The Fifth Column Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch

A two-for-one offering from The Fifth: first, the lads discuss the ongoing student stupidities, free speech and protest, Kmele at TED, and how your views are probably pretty normal (ed. note: considering the full-court coverage of the Columbia intifada, it’s sort of surprising that no one is referencing this terrible 1970 film, written by Ad-Roc’s dad). And then, some bonus content with Reason’s C.J. Ciaramella, who joins to discuss the government war on Adderall, his own ADHD diagnosis, and why it took him two months to get his prescription filled.


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* Swedish breakdown
* Columbia breakdown
* The continued rise of American extremism
* The politics of “genocide”
* The politics of propaganda
* Chicago expectations
* A newborn in the Fifdom
* Our Batya episode
* Trusting anti-trust?
* The NPR excel spreadsheet
* Books on McCarthy
* Three best presidents?
* The Watergate conspiracy is at least fun to believe

You asked, we delivered. Our pal Batya Ungar-Sargon enters the octagon to (politely!) fight the Globalist Fifth on trade, Trump, robots, unions, automation, and a bunch of other stuff. But we also agree on lots of other things! Hear Batya talk about her wild Israel debate on Zerohedge, how her last book foresaw the NPR madness, and why perverse incentives have created a boring media echo chamber.
Thanks for listening! Love, Oskar and Raoul


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* Ozempic Joe
* The Juice has expired
* Revisiting the “Trial of the Century”
* The double murderer who “abandoned his race”
* In defense of Marcia Clark
* Dementia dads
* Matt Lauer emerges
* Nutty MTG, drunky Boebert
* Arizona abortions
* Operation Bubble Wrap
* Poor guy in a ski mask shoots at cops
* Group condemnations and the “IDW”



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* Kid rapping
* Saturday Night Fever is dark, dark movie
* Girl dadding
* Anti-communist manifestos
* On Andrew and Israel
* Big bombs in Iraq: not so fast, Andrew!
* The normalization of extremism
* Don’t be Paul Robeson
* What it means to be “anti-war’
* Dehamasification
* A bachelor party in NY
* And much more!

Third time’s even more charming! Andrew “Cheech” Sullivan is back, puffing away and ruminating on Israel, Iraq, conservatives, the trans movement, loud music from bluetooth speakers, the awfulness of Trump (who won’t be a dictator, btw), the resilience of American democracy, the resounding victories of the gay rights movement, and the general boringness of identity.


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