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The Fifth Column

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. www.wethefifth.com

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21:39

Kevin Williamson Is The Darkness - Members Only #294

The Fifth Column ·

2026/01/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com•Belated Christmas gifts from Matt•Who’s got the biggest war boner?•Lysander Spooner, still bringing people together after all these years•Kevin’s had four kids in 19 months. You do the math.•How to tell the kids apart? Tattoo ‘em!•Build, Baby, Build•Romney the virile tribal chieftain•Trump’s faux presidential run•Venezuela and the subtle differences be…

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11:53

One Hitter: Maduro Snatch 'n Grab with Thor...

The Fifth Column ·

2026/01/04

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comOne topic in the news. One quick podcast on that single topic (rather than just texting each other about how certain media figures are vulgar, stupid, and morally depraved). Welcome back to the Fifth Column One Hitter! This time Matt and Moyn are joined by Human Rights Foundation founder—and Venezuelan dissident, despite the Norwegian name—Thor Halvorss…

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15:00

The Revolutionaries (w/ Charles C. Mann) - #1

The Fifth Column ·

2026/01/01

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comIntroducing The Revolutionaries, a new Fifth Column miniseries for the SemiquincentennialExactly 250 years ago yesterday, George Washington’s Continental Army attempted to drive the redcoats out of Canada, thereby protecting the rebels’ northern flank, by launching a two-pronged assault on Quebec.It was a disaster.There was snow and ice everywhere (who knew that Canada might be cold on New Year’s Eve?), Major General

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85:44

Year Is Over (If You Want It) - #538

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/30

-Eggnog: What’s Actually in This Shit?-Massachusetts Pidgin-Kmele’s Kwanzaa Plans-“What We Got Wrong” (Nothing)-Eddington vs. Sinners-Spending Hundreds of Dollars to Get Drunk at Zootopia 2-Pearl Harbor: Live at Budokan-Moynihan Stroke Watch-The Ryan Lizza Self-Emasculating Saga… Continued-Mediaite’s Biggest Losers List-Batya! Recap (Now in Animation!)-Was Moynihan Wrong About the Epstein Files?-Far-Right Post-Pinochet Pragmatist-Why Aren’t We Drinking Whiskey?-Donald Takes It to 11-The 2020 Madness

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18:12

Sweet Baby Jesus! Are We Really Arguing About Sodomy...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/23

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comTwas the episode before Christmas, and all through the show, The hosts were debating how the political winds blow. Matt Welch was present, the whole crew was there, With Moynihan and Kmele, live on the air.The guest was John Fugelsang, with a name meaning “Birdsong,” Who’d been banished to Cali to write for so long. With a book about “Hate” and the “Flock-Fleecing Fr…

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89:17

Black Irish, Ice Queens, and Body Snatchers (w/ Tina...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/18

We’re joined by Tina Nguyen, Senior Reporter at The Verge, covering “Big Tech vs. Big Government death matches.” ⁃ All I want for Christmas is Wendy Williams-branded booze ⁃ Someone is a bit cracked out… ⁃ Big tech versus big government ⁃ (David) Sacks of cash ⁃ Susie goes wilding ⁃ The swamp is a viper pit ⁃ Hate the media. Need the media ⁃ A non-denial denial of a non-denial denial ⁃ MAGA’s son and heir ⁃ He has a thrill running up his leg ⁃ The Bezos bust ⁃ Trump crashes through the normie

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19:19

Not Even Matt Drudge Can Make Today Better - On Rob...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/16

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* RIP Rob Reiner* Sorry about the horrific murders but…Go Bills!?* It was a great American who created Spinal Tap* Reaction from conservative pundits vs. conservative politicians* Trump’s derangement syndrome* And he doubles down…* The Islamist attack in Australia* Assimilation and integration: Europe vs. America* We’re just better at it* They’re going to speak English and…

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98:49

Nobody Likes a Gossip Cop (w/ Dan Abrams) - #536

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/11

Dan Abrams is the CEO and Founder of Abrams Media Chief Legal Analyst for ABC News, host of On Patrol: Live on Reelz, host of SiriusXM radio’s “The Dan Abrams Show,” host and executive producer of “Court Cam” on A&E Network.He is also the author of numerous New York Times bestselling books about forgotten trials in history and is also the founder of Mediaite.* In defense of legacy media. Sort of.* Hating journalists while feeding journalists* From “terror TV” to ❤️Qatar❤️* Just Jared* The King of

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28:20

Members Only #291 - Leader of the Asshole Nation (w/...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMichael Moynihan sits down with entrepreneur, actor, and bon vivant Kevin O’Leary to talk about politics, money, and being an asshole.* The economics of...hockey? (He’s Canadian. It makes sense)* Mr Wonderful vs. Idiot King* Pierre misses the open net* Swiss watches and Swiss gold* Sell the damn chips to China!* The importance of the Hill staffer* Kevin just made thi…

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78:37

UNLOCKED Members Only #290 - AI George Washington,...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/09

It’s been a bit since it was just Michael, Kmele, and Matt at the table so we’ve decided to unlock this Members Only episode and invite everyone in. For (literally) hundreds more Members Only episodes, become a paying subscriber.•Heliocentric anime•50 Cent, documentarian•Boycott Black Murder•Glenn Beck is doing it for the kids•John Stossel walks into a bodega•And now, a few words from the father of our country•American Revolution hot takes•That New York Times border crisis story•Kamala Harris was

