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The Fifth Column
by Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
Today: #185 in News on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · United States
Latest daily rankings: Oct 27. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the News combined chart over the last 14 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
Episode releases
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | #185 | #177 |
| Oct 26 | #149 | #140 |
| Oct 25 | #153 | #145 |
| Oct 24 | #128 | #120 |
| Oct 23 | #143 | #135 |
| Oct 22 | #160 | #154 |
| Oct 19 | #159 | #152 |
| Oct 18 | #154 | #147 |
| Oct 17 | #137 | #128 |
| Oct 16 | #173 | #167 |
| Oct 15 | #167 | #161 |
Latest episodes
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Donald Trump is Gay (Episode #580)
October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min-Fairfield, CT. Nov 12th. Get tickets while you can -We will have an Election Night livestream. Booze, guests, and probable disaster -Our mystery guest didn’t couldn’t make it today. We won’t name names, but we’ll give you some subtle…
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The End of the Special Relationship? (w/ Jacob Siegel) Members Only #351
October 21, 2026 · 16 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com We are doing a live show in Fairfield, CT on November 12th. You should come. Details below. -Jacob Siegel on raising his kids in Israel -Who benefits from a…
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Why the Midterms Are Turning Against Trump (w/ Nate Silver) Members Only #350
October 16, 2026 · 1 hr 32 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com The guys put America’s most famous political forecaster, Nate Silver, to work… separating real electoral shifts from political noise, and confronting the…
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Can the Democratic Center Hold? (#579)
October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 30 minYes, we want accolades. Yes, we’re shamelessly asking for your vote: VOTE for The Fifth Column as the Best News & Politics Show Yemisi Egbewole is here and we will figure out how to pronounce her name….next time -A Democratic consultant…
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People Who Lie and People Who Die (w/ Sam Roberts) Members Only #349
October 9, 2026 · 15 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com “There are no ordinary lives and everyone has a story” -Sam Roberts’ father takes him to see the Rosenbergs’ funeral -Fifty years in journalism and an…
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Europe Is Melting, Meritocracy Is Racist, and Everyone Gets Dignity (Episode #578)
October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 35 minDid we mention we’re nominated…did you vote yet? If not, what in the actual f**k is your problem? -all the bad words are here -come to Fairfield on November 12th! (https://quickcenter.fairfield.edu/2026-27-season-calend…
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One Hitter: Why Oil Prices Could Get Much Worse (w/ Marshall Adkins) Members Only #348
October 3, 2026 · 44 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Marshall spent 25 years covering oil and gas at Raymond James before retiring this week. He joins the guys to explain what’s actually driving prices higher…
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The Weave Within the Weave (#577)
October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min…and Moynihan discusses Harvard’s artist in residence. Also, we’ve been nominated for something! vote for us in for the Signal Awards! -Kmele’s Cross-Country Trail of Tears -Trump Praises the Latinos -Yukon Cornelius and the Bumble -Coming…
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Sarah Hepola and the Life You Didn’t Choose (Members Only #347)
September 29, 2026 · 15 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Finally, a break from politics and a discussion about…love. If you like Sarah, check out her podcast with friend of The Fifth Column Nancy Rommelmann Smoke…
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The UN, Wokeness, and Other Failed Institutions (Members Only #346)
September 25, 2026 · 14 minThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com -being gay, doing drugs, that’s the Szeps life -Moynihan’s anti-Australian bigotry -the Lupita Nyong’o pronunciation challenge -Why is daddy wearing…
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The Algorithm Is the Editor-in-Chief (w/ David Pakman) Members Only #345
September 23, 2026 · 16 minThis 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…
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The Loyal Republican w/ Scott Jennings (#576)
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 40 minAnd 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…
About the show
Your 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 professional-quality (if inappropriate) singing. Analysis. Commentary. Sedition.
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