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AI Might Kill Us. Here’s Why It Matters: w/ Jim VandeHei (#575)
-Simplify, simplify, simplify…
-Do people like Jim as a boss?
-The two things to screen for in prospective employees
-The humility of Mike Allen
-AI and the newsroom
-The way you consume news is about to completely change
-Are we at t...
Firehose #212: I Won’t Back Down
As some of us (OK, me) were saying on the Second Sunday Zoom call with paying subscribers, this year’s 9/11 anniversary commemorations just hit a bit different, surprisingly so. Could have been residual shock over the murder of Fifdom’s bel...
Remembering Andrew “Busty” Wimsatt
As discussed at the top of Episode #574, Andrew Wimsatt, beloved cornerstone of The Fifth Column community, was brutally murdered on Labor Day in a sunny Austin park by a cowardly knife-wielding lunatic who snuck up behind him and attacked,...
Second Sunday Coordinates 9/13
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The Things We Thought After 9/11 (#574)
-RIP Andrew Wimsatt, a true friend of the show and beloved member of the Fifth Column community
-And in lighter news, it’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11
-Trump’s 9/11 story
-Why we’re called The Fifth Column
-When Matt Welch welcomed us...
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Picking apart the news cycle, interrogating their guests, and always imbibing responsibly. With Michael Moynihan (Vice), Matt Welch (Reason), and Kmele Foster (Freethink)
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