The Fifth Column Branches Out to Sirius XM POTUS!

Channel 124 on Saturday and Sunday. But you can still listen to the latest episode right here!

Sirius XM POTUS

Some news: The Fifth Column, the 13-month-old, occasionally bleary-eyed politics/media/bad-accents podcast co-hosted by Kmele Foster, Michael C. Moynihan and myself, is expanding to Sirius XM's POTUS (stands for "Politics of the United States") channel, beginning this weekend. You can find POTUS, which bills itself as "Non-Partisan Political Talk," at number 124 on your channel-thingie. The hour-long broadcasts will sometimes be edited versions of the longer podcasts, bonus interview sessions, or live call-in shows. Here's how we're described on the site:

From their enclave in midtown Manhattan, hosts Michael Moynihan, Matt Welch, and Kmele Foster dissect the news, interrogate guests, and question just about everything. The topics are broad, the insights are deep, and the jokes are off color.

Tune in Saturday, May 27, at 11 a.m. ET; and Sunday, May 28, at 1 a.m. ET & again at 3 p.m.

You can listen to an expanded version of what you'll hear there right the hell here. Recorded on Wednesday morning, this show is perhaps blissfully free of all things Bodyslamgate, and instead focuses on the Manchester terrorist attack, debates over "root causes," President Donald Trump's Mideast swing, commemorative drug paraphernalia, #MAGA-hashtag Twitter feeds, the mesmerizing lure of Jewish holidays, and the even more tempting prospects of shotgunning Negro Modelos in the morning. It's all here:

In addition to LISTENING TO US ON SIRIUS XM POTUS CHANNEL 124, you can fulfill your bonus Fifth Column needs at iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, wethefifth.com, @wethefifth, and Facebook.

Comments

[Hugh Akston]

Serious question (see what I did there?): Does your expanding media empire portent the end of on-air drunkenness? Specifically I'm worried about losing Moynihan's offensive accents and Kmele culturally appropriating James Taylor.

[Matt Welch]

They signed us for what we are, not what we should (or shouldn't) be.

(Also, I've been the soberish guy on at least two Sirius broadcasts when everyone else -- especially Matt Taibbi -- was WASTED.)

[Hugh Akston]

Good news. Also, does this mean y'all are finally getting paid for this gig?

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ixnay on the aywallpay talk.

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

live call-in shows

Not enough alcohol in the world.

[$park? leftist poser]

Drunken libertarians gabbing about politics. Sounds like a hoot.

[some guy]

POTUS, which bills itself as "Non-Partisan Political Talk,"

I am skeptical since their ad includes pictures of two (and only two) partisan mascots.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Sellouts.

[BigT]

Moynihan displays his lack of research, leading to TDS. Trump has used his extreme comments to tweak China into confronting NoK. But MM takes all his more recent comments at face value rather than as negotiating stances. Read Trumps f'ing book, you moron. He gives his strategies there, and should be viewed that way.

[Juice]

Can you find a way to reduce the file size? There are podcasts out there that are twice as long and half the file size. Voice audio doesn't need to be high definition.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I notice Sirius doesn't have the logo for the show.