The Fifth Column
Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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The Fifth Column is a weekly podcast where Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch discuss news, politics, and culture with a mix of analysis, commentary, and humor. They often feature guests and aim to maintain sanity in a chaotic world. The show includes a members-only subscription edition with listener mail and occasional singing.
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Clip Roulette w/ Dictators, Demons and Democracy (Episode #571) 19.08.2026 1godz 46min-Greetings…oh, fuck-Welch has a bone to pick with Ben Dreyfuss-Clip Roulette-Tucker and the Demon Bomb-Jason Arday, martyr?-The Jonah Lehrer comparison-The Samantha Power mic disaster-Fuck you Joaquin-John Mearsheimer, Stephen F. Cohen and the Russian apologists-Ukraine didn’t go away-Trump, Kim Jong-un and the South Korea war games-Midterm Madness / Polymarket, wha happen?-Median Strategies and the fake poll-Adam Bonica, Marc Elias and scamming the elderly-Is Cuba a dictatorship? Apparently a difficult question-The Padilla Affair / Slobo Googling-Theft as a “biological need”-Chocolate City-Stay tuned for más Moynihan ReportPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a viewer/listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
Terry Moran and the Network News Autopsy (Members Only #339) 14.08.2026 14minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comWe’re joined by former ABC News senior national correspondent Terry Moran, who now publishes Real Patriotism with Terry Moran on Substack and hosts a podcast of the same name on YouTube.-Terry reads that tweet-Fired, suspended, non-renewed…whatever-Any regrets?-Network news is dying and everyone’s jumping ship-The 9/11 flag-pin controversy-Hire more people who voted for Trump-Why not … -
The Politics of Pretending (Episode #570) 12.08.2026 1godz 41min-Kmele is out of Adderall-Did anybody actually watch this Tucker and Hunter interview?-“Montrosity” and other difficult words-The adventures of Proximity Hong-The curious case of Jason Arday-Is there any chance Jesse Singal is racist?-AOC discovers Woke 1.0 was crazy-Shane Gillis and the conspiracy of enforcing things nobody believed-Thank you, Thom Tillis. Also, fuck you.-Funding the other side’s whackos-Mamdani declares war on Amazon-A general rent strike. Over one cockroach.-David Remnick meets the DSA-Kmele gets swarmed by the Hasan bots-So, how great was Mao?-Midterm Madness and the 2028 Democratic sweepstakes-Clip Roulette-Kmele tries to explain himself. It does not help.-Can America get at least a busted Boris Johnson?Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a viewer/listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
A Man of 1989 (w/ David Frum) #569 07.08.2026 1godz 43min-a pre-obit for the esteemed David Frum-involuntarily unionized at The Atlantic-spy novels, bureaucrats and expense reports-turning down Bill Buckley’s golden ticket-prosperity, security and how quickly it can all disappear-Frum is forever a man of 1989-God makes you lucky, then convinces you you’re smart-Tucker Carlson was always capable of many things-falling flat on your back isn’t progress-the Michigan Senate choice from hell-Democrats discover Trump’s permission structure-Midterm Madness in Michigan-the polling industry has a phone problem-politics for people who can afford to lose-“I saw you coming so I could stop you”-immigration restriction without the Trumpism-fascism has the better sales pitch than communism-what Donald Trump loves besides himself-the conservative future Frum got very wrong and other reflectionsPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a viewer/listener-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
Out of Whiskey and Reaching for the Rotgut (Members Only #338) 05.08.2026 15minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMichael Moynihan has returned from his Italian sojourn where he barely escaped arrest…-Moynihan has the clap or something-Who exactly is the demographic for this show?-Moynihan’s European vacation involved bus karaoke, too much drinking, and now the shakes-Matt went to Cooperstown with Bill Schulz…-The forgotten insanity of the Peekskill riots-Paul Robe… -
The Admirably Irresponsible Journalist w/ John R. MacArthur (Members Only #337) 31.07.2026 20minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comSo that’s where these Genius Grants come from…-Most roads lead back to Prague for Matt Welch-about that letter…six paragraphs, $5 million in free publicity and Harper’s back in the mainstream-It was NAFTA, not woke, that elected Trump. Or was it?-Illegal immigration is a wage issue-Who still believes free trade is the answer to everything?-Vietnam made … -
