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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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Matt Welch
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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…
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November 2023
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…
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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
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Matt Welch
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#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…
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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…
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Workin’ for the Weekend #67: Whoops! Did We Cost Josh Szeps His Job?
Also: Reason videos galore!
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Matt Welch
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#430 - The TikTok Jihad w/ Mary Katharine Ham
Live from Oakland Sex strikes Loving OBL Stop deconstructing stuff Seeing your friends spinout online… They’re not sending anyone anywhere Drunk Kathy…
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Members Only #189 - "Thank You for the A-Bomb" (Second Sunday Rebroadcast)
“She’s reasonable in person” (🤔) In praise of…Estonia Are any expressly political comedians funny? Meetings interrupted by death Listener question: On…
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Michael C. Moynihan
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November Second Sunday Shall Commence!
Just as soon as Kmele flows me a Zoom link…. Ah, here it is! Join Zoom Meeting…
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Matt Welch
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Workin’ for the Weekend #66: Notes from the Horror, Meijer Treijers Again, and the Baby Bison Named Kmele
Also: Second Sunday Zoom-cast Nov. 12 at 4 pm ET.
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Matt Welch
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