Welch, Moynihan, and Kmele are all in the same room for the first time in more than a month -- and it's a glorious reunion.

Recorded: August 16th 2019

Published: August 18th 2019

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In this Special Dispatch, Michael Moynihan sits down with legendary journalist, author, and documentarian -- Jon Ronson. They discuss some of Ronson's most celebrated books, his fabulous new podcasts exploring the porn industry ("The Butterfly Effect", "The Last Days of August"), and his penchant for pissing off Alex Jones.

Jon Ronson's Books Include:

• "Them" (2001)
• "The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2004)
• "The Psychopath Test" (2011)
• "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" (2015)

Recorded: July 26th 2019

Published: August 2nd 2019

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Guest: Ben Dreyfuss (Editorial Director, Mother Jones)

Description:

- Moynihan in Martha's Vineyard

- Mueller sucks on TV

- Trump’s Razor: The dumbest explanation is the most likely

- “Send them back” — is it racist?

- Jane Mayer's Al Franken defense

- Shitty Media Men

- Deletes Jokes

- A$AP Rocky

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Guest: Molly Jong-Fast is a contributor to The Bulwark and the author of three books. (@MollyJongFast)

Recorded: July 11th 2019

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Guest: Patrick Radden Keefe, staff writer at the New Yorker, author of "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland"

Description:

In this special dispatch, Michael Moynihan talks with Patrick Radden Keefe about the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 in Belfast, at the hands of the IRA. Her disappearance remained a mystery for decades, but in his new book, Keefe names the names of the alleged perpetrators, and talks about the greater political implications of the Catholic-Protestant violence that continues to plague Northern Ireland to this day. Also, Moynihan reveals the moment when he realized Gerry Adams isn't the folk hero that many Americans believed he was.

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- Moynihan Goes to Court

- Welch gets a Stress Sty

- RIP, Steve Dunleavy

- NBA O-W-N-E-R-S

- Democratic Debate Preview

- No Plan B for Iran

- Concentration Camp Kerfuffle

- San Fran Bans E-cigs (Till They Can Figure Out What the Hell is Going On"

Recorded: 6/25/2019

Published: 6/27/2019

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w/ Coleman Hughes

- Everyone Told Coleman Not To Testify

- Age, Experience, Credentials

- Lethal Weapons, Imaginary Friends

- “Shame Shame”

- Full Puerto Rican

- Moral Alchemy

- Coleman Reads His Mentions

- We, They, Us

- Candace Owens, Lil Pump, And The Decline of Western Civilization

Recorded: 6/21/2019

Published: 6/24/2019

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- Kmele’s New Spot in Brooklyn

- Moynihan Gets Arrested

- Fisher is a jealous "lefty hack"

- Dave Rubin is totally NOT in his Feelings

- Assange, Journalistic Freedom

- Trump vs His Advisors

- European Elections

- MLK: Hero, Philanderer (and possibly worse), But Definitely a Hero

- Bill de Blasio Needs to Raise Some Money, Fast

Recorded: 5/28/2019

Published: 5/30/2019

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- "Alex Jones is not a civil rights leader!"

- Howard Kurtz was once serious

- Trump's attempted outing

- Phony classical liberals

- Free speech at the margins

- Every election is stolen

- Finding Loose Change

- Conspiracy theorists, right and left

- An Infinitely stupid Congress

- Donald Trump as Mr. Bean

Recorded: 5/8/2019

Published: 5/12/2019

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w/ Eli Lake (Columnist @ Bloomberg Voice)

- We Like Bari Weiss

- Moynihan is a Drunk, Also a Great Neighbor

- Muller Report

- Grifting, the Grifters, of Grif

- Eli Lake's Hood Pass

- Tom Arnold Was Great in True Lies

- All The Missing Tapes

- Seth Abramson's Beautiful Mind

- Election Interference / Hacking / Exaggerations

- Impeachments + Inquiries

- Assange: Journalist or Naw?

- Naughty Journalist in the Movies

- Dogs = White Supremacy

- That's Why Darkies Were Born

Recorded: 4/24/2019

Published: 4/25/2019

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