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

So our podcasting platform just launched an AI feature that scans your recording and automatically generates “show notes.” We gave it it try. These are the results, with a few important corrections.
“The conversation begins with some light banter and discussion about rap music. [Human ed note: This was before we started, so it isn’t included in the episode, but it did feature Kmele speculating about John Lennon shooting Bob Dylan]. They then transition to talking about the upcoming presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. They discuss the format of the debate and their expectations for how each candidate will perform. They also touch on the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflicting information about masks and vaccines. The conversation ends with a humorous discussion about Matt Welch being a 'MAGA' supporter. [Human ed note: Humorous??] The conversation then shifts to the recent primary race between Jamaal Bowman and Eliot Engel, [sic] with a focus on the role of AIPAC and the effectiveness of negative ads. The hosts also criticize the performance and tactics of certain politicians in the 'squad'. Finally, they mention the fire alarm incident and the overall lack of support for Bowman in his district. [Human ed note: Here, the AI produced 800 words about our Julian Assange conversation]. The hosts end the conversation with some lighthearted banter about upcoming episodes. [Human ed note: Incorrect. We talked about Crocodile Dundee being a cokehead who created the crack epidemic]


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Every second Sunday of the month, the lads fire up Zoom and do a (mostly) Q&A show for subscribers only. It’s very fun, often a bit messy and chaotic, and full of listeners expressing love, disbelief, dismay, and often delivering Strom Thurmond- like filibusters. So for you subscribers who couldn’t make it on June 9, we revive the Zoom recording just to…

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* Imagine if Bill Cosby was an Islamophobic dog
* Cringefest in the Bronx
* Jamal and AOC
* Sleeve rolled up, stool in hand, unemployment on the horizon
* AIPAC is everywhere!
* Violent psycho extremists for peace
* The war won’t end until Jake Tapper’s kids are properly harassed
* Shift back to the center, Dems
* Laying hands on homeless people
* Homeopathy is fake, btw
* Geniuses …

After a very brief hiatus—apologies, but all is explained in the first five minutes of this episode—the lads are back. And there will be a flood of new content in the coming days, to make up for our testicular tardiness (also explained in the first five minutes of this episode). Also note: this episode was plagued by technical difficulties, but we hope, through the magic of editing, that you won’t notice.
* The procedure
* The politicization of late night continues apace
* This is our territory
* Alt weeklies that weren’t alt
* Trump’s long “All In” interview
* Could the debate move voters?
* Don’t pretend to be working class
* Louisiana and the Ten Commandments
* Actually, covet your neighbors wife
* Tell us about your culture: “Diet Coke and Starbucks and Dunkin’s”
* Who did MM see at dinner?
* Happy Juneteenth?



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* Getting Drudged
* Getting the spray
* This new color isn’t working
* Olivia amongst the Hamasniks in Union Square
* Tearing up notebooks, airhorns in the ear…stuck in the middle of a protest
* Hey hey ho ho shitty chants have got to go
* Did any journalists reach out?
* What if this was a Trump rally?
* Legally blonde
* You’ll be in a Trump camp
* “Racial conspiracy theories”
* I mean, you gotta understand where they’re coming from…


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* Some unpopular opinions
* Raise your hand if you’ve ever lied to the government
* Fetterman and Real Time
* Are you *addicted* to Marijuana???
* Who are the victims here?
* Excessive sentencing is bad, even for bad people
* Victims: Alex Jones? Hunter Biden? DJT???
* Biden is totally fine and thinking otherwise is the end of democracy
* Joe Scarborough is the worst
* Let’s all pretend that everything is normal, ok?
* Scarborough casually defames two journalists
* Washington Post loses a trillion dollars, hires more whites
* The WNBA reality show
* I knew James Baldwin. Baldwin was a friend of mine. And you, Ibram, are no James Baldwin


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