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#482 - Centrism Kills (w/ Josh Barro)
December 12, 2024

* The Daniel Penny verdict* REinstitutionalization* When should the state involuntarily commit?* Remember, she was a very bad candidate * The great exhale* Joe and the Squad* A fake Portuguese guest* Barro blowback?* On the Substack revolution * The repul

Members Only #240 - One Hitter: Taylor Supports the Death Penalty
December 05, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comOne topic in the news. One quick podcast on that single topic (rather than just texting each other about how certain media figures are vulgar, stupid, and morally depraved). W

#481 - From the Mexico of Heaven
December 05, 2024

* Little Moynihans pediatric cancer fundraiser can be found here! This might be the opposite of an incentive, but a random donor will be chosen for a personalized roast video from Moyn and his daughter* The idiot winds (That One More Cup of Coffee li

Members Only #239 - I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
December 02, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* The boys had just heard the Biden pardon news. So much they missed about the specificsand this brilliant video had not yet been created. * Citizens of the Fifdom debate RFK

Members Only #238 -
November 27, 2024

As a Thanksgiving treat, an unlocked Members Only episode featuring Moynihan in conversation with Dr. Alan Levinovitz, author of Natural: How Faith in Nature's Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science and The Gluten Lie: And Other M

Members Only #237 - Roofies, Commies, and Sissies
November 25, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Petes past* Friends with a murderer* Roofie vending machines* The worst cabinet pick?* Trans snakes that play golf* Damn dirty commies* The three things reds do well* A st

#480 - The Media Mess / Gaetz Pulls Out (w/ Ben Smith)
November 22, 2024

An hour with Semafor founder Ben Smith discussing the sorry state of the media, followed by a Smith-free hour with the lads discussing, among other things, two very different people who nevertheless shared a very deep love of young people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This

Members Only #236 - Here Comes the Nanny State!
November 18, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Kmele: Forever the HNIC* The Filet-O-Fish is Alaska pollock* A Swedish horror show* RFK at HHS* He forgot to mention this stuff…* Elon’s principles?* On Matt Gaetz and John

Members Only #235 - To Overthrow the World: A Conversation on Communism with Sean McMeekin
November 16, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMichael Moynihan sits down with Bard College professor Sean McMeekin to discuss his new book To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, a Fifth-approved

#479 - The Case Against Tariffs (w/ Scott Lincicome)
November 13, 2024

Weve promised this one for a very long time. But now that Trump is returning to the White Housethe mercantilist maniac who recently said the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariffwe finally followed through. By popular demand, we called up