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The Things We Thought After 9/11 (#574)

September 11, 2026 · 1 h 30 min

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-RIP Andrew Wimsatt, a true friend of the show and beloved member of the Fifth Column community

-And in lighter news, it’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11

-Trump’s 9/11 story

-Why we’re called The Fifth Column

-When Matt Welch welcomed us to war

-Moynihan moved to New York on September 10, 2001

-How much of your memory of the day is actually real?

-Mary Beard and other “the US had it coming” takes

-Little Eichmanns and the root-causes Olympics

-Did we win the War on Terror?

-You get $5,000! And you get $5,000!

-Midterm Madness and the two Dan Sullivans

-Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP speedrun to zero

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