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Un-Effing America With John Avlon - The Fifth Column #543 (Full Episode)
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February 5, 2026
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1:35:34Now PlayingJohn Avlon stops by The Fifth Colum (episode #543) only to learn he's in the Epstein files, why the Daily Beast should’ve sold dick pills, and why we need to rebuild guardrails on what some call "stolen land"
(0:00) Cold open
(0:31) Epstein Files
(2:05) Election paranoia
(8:10) Populists and purists
(14:40) Georgia and the FBI
(21:05) Media incentives
(33:10) Tucker and CPAC
(44:25) Identity politics
(56:40) Party sorting
(1:10:15) Guardrails and civic culture
(1:23:30) Wrap-up
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Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves.
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