The Fifth Column (A Podcast)
The Fifth Column
360 "Defamation, Pride, and Very Special Needs"
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360 "Defamation, Pride, and Very Special Needs"

Another Mass Shooting, Depp v Heard, Anatomy of a Fraudulent Media Narrative, The Prejudice of Pride
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  • Imperfect Introduction

  • Queerest story ever told

  • The heart-pounding conclusion of Depp v Heard 

  • Birdwatching for Karens

  • A firearms "clarification"

  • The other 99% (and the warmth of simple narratives)

  • Incitement for “journalists”

  • Half Junky / Half Wonk

  • The absurd hilarity of historical injustice

  • Believe All Jedi

  • Fixing CNN+ (“Toobin After Dark” Edition)

  • Star Wars is for racists

  • Chief Colt 45

  • Total Recall, Certain Guilt

  • You always need more gays

  • Professional crybabies

  • The Pride of Prejudice

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The Fifth Column (A Podcast)
The Fifth Column
Your weekly rhetorical assault on the on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves. Kmele Foster (Freethink), Michael Moynihan (Vice), and Matt Welch (Reason) talk and laugh and drink their way to at least quasi-sanity in a world gone mad, often with the aid of clean and articulate guests. Weekly Members Only subscription edition often comes with listener mail and professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition.