114. Matt Welch Doesn't Care How You Vote, As Long As You Laugh

With Nancy off in Israel, Sarah sits down with Matt Welch, crackerjack co-host of The Fifth Column — not to be confused with Matt Walsh, conservative commentator, or Matthew Welch, everyone’s favorite bagpiper. Matt is editor-at-large at Reason, whatever that means, and a long-time journalist, musician, and libertarian, a term Sarah tries to pin down (good luck with that). Also discussed:

• Matt’s blood-boiling anger for bagpipes and pan flutes

• That time during the pandemic when we all lost our minds

• 1968 or 2020: Who wore it best?

• Did you know Matt spent time in Czechoslovakia?

• Media integrity: Going, going, gone

• Why Matt doesn’t own a gun

• Is it embarrassing to still love Hunter S. Thompson?

• Trade secrets of appearing on Bill Maher’s HBO show

• Q: “Does Bill Maher still date exclusively black women?”

• Public schools might be fucked

• Steel-manning the case against Israel

• The question about Kmele Foster and Michael Moynihan Matt refuses to answer

• Who would win in a fist-fight between Fifth Column co-hosts?

• Who would win in a fist-fight between Sarah and Nancy?

• Why “One in a Million” by Guns N Roses is a work of art

• Who will be president in 2024?

Plus a knock-out retelling of Civil Rights history, a hot mess trudging the Pacific Crest Trail, Matt’s least favorite journalist — and more!

These dudes are just ASKING to be cancelled.