

The Fifth Column (private feed for bitterone31droid@googlemail.com)
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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Apr 16, 2022 • 2h 8min
353 "Destroying Democracy, One Tweet At A Time"
- A Very Bad Week- Best, Final- Like, Literally the Holocaust - F*ck You Money- Narrative Malfunction- Round the Water Cooler- How America Got Stupid- Going Solo- Automotive Analogy- Expanding Nato, Deploying Nukes- The Bully DecidesRecorded: April 14th, 2022Published: April 15th, 2022 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Apr 12, 2022 • 0sec
Special Dispatch #114 - Pol Pot, Penises, and Pagones
- Breaking: Kmele is cis- Niger Innis v. Al Sharpton- Ripping off Steven Pagones- Kmele on Lil' Cease, for some reason- In Nashville- Dougie Fresh Gyro- Hitch's David Mamet review- Pol Pot, penises, and communist Dumbledore - On America and Zelensky(y)- Revisiting "be brave..."- The French elections- On the drift of European and American conservatism- An amazing email on Elon Musk- The Fifth on the fifth - And much, much more! Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Apr 8, 2022 • 1h 55min
352 "Buzz Lightyear's Gay Conversion Adventure Camp"
- Take Em' To Church- Okay, Groomer- How "Lion King" Made Kmele Trans- Troll Culture- Mr. Cooper's Pronouns- Elon's New Gig- BLM House Flippin'- The Purpose Driven Journalist- Louie CK and The Larger Truth***- Mr Perfect- The Truth About Ukraine- Red Dawn x 1,000- Obamacare 2022- Covid Zero- That Time Welch Got Us Canceled- Howard Stern's Golden (Shower) AgeRecorded: April 6th, 2022Published: April 7th, 2022 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Apr 6, 2022 • 0sec
Special Dispatch #113 - Ringoseal! Bumbaclot!
- A night of boozing with comics and weirdos - Mom's R. Kelly prank - Internz - Wine momz- Inventing Jamaican insults- TPS reports and microaggressions- Caste is a bad book- An anti-Disney jihad- Disney: engineer of the soul- Won't somebody think of the children!- All the comedians who stopped being funny- The two Bob Conquest books, previously mentioned on the pod, are here and here- Real-time war crime denial Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Apr 2, 2022 • 2h 11min
351 "The Problem with Jon Stewart, Will Smith, OJ Simpson, Sex Parties, and Madison Cawthorn"
Slappy White and the Hot TakesBirthdays Was the Worst Days: Six Years of the FifthHey Twitter World (The Ballad of OJ Simpson)Jon Stewart’s excruciatingly dumb show on raceA Ben Dreyfuss tweetstormAmerica: From James Madison to Madison CawthornSex party etiquette A seven hour gap, a laptop that keeps on giving, and an ex-prez who won't go awayOn this sacred anniversary, a very, very exciting announcement See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Mar 28, 2022 • 1h 51min
Special Dispatch #112 - The Worst Episode Ever
Or is it the best? I mean...it's probably the worst. A late night, discursive discussion that, it seems, the lads forgot was being recorded. And all attempts to right the ship were foiled by a very rude actor called "Will Smith."- TNC is GWB- Baby Azov- Why are we talking about the “stem player” again?- Oscar preview (that we know nothing about) - Did you get your shots, part II- You guys love emailing us about circumcision - Uma v. Arianna- Netflix scammer docs- Biden's dumb comment on Ukraine- WAIT DUDE JUST SLAPPED HIM - Rest of the episode is basically about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock, with some stuff about NATO thrown in- Ginni is crazy- Do you like the team? Do you want a 10 day contact?- The worst show we've ever done- Little boys are adorable dumb animals Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Mar 24, 2022 • 1h 47min
350 "Destroying Ukraine, Supreme Confirmation Theater, From Slava to Slavery"
On casualties, causation, and delusionIs there a risk of overcorrection in Ukraine?Sanctions, free trade, and nukesThe power of historical grievanceKmele and Matt...disagree on corporations taking sides in warsAlso, the war in Ukraine is not about your dumb culture war issuesThe Ketanji Brown Jackson ShowMa'am, where do you stand on NAMBLA?Florida's "Lia Ackshully Lost Act"Slava Ukraini and slavery tipsRIP Madeleine AlbrightCory Booker is a bad actorSome thoughts on Arianna Huffington's mattress business See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Mar 18, 2022 • 0sec
Special Dispatch #111 (Redux) - Do You Have a Passport? Did You Get Your Shots?
Nancy Rommelmann pops in for a chat, gets drunk Fats Domino of the Kremlin In further praise of Kyle Dunnigan Moynihan heads to Miami (Ed note: flight was cancelled, so MM and mini-Moyn pivoted to a new location...in the Caribbean...) Kmele Katches Up with Kamala The journalists killed in Ukraine (RIP) A former guest with really, really terrible takes Is “contrarian” a useful word? R. Kelly in Abyssinia Eddie Murphy and M’foofoo Is Kmele afraid???? In space, Stacey Abrams always wins Kanye’s “stem player” Bob Doles loves NWA That’s not how you spell Cassandra You don’t have your shots Kelley got some scopes Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Mar 15, 2022 • 1h 41min
349 "Moynihan Taps In From Ukraine"
Kmele got a new baby!Welch is doing -- something.And a disheveled, bleary-eyed Moynihan checks in from Europe -- where he's been bouncing between checkpoints and bunkers in Ukraine. The dude is earning his WHOLE paycheck this week.Recorded: March 14th, 2022Published: March 15th, 2022 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Mar 5, 2022 • 0sec
Special Dispatch #110 - Bruchim Habaim, Lil' Menachem Foster!
- The baby has arrived! The name is still secret...- Dumb people and manufactured consent- The fez came off- Kendi D'Angelo Foster- On Eduard Limonov (who seems to have gone silent?)- Boycott nonsense- That great Steve Rosenberg interview- The Americentric coverage of everything- The Conceptual Kook- The inevitable Munich analogy- Trevor Noah is an intellectual giant- Sammy Davis Jr Foster- And so much more... Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.


