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The Fifth Column

by Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch

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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The Fifth Column ·1w ago ·1h 35m

Europe Is Melting, Meritocracy Is Racist, and Everyone Gets Dignity

The Fifth Column's October 2026 episode covers a wide range of political and social topics with their characteristic irreverent style. The episode opens with self-promotional material about their podcast award nomination and an upcoming live event in Fairfield on November 12th. The substantive content spans European…

Worth it if you enjoy irreverent political commentary with crude humor and don't mind tangential asides, but skip it if you want rigorous analysis of the promised topics.

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