The Fifth Gets a Substitute Teacher (w/ Jesse Singal) #568 29.07.2026 1godz 41minJesse Singal of Blocked and Reported and Singal-Minded fills Michael Moynihan’s special diabetic chair to discuss Fauci’s diaries, broken institutions, runaway AI, LeBron and Mamdani Mart.-Moynihan out, Jesse Singal in-Bari Weiss hired everyone except Jesse-The Prince of Science re-enrages everyone (or at least Rand Paul)-Gell-Mann amnesia and the collapse of institutional trust-The media needed a COVID daddy-An OpenAI model escaped the sandbox-The analogy of the paperclip machine and how it consumed the universe-Cambridge protected alleged plagiarist Jason Arday-Midterm Madness, Ohio governor race version-Kmele feels that LeBron will never love him but he doesn’t want to talk about it-Three grown men relived their greatest pickup games-Kmele wanted the gods back in The Odyssey-Mamdani Mart promised groceries at 30 percent off-Billy Bob Thornton returns from hell in White Knight (a Kmele Foster joint)-Nazi dinosaurs stalked Jews through Schindler’s Park-Jesse discovered second-order effects-Not every strange obsession with Israel was antisemitism-Rent stabilization has worked great for millionaires-No French goodbye for KmelePrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener-viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
The Temple Is Rich. The Monks Are Poor (w/ Frank Dikötter) Members Only #336 24.07.2026 17minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comFrank Dikötter is a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and one of the foremost historians of modern China. His research in overlooked and restricted Communist Party archives has transformed our understanding of Maoist rule.-Frank Dikötter is kind of Dutch, but not really-Writing the definitive history of Maoist horror-Edgar Snow a… -
I Don’t Make Mistakes Anymore. They’re Just Lies (w/ Chris Cuomo) #567 22.07.2026 2godz 4minWe talk about what the media still gets wrong about Trump, what losing CNN did to him, and why he believes more political violence is coming.-Kmele sizes Chris up and… is this podcast 10% gay?-From Fox, to ABC, to CNN-Did the media make Trump president?-Celebrity, discontent and everything the media missed-Being right about what’s wrong-The duopoly is killing us. DSA isn’t helping.-Cuomo, Cuomo and Cuomo Crime Time-Scott Jennings, JD Vance and the rewards of picking a side-The media discovers capital-T Truth and loses its curiosity-Trump’s corruption and the limits of whataboutism-Mario Cuomo should have worn a toga-Voters don’t want the flaws. They want the disruption.-There will be more political violence-Matt Lauer crosses the street to express his condolences-Broadcasting from the basement and losing an identity-Illegal immigration and its convenient distortions-Tucker, Fredo and Mike Tyson-Kmele can take Joe Rogan. Chris has notes.-AOC gets savvier; Kmele would prefer an accounting-I don’t make mistakes anymore. They’re just lies-COVID couldn’t transcend the culture war-Midterm Madness-the first presidential candidates that Matt Welch, Chris Cuomo, and Kmele voted for-Andrew Cuomo and the outsider problemPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener-viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
The Gold-Plated Imperial Presidency (w/ Maggie Haberman) Members Only #335 21.07.2026 18minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comRegime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, co-written with Jonathan Swan, is out now.-yes, he superglues the gold fixtures in the Oval Office-Maggie Haberman and her very irritating competitor Jonathan Swan-Project 2025 and Stephen Miller’s search for lawyers who would get to “yes”-what needs to be in the paper as soon as possible… a… -
The Denial of Reality Is a Powerful Drug (w/ Bret Stephens) - Members Only #334 17.07.2026 16minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com-Bret Stephens, Mexican?-Bret’s naked grandmother and the Trotsky/Diego Rivera/Frida Kahlo connection-The family saga of Stalinists, refugees and Reagan Republicans-Learning to love America through tap water and cops you don’t have to bribe-Belgium, a sick little, horrible place-America, land of late bloomers-The socialist Sweden Bernie remembers no lon… -
There Is No They - #566 15.07.2026 1godz 31min-The many sins of fattie John J. Cafaro-The Moynihan Report will return-Hand jobs and the intellectual life of West Hollywood-Release the Welch canceled-songs playlist-The Iran deal is dead. The war is back.-Why did Iran blow it up? Why does a dog lick his balls?-Air power has never toppled a regime-The anti-globalists discover the Strait of Hormuz-Israel’s secret Ahmadinejad project-In partial defense of the late Lindsey Graham-Politics is gross. Stop loving politicians.-Fellating is best done behind closed doors-“There is no they. There is only we. And we usually don’t know what the fuck we’re doing.”-Midterm Madness comes to Michigan-Haley Stevens brings a little bit of stick-it-to-’em-Is this DSA thing real?-Colorado nominates a man who first killed at seven (he thinks)-Two fatal ICE shootings in two weeks-Ann Widdecombe is murdered. Britain shrugs.-Kmele attempts the Caitlin Clark/data center crossover. It does not land.Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? 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 -
Failing "The God Test" (w/ Robert Wright) - Members Only #333 10.07.2026 22minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comRobert Wright’s new book The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning, is out now (Bookshop | Amazon)•“Conference” = group sex•21 years of successfully avoiding podcast wealth•Interviewing the godfather of AI•A tiger and a rattlesnake•Matt gets quizzed on LLMs•The God Test•The shock of vibe coding•China and the superintelligence arms race•Re… -
