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The Fifth Column

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  • The Algorithm Is the Editor-in-Chief (w/ David Pakman) Members Only #345

    Sep 23, 2026 — This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com -Pakman is a fan of this show. Will he regret saying this? -Kmele’s cult-adjacent upbringing -Pakman’s Argentina upbringing -Macklemore, Robert Kraft and the limits of...

    The Algorithm Is the Editor-in-Chief (w/ David Pakman) Members Only #345
  • The Loyal Republican w/ Scott Jennings (#576)

    Sep 22, 2026 — And is he gonna get that press secretary job or not? -Jennings the teetotaler -wtf happened to Moynihan’s hair? -Jennings’ working-class Kentucky origin story -back when Kentucky + West Virginia were swing states -Rush Limbaugh + Paul Harvey University...

    The Loyal Republican w/ Scott Jennings (#576)
  • Academically Unserious With Authoritarian Bureaucratic Aspirations (w/ Tyler Austin Harper) Members Only #344

    Sep 18, 2026 — This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Tyler Austin Harper, staff writer for The Atlantic and co-host of the Time To Say Goodbye podcast joins Michael C. Moynihan & Matt Welch to talk about extreme fishing,...

    Academically Unserious With Authoritarian Bureaucratic Aspirations (w/ Tyler Austin Harper) Members Only #344
  • AI Might Kill Us. Here’s Why It Matters: w/ Jim VandeHei (#575)

    Sep 16, 2026 — -Simplify, simplify, simplify… -Do people like Jim as a boss? -The two things to screen for in prospective employees -The humility of Mike Allen -AI and the newsroom -The way you consume news is about to completely change -Are we at the Napster stage...

    AI Might Kill Us. Here’s Why It Matters: w/ Jim VandeHei (#575)
  • The Things We Thought After 9/11 (#574)

    Sep 11, 2026 — -RIP Andrew Wimsatt, a true friend of the show and beloved member of the Fifth Column community -And in lighter news, it’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11 -Trump’s 9/11 story -Why we’re called The Fifth Column -When Matt Welch welcomed us to war -Moynihan...

    The Things We Thought After 9/11 (#574)

The Fifth Column Journalists

Foster, Kmele
Moynihan, Michael