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The Fifth Column Community Show
by All of us!!
The Fifdom gets together to have great conversations. All are welcome! Hope to have YOU on soon!
Episodes
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Episode 30: Our Favorite Commie's Proxy War w/ Aaron Maté
Ben and Garrett are joined by Aaron Maté to discuss all of the Russia, Ukraine, and NATO things!
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Episode 29: All About That D(isinformation) w/ Jacob Siegel & Eli Lake
Ben is joined by Fifdom favorites Jacob Siegel and Eli Lake to discuss the absolute state of past and present American dis/mal information.
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Episode 28: Two Dudes, One Ukraine (Part 3) w/ Adrian Bonenberger
After a small(...ish) absence, The Fifth Column Community Shows returns! Ben is joined by writer, commentator, friend, fellow veteran, and Fifdom's resident Ukraine expert Adrian Bonenberger for the third installment of their ongoing discussions about the war in Ukraine. The lads discuss how the...
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Episode 27: Decline and Fall Ukraine: Russia's Manzikert w/ Adrian Bonenberger
Ben is once again joined by Fifdom's resident Ukraine expert, Adrian Bonenberger, to discuss all manner of things Ukraine! Topics include: we were right god dammit (with a few exceptions), Russia's stupidity in Hostomel and Chernobyl, the impact of atrocities being on TikTok, where nuclear…
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Episode 26: War, Filicide, and Sprinkles of Joy w/ Nancy Rommelmann
Nancy Rommelman joins Brad and Ileana to discuss a range of matters both pressing and perennial: Why is Zelensky running guns and stamps on Twitter? Is Nancy going back to Ukraine (it appears so!) and what did she discover while she was there? What does the future hold for Paloma Media? Why do...
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Episode 25: 6th Anniversary and Moving to Substack w/ Matt Welch
The Fifth Column is turning 6! Brad and Ileana sat down with none other than Matt Welch to discuss. Where they've been and where they're going; The flabbergasting rise of the Fifth community; Hello Substack, goodbye Patreon; The future of free speech-loving media.
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Episode 24: The First Successful DM Slide w/ Ben Dreyfuss
Ileana and Brad are joined by everyones favorite Fifth Column guest Ben Dreyfuss! And no one has done any preparation! What the hell is Ben doing in Idaho? Wrecking homes and getting banned from local Facebook groups, mostly; The Russia-Ukraine social media war; Everyone is insane on Covid; How...
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Episode 23: Two Dudes, One (and/or No) Ukraine w/ Adrian Bonenberger
Ben is joined by writer, commentator, friend, fellow veteran, and Fifdom's resident Ukraine expert Adrian Bonenberger. The lads discuss Putin's motivations and intentions in Ukraine, Ukrainian perceptions of Russia, and what war might look like on the ground if/when it arrives... in the next few...
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Episode 22: The 9:4 Martini w/ Peter Suderman
The inimitable Peter Suderman of Reason, Cocktails with Suderman, and all of the other things, joins Ben and Jaye to discuss podcasting, guns, video games, Dungeons & Dragons, and being a sophisticated boozebag.
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Episode 21: Two Jews*, Two Christians* and a Man* Walk Into a Trans Sukkah
Ileana, Brad, ChayaLeah, Jaye and Lesley are in the virtual sukkah grappling with pressing questions related to identity: How much does identity matter? How much should it? Do Jews exist? Is Ileana more Jewish than Lenny Kravitz? And Brad has another podcast baby, but this time he's the one…
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Episode 20: The Romanians are Rising, and They Talk Really Good (About Ethnic Studies)
Aaron, Brad and Ileana discuss Ethnic Studies in K-12 education. What's the problem with Critical Ethnic Studies? Is there a way to do Ethnic Studies well? Why are we attached to liberal values? Here is online panel hosted by the Institute for Liberal Values that we refer to in the episode:...
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Episode 19: Does Adoption Produce Freaks? No (And Also Yes!)
Brad and Ileana talk to Mary and Lesley, who were both adopted as infants. Two fascinating stories of adoption. Finding your biological family as an adult. A brief history of adoption legislation. The emotional impact of growing up as an adoptee. With bonus cameo from a butter-loving preschooler!
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Episode 18: Uncle Sam Wants You, And Your Daughters, Too: Expanding the Draft to Women
Aaron, Ben, Brad and Ileana discuss the likely expansion of Selective Service Registration to include women. Is there *anyone* who thinks this is a good idea?
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Episode 17: Let's Talk About Abortion
A thoughtful, well-informed discussion that only occasionally strays into insane thought experiments. The legal framework for abortion; Moral intuitions around viability; Ileana's abortion story; Hypothetical no. 1: engineering a perfect artificial womb and/or an animal with developing sentience;...
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Episode 16: Is Larry Elder Right About Logging?
Retired California forester Norm Benson (@timberati) on wildfires, environmentalism, climate change and the inherent unsettledness of science. Norm's reading recommendations: Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, Jonathan Rauch The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real…
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Army Commanders Were Never Going To Tell The Truth: Two Combat Vets On Afghanistan
Afghanistan vet @actualbenprice and Iraq vet @garrettsasse discuss the Afghan withdrawal debacle. The brass is always going to kick the can down the road. Afghanistan is not an actual nation. The Taliban's own version of Sharia means women are definitely screwed. Why did we give up Bagram? If you...
