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Firehose #182: Attack of the Sourpatch Kidz
Also: Interviews with various libertarian-adjacent politicians
 • Matt Welch
The Revolutionaries (w/ Robert Sullivan) - #4
Interviewing the son-of-a-printer who inspired this very historical miniseries!
 • The Fifth Column
58:55
The Great American Mustache Ride (w/ John Bolton) - #544
What war did you dream about last night, Mr. Ambassador? John Bolton on foreign policy, the President's second-term instincts, and whether he’s more…
 • The Fifth Column
1:20:45
One Hitter- Senator Rand Paul is Lonely (Members Only #301)
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) joins for a one-hitter on the administration’s ICE tactics, tariffs-as-taxes, and the collapsing distinction between…
 • The Fifth Column
35:19
Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Bunny? (Members Only #300)
A deeply serious and important conversation over some listener-provided Scotch about the Super Bowl halftime show(s), the death of ad copywriting…
 • The Fifth Column
1:27:52
Firehose #181: Peak Athletic Performance
Also: See you paying subscribers at noon ET for Second Sunday
 • Matt Welch
Second Sunday coordinates 2/8
LIVE or it didn't happen.
 • The Fifth Column
Mailbucket #21: Minneapolis from the Inside
‘They’re setting them up for failure, and failure is what we’re getting.’
 • Matt Welch
Let's Rally Together and Unfuck America (w/ John Avlon) - #543
John Avlon stops by only to learn he's also in the Epstein files, why the Daily Beast should’ve sold dick pills, and why we need to rebuild guardrails…
 • The Fifth Column and John Avlon
1:35:33
Triumph of the Grift (Members Only #299)
And 3 million pages of unredacted private nonsense that exist only to prove everyone in the New York financier orbit is either a creep or just…
 • The Fifth Column
1:40:35

January 2026

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