The Fifth Column
The Fifth Column

The Fifth Column

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. www.wethefifth.com

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Enthusiastic Armadas, Armenian Bakeries, Ye’s Apology Ad - #542
JAN 29, 2026
Enthusiastic Armadas, Armenian Bakeries, Ye’s Apology Ad - #542
<p>-The NYC Rolling Hobo Express</p><p>-An Enthusiastic Armada Full of Speed and Violence</p><p>-Iranian Death Toll Discourse and Roger Waters Still Sucks</p><p>-The Donroe Doctrine and the Near Abroad Dodge</p><p>-Everyone’s Favorite Powder Keg</p><p>-A Norwegian, A Rat Bag, and a Lunatic</p><p>-A disgusting thing to say</p><p>-Noem’s Bellebolent Hypotheticals</p><p>-Stephen Miller’s Basement Lotions and the Little Rogaine Carpet</p><p>-Fingerers, Reach-Arounds, and Reaganite as a Slur</p><p>-Anne Cool-ter</p><p>-Fuck You Jonathan</p><p>-Mehmet Oz, P.I.</p><p>-Ye’s apology ad and the uncanny valley of writing</p><p>-One from the Mailbag</p><p><strong>Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifthdom? This episode </strong><a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/GGEvDXqWlHs"><strong>premieres over on our YouTube channel </strong></a><strong>at 12PM EST.</strong></p><p><p>The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p><strong>Follow The Fifth Column</strong></p><p>YouTube: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/9e5f160b-065d-42ce-92a4-edf21df804ae?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@wethefifth</a>Instagram: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/49442cc1-448b-481d-a04c-a58e62415aa9?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@we.the.fifth</a>X: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/e5c13b74-b540-4b93-a1ed-2ba2670462c1?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@wethefifth</a>TikTok: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/971da500-8db0-4269-9aaf-7d7459adf93a?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@wethefifth</a>Facebook: <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/redirect/09c07840-5930-4c66-aa76-064acebd229a?j=eyJ1IjoiZTQzMWYifQ.dc-8vtNe6mnVPNyWzBj8PVjHOlHrTw5oo2hNegjrHnA">@thefifthcolumn</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.wethefifth.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.wethefifth.com/subscribe</a>
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