w/ Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate)

- Our Mathematical Universe

- "Leaving Neverland" Revisionism

- Russiagate: Right, Wrong, Whatever

- Jonathan Chait is “Completely* Correct*”

- When in Venezuela + Nobody Likes Sanctions

- Venezuela: Humanitarian Crisis, Economic Crisis"

- Making Friends + Enemies on Twitter

- "The Realm of Hungry Ghosts" (a book by Aaron's Dad)

- Stop Snitchin (On Your Sources)

- Joe Biden Feminism

- Kmele Talked w/ Thad

- Marvin Gaye: You're the (black) Man

Recorded: 4/3/2019

Published: 4/4/2019

www.wethefifth.com

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- Trump: Death by gloating

- Margaret Sullivan: the Captain Beefheart of journalism

- Glenn Greenwald spikes the football with a vengeance

- MSNBC doubles down

- Seth Abramson: Poet laureate, Resistance Hero

- Trump's enemies list and love of authoritarians

- Roger Stone and the D-list of DC conservatism

- Jussie Smollet's privilege

- Some Idiot Wrote This, Jane Mayer edition

Recorded: 3/26/2019

Published: 3/28/2019

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w/ Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)

- Tina's Theranos voice

- Elizabeth Warren Holmes

- Revisiting the Universal Basic Income (Kmele hasn't endorse UBI or Andrew Yang)

- Technophobia, 'McDonald’s employees will murder you'

- The Three-Fifths Column

- Matt does Betomania

- Getting it wrong on Iraq

- The cycles of massacre reaction/coverage

- Islamists v. White nationalists

- Stuyvesant High School and Asian Privilege

- "Fuck off Tiger parents"

Recorded: 3/21/2019

Published: 3/24/2019

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- Kmele's in 'Frisco', Moynihan's hungover, Matt got lit up on Twitter

- Desperate wealthy college parents headed to prison?

- The injustice of legacy admissions

- Elite colleges are overrated

- Biden v. Beto

- Venezuela's blackout and the three initials who shall not be named

- Platforming vs de-platforming

- Tucker Carlson's shock-jock period

- National Review swinging (and missing) at Trump

- If you’re going to “Cancel,” cancel everything

- Matt's Pat Caddell tribute/roast thing

Recorded: 3/12/2019

Published: 3/18/2019

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A discussion w/ entrepreneur and 2020 Democratic Presidential hopeful, Andrew Yang. We explore The Freedom Dividend, Yang's proposal to pay $1,000 per month to every American over the age of 18.

Recorded: 3/6/2019

Published: 3/11/2019

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- Smooth Criminals, "Leaving Neverland" Skepticism

- Canceling Michael Jackson, R Kelly, and The Entire 1970s

- All Hate Matters

- Dual Loyalties

- Bernie Sanders Marched for Civil Rights, He's Still "Too White"

- Democratic Socialism**

- Revisiting Moynihan v. Weisbrot

- Some Idiot Wrote This

- Salman Rushdie

Recorded: 3/5/2019

Published: 3/7/2019

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w/ Mark Weisbrot 

Co-Director @ Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author, "Failed: What the 'experts' got wrong about the global economy"

- Visiting w/ Hugo Chavez + Sean Penn

- Is "dictatorship" a hate word?

- Venezuela's elections

- Political prisoners

- State violence or police violence

- Coming coup?

- Embargoes, sanctions, and the collapse of the economy

- Who's to blame for hunger?

- The opposition

- What's a good faith negotiation entry point?

Recorded: 3/1/2019

Published: 3/3/2019

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- Jussie Smollett, Indicted (Kmele Totally Called That Shit)

- But Then Again, The Whole Gang Totally Called That Shit Too

- Coast Guard Neo-Nazi would-be terrorist arrested

- Kmele and Liz Plank on "Reliable Sources"

- Unreliable hate crime statistics

- Social Justice Judo

- CNN Hires Sarah Isgur Flores

- Bill Moyers, Problematic Icon

- Bernie Sanders, Front-runner

- Some Idiot Wrote This

- Download "Headspace" Today

Recorded: PM 2/20/2019

Published: 2/21/2019

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(Plagiarism, Green Room Encounters, and All The Receipts)

- We Need to Talk About Jill Abramson

- Too Important to be a Plagiarist?

- Rep Omar: You Might Be An Antisemitism, But Maybe Not

- Blackface: The Highest Form of Flattery?

- Klobuchar, FTW

- Team AOC's Green New Deal Fiasco

ALSO:

- Moynihan Steps Out of Line

- The Huxtable Compound

- Indentured Servitude

- 22 Savage

- The Red Shoe Diaries

- Emergency Podcasting

Recorded: PM 2/11/2019

Published: 2/13/2019

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w/ Brendan O'Neill (Editor in Chief, "Spiked")

- Jussie Smollett

- Stories For Every Narrative

- Ralph Northam

- Fancy Dress Parties

- The Weird Man’s Burden

- Anti Semitism, Hate Speech

- Stormy or STORMZY

- Yellow Vests Revolution

Recorded: PM 2/2/2019

Published: 2/4/2019

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