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The Fifth Column

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch

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Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. www.wethefifth.com

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Oct 16, 2026 · UTC

Why the Midterms Are Turning Against Trump (w/ Nate Silver) Members Only #350

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comThe guys put America’s most famous political forecaster, Nate Silver, to work… separating real electoral shifts from political noise, and confronting the uncomfortable possibility that everyone is just guessing.-The House leaned Democratic, the Senate was a toss-up…then…

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Oct 14, 2026 · UTC

Can the Democratic Center Hold? (#579)

Yes, we want accolades. Yes, we’re shamelessly asking for your vote:VOTE for The Fifth Column as the Best News & Politics Show Yemisi Egbewole is here and we will figure out how to pronounce her name….next time-A Democratic consultant defending Fox News out of the gate-Was Mike Lindell ever really a crackhead?-Ladies and gentlemen, the new White Ho…

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Oct 9, 2026 · UTC

People Who Lie and People Who Die (w/ Sam Roberts) Members Only #349

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com“There are no ordinary lives and everyone has a story” -Sam Roberts’ father takes him to see the Rosenbergs’ funeral-Fifty years in journalism and an unexpected career writing obituaries-Anna Nicole Smith and the brutality of British obituaries-Charlie Rangel’s complica…

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Oct 7, 2026 · UTC

Europe Is Melting, Meritocracy Is Racist, and Everyone Gets Dignity (Episode #578)

Did we mention we’re nominated…did you vote yet? If not, what in the actual fuck is your problem? -all the bad words are here-come to Fairfield on November 12th! (https://quickcenter.fairfield.edu/2026-27-season-calendar/lectures/the-fifth-column-podcast.html)-Trump in Nebraska….always a good sign for Republicans-Anal sex, picnics, breakfast in bed…

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Oct 3, 2026 · UTC

One Hitter: Why Oil Prices Could Get Much Worse (w/ Marshall Adkins) Members Only #348

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMarshall spent 25 years covering oil and gas at Raymond James before retiring this week. He joins the guys to explain what’s actually driving prices higher, why diesel matters more than most people realize, and how war, refinery outages, and shrinking reserves have left…

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Oct 2, 2026 · UTC

The Weave Within the Weave (#577)

…and Moynihan discusses Harvard’s artist in residence. Also, we’ve been nominated for something! vote for us in for the Signal Awards!-Kmele’s Cross-Country Trail of Tears-Trump Praises the Latinos-Yukon Cornelius and the Bumble-Coming Soon: Jason’s Weird Fetishes-Trump Talks to Time-The Weave We Go-No Fatties, No Trannies, No Weirdos-It’s Worse Be…

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Sep 29, 2026 · UTC

Sarah Hepola and the Life You Didn’t Choose (Members Only #347)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comFinally, a break from politics and a discussion about…love. If you like Sarah, check out her podcast with friend of The Fifth Column Nancy Rommelmann Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Podcast -Sarah is back on the wagon (not really!)-The married man, the younger man, and the New…

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Sep 25, 2026 · UTC

The UN, Wokeness, and Other Failed Institutions (Members Only #346)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com-being gay, doing drugs, that’s the Szeps life-Moynihan’s anti-Australian bigotry-the Lupita Nyong’o pronunciation challenge-Why is daddy wearing boobs?-this actor can play any ethnicity-Josh’s dad, the George Costanza of Australia-UN Clip-o-rama-in defense of the UN, s…

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Sep 23, 2026 · UTC

The Algorithm Is the Editor-in-Chief (w/ David Pakman) Members Only #345

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com-Pakman is a fan of this show. Will he regret saying this?-Kmele’s cult-adjacent upbringing-Pakman’s Argentina upbringing-Macklemore, Robert Kraft and the limits of independent media-Do people actually control their media diet?-Nick Fuentes, Fishback and Twitter not bei…

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Sep 22, 2026 · UTC

The Loyal Republican w/ Scott Jennings (#576)

And is he gonna get that press secretary job or not?-Jennings the teetotaler-wtf happened to Moynihan’s hair?-Jennings’ working-class Kentucky origin story-back when Kentucky + West Virginia were swing states-Rush Limbaugh + Paul Harvey University-what would Rush make of $9K for stay-at-home moms?-what kind of Republican is Scott Jennings anyway?-w…

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Sep 18, 2026 · UTC

Academically Unserious With Authoritarian Bureaucratic Aspirations (w/ Tyler Austin Harper) Members Only #344

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comTyler Austin Harper, staff writer for The Atlantic and co-host of the Time To Say Goodbye podcast joins Michael C. Moynihan & Matt Welch to talk about extreme fishing, picking socialsts as your fighters, and his recent pot-stirring essay “Why I quit the tenure track.” •…

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Sep 16, 2026 · UTC

AI Might Kill Us. Here’s Why It Matters: w/ Jim VandeHei (#575)

-Simplify, simplify, simplify…-Do people like Jim as a boss?-The two things to screen for in prospective employees-The humility of Mike Allen-AI and the newsroom-The way you consume news is about to completely change-Are we at the Napster stage of AI?-The demand for local news didn’t die-DEI without the corporate activism-Axios refuses to take a st…

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