is pushing a new health care plan (and he's got a dirty little anti-immigration secret).-Trump's immigration reversal, and his infatuation with those generals.-The best thing about Hillary's new book. 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

Recorded 9/8/2017Moynihan’s back from Russia and has the drinking stories to prove it. Normally reasonable journalos lose their goddamn minds over Betsy DeVos’ intention to bring back due process on college campuses.Matt Welch on DACA: “Call it amnesty, and do it anyway” (WaPo) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/08/yes-daca-is-amnesty-lets-just-call-it-that-and-then-lets-make-it-happen/?utm_term=.d7cee531cf3aKmele takes Anthony Fisher to task for calling President Trump’s brand “cruelty” in a DACA-related article Fisher wrote for The Week. But you gotta hear BOTH SIDES (link: https://theweek.com/articles/722742/trumps-daca-suspension-proves-brand-isnt-winning--cruelty)Absorbing Ta-Nehisi Coates latest epistle “Donald Trump is the First White President” (The Atlantic) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/Matt claps back at "comic" Andy Kindler.A rare morning recording. Sober*, salty, caffeinated. 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

Recorded 8/31/2017Guest: Ronald Bailey, science correspondent for Reason magazine and Reason.com.Natural Disasters, political photo-ops, and formulaic media coverage.The worst thing about Mitt Romney, the fecklessness of Barack Obama, and the dark innovations of Bill Clinton.SFTW. 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

Recorded 8/24/2017This episode: non-existent Nazis, overblown Antifa, and Portuguese vagina-walls.Jacob Siegel was in Boston and Afghanistan, and now he is in Moynihan's chair. He helps the guys figure out what the hell happened in Boston (and why it's not the same as Charlottesville).PLUS: Is there a "libertarian-to-alt-right pipeline"? Should we take "Internet fascists" seriously? Would going "soft on white supremacists" actually help Trump?AND... sunk costs in Afghanistan, fights on Planet Libertarian, and Matt doesn't want to punch any grannies. Happy birthday, Hollywood (wherever he is). 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