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#434 - Crazed Conspiracies, Moral Mulligans, and Indecent Ivies (w/ Shadi Hamid)

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…

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Workin’ for the Weekend #69: Must Be the Season of the Pitch, Yeah

Also: Whaddya doin’ in Chicago next August?

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#433 - The Body of a (German) American

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…

Dec 2

Members Only #191 - Can We Be Trusted? (Ummm...)

A shooting in the hood The Oakland Politburo speaks. The world is appalled. The free speech issue vs. the university infection Knowing nothing but…

Nov 29

Workin’ for the Weekend #68: Give the Gift of a Fifth Column Subscription to Your Friends and Enemies!

Also: Kmele flirts with Bourbon aficionado Jane Goodall

Nov 27 •

#432 - Worse Than Hitler (A Fifth Column Thanksgiving!)

Family beckons. Booze beckons. So we’re going to forgo the bullet points that we’re pretty sure you don’t read anyway and just say…Happy Thanksgiving…

Nov 23

Members Only #190 - Tantric Drummers for Freedom

Javier Milei, tantric drummer The hideousness of modern Peronism A brief digression on Aerosmith So how did we all meet? Start fighting, Moynihan…

Nov 22

Workin’ for the Weekend #67: Whoops! Did We Cost Josh Szeps His Job?

Also: Reason videos galore!

Nov 19 •

The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.

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