The Fifth Column

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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

Members Only #234 - Come On and Zoom! (Wagnerian Opera Edition)
November 12, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comOur first post-election Second Sunday Zoom call! If you missed it, shame on you for choosing to spend time with your family or choosing not to pony up. But it’s all here. All

Members Only #233 - A Grave New World
November 08, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comWelch and Moynihan are back in the studio, three days after the end of democracy, counting the days before they get the midnight knock from Trump’s NKVD. So what does one do?

#478 - The Dream of a Six-Foot-Four, Tobacco-Chewing White Savior
November 06, 2024

The Fifth did a bit of processing today with our Trump-supporting friend at her Connecticut studio. Hungover, exhausted, bedraggled, the lads then returned to the scene of last nights Fifth-Free Press-Reason party and recorded this episode. They enjoyed

Members Only #232 - Last Episode Before the Camps :(
November 03, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Kmele on his appearance in Thomas Chatterton Williams new Atlantic piece* The end of America!* If you dont vote like me, you should be ashamed of yourself!* Were not hete

#477 - The Bubble. The Brother. The Boycott.
October 30, 2024

* A Thomas Jefferson freak off* The tree of liberty* Election integrity* Whats happening with those Pennsylvania ballots?* Editorial page endorsements are worthless * Why wont you resign, lady?* A slaughter at MSG * These people have lost their minds

Members Only #231 - Eve of Destruction
October 28, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* To promote his Substack conversation with Moynihan (live today at 5pm ET only on the Substack app!), Josh Szeps calls in from the car and talks Aussie stuff for 20 minutes.

#476 - "Tucker's a real douchebag" (w/ Rep. Dan Crenshaw)
October 24, 2024

* How to be a Navy Seal* Losing an eye in Afghanistan* Dan cant find his glasses / I cant see shit* Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan* A case study in intelligence failure and confirmation bias* On leaving the Taliban in power* Has Trump been good on

Members Only #230 - Horseface Wham-O
October 22, 2024

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com* Dave in the Hall * Dead in the garden * All the dictators * His kampf* McDonalds troofer * Can Trump be funny?* People don’t care about what we care about* A friend attacks*