Michael Moynihan

New York

Co-Host at The Fifth Column

The Fifth Column podcast. Ex-Vice on HBO / Vice News Tonight. Ex-Daily Beast. Various other things.

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Articles

Members Only #250 - Twitter Is Now Real Life

1 month ago | player.fm | Kmele Foster |Michael Moynihan |Matt Welch

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Introducing SZEPS LIVE!

1 month ago | uncomfortableconversations.substack.com | Josh Szeps |Michael Moynihan

Well, well, well. Who’da thunk? Brace yourself for a whole lot more Szeps coming into your ear holes, and even better, into your eye holes. In his first Grand New Adventure (/foolhardy misstep) of the year, Josh is launching Substack’s newest weekly live-streamed show, SZEPS LIVE. (Get it? His name is “Szeps”. And it’s “live”. “Szeps Live!” The marketing agency knocked it out of the park.
#489 - Neocon Don and Sandals Gaza

2 months ago | player.fm | Kmele Foster |Michael Moynihan |Matt Welch

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Guilty, Actually

2 months ago | aei.org | Jonah Goldberg |Michael Moynihan

Michael C. Moynihan, fellow podcaster extraordinaire and Lisan al-Gaib of the House Un-American Activities Committee, pays a visit to the Court of The Remnant to defend Bill Buckley, discuss horseshoe theory as it relates to immigration, and critique cheap radicalism. Plus: the problems with post-liberalism, the slippery slope of foreign policy obsession, and a neocon apologia session.
WATCH: H.R. McMaster on Trump—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Jan 17, 2025 | thefp.com | Michael Moynihan

Very few people have worked closely with Donald Trump, gotten fired, and walked away with a pretty balanced view of him. But Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser to President Trump, is an exception. In his book At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, he gives an honest account of working in Trump’s first administration: the good, the bad, and the unexpected.
The Truth About Bob Dylan’s Fallout with Pete Seeger

Jan 5, 2025 | thefp.com | Michael Moynihan

The Truth About Bob Dylan’s Fallout with Pete SeegerThe ’60s folk singers didn’t hate Dylan because he went electric, as ‘A Complete Unknown’ suggests. It was because he didn’t care about their lefty politics. One of Bob Dylan’s greatest tricks, in a career full of them, is his endless provocation of academic charlatans, credulous journalists, and his army of Aspergerian superfans.
Michael C. Moynihan

Oct 28, 2024 | substack.com | Michael Moynihan

Michael C. MoynihanCo-host of The Fifth Column Podcast
How Donald Trump Made Anti-Globalization a Right-Wing Calling Card

Oct 25, 2024 | airmail.news | Michael Moynihan

It was probably 1995 when I tried, briefly and with muted enthusiasm, to become a student activist. I pretended to read Marx and Engels, but my politics were (small w) wobbly and uncommitted. The real problem, though, was that my college years fell in the middle of a triumphalist era, with the Soviet Union smoldering on the ash heap and America exulting in its victory over history. Among the undergrad radicals, the mood was bored and distracted, envious of previous generations.
Pesca On The Free Press

Oct 19, 2024 | mikepesca.substack.com | Mike Pesca |Michael Moynihan |Rupa Subramanya

As a heads up to both my paid subscribers and my free-riders, here’s an appearance I made on live show this morning. ably hosted; that guy’s got “it”. Jonathan Conricus provided analysis on the death of Yahya Sinwar, and the issue of “debanking” was discussed. I did not get a chance to tell , who wrote a truly excellent article, that I have a problem with debanking. It’s the name. Debanking.
Know when to get out of Marianne Williamson's way: Inside a Substack Politics / The Free Press party [VIDEO]

Oct 18, 2024 | thisisnowshow.substack.com | Trace Crutchfield |Michael Moynihan |Substack Politics

At any party, it’s all about showing up—and clearly you can’t wreck a party if they won’t let you in. For me, a jacket and tie works wonders for access. While chatting with fellow journalists inside the heavily fortified, over-policed DNC perimeter, we caught wind of a party, so I did an appropriate street change as Thomas dropped some logic on us about the four-in-hand knot! The party itself was co-hosted by , with our libertarian friends from in attendance. Foster, , et al.