
How Much Benevolence Can You Take? - #540
15/1/2026 | 1h 47 mins.
-Good Movies We’ve Never Seen-Raw Dog Minerals-Moynihan Responds to a Cunty Troll-The Reckoning We Didn’t Have-Renee Good, a Week Removed-These People Have No Constitutional Knowledge-The MST3K of ICE Videos-The Sanctuary City Devaluation-Iranian Violence Spectacle and thoroughly verifying the dead-Weaponized DOJ: Now Featuring Powell and a Reporter Raid-The Walter Cronkite of This Generation-Low-Bar JournalismPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifthdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.Follow The Fifth ColumnYouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn 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

Why Can't We Be Friends? (w/ Ana Kasparian) - Members Only #295
13/1/2026 | 21 mins.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com-Who Remembers the Armenians? (The Fresno ones)-The One Good Decision Gavin Newsom has made-Who Remembers Amy Cooper? (The Central Park one)-When Facts Become Partisan Coded-Journalism vs. Activism-Matt Welch Is Buffy St. Marie-Broken LA Dreams-The Actual Way to Pronounce Cenk Uygur-ICE’s Shock and Awe Theater is no longer an act-The Pendulum on Immigra…

The Memory Hole & the Rent Freeze Trap (w/ Josh Barro) - #539
08/1/2026 | 1h 33 mins.
We’re joined by Josh Barro, contributing opinion writer at The New York Times and host of the Very Serious and Central Air Substack-Feldstein, Leibowitz, Berkowitz, and White Nationalist Moynihan-The Nancy Pelosi Riot, 5 years later-An ICE shooting in Minneapolis-Morally disgusting and electorally advantageous-Marco Rubio’s Spine Transplant-Memory-Holing Anarchy-The Warmth of Collectivism-Rent Control Suicide-Affordability In Davos-The NY John Lindsay Pretty Boy Republican Problem-Greenland Extortion-Maduro Snatch and Grab-Black Elliott Abrams-Are straight people okay?Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifthdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.Thanks for reading The Fifth Column (A Podcast)! This post is public so feel free to share it.Follow The Fifth ColumnYouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn 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

Kevin Williamson Is The Darkness - Members Only #294
06/1/2026 | 21 mins.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com•Belated Christmas gifts from Matt•Who’s got the biggest war boner?•Lysander Spooner, still bringing people together after all these years•Kevin’s had four kids in 19 months. You do the math.•How to tell the kids apart? Tattoo ‘em!•Build, Baby, Build•Romney the virile tribal chieftain•Trump’s faux presidential run•Venezuela and the subtle differences be…

One Hitter: Maduro Snatch 'n Grab with Thor Halvorssen (Members Only #293)
04/1/2026 | 11 mins.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comOne topic in the news. One quick podcast on that single topic (rather than just texting each other about how certain media figures are vulgar, stupid, and morally depraved). Welcome back to the Fifth Column One Hitter! This time Matt and Moyn are joined by Human Rights Foundation founder—and Venezuelan dissident, despite the Norwegian name—Thor Halvorss…



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