-The Knicks give New York its greatest night in years and OG makes his MVP case

-Valid destruction or peaceful rioting?

-A brief detour through America’s dumbest college mascots

-Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis give Moynihan a perfect Comedy Cellar night

-Kmele roots for the Spurs, but only to punish Knicks fans

-Spike Lee has been on the court long enough

-Which celebrity row courtsider gets booed?

-Mamdani gets into the affordable soccer jersey business

-The World Cup comes to New Jersey by boat

-Introducing Midterm Madness

-LA’s mayoral race and the Spencer Pratt stolen-election fantasy

-California’s governor’s race and the strange usefulness of market signals

-The race to watch

-Platner’s character problem is not going away

-Jodi Kantor explains when MeToo does and does not count

-Bill Pulte gets pulled, Jay Clayton gets nominated

-A fully fledged disgusting party on a federal level

-UFC 250 comes to the White House because this is who we are now

-Bullshit, postmodern Trumpism, and the infinite lies

The Fifth Column (A Podcast) is a listener/viewer-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Follow The Fifth Column

YouTube: @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