Archive - The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

Firehose #218: Double Haters Unite!

Also: Attack of the attack ads

Oct 26 • Matt Welch

Donald Trump is Gay (Episode #580)

It’s clip-o-rama time with Welch and Moynihan, and good God, it’s ugly (and unrelatedly homoerotic) out there in Midterm Madness land.

Oct 22 • The Fifth Column

1:32:27

The End of the Special Relationship? (w/ Jacob Siegel) Members Only #351

Jacob Siegel is back to discuss the fraying U.S.-Israel relationship, France in flames, the politics of antisemitism, and America's enduring obsession…

Oct 21 • The Fifth Column

1:34:42

Firehose #217: France on Fire

Also: I’ve got a baaaaad feeling about this

Oct 18 • Matt Welch

Why the Midterms Are Turning Against Trump (w/ Nate Silver) Members Only #350

Nate Silver is a statistician, political forecaster, author, and founder of FiveThirtyEight and the Silver Bulletin.

Oct 16 • The Fifth Column and Nate Silver

1:28:15

Can the Democratic Center Hold? (#579)

Yemisi Egbewole is a Democratic strategist, former Biden White House aide, and senior fellow at Third Way.

Oct 14 • The Fifth Column and Yemisi Egbewole

1:28:22

Firehose #216: Trump Throws Ukraine Under the Bus

Also: Ask a Jew goes full John Stewart

Oct 11 • Matt Welch

Second Sunday Coordinates 10/11

Things are getting scary

Oct 9 • The Fifth Column

People Who Lie and People Who Die (w/ Sam Roberts) Members Only #349

Veteran New York Times journalist and obituary writer Sam Roberts discusses his new book, Are They Dead Yet?, about the art of obituaries and the lives…

Oct 9 • The Fifth Column

1:20:30

Europe Is Melting, Meritocracy Is Racist, and Everyone Gets Dignity (Episode #578)

Will somebody please get that big kid away from Vivek?

Oct 7 • The Fifth Column

1:33:36

Firehose #215: Fall Forward

Also: Vote for the thing

Oct 4 • Matt Welch

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Oct 3 • The Fifth Column and Michael C. Moynihan

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