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Ugh. What a nightmare. America. The world. This recording. After a series of false starts and one very bad Virginia internet connection, the Fifth Columnists--exhausted and grumpy--manage to get through some listener mail and complain about how everything is horrible. Some of this week's topics:- Kmele’s in the club(house) - A reader mail on Gore Vidal and WFB - Matt on media competition  - And Matt versus Dear Old Blighty - On "white fragility" and racecraft  - Don’t debate me, bro  - Please hire Diversity Partners International (DPI) for your company's next diversity initiative  - On the Wes Lowery episode  - An amazing note from a professional athlete - What nonsense message will you put on your NBA jersey? - The clear-eyed comments of...Shaquille O'Neal - The long-forgotten George Schulyer - The Substack model - David from England has some comments - And sorry David: no one in any industry is safe - "White flexibility" vs "White lechery"- And much, much more... Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ Wesley Lowery Correspondent @ CBS - "60 Minutes in 6"Lowery Wrote A Thing:"A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists" (NYT) - June 23, 2020https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.htmlWelch Raised Some Objections:"Journalists Abandoning 'Objectivity' for 'Moral Clarity' Really Just Want To Call People Immoral" (Reason) - June 24, 2020https://reason.com/2020/06/24/journalists-abandoning-objectivity-for-moral-clarity-really-just-want-to-call-people-immoral/Some Twitter Drama Ensues.The Parties Agree to Settle Things Directly....And now, here you are. All caught up, ready for the fireworks (literally + figuratively).Recorded: July 2, 2020Published: July 6, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ Jacob Siegel, Senior Writer @ Tablet"The New Truth" (June 22nd 2020)https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/new-truth-rationalism-religion"Journalists Abandoning 'Objectivity' for 'Moral Clarity' Really Just Want To Call People Immoral" (6/24/2020)https://reason.com/2020/06/24/journalists-abandoning-objectivity-for-moral-clarity-really-just-want-to-call-people-immoral/- The Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez of Journalism- The Great Fireworks Conspiracy (continued)- The NYT Slack- All The Smoke- The New Truth- Rhetorically Invincible- White Fragility, The Message of the Cross- Moral Clarity- World Heritage Sites- The Wages of Sin- Ethical JournalismRecorded: June 25, 2020Published: July 1, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

It has been four months since the lads were in the same room, perched in front of microphones, seething about the state of the culture, popping veins and breaking hearts. But our beloved seditionists decided they'd had enough: so Matt, Moynihan, and Kmele borrowed a sprawling compound in upstate New York. And late Sunday night, with the wine flowing, the crickets chirping and coyotes howling, they sat on the porch and recorded a very special Patreon episode. With Fifth pal and confidant Nancy Rommelmann occupying the fourth mic, the boys (and girl) talked about retreating into Oculus world, the tyranny of Rue Mcclanahan, how Jenny Slate is ending racism, the politicization of everything, how Kmele is disadvantaged, why it's time to move off planet, and a billion other things. Recorded June 28, 2020 in Rhinebeck, New York Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ Jane Coaston, Senior Politics Reporter @ VoxSome Sports StuffTickTock SwiftboatsTulsaTrumps PartyWhat Comes NextImmigration + VisasThe Coaston PlanMore Black Lives Matter TalkBut What About....Unbundling the PoliceLiking the Neighborhood Cops Recorded: June 23, 2020Published: June 25, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

With Welch doing Father's Day stuff (because he's a good person), Kmele and Moynihan (who are bad people) get together after their wee bairn are in bed and continue addressing the most important question of our era: how did the world go completely insane in such a short period of time? So much to discuss. So much discussed. No point in an exhaustive precis of topics. Just listen. And as a profound thank you to our amazing subscribers, another one open to all tiers!A non-exhaustive list of issues discussed:- Idiot Richard Spencer hearts idiot Louis Farrakhan - Some more 1619 conversation- From Operation Northwoods to the Bed-Stuy Fireworks Conspiracy - Moynihan has a Flavor Flav realization - The tyranny of the majority- The Times is just asking questions- More and more and more discussion of statues and history- A brief digression on slavery- The cheat code for modern argumentsRecorded June 21, 2020 Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

It was Kmele's wedding anniversary, so being a good husband, he only did the back half of the podcast. But the whole recording is a two-plus hour (2:20!) barn burner.- David's little online community is under attack- Advice: Don't go to a Washington Post Halloween party- Spencer asks for some cold open context: So what was the MM/KF showdown all about? All is revealed!  - An audio screw up = hilariously hateful emails - Steve emails Matt about Moynihan's kid (with bonus Livia audio!)- Make sure your kid doesn't get cancelled: imitations are bad- More on the toppling of statues- "Mission to Moscow" is a totally insane movie- Don't apologize for things you don't understand- Kmele the Kool-Aid man, bustin' through walls and pissed off at the world- The Atonemobile- Kmele's new consultancy (DPI) is open for business...- An Air Force man wants to know how to have a normal conversation with abnormal people- Kmele's answer: pure fire- These "conversations" are monologues- Let the rants flow...so many rants. - Caleb from Texas on the current madnessNote: Because we have a whole bunch of new $5 Patrons (THANK YOU!), we're making this episode available to all tiers. Recorded June 18, 2020 Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ David French, Senior Editor @ The Dispatch and Columnist @ TimeHelp With Your Down Payment?A Busy Day For SCOTUS2A, Qualified Immunity (Part I), Expanding Civil RightsThought CrimesOn Racism (and Anti Racism)The Worst Dinner PartyThe Censorship ImpulseGone With the Wind, Song of the SouthThe Lost Cause... Myth?What Northerners Really WantStill in Love w/ Daisy DukeAnti-racism Must Be Anti-raceWalk Humbly, Seek Justice, See the Humanity in Your OpsQualified Immunity (Part II) -- Why Qualified Immunity MattersRecorded: June 15, 2020Published: June 16, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ Olivia Nuzzi, Washington Correspondent @ New York MagazineAn Unprecedented MovementDefunding the Police... Or Just Abolishing ThemCanceling Most Things, Razing The RestMoral Clarity in the News RoomTrump on the Campaign Trail, Biden's StrengthsWhy Trump and Rudy Can't Stop Talking to NuzziRecorded: June 10, 2020Published: June 12, 2020 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

The mailbag is bursting. The Maoism is spreading. The heretics are being led out of the building, apologizing for ancient transgressions and brand new heterodoxies. Everyone is else is hiding in the back of the class, hoping not be called on. Matt and Moynihan are ready to go. Kmele is very busy. But in fairness, it's a tough time to be a Foster in America, so the poor guy has retreated into amateur uranology, busting out the telescope and waiting for locals to come wash his feet. The remaining two discuss the madness gripping America's newsrooms, the madness gripping America, and what it's like to slowly go mad. And a billion other things...I'm not going to enumerate all the amazing discussions...Just listen. Recorded two hours ago.  Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.