{"podcast":{"title":"The Fifth Column","slug":"the-fifth-column-1025117","podcast_index_feed_id":1025117,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/815642.rss","website_url":"https://www.wethefifth.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/815642/ca33dc4062e8147e3722ed27e0f4cbc0.jpg","author":"Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch","episode_count":682,"summary":"Analysis, Commentary, Sedition. @wethefifth","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:20:10.350906+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117"},"episode":{"title":"The Revolution Will Be Staffed by PhDs (w/co-host Peter Meijer) - #564","slug":"the-revolution-will-be-staffed-by-phds-w-co-host-peter-meijer-564","published_at":"2026-07-02T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-revolution-will-be-staffed-by-phds-w-co-host-peter-meijer-564","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117","url":"https://www.wethefifth.com/p/the-revolution-will-be-staffed-by","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204541346/f1f299b9ec236546dcface5cc6abacb5.mp3","summary":"-The Fifth Column whiskey racket begins -Matt moves during a heat wave… Peter Meijer reports for duty -Meijer, class traitor, explains the pied-à-terre tax -Mayor Mamdani balances the budget, if you ignore the bailout -Kmele gets Hayek’d -Machine politics was bad, but graduate student politics is worse. -Bannon’s old Leninist fantasy, now available in DSA packaging -Kamala Harris genuflects toward Mamdani-world -MAGA wants the factories back. The robots have other ideas. -Ro Khanna’s children: landed gentry -Midterm Madness, Rocky Mountain High -Melat Kiros justifies 9/11 -Scott Wiener gets yelled at for insufficient revolutionary fervor -Stalinism, but make it customer-facing -The revolution will be staffed by PhD candidates -Speaking of revolution: happy birthday, America Prefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST. The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a viewer/listener supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Follow The Fifth Column YouTube: @wethefifth Instagram: @we.the.fifth X: @wethefifth TikTok: @wethefifth Facebook: @thefifthcolumn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe","meta_description":"-The Fifth Column whiskey racket begins -Matt moves during a heat wave… Peter Meijer reports for duty -Meijer, class traitor, explains the pied-à-terre ta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5169,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fifth-column-1025117/episodes/the-revolution-will-be-staffed-by-phds-w-co-host-peter-meijer-564/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/the-revolution-will-be-staffed-by-phds-w-co-host-peter-meijer-564.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}