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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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88:02

#517 - "Pimp-o-nomics: How I Learned to Stop Worrying...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/08/02

Moynihan joins from Europe. Robbie Soave (Reason, Rising, Sheetz & Giggles) guests — bravely joining the fellas after stopping by the local precinct so he could report his scooter stolen. Plus; Epstein conspiracies, whether Sydney Sweeney’s jeans are saving America, and debate the merits of dating an AI girlfriend. * Pimponomics* Victimized * Scooter Evangelism * Robbie is a nerd* European Hobos to Hotness Index (HHX)* Epstein: Still Boring, Still Dead* Robbie really is a nerd* Trafficking Stats

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86:30

#516 "Treasons, Tiny Packages, and the End of Late...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/07/25

Moynihan is somewhere in Europe. Eli Lake (The Free Press, Breaking History) fills in. And Kmele sustained a harrowing podcast-related injury that postponed a recording (and nearly cost him a finger).* Meat & Memory* Colbert Gets the Axe* Small Packages* A Yearslong Coup?* Russiagate Replay* Accountability and Missed Opportunities* The Never-Ending Epstein Drama* An (Inevitably) Dysfunctional Government (if you can keep it) Recorded: 7.24.2025 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this

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19:08

Members Only #268 - Every Pump is Patriotic

The Fifth Column ·

2025/07/21

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* An enigma wrapped inside a…wait, what does that word mean?* Wait, what did you call it??? (Take a guess)* Buffalo Bills, the preferred team of all Mossad agents* How to not write a news story* You know, Epstein was pretty close with many MAGA figures* Bannon’s crisis PR business?* Tulsi and the “seditious conspiracy”* Russia redux* Michael McDonald’s Faye Dunaway story* …

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91:16

#515 - Big Trouble in Little MAGA

The Fifth Column ·

2025/07/17

* Crazy from the heat* AMA* Who is Jim Walden??* The dumbest civil war * So we have to discuss the Epstein “issue” again, eh?* I think we solved the case…* Leaving breadcrumbs in the archives* Jimmy Carter and the aliens * That’s a lotta airstrikes* The plastic surgery exception* Kurt Russell, American * The next, hottest Nobelist 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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102:48

#514 - Big Boats! Big Patriotism! Big Pedophile Rings??

The Fifth Column ·

2025/07/10

* Matt discovers Mass* Because Matt is cruisin’ * Boats and hoes* An ultra exclusive event! The Fifth…on the high seas??* The Epstein hoax * Very dumb people holding empty Trapper Keepers* Fake numbers transform into facts!* Does anyone know how this stuff works?* The client list ███████ █████ * Why do people want this stuff to be true?* A few notes on the forthcoming film Eddington* The BLM victory failure* The forever revolt against the elites* Two overlooked terror attacks in Texas* Put them on

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15:57

Members Only #267 - Everything's Our Fault: The U.S....

The Fifth Column ·

2025/07/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comA few weeks ago, we mentioned that newly minted Iran expert Joy Reid went on CNN and provided her damning verdict on America’s relationship with Iran: acktchully, she gravely intoned, the United States brought the ire of the Iranian dictatorship upon itself by engineering the 1953 coup against the “democratically elected” Iranian leader Mohammed Mossade…

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109:10

#513 - Birthright Jamaican Babies and Russian...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/30

As the Supreme Court wraps up its term, the boys again summon Damon Root, author of Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court, to break down the various rulings (for those of us who don’t pay attention but still want to convince Scott Bakula to time travel and deport baby Kmele). Post-Damon, another hour…during which Matt tells the story of his car being smashed up by Russian trash men (which, surprisingly, is not a euphemism), Zohran code switches, the Big Ugly Bill lurches

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86:39

#512 - Escape from New York

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/27

* Fleeeeeeeee* Don’t mess with the Zohran * Andrew Cuomo, Shah of NYC * Eric Adams to the rescue? (Oof)* Post-colonial Disney movies * Scarcity Democrats * Pull the fire alarm on this drunk idiot * This means nothing for national Democratic politics* And isn’t about Israel* Were the bunkers busted?* Hot Ukrainians save lives* NATO not so bad after all* Joy Reid, smug master of Wikipedia* OKC saluted This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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25:20

Members Only #264 - Domino's, Hand Jobs, and WWIII

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/22

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comNo listener mail this time. We’ll double up on the next Members Only. Just an hour-long conversation about Iran…(Moynihan note upon relisten: Qasem Soleimani was the commander of the Quds Force within the IRGC, not the IRGC itself)

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94:39

#511 - Iran on the Brink, NYC on the Brink (w/ Harry...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/20

Two episodes in one! First, the lads discuss Iran, the legacy of the Iraq War, and MAGA’s internecine battles over foreign policy. And then Harry Siegel, the great chronicler of New York City politics, stops by to answer that hugely important question: will the financial capital of the world, the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, soon be governed by an anti-capitalist weirdo who thinks that “globalize the intifada” is just another way of saying “give peace a chance”? This is

