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

148 - w/ Ben Dreyfuss "Mueller Talks, Send Em' Back, Al Franken, A$AP Rocky v. Sweden"

It is upon us: that very rare occasion when we unlock a Patreon episode for the masses. 🎁🎁🎁 If you are clever and don't want to miss future locked episodes, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/wethefifth" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>. --------- Rather than our typical bullet-pointed show notes, we'll keep this one short and sweet. Because try as they might to pull the conversation away from Kmele's bravura performance on Real Time with Bill Maher, the lads just couldn't manage it. Although they do respond to a listener email about the Pet Shop Boys...and Kmele does says the word kerfluffle. That is all.&nbsp; Enjoy.

221 - UNLOCKED Patreon Episode - Kmele's Victory Lap (Dem Haters)

<ul><li>Is Melania the greatest first lady since Florence Harding?</li><li>Does MC Hammer hate Kmele?</li><li>Let the sycophancy begin!</li><li>Qanonsense</li><li>Understanding the Trump voter</li><li>We're all weird and wrong</li><li>The new Republican Party is awful. So is the new Democratic Party.</li><li>The dumb 1776 project: "It's like Stephen Miller pooped on a legal pad"</li><li>Hating big tech</li><li>How not to combat bad speed</li></ul>

220 - The Dawning of Yet Another Terrible Era

Guest: Anna Khachiyan @ "Red Scare" (Co-Host) <ul><li>Kinda Canceled</li><li>Holding the Mic</li><li>Outrage Boner</li><li>Dirtbags</li><li>Tight Sweaters, Tighter Shirts</li><li>Mo' Impeachments</li><li>The MAGA Riots</li><li>Culpability</li><li>Cultural Amnesia, Sweetest Taboos</li><li>Canceling Trump</li><li>Canceling the Rest of Yall?</li></ul> Recorded Jan 13t, 2020Published Jan 14th, 2020

219 - w/ Anna Khachiyan "Double Impeachments, All the Balenciaga You Can Carry"

Welcome to 2021 <ul><li>A Coup d'état? An Insurrection? </li><li>A dark beginning? A despicable bookend? A world of shit?</li><li>We'll get to that -- but we're gonna need a lot more booze.</li></ul> Recorded Jan 6th, 2021Published Jan 7th, 2021

218 - "A Slovenly Rebellion (Pass The Tequila)"

- Kmele 2020 - AllyShip- Secret Shows- The Internet Never Forgets- Trap Lord- Burning the Witch (and maybe that annoying lady from down the street too) - Puritanism Without The Fun- Schadenfreude- Inconveniencing the Steal- Eviscerating Democracy (w/ Hyperbole)- Stop Laughing -- It's Not Funny- Thank You Recorded Dec 30th, 2020Published Dec 31st, 2020

217 - "You Gon Learn, Hawley's Gamble"

Guest: Greg Lukianoff @ Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (President). Co-Author, "The Coddling of the American Mind" <ul><li>🎁</li><li>🎁</li><li>🎁</li><li>🎁</li><li>🎁</li></ul> Recorded Dec 23rd, 2020Published Dec 25th, 2020

216 - w/ Greg Lukianoff  "From Campus to Caliphate"

<ul><li>New Views</li><li>Demographic Considerations</li><li>What Seems to Be The Problem Officer?</li><li>The Honorable Minister</li><li>Vaccine Rollout</li><li>Careful Reporting</li><li>Post Trump News Cycle</li><li>The Flagrancy</li><li>Predicting Apocalypse</li></ul> Recorded Dec 17th, 2020Published Dec 19th, 2020

215 - "New in Town, Vax Populi"

Look, you asked for it. Fifth fan favorite (ed - we really don't understand you people) and Mother Jones editorial director Ben Dreyfuss (né Gould) is back. And the results are wonderfully shambolic. But seriously: make sure the kids are in bed before press play.... <ul><li>Ben is "on leave" from Mother Jones</li><li>Why Ben's editor blocked him on Twitter (and you should too)</li><li>No ice in Hawaii, no avocados in Wisconsin</li><li>The worst movie Ben's dad ever made (Or was it the best?)</li><li>Why everyone in DC hates Facebook</li><li>Why people read dumb articles on Facebook </li><li>Ben starts a Substack. Obviously.</li><li>What Ben learned about Donald Trump in the suicide ward</li><li>Manipulating people on the internet</li><li>And so much more...</li></ul>

214 - w/Ben Dreyfuss  "Another Dreyfuss Affair"

"The Toad style is immensely strong, and immune to nearly any weapon. When it's properly used, it's almost invincible." - Five Deadly Venoms <ul><li>Way Out Of Line</li><li>The Incredible Asshole Machine</li><li>Related Controversy </li><li>A Stolen*** Election</li><li>Obama 💘 Cops</li><li>Welcome to Murderapolis </li><li>A Civil War, A Tent Revival</li><li>Han Obviously Shot First (Probably Doesn't Matter)</li><li>Bothsidesing: Maybe Not a Bad Idea</li><li>Revivalist vs Redistributionist</li><li>American Pie</li></ul> Recorded Dec 3nd, 2020Published Dec 4th, 2020

213 - "Da Mystery Of Defunding the Police (while Stopin' the Steal)"

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