The Fifth Gets a Substitute Teacher (w/ Jesse Singal) #568
The Fifth Gets a Substitute Teacher (w/ Jesse Singal) #568  
Podcast: The Fifth Column
Published On: Wed Jul 29 2026
Description: Jesse Singal of Blocked and Reported and Singal-Minded fills Michael Moynihan’s special diabetic chair to discuss Fauci’s diaries, broken institutions, runaway AI, LeBron and Mamdani Mart.-Moynihan out, Jesse Singal in-Barry Weiss hired everyone except Jesse-The Prince of Science re-enrages everyone (or at least Rand Paul)-Gell-Mann amnesia and the collapse of institutional trust-The media needed a COVID daddy-An OpenAI model escaped the sandbox-The analogy of the paperclip machine and how it consumed the universe-Cambridge protected alleged plagiarist Jason Arday-Midterm Madness, Ohio governor race version-Kmele feels that LeBron will never love him but he doesn’t want to talk about it-Three grown men relived their greatest pickup games-Kmele wanted the gods back in The Odyssey-Mamdani Mart promised groceries at 30 percent off-Billy Bob Thornton returns from hell in White Knight (a Kmele Foster joint)-Nazi dinosaurs stalked Jews through Schindler’s Park-Jesse discovered second-order effects-Not every strange obsession with Israel was antisemitism-Rent stabilization has worked great for millionaires-No French goodbye for KmelePrefer to watch & chat live with other members of the Fifdom? This episode premieres over on our YouTube channel at 12PM EST.The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener-viewer supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Follow The Fifth ColumnYouTube: @wethefifthInstagram: @we.the.fifthX: @wethefifthTikTok: @wethefifthFacebook: @thefifthcolumn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe