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With Nancy off in Israel, Sarah sits down with Matt Welch, crackerjack co-host of The Fifth Column — not to be confused with Matt Walsh, conservative commentator, or Matthew Welch, everyone’s favorite bagpiper. Matt is editor-at-large at Reason, whatever that means, and a long-time journalist, musician, and libertarian, a term Sarah tries to pin down (good luck with that). Also discussed:

* Matt’s blood-boiling anger for bagpipes and pan flutes

* That time during the pandemic when we all lost our minds

* 1968 or 2020: Who wore it best?

* Did you know Matt spent time in Czechoslovakia?

* Media integrity: Going, going, gone

* Why Matt doesn’t own a gun

* Is it embarrassing to still love Hunter S. Thompson?

* Trade secrets of appearing on Bill Maher’s HBO show

* Q: “Does Bill Maher still date exclusively black women?”

* Public schools might be fucked

* Steel-manning the case against Israel

* The question about Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan Matt refuses to answer

* Who would win in a fist-fight between Fifth Column co-hosts?

* Who would win in a fist-fight between Sarah and Nancy?

* Why “One in a Million” by Guns N Roses is a work of art

* Who will be president in 2024?