Are We the Baddies? The Graham Platner Reckoning (w/ Kat Rosenfield) - #565 08.07.2026 1godz 15minThe great Kat Rosenfield joins us to discuss the ongoing fallout from rape allegations against Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner published Monday by Politico.When you’re a star, they let you mispronounce their name.•The Fifth Column (whiskey) sells out!•America’s birthday month•Loathing Graham Platner before it was cool•The least weird thing about Platner•The Times is on it•A working class hero is something to beA•bout that beard•The flaws are a feature, not a bug•We all know a guy like this•Christine Blasey Ford enters the chat•Michael Tracey exists•Kmele expresses skepticism•It’s not consensual, it’s DiGiorno•On second thought, let’s not play the Fuentes clip•Michell Goldberg’s mea culpa•Fruit baskets•Midterm Madness… the Graham Platner edition•Stephen King for senate? •Missing MoynihanFollow 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 -
The Revolution Will Be Staffed by PhDs (w/co-host Peter Meijer) - #564 02.07.2026 1godz 26min-The Fifth Column whiskey racket begins-Matt moves during a heat wave… Peter Meijer reports for duty-Meijer, class traitor, explains the pied-à-terre tax-Mayor Mamdani balances the budget, if you ignore the bailout-Kmele gets Hayek’d-Machine politics was bad, but graduate student politics is worse.-Bannon’s old Leninist fantasy, now available in DSA packaging-Kamala Harris genuflects toward Mamdani-world-MAGA wants the factories back. The robots have other ideas.-Ro Khanna’s children: landed gentry-Midterm Madness, Rocky Mountain High-Melat Kiros justifies 9/11-Scott Wiener gets yelled at for insufficient revolutionary fervor-Stalinism, but make it customer-facing-The revolution will be staffed by PhD candidates-Speaking of revolution: happy birthday, AmericaPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a viewer/listener supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
Adam Carolla Has Nowhere Else to Go (Members Only #332) 01.07.2026 15minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comAlso: a serious discussion of the cinematic category known as “movies where they clearly came up with the title first.”-The N-word trap at the Hudson Yards gym-Joe Jackson dressed for the evil dad part-Phil Spector and the Wall of Sound defense-Richard Simmons slaps a cage fighter-How to respond to an asshole-Con Air, Face/Off, and insane ’90s movies-Pr… -
One-Hitter: Sarah Isgur Explains the Supreme Court’s Big Finish (Members Only #331) 30.06.2026 6minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comWe are lucky to be joined once again by Executive Editor of SCOTUSblog, Sarah Isgur, and on a day when the Supreme Court gave everyone a lot to argue about.-Trump loses, birth tourism maybe does not-Anchor babies and America’s soccer future-The 14th Amendment gets weird-A color-blind Constitution, except when it isn’t-Immigration is the culture war now-Executive p… -
The Cadres and the Cabal (#563) 26.06.2026 1godz 36min-Welch enters his Charles Nelson Reilly era-Laura Branigan, Happy Mondays, and songs you didn’t know were covers-Puerto Rico’s revenge-The cadres are closing in-Reihan Salam and Larry Flynt-DAC hits the media circuit and refuses to answer the easiest question in politics-Aber Kawas explains 9/11, in a Miss South Carolina sort of way-Vaporware word clouds masquerading as policy-No borders, no prisons, no TSA PreCheck… no joke-Nationalizing airlines, abolishing comfort, and calling it justice-Mamdani’s machine, the DSA bench, and the Democratic Party’s growing nervous breakdown-Polymarket vs. the polls-The internet is not a socialist invention, no matter how hard socialists try-Senate Republicans discover Trump skepticism several years too late-The SAVE Act tantrum and the incredible courage of people who already lost-Tucker, Trump, Iran, inflation, and the limits of MAGA obedience-Peter Thiel’s terrifying secret network of people talking at conferences-Moynihan goes to Dialog and accidentally joins the Illuminati-Kmele reports back from the alleged cabal-Bohemian Grove was cooler because at least you had to break inPrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener/viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.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 -
One Hitter: The DSA Takes NYC w/ Michael A. Cohen (Members Only #330) 24.06.2026 9minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.comMichael A. Cohen is a columnist for MSNOW, a senior fellow at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, and co-director of its Afghanistan Assumptions Project. He also writes the Truth and Consequences newsletter. He is not the former fixer of Donald Trump.-The correct Michael Cohen stops by-Mamdani flexes in the primaries and three congress critters cometh-DAC gets worse the more… -
Genocide Juice and the Socialist Machine w/Reihan Salam (Members Only #329) 24.06.2026 16minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com-Ethnicity as performance-Manhattan politics with the president of the Manhattan Institute-Dan Goldman orders coffee, receives moral instruction-The many political personalities of Brad Lander-Taxpayer-funded activism and the Office of Mass Engagement-Mamdani and the borg beneath the campaign-AOC, cadres, and disciplined political parties-Gaza as the om…
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