The Fifth Column (A Podcast)
The Fifth Column, Matt Welch, Blocked and Reported, Kat Rosenfield, Robert WrightYour weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 1184 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Out of Whiskey and Reaching for the Rotgut (Members Only #338)
The trio is back baby and gets only a little messy
Michael Moynihan has returned from his Italian sojourn where he barely escaped arrest…
Firehose #206: Freebird
Why do we love “Freebird”?
I mean the grown-up kind of love, where you’ve already cycled through your teenage “That’s awesome!!” to your college/young-adult snark at your friend’s band’s show to “Play Freebird!”, to your thirtysomething ye...
The Admirably Irresponsible Journalist w/ John R. MacArthur (Members Only #337)
We’re joined by John “Rick” MacArthur of Harper’s Magazine. He published the famed Harper’s letter and remains an old-school journalist with little patience for consensus.
So that’s where these Genius Grants come from…
The Fifth Gets a Substitute Teacher (w/ Jesse Singal) #568
of 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 Princ...
Firehose #205: Trevor Hoffman FTW
Wanna hear a nice story?
So, we’ve been going to Cooperstown every year since 2022 to watch the induction ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s a fun four-day weekend, with museum visits, lake swimming, VFW bar drinking, and the worl...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Picking apart the news cycle, interrogating their guests, and always imbibing responsibly. With Michael Moynihan (Vice), Matt Welch (Reason), and Kmele Foster (Freethink)
Co-conspirator, The Fifth Column. Proprietor, The View Level. Editor at Large, Reason.
The first podcast.
Culture writer, novelist, and podcaster. On Twitter at @katrosenfield.
Author of The Evolution of God, Nonzero, The Moral Animal, and Why Buddhism Is True. Host of the Nonzero podcast. Publisher of the Nonzero newsletter on Substack.
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