The director of classic documentaries "The Thin Blue Line," "Fog of War," and "Standard Operation Procedure," Errol Morris has long been the doyen of critics...until he made "American Dharma," a film exploring the worldview and influence of former Breitbart boss and Trump campaign chief executive Steve Bannon. Predictably, Morris was accused of "platforming" Bannon and, for the first time in his career, America's most famous documentarian couldn't find a distributor for his film. On the day "Ame...
Nov 30, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Description: - Trumpian Slam Poetry ("I Want Nothing!") - Got a Thing for Fiona Hill - Blue Pill Confessional - Burisma Biden - The Good, The Bad, and The Career Diplomats - Weird John Bolton Tweets - The Wrestle Mania Impeachment - Sacha Baron vs Facebook, Borat as Proto-Hate Speech - Grading the Democratic Debate - Spiking the Kaepernick - About that Patreon Recorded: November 22nd 2019 Published: November 24th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public ep...
Nov 24, 2019•1 hr 54 min
- Who Shot Ya? (Tupac, Biggie) - Moynihan Drinks w/ Trump Supporters in Bay Ridge - Buttigieg - Impeachment Hearings - Devin Nunes’ Garbage Clown Schtick - Roger Stone Goes Down - What Happened to Rudy Giuliani? - Stealing Land in Texas, Pardoning War Criminals - Patreon Launche ( https://www.patreon.com/wethefifth ) Recorded: November 15th 2019 Published: November 17th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with ot...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 41 min
Recorded: November 6th 2019 Published: November 9th 2019 GUEST: Bari Weiss Op-Ed Staff Editor and Writer @ The New York Times Author, "How to Fight Anti-Semitism" (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Nov 09, 2019•1 hr 50 min
Recorded: October 20th 2019 Published: October 31st 2019 GUEST: Thomas Chatterton Williams Author, "Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race" (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Recorded: October 18th 2019 Published: October 22nd 2019 GUEST: Meghan Daum Author, "The Problem With Everything" (2019) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Oct 23, 2019•2 hr 16 min
Recorded: October 9th 2019 Published: October 10th 2019 GUEST: Walt Hickey, Senior Editor for Data @ Insider Founder @ Numlock News newsletter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 58 min
- Picking fights in restaurants - Botham Jean's brother forgives Amber Guyger for murdering his brother. And that's a problem. - Forgiveness vs. MORE HARSH SENTENCING - Ukraine/Trump - Matt lacks the Xi-spot to laugh - Trump’s Afghanistan policy is a photo of ladies in pants - Base familial corruption - Swampier than the swamp - We've been had (if we're Obama or Trump supporters) - Obama’s Jonas Brothers drone joke - Trump’s DC hotel is the Star Wars bar - Never Trumpers should be Never Governme...
Oct 04, 2019•2 hr 2 min
- Moynihan won an Emmy - #EmmysSoWhite - "Some saw..." - Films Don't Matter - Xenophobic Immigrants - Biden, Trump, Ukraine - Will He Be Impeached ? Maybe…And No - It's Greta Thunberg's World - The Vaping Muslim Ban - Rashida Tlaib's Science of Smoking - Tweet Dumpster Diving - “Cancel Culture is A Myth” Recorded: September 26, 2019 Published: September 27th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 21 min
- The “moderate chic” party - RIP Emmet O’Lunney’s - Brett Kavanaugh *Allegation(s)* - College campuses in the 1980s was all about apartheid - Moynihan’s Foggy Memory, and Everyone’s - John Bolton, Out - Obama’s Apology Tour and Trump’s Chomsky Impression - Kmele’s Worried about Iranian escalation - Joe BIden’s "Corn Pop" Story: Fact Check=True - George Packer’s Atlantic Piece on Schools - Cancelling the SNL guy - Mark Sanford - Business Insider's GOP debate - Some Idiot Wrote This Recorded: Sep...
Sep 19, 2019•2 hr 2 min
Recorded: September 4th 2019 Published: September 7th 2019 Guest: Steve Kornacki, National Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Author of "The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism" - RIP, Vice News Tonight on HBO - Everybody kinda likes Joe Walsh - The "Straight Man" on MSNBC - New Jersey politics is so much more fun than national politics - Kamala Harris channels robot John Edwards - Negotiating with the Taliban - Casualty counts matter - It’s a better and...
Sep 07, 2019•1 hr 42 min
- Ladies Libertarianing - The Segregation of Everything - The 1619 Project: “Everything that makes America exceptional is because of slavery” - NHJ: “We’re the MOST American” - Trump: “I hereby order…” - Dual Loyalty (and cascading stupidity) - David Koch, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter - Park Slope Socialists Recorded: August 23rd 2019 Published: August 26th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers o...