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111:05

#535 - America's Top Brezhnevite (w Brace Belden)

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/04

We’re joined by Brace Belden, co-host of the TrueAnon podcast. •They don’t make heroin anymore•The Taco Bell connection•King of the libertarians•Kmele almost dies•You say Somali, I say Somalian, let’s call the whole thing off•The people cut out of the Minnesota Somali fraud story•Does Ben Shapiro think we’re white?•A Maoist small businessman•Certain liberties•Curtis Yarvin discovers YouTube•Yarvin = Slavoj Žižek of the right? •Libertarian Escape (the Piña Colada Song)•The cathedral•Brace, Citarella,

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113:26

UNLOCKED: Atheist in a Foxhole, w/ the Great...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/03

Periodically around these parts the audience demand for unpaywalling certain subscribers-only episodes becomes too clamorous to ignore. So it was with Members Only #286, our gripping conversation with celebrated author Sebastian Junger about his harrowing new book, In My Time of Dying.“Please consider making this a non-members only episode,” wrote beloved subscriber James G. “Ditto,” seconded Daniel Cavelli. “I wanna send this to many people.” Similar beseechings from random_academic, Jake

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21:47

Destroy All Robots…Before They Destroy US (w/ Andy...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/12/02

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comAndy Mills joins to discuss his new Longview podcast, The Last InventionThe last invention is…a new speciesHumanity’s coming “hinge moment”Doomers v. Accelerationists v. ScoutsWe are the antsWhen Elon warned ObamaA digital God in a silicon boxHave AI’s creators created something they don’t understand?BubblesWas DOGE a backdoor to replacing government with AI?We’re all go…

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18:47

Members Only #288 (LIVE in Los Angeles) - American...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/29

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comYou asked for it, you got it! A session with just Matt, Michael, and Kmele… plus 200 of their closest friends. It’s The Fifth Column recorded LIVE in Burbank (just like Fleetwood Mac) on Sunday, November 23, 2025. Want early access to the next live show (and full access to this episode)? It’s easy: become a paid subscriber!•The Klonopin Diaries•Cover Ma…

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20:16

Members Only #287 - Hoarding Epstein’s Emails, Band...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/27

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comCheck out Jason Leopold’s FOIA Files newsletter, and the new Disclosure podcast•Steve Albini never had to deal with California fires•Like a baby monitor, but for records•This is a Fugazi t-shirt•The trouble with true Norwegian black metal•All hail Metal Mike•Jason Leopold, FOIA terrorist•There’s always work at the post office•CIA man•New York financier …

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66:40

#534 - Even the Mayor Says L.A. Isn’t Well Governed...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/25

• Not safe at home, mayoral edition• “The guns were decades old”• The Trump/Mamdani bromance• The administration’s historic post-fire response• “You’re walking down the street, you happen to look Latino, or somebody hears you speak Spanish. A car rushes up in front of you. Masked men jump out with rifles and throw you in the car”• What does “sanctuary city” actually mean?• Like, no really, what does it mean?• “You know, that’s a good question”• “There’s a number of people who have literally

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#533 - Moynihan vs. Moynihan (w/ Lydia Moynihan)

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/20

* The Doppelgänger* Where do these Moynihans come from?* The journalism disease* You do not want to get a call from the New York Post* From schadenfreude to envious cruelty* Covering the powerful* What is “social proof?”* The Epstein obsession* Incompetence defeats the deep state* Epstein and language inflation* Representing the Trump voter* MTG’s difficulty with economics* Everyone’s difficulty with economics* Let’s get a Juul and watch Beetlejuice* She’s young. He’s not. But they both hate the

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21:59

Members Only #286 - Atheist in a Foxhole (w/...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comWe are joined by journalist, author, filmmaker, and chainsaw-wielder Sebastian Junger. His latest book In My Time of Dying is a touching reflection on death… and what might follow. Paid subscribers get access to this and hundreds of other Members Only episodes.•You can always start drinking again•Enough to make ⅔ of these grown men cry•Sebastian’s (most…

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104:55

#532 - Trinnies, Joy Bells, and Race Pride (w/ Abby...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/13

* The dog hasn’t barked* He knew about the girls. But we *knew* that* So what, if anything, do these emails prove?* Conspiracies, anomalies, pornography* That’s a bad, no good, awful Times headline* Enter Abby Phillip* The battle of the Caribbean* We couldn’t afford to fail* A distinct lack of psychopaths and Holocaust deniers* I care too much….* Abby’s Jesse Jackson book* Abby: Sorry Kmele, racism is real and structural* TV, before the echo chamber?* When dehumanization turns into pride* A French,

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24:57

Members Only #285 - The Case For American Power (w/...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/11/11

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comIt’s release day for Shadi Hamid’s new book, The Case For American Power, and we’re excited to have him back on The Fifth. Paying subscribers get access to the full interview in audio & video (plus literally hundreds more), and help us do what we do, so… In this episode: * Shadi makes the “case for American power”* A love letter to America, “despite all its faults”* Mor…

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