# The Fifth Column

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Official site: https://www.wethefifth.com/podcast
Author: Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
Episodes: 682

## Resource

Analysis, Commentary, Sedition. @wethefifth

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## Episodes
- [The Fifth Gets a Substitute Teacher (w/ Jesse Singal) #568](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-fifth-gets-a-substitute-teacher-w-jesse-singal-568) — 2026-07-29T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Temple Is Rich. The Monks Are Poor (w/ Frank Dikötter) Members Only #336](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-temple-is-rich-the-monks-are-poor-w-frank-dik-tter-members-only-336) — 2026-07-24T11:03:13+00:00
- [I Don’t Make Mistakes Anymore. They’re Just Lies (w/ Chris Cuomo) #567](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/i-don-t-make-mistakes-anymore-they-re-just-lies-w-chris-cuomo-567) — 2026-07-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Gold-Plated Imperial Presidency (w/ Maggie Haberman) Members Only #335](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-gold-plated-imperial-presidency-w-maggie-haberman-members-only-335) — 2026-07-21T11:02:41+00:00
- [The Denial of Reality Is a Powerful Drug (w/ Bret Stephens) - Members Only #334](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-denial-of-reality-is-a-powerful-drug-w-bret-stephens-members-only-334) — 2026-07-17T11:03:10+00:00
- [There Is No They - #566](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/there-is-no-they-566) — 2026-07-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [Failing "The God Test" (w/ Robert Wright) - Members Only #333](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/failing-the-god-test-w-robert-wright-members-only-333) — 2026-07-10T11:03:35+00:00
- [Are We the Baddies? The Graham Platner Reckoning (w/ Kat Rosenfield) - #565](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/are-we-the-baddies-the-graham-platner-reckoning-w-kat-rosenfield-565) — 2026-07-08T03:37:42+00:00
- [The Revolution Will Be Staffed by PhDs (w/co-host Peter Meijer) - #564](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-revolution-will-be-staffed-by-phds-w-co-host-peter-meijer-564) — 2026-07-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [Adam Carolla Has Nowhere Else to Go (Members Only #332)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/adam-carolla-has-nowhere-else-to-go-members-only-332) — 2026-07-01T11:01:51+00:00
- [One-Hitter: Sarah Isgur Explains the Supreme Court’s Big Finish (Members Only #331)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/one-hitter-sarah-isgur-explains-the-supreme-court-s-big-finish-members-only-331) — 2026-06-30T21:51:44+00:00
- [The Cadres and the Cabal (#563)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-cadres-and-the-cabal-563) — 2026-06-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [One Hitter: The DSA Takes NYC w/ Michael A. Cohen (Members Only #330)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/one-hitter-the-dsa-takes-nyc-w-michael-a-cohen-members-only-330) — 2026-06-24T22:58:04+00:00
- [Genocide Juice and the Socialist Machine w/Reihan Salam (Members Only #329)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/genocide-juice-and-the-socialist-machine-w-reihan-salam-members-only-329) — 2026-06-24T11:03:51+00:00
- [The Iran Deal Is Bad and Everyone Is Stupid (#562)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-iran-deal-is-bad-and-everyone-is-stupid-562) — 2026-06-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [Batya Ungar-Sargon and the Status Revolution (Members Only #328)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/batya-ungar-sargon-and-the-status-revolution-members-only-328) — 2026-06-17T11:01:43+00:00
- [The Knicks, Oyster Man, and the Infinite Lies (#561)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-knicks-oyster-man-and-the-infinite-lies-561) — 2026-06-12T11:02:46+00:00
- [A Hamster Wheel of Shit w/Ana Navarro (Members Only #327)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/a-hamster-wheel-of-shit-w-ana-navarro-members-only-327) — 2026-06-10T11:01:25+00:00
- [When Political Violence Has the Right Enemies w/ Noah Rothman (Members Only #326)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/when-political-violence-has-the-right-enemies-w-noah-rothman-members-only-326) — 2026-06-05T11:02:58+00:00
- [Populism for Morons, Journalism for Martyrs (Episode #560)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/populism-for-morons-journalism-for-martyrs-episode-560) — 2026-06-03T11:00:00+00:00
- [Senator Chris Murphy Wants You to Join a Cult (Members Only #325)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/senator-chris-murphy-wants-you-to-join-a-cult-members-only-325) — 2026-05-31T11:02:47+00:00
- [A Great Nation in Decline Welcomes Australia’s Finest w/ Josh Szeps (Members Only #324)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/a-great-nation-in-decline-welcomes-australia-s-finest-w-josh-szeps-members-only-324) — 2026-05-29T11:03:37+00:00
