The title says it all. The three lads were together, in the same studio, for the second time in as many months. And it’s possible that the start of this particular episode was, for whatever reason, a bit chaotic. But as we settle in with our friend novelist and journalist Kat Rosenfield, we ultimately managed to discuss a few things like… * Kat’s cancellation story * Her great New York mag piece from 2017 * Wait, what is sex trafficking? * Did Kat steal a sled from a kid? Or is that kid a filthy...
Mar 29, 2024•2 hr 41 min•Transcript available on Metacast * Note to Ben Shapiro: not sure Candace Owens is a big fan of the Jews * A sick little girl needs Bruins v. Rangers tickets. I mean…sort of. She recently had Covid… * When life gives you Lemon, fire him because he’s a terrible interviewer * How not to do an interview * Depression and ketamine * The Jamaican national anthem * The chocolate balls of Sweden (again) * Remembering Milo * A friend emails about Trump and democracy * Guys, pay attention to the actual bad stuff Trump has said * A wager o...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Norm the Nosy Neighbor * A terrible coinage * Did Moynihan kick off this idiocy? Probably! * Why did we “amplify” a popular internet documentary that we didn’t like? * We should have disliked the thing we already disliked even more * Getting clicks is always more important than adhering to the unwritten colleague code * The only was to redeem for insufficient dislike of…...
Mar 18, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast * Too much toilet paper * A subway shooting in Brooklyn * BTW, dude isn’t dead * Mike Tyson might kill that YouTube guy with the dumb earrings * On banning Tik Tok * Texans have no porn * Who will win the Russian elections???? * Anti-Italian cable descramblers and freaky phones * Malaysian monitors Russian election from basement apartment in Malaysia * That’s not what democracy looks like * A Fani update * Repent for not disliking it enough This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast * How the Fifth Column helped destroy Josh’s public radio career * People who started on “our side” but went around the bend… * Consistency, people * The shrinking of acceptable American opinion * Sure, we all have our own biases…but… * Echo chambers and media fragmentation * Right wing “cancel culture” * Florida cancels DEI departments. Good or bad? * MSNBC panel: “Immigrants in Virginia? LOL!” * “And btw, crime isn’t real” The Uncomfortable Conversations Substack (and new YouTube channel ) Thi...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Birthdays was the worst days, now Coen drinks champagne when he’s thirstay * Stolen packages * 9-0… but not really * Disaster for democracy! * We’re worried about Keith Olbermann * Disastrous polls for Ol’ Joe * The RAGE and the pride * As always, Trump is raising money * Keith is crying piss * A bizarro time machine * Some dating advice for (MAGA?) Mary...
Mar 06, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast * The worst Scouse accent ever * Blackfishing * Trump and Tish * Lawyers and lawfare * A lunatic DEI artifact from…that company * Congress’s Venceremos Brigade * The immigrant song * The lads disagree… * With burning concern * Fetterman, Mitch, Biden, Tucker again * Matt Remke getting worked * And so much more! 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 02, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Back to New York * Subways and free markets * Milei pisses on mercantilism, MAGA types don’t notice * The Foxconn con * The rise and fall of Vice * No one talks about the content…they should * Funny, QAnon all the time doesn’t make money * Shane Gillis om SNL * Nora Dunn and Dice * The people will always decide * A very specific digression on Kansas City. Sorry. * Revisiting that …...
Feb 26, 2024•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Matt calls in from a murder motel in Southern California that doesn’t really have wifi. He saves a few bucks. Kmele and Moynihan do the heavy lift. Everybody wins. A few topics discussed: * Houthi bodegas * Industrial policy schizophrenia * Will Kmele join the “back to Africa” movement? * Ujamma and Nyerere’s stash * The Fighting Sullivans (and no, the youngest wasn’…...
Feb 22, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast * The Fani Willis train wreck * Daddy and the sacks of cash * $9,999 * Russian McDonalds is so good that Tucker doesn’t care about freedom of the press * The political pilgrim * The murder of Alexei Navalny * A wave of whataboutism * Are your 19 year old daughters about to be drafted to fight in Gaza? * Time to retreat from the world? * OpenAI videos are sort of terrifying * Free Rachel Dolezal Kwame Nkrumah This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Kmele gets an Apple Vision Thing because of he course he does. And he wears it the whole episode because of course he does. It’s a racist product, btw. And Bobby Jr’s Super Bowl ad was good. And Matt likes Usher, it seems. And certain conservatives like visiting and praising dirtbag dictatorships. And in case you hadn’t noticed, Joe Biden thinks it’s 19…...
Feb 14, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with two episodes smashed into one! So if you have a spare two hours… First up, our friend Coleman Hughes returns for a one-on-one conversation with Kmele about his brand-new book The End of Race Politics, which you should buy immediately . Also: Coleman was on Bill Maher’s show on Friday, most of which is available on YouTube. After an hour with Coleman, the full team is back for a few very uncomfortable conversations about a few very uncomfortable topics. Just listen and you’ll unde...
Feb 11, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com A rebroadcast of Sunday’s live Zoom, available only to subscribers, of course. And this particular live event was only available to Never Fly Coach- tier subscribers. So you know what that means: If you’re not subscribed, maybe it’s time to pony up? And if you’re already a subscriber…remember that there are different tiers and that we can, in fact, quite…...
Feb 09, 2024•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast * The point of a dagger * The Messenger of death * The billionaire model * WE NEED SOME QUICK BITES * The murder of James O’Keefe * Horrible people, horrible ideas, great writing * Requisite 2024 talk * In (soft of) defense of Jon Stewart * Cori Bush is the Whitney Houston of Congress * LD on Simmons pod * Jamaal Bowmen is the Philip Larkin of 9/11 (hmmmmmm) * Yay for Aaron! * And so much more! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * A black man on his toes * MJ at the Apollo * A “Compassionate” Traitor * Ron Radosh’s review of the doc * An entire life of lies * And a list of actual commies in the government (Note from MM: When I say “married to Ethel Rosenberg, * A shitty copy of Mission to Moscow * Listeners and Redditors: you’re wrong about Trump and democracy * The man vs. the movement / MAGA vs. po…...
Jan 29, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Oh dear. Watching the New Hampshire returns, the lads do a spot-on impression of the good old, liquor-soaked days of 2016 Fifth Column and get pretty deep in their cups…so yeah, sorry about this one. * Trump wins * Cutting from Trump’s dumb speech * 20 percent for Dean Phillips * This is, in fact, democracy * No one says anything on cable news * The speeches * The overstatement machine * Moralism doesn’t work * A brave defense of Iran-backed Islamism * A sort of drunken rant about hipster Houthi...
Jan 24, 2024•2 hr 59 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Michael Winslow RIP? * Joe Rogan would tear Kmele in half * The cockfighting story that never was * Some pretty pathetic fight stories * That insane UK piano player video * HHHHHHAMAAAAAAZZZ * Chris on Kmele’s pejorative for the Irish * The end of Ron * It was always “inevitable” * Back to the basement * Voters and immigration: not that complicated * You want European politics? * Trump’…...
Jan 23, 2024•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast * This time, we’re not going to hold back * Destroying from the ladies tees * I love with Doug * More media implosions * ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ * Democracy is over when my irrelevant newspaper folds * Passover is too Jewish * The uniqueness of the Holocaust * Opinion mongers making calls about newsworthiness * This era as history * Whatchutalkinabout Fani Willis * Ross Douthat and “Neocon Nikki” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...
Jan 21, 2024•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com In a rebroadcast of our latest Second Sunday, Tina Nguyen joins the lads again to discuss Substack, Andrew Yang, Kmele fighting another podcast host, James Bond, Tucker Carlson, Vietnamese immigrants, militias, and…the great Tom Vu. In case you’re unfamiliar with America’s greatest Vietnamese import, some of his greatest hits ....
Jan 19, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast * The year of the ladies * They’re pro-Houthi * They’re Weebs * The MAGA Diaries * The diaspora politics of the Vietnamese * MAGA Straussianism * Tina and Tucker * Tina and the militias * Kmele and the Houthis * It’s always World War Three * Just say they went too far… * NYT on Russia bombing hospitals * Some Iowa thoughts * Some brief thoughts on the fake Substack Nazi controversy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...
