The Fifth Column

A discussion w/ entrepreneur and 2020 Democratic Presidential hopeful, Andrew Yang. We explore The Freedom Dividend, Yang's proposal to pay $1,000 per month to every American over the age of 18.Recorded: 3/6/2019Published: 3/11/2019 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

- Smooth Criminals, "Leaving Neverland" Skepticism- Canceling Michael Jackson, R Kelly, and The Entire 1970s- All Hate Matters- Dual Loyalties- Bernie Sanders Marched for Civil Rights, He's Still "Too White"- Democratic Socialism**- Revisiting Moynihan v. Weisbrot- Some Idiot Wrote This- Salman RushdieRecorded: 3/5/2019Published: 3/7/2019 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

w/ Mark Weisbrot Co-Director @ Center for Economic and Policy ResearchAuthor, "Failed: What the 'experts' got wrong about the global economy"- Visiting w/ Hugo Chavez + Sean Penn- Is "dictatorship" a hate word?- Venezuela's elections- Political prisoners- State violence or police violence- Coming coup?- Embargoes, sanctions, and the collapse of the economy- Who's to blame for hunger?- The opposition- What's a good faith negotiation entry point?Recorded: 3/1/2019Published: 3/3/2019 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

- Jussie Smollett, Indicted (Kmele Totally Called That Shit)- But Then Again, The Whole Gang Totally Called That Shit Too- Coast Guard Neo-Nazi would-be terrorist arrested- Kmele and Liz Plank on "Reliable Sources"- Unreliable hate crime statistics- Social Justice Judo- CNN Hires Sarah Isgur Flores- Bill Moyers, Problematic Icon- Bernie Sanders, Front-runner- Some Idiot Wrote This- Download "Headspace" TodayRecorded: PM 2/20/2019Published: 2/21/2019 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

(Plagiarism, Green Room Encounters, and All The Receipts)- We Need to Talk About Jill Abramson- Too Important to be a Plagiarist?- Rep Omar: You Might Be An Antisemitism, But Maybe Not- Blackface: The Highest Form of Flattery?- Klobuchar, FTW- Team AOC's Green New Deal FiascoALSO:- Moynihan Steps Out of Line- The Huxtable Compound- Indentured Servitude- 22 Savage- The Red Shoe Diaries- Emergency PodcastingRecorded: PM 2/11/2019Published: 2/13/2019 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

w/ Brendan O'Neill (Editor in Chief, "Spiked")- Jussie Smollett- Stories For Every Narrative- Ralph Northam- Fancy Dress Parties- The Weird Man’s Burden- Anti Semitism, Hate Speech- Stormy or STORMZY- Yellow Vests Revolution Recorded: PM 2/2/2019Published: 2/4/2019 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

- Jerry Brown- BuzzFeed's Bombshell?- Jason Leopold, Oliver Darcy- The Temple of Journalism- Anonymous Sourcing- Punching Catholic Kids- Stolen Valor, Callin' BullshitALSO:- Jill Abramson (Part 2)- "GUILTY" - By M.C. Moynihan- On Venezuela Recorded: 1/22/2019 PMPublished: 1/24/2019 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

"They're like a train -- a train that's always runnin' right on time." - Anonymousw/ Brian Stelter (Chief Media Corespondent, CNN) (Host, "Reliable Sources")- Moynihan Meets Ann Coulter (Again)- A Boy and His Blog- Authoritarian Storm Clouds- The Temple of Journalism- Is CNN in Resistance Mode?- Grading Trump on a Curve- Excommunicating Steve KingALSO:- Media Literacy- "Page One", and The Business of News- Kasich to CNN, Rep. Omar's Really Bad Day- NPR + MAGA- Russia-gate, and The Biggest Story of Our Time Recorded: PM 1/17/2019Published: 1/18/2019 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

"Smarter, harder, about the same length as usual." - Anonymous- The Border Fence Shutdown- Reasons to Dislike AOC- Tea Party Retrospective- Ellen Met Kevin- Jazmine Barnes, Shaun King, and Overconcen- Destroying The Weatherman- Race Price, New York City Public Schools, and Historical Fictions- Human Rights + Angela Davis Recorded: PM 1/9/2019Published: 1/11/2019 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

w/ Ben Smith (Editor in Chief @ BuzzFeed News) - BuzzFeed's Day in Court- About That Dossier- Insider Political Journalism vs Crisis Political Journalism- Sports Metaphors, Panglossian History- Newsroom Diversity- Indisputably Racist ALSO:- Syria, Afghanistan, and Impulse Control- The Best Laid Plans- Another Shutdown- GoFundMe Governance- Trust Issues Recorded: PM 12/22/2018Published: 12/23/2018 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