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The Fifth Column (A Podcast)

The Fifth Column, Matt Welch, Michael C. Moynihan, Kmele

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • The Fifth Column

    Picking apart the news cycle, interrogating their guests, and always imbibing responsibly. With Michael Moynihan (Vice), Matt Welch (Reason), and Kmele Foster (Freethink)

  • Matt Welch

    Co-conspirator, The Fifth Column. Proprietor, The View Level. Editor at Large, Reason.

  • Michael C. Moynihan

    Co-host of The Fifth Column Podcast

  • Kmele

    Agitator, Skeptic, Optimist. Partner @ Freethink, Co-Conspirator @ WeTheFifth (Media, Culture, Innovation, Sedition)

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