Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.wethefifth.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.wethefifth.com</a>
The Fifth Column
Claim This Podcastby Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.wethefifth.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.wethefifth.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
September 22, 2026
The Loyal Republican w/ Scott Jennings (#576)
Host Kmele Foster interviews Republican strategist Scott Jennings about the evolving Republican party, Trump's influence, and political orthodoxy.
September 18, 2026
Academically Unserious With Authoritarian Bureaucratic Aspirations (w/ Tyler Austin Harper) Members Only #344
Michael C. Moynihan and Matt Welch interview Tyler Austin Harper about his decision to leave academia and his views on socialist fighters and extreme fishing.
September 16, 2026
AI Might Kill Us. Here’s Why It Matters: w/ Jim VandeHei (#575)
Jim VandeHei discusses the potential existential threat of AI and its implications for the news industry with host Kmele Foster.
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