Jan 16, 2024•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * Matt, swallowed by Los Alamos * Jon Ronson’s new pod * A terrible trailer, a pretentious movie * Ringo Seal!!! Trump is “being persecuted” * Head injuries that help * Listen to that podcast, even if it’s terrible * A hot plagiarist * Substack and Nazis * Chomsky and Jeffery * Kmele’s new favorite football player * And so much more!...
Jan 09, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Should we even bother with the normal bullet points? Because it’s mostly about Claudine Gay. And the media’s embarrassing reaction to Gay’s “duplicative phrasing” and “attribution issues.” And what this says about the rot in academia. And something about a Disney Plus show. And ladies who live in trees. And how Kmele’s ice has to be colder than Welch’s ice. And a generation of dumb intellectuals. Enjoy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access ...
Jan 04, 2024•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * The last one of the year * The French public sector * Macron and the menorah * Exploding appliances * Nick & Kanye * Nikki’s slavery gaffe * But does she have a shot? * Billionaires on the “billionaire class” * Don’t forget about RFK * Who blew up the pipeline? * Why we believe what we believe * Vivek’s “inside job”...
Dec 29, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast * I resign! * (“That was a great apartment….”) * I resign! * (“That was the worst job….”) * Mansplaining the war * Too big to process * It’s like 9/11 for Americans, and also not * “You can still smell the death” * The Jericho Wall revelations * “I’m pretty sure most people who were responsible will resign” * Were judicial protests a distraction? * State fails, society rallies * A time for Diaspora choosing * Like moths to crazy * Intelligence scandal, leadership scandal * Hard out here for a tw...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast * Can Kmele sing? * A guy is surrounded by some racists * In praise of…Alec Baldwin? * Protesters are like racists * Trump and Colorado * Smart people who have come to some strange conclusions on this… * He’s screwing with you. You know that right? * They think you don’t understand policy * Not a lot of loyalty….(plus: a paean to Hope Hicks) * One word: NEW YORK * From Jihad to Lego * A silly list of “media influencers” * Is Emmanuel Lewis alive? (Yes) This is a public episode. If you'd like to ...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * It wasn’t a debate * Moynihan loves islands. Who doesn’t? * University stuff * “Late capitalism” * Walt Disney wasn’t a Nazi * Backfilling history * Massaging numbers * On the Qataris…. * And a bunch of listeners chime in!
Dec 17, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast * Ron Karenga * Handel’s Messiah and stock portfolio * Musicology is dumb, says Matt * Hip-hop is appropriation and it’s great * Method Man thinks the Stones and Bootsy are the same * The Fall of Minneapolis * The Fifth’s verdict * Some good things, some bad things * Revisiting the Chauvin trial * An 800,000 word reflection from James Bennet * Fanaticism and forgivenness * How is this plagiarist surviving? * How about firing these dopes * LP and AJ * The many, many, many dead in Ukraine This is ...
Dec 15, 2023•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast * The editorial board of the Washington Post * What what wrong with the cease fire * On culpability * Can there *be* a negotiated settlement? * Is it really “the occupation”? * That wild 2022 video from Jenin that Moynihan mentioned * You’re going to be defrocked * Being handcuffed by “the Nahkba” * The insane rape conspiracy theories—and why they exist * Are all these people pro-Hamas? * Mrs. Gay Goes to Washington * Choose different words, dummies * Are you allowed a moral mulligan? * The Calv...
Dec 07, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Transcript available on Metacast * We ain’t gonna play Sun City * RIP Shane * George Santos: genius * Gavin v. Ron * Why would you do this, Gavin? * This awful presidential race * Hating WFB * Be friends with and “platform” your political opposites * RIP Kissinger? * Dictatorships and double standards * The forever war with Iran * An awful, awful hostage video * On hostages and peace partners * The future of Gaza This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi...
Dec 02, 2023•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com * A shooting in the hood * The Oakland Politburo speaks. The world is appalled. * The free speech issue vs. the university infection * Knowing nothing but propaganda * Gaza Facebook is pretty wild * Sir Humphrey says: “This is the most insane answer ever” * What Epstein got right. And you gotta bring Bill Clinton * A weird story about Hillary’s shushing * UFO nonsense * What’s th…...
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