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Episode 15: Twitter's Favorite Senator Talks About Section 230, Occupational Licensing and Butts
East Virginia's most prominent politician, Shoshana Weissman (@senatorshoshana) who is also Head of Digital Media at R Street Institute bonds with Ileana and Garrett over their shared love of Jonathan Haidt, free speech, and outrageous humor.
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Episode 14: Biological Fools on Artificial Intelligence
How likely is it that humans will create a super-intelligent AI in the near future? How likely is it that the AI will destroy humanity while trying to stop spam emails? And in a universe without human consciousness, what happens if a tree falls in the forest? Ileana and Brad discuss. Listen to…
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Episode 13: Ban All The Things! The state of education and CRT
Chaya Leah, John and Sandy join Ileana to discuss the state of education post COVID, school choice, and the advisability of banning CRT. Quick correction: Ileana says at one point that "less than half" of high school graduates go on to college; according to the BLS, that figure is 59% for men and...
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Episode 12: Afghanistan, Unearned Valor, and the DOD to PD Pipeline (with Ben, Brian and Garrett)
Two veterans and an active duty service member discuss the impeding withdrawal from Afghanistan, the deleterious effects of warrior worship, and why local police departments should not hire combat veterans. Come for the nuanced and erudite discussion of US Middle East policy, stay for the drunken...
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I'm Findable, Baybee! Fifdom (plus Fifdom spouse Ed) discusses UAPs, Aliens and the upcoming National Intelligence Report
Brad: If 20 dozen alien races arrive on their beautiful ships, and they are all what we would refer to as straight, there’s no fluidity among the genders, how would that impact your view of yourself? Jaye: I’m out. I would just take a ship, and I would fly away. Brad: But they wouldn’t let you on...
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When Everything Looks Like An Equity Nail, Section 230 Looks Like A Hammer
Fifdom OG Ben Price (@actualbenprice) and almost graduated (whoo!) law student Michael Clardy (@mcp627) take on Section 230 in a conversation that naturally meanders through Monty Python, legal doctrine, defamation and cronyism.
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Episode 9: You Can't Have It All, But You Can Have Joy
Mary, Christine, Elizabeth, Sandy and Ileana talk about finding meaning while approaching middle age. We talk about the great lie of feminism, asking for help, being willing to show who you are, doing scary things, and discovering what you are capable and worthy of. Here is the Meghan Daum piece...
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Episode 7: Part Deux - Sex While Libertarian
Alama (@hearalma), Garrett (@GarrettSasse), Ileana (@IleanaAlmog), and Jaye (@jtownmataco) return for a second round of talks on sex and dating. Using the frame of pros and cons of sex on the first date, the conversation covers first times, body counts, personal choices, with a dash of gender and...
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Episode 6: My Norms!
The wise folks of the Fifth reflect on changing norms of behavior in the workplace and conclude that we all lose when we have to tiptoe around each other. Plus, we're not all special, give back that participation trophy, and don't go into the humanities!
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Episode 5: Moynihan Can Be Our Rebbe
Ileana talks to ChayaLeah (@sayscl), the Executive Director of Beach Hillel, about fighting anti-Semitism by building bridges, the joys and challenges of being a heterodox thinker, the importance of ideas, and the value of norms.
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Episode 4: We lead with the objectification, then hit you with the brain power
Alma (@hearalma), Ben (@actualbenprice), Garrett (@garrettsasse), Ileana (@ileanaalmog) and Jaye (@jtownmataco) discuss feminism, dating as a libertarian, and titties. Plus, one household, one vote, relationship red flags, communal living versus having a personal house across from your house, and…
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Episode 3: Yael talks to Garrett and Ileana about social media, finding community among the politically homeless, and being brave/calling bullshit
Yael really knows her stuff. Which is not surprising, since she pretty much created the framework for digital communications in the public sector from scratch. Follow her @yaelbt. After the Jewish cabal of Yael and Ileana invite Garrett to "lean in" and join the conversation, the trio discuss...
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Episode 2: Bad Parents' Club with Lesley and Norm
Ileana, Lesley and Norm talk about parenting, kids, teachers, the California Forestry Department, higher education and high school kids hanging out with Matt Welch and his friends at UCSB (spoiler: it appears to have been entirely above board; like, completely unobjectionable.) Leaving kids with...
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Episode 1.1 Communist Romania, Metallica vs Depeche Mode and Why Everyone Should Move out of Every Big City
Ileana Almog (@IleanaAlmog) joins Ben Price (@actualbenprice), Busty Wimsatt (@ajwimsatt) and Garrett Sasse (@garrett.sasse) to chat about bad booze experiences, growing up behind the Iron Curtain and buying roadside beef, wild gangs of Metallica and Depeche Mode fans battling it out on the…
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Episode 0.1 National School Choice Week Special Edition
Clarice Schillinger joined the Fifth Column Community Show to talk about her newly formed Keeping Kids in School PAC and their goals to get forward thinking individuals onto school boards in Pennsylvania, the damning evidence that she has helped uncover proving that unions have been working to...
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Episode 0.0 The Introductioning
Listen at your own peril! The who, what, when, where and why of the adventure I'm hoping we can all go on together. Please excuse the quality, I have zero clue how to edit an audio file (any takers?). Plug in those headphones and give this bad boy a whirl!
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