The Fifth Column

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Chris Murphy’s book, Crisis of the Common Good, is out now
-Murphy opens his book by dunking on his son’s NHL prospects
-Pitching the common good
-Trump is not the disease. He’s the symptom
-Buy more stuff, feel worse, repeat until democracy collapses
-Kids, phones and the algorithmic hell machine
-Congress wants to regulate tech. Congress may want to log on first
-Can In…

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Be sure to check out Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps, Australia’s greatest podcaster and interviewer, which apparently counts.
-90 minutes of Kmele cleaning his glasses
-Josh is on drugs now
-RIP Jack Karlson, hero of democracy manifest
-we will be referring to limp penis throughout this show
-Erect until the end
-Kmele doesn’t really know the Beach Boys
-Who is the best Australian to ever …

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Check out Ben Rhodes new book: All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
-Ben Rhodes, wounded ’90s Knicks fan
-Are we winning in Iran yet?
-what should the President do with Iran right now?
-Sanctions suck, mostly
-Cuba and the Obama opening
-Libya and the regime-change trap
-Kosovo worked-ish
-Responsibility to protect yourself from over-learning lessons
-Rhodes wants institutions, not impulse wars
-Is Ben Rhodes Tucker-adjacent?
-Soft power, hard questions
-Navalny didn’t want America’s money
-When Reagan said “Evil Empire”
-Reagan also change his mind
-Moynihan accuses Rhodes of America pessimism
-Ben says it’s because he loves America
-Private equity killed the vibes
-Nostalgia-nomics
-The left-populist temptation
-JD Vance talks pretty
-National identity without a monoculture
-Ben Franklin and the virtue of doubt
-Experts are annoying but sometimes useful
Read All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
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The podcast is called Stay Tuned with Preet, and if you find yourself wanting more legal analysis from someone who knows the system from the inside and still has a sense of humor about it.
-Trump 2.0 & the frictionless DoJ
-The one thing Jeff Sessions did right
-Even Bill Barr had his limits
-Why do smart lawyers follow stupid instructions?
-You don’t have to win to scare people
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After 10 years of doing this podcast, this week we had our first ever DC show at the Miracle Theatre on Capitol Hill. We were joined onstage by Robby Soave of Reason, and Lulu Garcia-Navarro of The New York Times’ The Interview. Join us as we wax nostalgic about the city we love to hate, and so much more.
•The Curse of The Fifth
•Thomas Massie takes the L
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