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62:38

#510 - BONUS EPISODE - The View from Israel (w/ Nadav...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/14

Moynihan and Welch talk to Nadav Eyal, senior columnist for Yedioth Ahronoth and one of Israel’s most prominent (and best-sourced) journalists. Typically, we would keep a bonus episode like this one behind the paywall. We were feeling generous today. But never rely on our continued generosity. So subscribe, cheapskate! * Meetings cancelled, meetings kept* How the attack on Iran unfolded* James Bond is a Jew* Taking out the IRGC leadership and partially neutering Iran’s missile capabilities* Was

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78:54

#509 - The Rise of the Knuckleheads (w/ Sen. Rand Paul)

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/12

Senator Rand Paul joins the lads to lament the big, beautiful bill; the big beautiful Soviet military parade; the Twitter halfwits waging war on him; his party’s descent into populist voodoo economics; whether or not he’s an advocate of “open borders”; and what he makes of Marines on the streets of Los Angeles. After the senator leaves, Foster, Moynihan, and Welch stick around to discuss…all those same issues. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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78:02

#508 - The Breakup Episode

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/06

* A grim anniversary* Elon’s brilliant troll* The big, ugly bill * Bannon tells the truth. But is still a liar* How dare they attack their attacker??* They have cards* Asymmetric and immoral * Changing minds…by human sacrifice* The blackest propaganda* The New York Times v. Palantir* And much, much more 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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20:45

Members Only #252 - For Our Girls (The Message)

The Fifth Column ·

2025/06/03

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* ABBA’s Vietnam* Barnen i Nicaragua* Mike Tyson, Ratso, and Cus the Communist* Burning down the house / sort of scolded by a firefighter * The rent is too damn free* Everyone is contemptuous of everyone * Is Trump the Bernie Goetz of Harvard?* Rebutting “higher ed is just fine” revisionism* From YAF to Students for Liberty to Turning Point…* Dating apps, height discrimina…

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68:11

#507 - Trans Pee Wee and Tariffed Dresses

The Fifth Column ·

2025/05/30

* Racist Macca?* Some bad names* In praise of (trans?) Pee Wee* Does Long Duck Dong denounce his past?* Was that a Reaganite video game?* Trade war nonsense: the court says…maybe not* Moynihan’s $700 dress (including a $250 tariff) * Kmele on CNN* The end of Elon* Just like Reagan and Thatcher but not all* No suspects, no DNA, no fingerprints, no leads * MI:7 DEI This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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20:18

Members Only #251 - I Learned It from Watching Nick...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/05/28

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* We think we *might* have talked about politics in this episode?* Happy anniversary Christian Cooper! * Talking to the dude who made those drug PSAs* The Glug (1981)* 2020: The year that broke America* Burning down the house (almost) * The tax protestor in our midst* Johnny Rotten, Johnny Ramone, the Plastic People, and the politics of punl* Nick of Schumpeterian Gatsby…

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86:26

#506 - Kill the White People

The Fifth Column ·

2025/05/22

* The ritual humiliation white genocide slide show!* That’s not really true. But it doesn’t really matter, does it?* Trolling with refugees* That Mandela picture MM mentioned…* Uncle Paul * “Well do you DENOUNCE that language? Huh? Huh? Did you even say thank you??”* The big, not-so-beautiful bill* The trillion dollar dome* Gaza and the “14,000”* Our Original Sin and Korean Robert* When did he lose it?* That Christie clip is actually six years old. But here it is. This is a public episode. If you'd

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98:02

#505 - A Saudi Summit. A Delaware Freakoff.

The Fifth Column ·

2025/05/15

* Jack London and hobo Oakland* The lovely government of Qatar* Trump in Saudi* A carnival of corruption* Chasing heroes…* The end of the “introventionalists”* But do they *fear* him?* The new Chomskyites * Declining freedom…* Trump’s fat, rich friend who wants price controls* The triumph of gesture politics* Black Leo 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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73:00

UNLOCKED: David Zweig, on How Media and Public Health...

The Fifth Column ·

2025/05/14

You demanded, we complied. Last month in this space, I interviewed science/technology/Covid journalist David Zweig about his great new book, An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions. It was a bracing conversation, filled with damning media/elite criticism, blue-state horrors, and F-bombs galore.Then a funny thing happened: Dozens of you wonderful paying subscribers said Mr. Welch, tear down this paywall, so we can share this with our normie friends! And so I

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18:30

Members Only #250 - What’s the Frequency, Papist?

The Fifth Column ·

2025/05/12

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* The Bill Bixby of East Egg* Figure it out, people * Solitude: City vs. Country (not a reference to the Jonathan Richman song, btw)* Allemansrätten and who makes the most money in your postal code* Jawohl CHEF!* Banning internships will help the poor* “Worse than Watergate” and the Ballad of G. Gordon Liddy* How does one start restoring a car * The brilliance of our mod…

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