The Fifth Column
Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt WelchYour 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 professi... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 599 | Founded | 10 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ComedyNews | |||
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Apple Podcasts5Daisybrink
United States11 days ago - Moynihan has less spine than a jellyfish
Just listen to him talk about Trump here and compare it to the revolting circlejerk about what a handsome, brave genius DJT is when he’s sucking up to Meagan Kelly. Gross.
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Canada15 days ago - Shrill Jill
Both Michael & Lydia Moynihan aka Shrill Jill ignore Republicans rode the wave of inane Epstein conspiracy with Trump fanning the flames only to have the iconic image become Epstein and Trump dancing to Rhythm is a Dancer.
Apple Podcasts380'sVillagerUnited States21 days ago - Whitewashing Trump
So Virginia Giuffre is a fabulist, but is trustworthy when she exonerates Trump? And if Trump isn’t implicated in the files why did he stonewall for so long? Surely that’s a question any honestly journalists would ask.
Apple Podcasts1CBYirUnited States22 days ago - 4:13?
Epsisode #281 is the John Cage special. Brilliant.
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Apple Podcasts | #182 | United States/News |
Apple Podcasts | #229 | Canada/News |
Apple Podcasts | #185 |  South Africa/News |
Apple Podcasts | #200 |  Israel/News |
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4. The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
5. The Glenn Show
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4. Lydia Moynihan
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6. Abby Phillip
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