The Fifth Column
Analysis, Commentary, Sedition. @wethefifth
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 85 minutes
- Episodes
- 567
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
027 w/ Gary Johnson “Presidential Long Shots, VP Debates," - The Fifth Column
2016 Libertarian Party Presidential Hopeful Gary Johnson Swings By. We talk Vice Presidential Debates, Aleppo, Foreign Policy, BLM and the Era of Fake News Narratives.
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Thu 06 Oct 2016
026 "Kmele's STILL an Uncle Tom, and Yet Another Aleppo Moment" - The Fifth Column
Near the tail end of the recording, Moynihan pronounced this the best show we've ever done..." Perhaps so. What we can say for sure about this weeks installment of The Fifth: 1) We lost track of time…
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Fri 30 Sep 2016
025 w/ Josh Zepps "Wild Speculation on Tulsa, Terrorism and Denzel" - The Fifth Column
The triumvirate has much to discuss after a weekend disrupted by terror attacks in several states and yet another high profile police shooting. Media speculation, double standards and misestimation o…
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Wed 21 Sep 2016
024 "A Deplorable Basket of Aleppo, Hacked Email and Conspiracy Theories" - The Fifth Column
We had to MacGyver the hell out of this weeks dispatch. It's almost as if someone was trying to stop us... (Just asking questions here). Aleppo, Baskets of 'Deplorables', More Hacked Emails, Hillary'…
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Thu 15 Sep 2016
023 w/ Andrew Kirell "Trump's Mexican Day trip, Hillary's Alt-Right Syndrome" - The Fifth Column
Colin Kaepernick rides the pine (which makes sense on many levels). Donald Trump visits Mexico. Hillary Clinton squares off with the AltRight. A few things remain unclear: Will our heroes ever get ar…
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Thu 01 Sep 2016
022 w/ Buck Sexton "NSA Hacks, The ISIS Blame Game" - The Fifth Column
When Buck Sexton sits in for the hour there's a good chance the conversation will turn to foreign policy. As it turns out, that's exactly what happened and despited promises to the contrary, it prett…
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Thu 25 Aug 2016
021 w/ Michael Malice "The Best-Worst Case for Trump/Hillary, Charter Schools are Super Racist" - The Fifth Column
Moynihan is off this week, appears he had obligations related to something he's describing as "his real job". We don't know what that's supposed to mean but it sounds illegal. Author and Observer col…
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Thu 18 Aug 2016
020 "Olympic Twerking, Obama's Drone War Playbook, The Clinton Foundation, Ferguson: Two Years Later" - The Fifth Column
Episode 20: The most discursive and 'intrupty' installment to date, but never worry, they always stick that landing (that's an Olympics reference). This Week: - Obligatory Olympics Banter- Malia Obam…
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Thu 11 Aug 2016
019 "How to Survive a Nuclear Holocaust, Welch-splaining Nato, Kmele's BLM Dust Up " - The Fifth Column
The Conventions are over, Welch, Moynihan and Foster are back in Gotham and it feels like Autumn in August.
Still, Trump related anxieties have managed to reach new levels of 'OH-MY-GOD'; will his as…01:10:55 |
Thu 04 Aug 2016
018 "The DNC Takes Philly , Ted Cruz's Dad Takes Grassy Knoll" - The Fifth Column (Updated)
The Fifth Column's presidential convention coverage continues. Matt Welch phones in from the convention floor in Philadelphia, Moynihan convalesces in New York after a harrowing Republican convention…
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Wed 27 Jul 2016
017 "A Very Trump Convention, Ted Cruz Jujitsu" - The Fifth Column
Welch and Moynihan from the Floor of the RNC Convention... What could possibly go wrong? No more description. You listen, you find out!
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Thu 21 Jul 2016
016 "Rumors of Race Wars and POTUS's Solipsistic Eulogy" - The Fifth Column
A trifecta of highly charged police involved shootings dominate the headlines; what are the odds that resulting media coverage and political rhetoric are substantive, fact-based and solutions oriente…
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Wed 13 Jul 2016
015 "Trump’s Star, Hillary’s Email, Jonah Lehrer’s Comeback" - The Fifth Column
What is Kmele hiding in Greece? Why is Donald Trump taking advantage of Hillary Clinton’s email lawbreaking by doubling down on the Star of David? And what on earth is the man who contributed to the …
01:13:59 |
Thu 07 Jul 2016
014 w/ Virgina Postrel "Brexit, Benghazi, The BET Awards" - The Fifth Column
What does your dimwitted brother-in-law actually know about Brexit? What actual difference does this Benghazi report make? And finally, will the well monied and influential attendees of the Black Ent…
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Wed 29 Jun 2016
013 "Islamic [REDACTED] and OJ Simpson: Trial of the Millennium" - The Fifth Column
What's the most [REDACTED] ever to [REDACTED]? Can someone really be 'completely brilliant' and 'wrong about virtually everything'? Will we ever get tired of talk'n bout OJ? In a baseball cap and sho…
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Wed 22 Jun 2016
012 "Terrorism, Gun Control and Magical Thinking” - The Fifth Column
What do Harry Potter, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have in common? Is it still 'politicizing the tragedy' if everyone's doing it?
When responding to acts of terrorism, is it best to:
A) Employ ov…
01:08:56 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
011 w/ Anthony Fisher “Penultimate Primary, Shut Up Racist and Remembering Ali” - The Fifth Column
What the hell happened to Matt? How awful was Bernie Sanders week and why does he hate women? Why you got to be all racist?
Foster, Welch and Moynihan discuss… Anthony Fisher (Reason / The Week) drop…
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Thu 09 Jun 2016
010 w/ Thaddeus Russell "The Strip Tease Convention, #MehTrump and Russell v Moynihan” - The Fifth Column
Will Johnson & Weld make it to the presidential debate stage? Just who is this French fellow -- is he really running for POTUS and why's he omitting all the best bits from his Game of Thrones write-u…
01:06:23 |
Thu 02 Jun 2016
009 "Bernie Sanders: Arsonist, Freddie Gray & The Matter of Black Lives” - The Fifth Column
Trump and Sanders carry populist revolutions to their respective conventions; will violence ensue? Are we witnessing the end of the culture wars? Plus, thoughts on the Freddie "Gaye", Black Lives Mat…
01:02:43 |
Wed 25 May 2016
008 "Electoral Drive By, Getting Venezuela Entirely Wrong, Backhanded Endorsement” - The Fifth Column
If you hurriedly discuss the primary race will it end any faster? If you'd previously maintained that an economic miracle was unfolding in Venezuela, are you morally obliged to move there? "If you ag…
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Wed 18 May 2016
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