The Fifth Column (private feed for bitterone31droid@googlemail.com)

w/ Andrew Sullivan - Writer at Large for New York Magazine,- Hating New York- What Would Hitch Say?- On Being a Reluctant, Problematic Civil Rights Pioneer- Surviving a Death Sentence- Immigration Backlash- Obama Hated Identity Politics?- Assange Arrested- Pope Benedict blames the 60s- Too Many Popes- The Comfort of Religious RitualRecorded: 4/11/2019Published: 4/12/2019www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate)- Our Mathematical Universe- "Leaving Neverland" Revisionism- Russiagate: Right, Wrong, Whatever- Jonathan Chait is “Completely* Correct*”- When in Venezuela + Nobody Likes Sanctions- Venezuela: Humanitarian Crisis, Economic Crisis"- Making Friends + Enemies on Twitter- "The Realm of Hungry Ghosts" (a book by Aaron's Dad)- Stop Snitchin (On Your Sources)- Joe Biden Feminism - Kmele Talked w/ Thad- Marvin Gaye: You're the (black) ManRecorded: 4/3/2019Published: 4/4/2019www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- Trump: Death by gloating- Margaret Sullivan: the Captain Beefheart of journalism- Glenn Greenwald spikes the football with a vengeance- MSNBC doubles down- Seth Abramson: Poet laureate, Resistance Hero- Trump's enemies list and love of authoritarians- Roger Stone and the D-list of DC conservatism- Jussie Smollet's privilege- Some Idiot Wrote This, Jane Mayer editionRecorded: 3/26/2019Published: 3/28/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

w/ Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)- Tina's Theranos voice- Elizabeth Warren Holmes- Revisiting the Universal Basic Income (Kmele hasn't endorse UBI or Andrew Yang)- Technophobia, 'McDonald’s employees will murder you'- The Three-Fifths Column- Matt does Betomania- Getting it wrong on Iraq- The cycles of massacre reaction/coverage- Islamists v. White nationalists- Stuyvesant High School and Asian Privilege- "Fuck off Tiger parents"Recorded: 3/21/2019Published: 3/24/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

DESCRIPTION:- Kmele's in 'Frisco', Moynihan's hungover, Matt got lit up on Twitter- Desperate wealthy college parents headed to prison?- The injustice of legacy admissions- Elite colleges are overrated- Biden v. Beto- Venezuela's blackout and the three initials who shall not be named- Platforming vs de-platforming- Tucker Carlson's shock-jock period- National Review swinging (and missing) at Trump- If you’re going to “Cancel,” cancel everything- Matt's Pat Caddell tribute/roast thingRecorded: 3/12/2019Published: 3/18/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

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. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- 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. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

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. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

- 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. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

(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. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.