- [Ben Rhodes and the Evil Empire State of Mind (#559)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/ben-rhodes-and-the-evil-empire-state-of-mind-559) — 2026-05-27T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why'd You Gag Me, Preet Bharara! (Members Only #323)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/why-d-you-gag-me-preet-bharara-members-only-323) — 2026-05-25T11:03:08+00:00
- [TFC LIVE in DC at w/ Lulu Garcia-Navarro & Robby Soave - Members Only #322](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/tfc-live-in-dc-at-w-lulu-garcia-navarro-robby-soave-members-only-322) — 2026-05-24T14:48:36+00:00
- [Matt Yglesias on Cancellation, Mamdani, and the AI Panic (Members Only #321)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/matt-yglesias-on-cancellation-mamdani-and-the-ai-panic-members-only-321) — 2026-05-22T11:03:29+00:00
- [The Youngest Guy in the Worst Room in America w/ Rep. Maxwell Frost (Episode #558)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-youngest-guy-in-the-worst-room-in-america-w-rep-maxwell-frost-episode-558) — 2026-05-20T11:00:00+00:00
- [When Everyone Stops Pretending w/ Steven Pinker (Episode #557)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/when-everyone-stops-pretending-w-steven-pinker-episode-557) — 2026-05-14T11:00:00+00:00
- [Robert D. Kaplan on a World Getting Darker (Members Only #320)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/robert-d-kaplan-on-a-world-getting-darker-members-only-320) — 2026-05-12T11:03:22+00:00
- [Masquerade of Morons (Episode #556)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/masquerade-of-morons-episode-556) — 2026-05-07T11:00:00+00:00
- [Premeditated Fingering w/ Anthony Scaramucci (Members Only #319)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/premeditated-fingering-w-anthony-scaramucci-members-only-319) — 2026-05-05T11:03:39+00:00
- [David French on the Supreme Court, Race, and the Miracle That Confirmed His Faith #555](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/david-french-on-the-supreme-court-race-and-the-miracle-that-confirmed-his-faith-555) — 2026-04-30T11:00:00+00:00
- [Crimes of Boredom (Members Only #318)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/crimes-of-boredom-members-only-318) — 2026-04-28T11:03:49+00:00
- [Tucker, Totenkopf, and the Fascist Question w/ Michelle Goldberg #554](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/tucker-totenkopf-and-the-fascist-question-w-michelle-goldberg-554) — 2026-04-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [Live From Village Underground: The 10th Anniversary Show w/Ryan Long (Members Only #317)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/live-from-village-underground-the-10th-anniversary-show-w-ryan-long-members-only-317) — 2026-04-22T11:03:24+00:00
- [Audience of One w/ Brian Kilmeade (Members Only #316)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/audience-of-one-w-brian-kilmeade-members-only-316) — 2026-04-21T11:03:10+00:00
- [Nothing is Impossible w/ Mark Harmon (Members Only #315)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/nothing-is-impossible-w-mark-harmon-members-only-315) — 2026-04-16T11:03:29+00:00
- [A Blockade of the Blockade #553](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/a-blockade-of-the-blockade-553) — 2026-04-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [Supreme Court, Inferior Congress w/ Sarah Isgur (Members Only #314)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/supreme-court-inferior-congress-w-sarah-isgur-members-only-314) — 2026-04-14T11:02:25+00:00
- [The Ceasefire That Wasn’t #552 (w/ Abe Greenwald)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-ceasefire-that-wasn-t-552-w-abe-greenwald) — 2026-04-09T11:00:00+00:00
- [Halfwits, Knuckle Draggers, and Droolers (Members Only #313)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/halfwits-knuckle-draggers-and-droolers-members-only-313) — 2026-04-07T11:02:49+00:00
- [Ten Years of The Fifth Column (#551)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/ten-years-of-the-fifth-column-551) — 2026-04-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [Cuba, Race, and the American Category Problem w/Ted Henken (Members Only #312)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/cuba-race-and-the-american-category-problem-w-ted-henken-members-only-312) — 2026-03-31T11:03:44+00:00
- [The Limits of Sound and Fury w/ Rahm Emanuel (Members Only #311)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-limits-of-sound-and-fury-w-rahm-emanuel-members-only-311) — 2026-03-28T11:02:42+00:00
- [Is Apple Still Apple? #550 (w/ David Pogue)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/is-apple-still-apple-550-w-david-pogue) — 2026-03-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Hungarian Road to Havana (Members Only #310)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-hungarian-road-to-havana-members-only-310) — 2026-03-24T11:03:08+00:00
- [There’s Always a New Monster to Destroy (w/ Noam Dworman) #549](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/there-s-always-a-new-monster-to-destroy-w-noam-dworman-549) — 2026-03-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [Cuba in the Dark (Members Only #309)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/cuba-in-the-dark-members-only-309) — 2026-03-17T11:03:22+00:00

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