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What Election?The Perils of Watching Cable NewsWhat You Talkin Bout WelchThe Got'Damn PollsAnticipated UnrestBlack Woman Stabbed, By Black Lives Matters Supporters?What Happens to the MediaWhat Happens to RepublicansWhat Happens to DemocratsStereotypes are Fine NowYou People Aren't Supposed to Vote That WayWoke-spiracyFighting Them on The BeachRecorded Nov 4th, 2020Published Nov 5th, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

We know you're waiting to see which of these losers we'll be making fun of for the next four years. But it's boring. And pointless. So take a break. And listen to The Fifth Column talk to Glenn Greenwald about why he quit the Intercept, what he thinks of the Hunter laptop business, and where he's going next. Plus, he answers the question on everyone's lips: how does an enormous baby stop throwing a fit long enough to break so many stories? Note: As Moynihan's brief preamble will explain, Glenn lost the audio on his computer, so in this Patreon exclusive you'll hear a 99% complete version of the interview, reconstructed with Peter Jackson-like care by the archivists at TFC HQ. Hence the delay. And releasing it first to our beloved subscribers.  Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

A Sunday night of Welch and Moynihan pulling letters out of the mailbag! Very important warning: skip the first 30 minutes if you have no interesting in hearing (yet again) two huge nerds talking about music and the missed opportunities of Phil Collins’s movie career. This is what happens when Kmele is nowhere to be found. Blame him. Bob Costas. Lennon père et fil. Buster. A lovely gift for Moynihan from a lovely listener Sam has a very gay, very correc fact check Oyster Bay with Rachel (and Billy Joel) The songs you once pretended to hate A brief appearance from Melania A coming detrumpification? Trust the science! Ignore the science! Wait, you want to see this on video? A quick list of books on Russia Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Bannon's back. The New York Post isn't.  Don’t talk about Hunter!Are we living in a Techno Fascist Reich?Regulate, regulate, regulateThe unforeseen consequences of deplatforming?Qanon inflation To the gulag, go!Russia, Russia, RussiaWhich New York Times editor does Matt call "a loathsome toad"?FYI: Political journalists cannot cover “politically driven events”Debate, debate, debateCoherent on Corona! But also full of shit!And Corona reporting is still awful Mad Matt on a Mendacious Media Are people still wiping down their groceries?WHATS UP TWITTER WORLD, IT’S THE JUICEJeff Toobin, American Hero / OJ, not guiltyMaybe an election-night Zoom thing? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Moynihan's Old, New HouseCOVID... is Fake?Siri, Do Black Lives Matter?Dueling Town HallsEveryone is Awful, Even You, (But Not Really)The Brief And Highly Overrated Return of Respectability PoliticsPolitics of BullshitForeign BodiesThe Revolt of the PublicDarkest Totalitarian HellscapeRecorded Oct 18, 2020Published Oct 20, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Guess who's busy? Correct! And guess who is making time from a hotel room in DC and a bunker in Brooklyn? Correct again! Some of the boys are back for another Patreon episode--before Matt heads to California, Moynihan into the woods of Georgia, and Kmele disappears into Clubhouse Narnia...On the docket tonight:- Debate night with Bannon / death of the Tea Party- Nice notes from Georgia and Long Island- Some Van Halen talk. Obviously.- A listener's lovely note about Matt's brother Larry- Conspiracy theorists are good at debating bullshit theories- Suggestions for the next Zoom- A verbal festschrift in celebration of Kmele Foster- Should we (see: MM) call people "autistic" who aren't autistic? Moynihan is surprised by an awkward listener question- A slur contest- Chuck "chokes it down." We tell him to fuck off- Did Trump ever "figure out what's going on"? Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

All in New York. All remote. All very tired. So into the mailbag the lads go... - Sneaking into the clubhouse- Lewinsky revisionism- He sings like an angel and thinks like a peasant - A listener wants to help (with Moynihan's flooring)- Some non-academic book recommendations on race= Cowboys are not Michael Landon- Another MST3K request (but Matt's schedule intervenes)- Debate drinking games- Melania / Triumph the Insult Comic Dog / Jimmy Stewart on "porn hookers"- Remembering wide boy and dictator lover George Galloway- Where is our hooch, Kmele?- On Bowie's last two records Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Guest: Damon Root @ Reason Magazine, Author, "A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution"Trump Makes His PickHow Republicans Will Be DisappointedCourt Packing And Other ShenanigansHistorical Context, Oppressing People of ColorCOVID RumorsDebate Night Dog WhistlesWhat Trump Really MeansVote by Mail (But Throw Out the Ballots)The First and Only LadyRecorded Oct 1, 2020Published Oct 3, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Warning: this one gets a bit slurry (Editor's note: errrrr....Moynihan does) (Moynihan note: sorry for this one). Kmele is very busy. Moynihan takes a break from moving and Welch is on hiatus from being a bad husband ...time to reach into the mailbag! - Sorry. This bit is about music (Beatles, Love / Arthur Lee, Beach Boys, The Sonics)- Some messages about the Hitch recording- A listeners writes: all your guests are gay- Another wonders: where is all the reporting on good COVID news?  - New York is alright if you like saxophones- A PhD on Croatian cinema- Books on Boston- Is America having a Baader-Meinhof moment? Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

NOTE: This dispatch was beleaguered by technical and logistical challenges. The audio actually turned out pretty good (all things considered), but the entire thing was very nearly scrapped. Those challenges contributed to a delayed-release — and because the world has gone quite mad —the news cycle is evolving rapidly. All the same, still lots of very relevant (even prophetic) stuff in this dispatch, but it was recorded before the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury announcement that inspired a night of protests, riots, and violence. Home ImprovementLatinx, Things You Must Know About The CubanTrust the ProcessDebate PreviewRBGHypocrisy and Norm EviscerationWho to BlameA Loss of Faith, A Looming Election HellscapeAbout that TikTok DealWe Choose Violence1619 Lies, Bullshit, Stealth Edits, Motivated ReasoningIf The Schools Already Suck, Can 1619 Make Them Worse (or better)National Patriotism CurriculumAll My Critics Are Racist, Which Is Terribly Convenient for MeRecorded Sept 20, 2020Published Sept 24, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.