Crimes of Boredom (Members Only #318)

About this episode

The episode discusses the aftermath of a failed shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and explores themes of boredom and radicalism in America.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com After the failed shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the boys sift through bad manifestos, assassination discourse, microlooting, conspiracy politics, and the strange moral permissions of America’s bored radicals. -Matt’s 15-year Werner Herzog hangover workshop -judging the newest failed killer manifesto -America’s stupidest assassination d…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Welch, Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan

Topics covered

• assassination discourse
• conspiracy politics
• bored radicals
• failed manifestos
• microlooting

Keywords

• assassination
• manifesto
• microlooting
• conspiracy
• boredom
• radicals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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