Aug 26, 2019•2 hr
Welch, Moynihan, and Kmele are all in the same room for the first time in more than a month -- and it's a glorious reunion. Recorded: August 16th 2019 Published: August 18th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Aug 18, 2019•1 hr 30 min
In this Special Dispatch, Michael Moynihan sits down with legendary journalist, author, and documentarian -- Jon Ronson. They discuss some of Ronson's most celebrated books, his fabulous new podcasts exploring the porn industry ("The Butterfly Effect", "The Last Days of August"), and his penchant for pissing off Alex Jones. Jon Ronson's Books Include: "Them" (2001) "The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2004) "The Psychopath Test" (2011) "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" (2015) Recorded: July 26th 2019 Pu...
Aug 02, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Guest: Ben Dreyfuss (Editorial Director, Mother Jones) Description: - Moynihan in Martha's Vineyard - Mueller sucks on TV - Trump’s Razor: The dumbest explanation is the most likely - “Send them back” — is it racist? - Jane Mayer's Al Franken defense - Shitty Media Men - Deletes Jokes - A$AP Rocky See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subsc...
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 45 min
Guest: Molly Jong-Fast is a contributor to The Bulwark and the author of three books. ( @MollyJongFast ) Recorded: July 11th 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 42 min
Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at the New Yorker, author of "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" Description: In this special dispatch, Michael Moynihan talks with Patrick Radden Keefe about the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 in Belfast, at the hands of the IRA. Her disappearance remained a mystery for decades, but in his new book, Keefe names the names of the alleged perpetrators, and talks about the greater political implications of th...
Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 14 min
- Moynihan Goes to Court - Welch gets a Stress Sty - RIP, Steve Dunleavy - NBA O-W-N-E-R-S - Democratic Debate Preview - No Plan B for Iran - Concentration Camp Kerfuffle - San Fran Bans E-cigs (Till They Can Figure Out What the Hell is Going On" Recorded: 6/25/2019 Published: 6/27/2019 www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.c...
Jun 27, 2019•1 hr 39 min
w/ Coleman Hughes - Everyone Told Coleman Not To Testify - Age, Experience, Credentials - Lethal Weapons, Imaginary Friends - “Shame Shame” - Full Puerto Rican - Moral Alchemy - Coleman Reads His Mentions - We, They, Us - Candace Owens, Lil Pump, And The Decline of Western Civilization Recorded: 6/21/2019 Published: 6/24/2019 www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 31 min
- Kmele’s New Spot in Brooklyn - Moynihan Gets Arrested - Fisher is a jealous "lefty hack" - Dave Rubin is totally NOT in his Feelings - Assange, Journalistic Freedom - Trump vs His Advisors - European Elections - MLK: Hero, Philanderer (and possibly worse), But Definitely a Hero - Bill de Blasio Needs to Raise Some Money, Fast Recorded: 5/28/2019 Published: 5/30/2019 www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss ...
May 30, 2019•1 hr 33 min
- "Alex Jones is not a civil rights leader!" - Howard Kurtz was once serious - Trump's attempted outing - Phony classical liberals - Free speech at the margins - Every election is stolen - Finding Loose Change - Conspiracy theorists, right and left - An Infinitely stupid Congress - Donald Trump as Mr. Bean Recorded: 5/8/2019 Published: 5/12/2019 www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscri...
May 12, 2019•1 hr 51 min
w/ Eli Lake (Columnist @ Bloomberg Voice) - We Like Bari Weiss - Moynihan is a Drunk, Also a Great Neighbor - Muller Report - Grifting, the Grifters, of Grif - Eli Lake's Hood Pass - Tom Arnold Was Great in True Lies - All The Missing Tapes - Seth Abramson's Beautiful Mind - Election Interference / Hacking / Exaggerations - Impeachments + Inquiries - Assange: Journalist or Naw? - Naughty Journalist in the Movies - Dogs = White Supremacy - That's Why Darkies Were Born Recorded: 4/24/2019 Publishe...
Apr 25, 2019•2 hr 3 min
w/ Ben Dreyfuss - Editorial Director @ Mother Jones - Waiting for Godot - Ben Dreyfuss is, Young Bernie Madoff - Jill Abramson's 'Write' Privilege - "Strange Justice" = "Strange Fruit"? - Political turncoats - Paleo-Neoconservative - Private School Kids Buying Drugs - Daddy issues - Bret Easton Ellis' bad writing - Death threats - Race Realists Recorded: 4/17/2019 Published: 4/19/2019 www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd...
Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 52 min
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 Ritual Recorded: 4/11/2019 Published: 4/12/2019 www.wethefifth.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd l...
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 17 min
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) Man Recorded: 4/3/2019 Publis...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 53 min
- 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 edition Recorded: 3/26/2019 Published: 3/28/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public epis...
Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 31 min
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: 3/21/2019 Published: 3/24/2019 See acast.com/priva...
Mar 24, 2019•2 hr 3 min
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 thing ...
Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 55 min
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: 3/6/2019 Published: 3/11/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 4 min
- 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 Rushdie Recorded: 3/5/2019 Published: 3/7/2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 44 min
