The Moynihan Report – Details, episodes & analysis

The Moynihan Report is an in-depth 1-on-1 interview program broadcast live from 2WAY’s New York studio on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5pm EST.

Join us for the PREMIERE EPISODE, recorded Thursday, March 20th with Anthony Weiner.

Hosted by Michael Moynihan (The Fifth Column, VICE News), the show centers around lively conversations with the most influential people in culture, politics, media, and beyond–not just to unpack their opinions on current events, but to better understand what makes them tick. Each episode also includes the opportunity for Michael and guests to engage with the live at-home audience via the 2WAY platform.

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Intro music: "Snake Oil Salesman" by ‪@BadBreakMusic‬

(00:00) Intro: The Moynihan Report

(09:35) Anthony Weiner on Overcoming Scandals and Addiction

(19:46) Prison Time and Fatherhood

(28:40) Trump and the Democrats Today

(41:51) Audience Questions

(45:08) Hillary Clinton Email Scandal and the 2016 Election

(51:15) Israel and Antisemitism

(1:00:20) Connor Fitzpatrick on Mahmoud Khalil and Free Speech

(1:09:55) Audience Questions

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Michael Moynihan talks about the "Liberation Day" tariffs and the triumph of conspiracy politics with his Fifth Column co-host Kmele Foster, and Gerald Posner–author of Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK.

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(00:00:00) Liberation Day 

(00:02:59) The New Global Economy 

(00:10:17) MAGA Conspiracism

(00:16:54) Gerald Posner on the Deep State 

(00:19:10) Antisemitism, Zionism, and Internet Conspiracy Culture 

(00:27:22) The CIA, Overclassification, and the Kennedy Files 

(00:35:57) MLK, RFK, and the Legacy of Government Secrecy 

(00:45:59) Audience Q&A: Zionism, Language, and Persistent Myths

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Ethan Suplee is an American actor and podcaster born in Manhattan in 1976. He's known for his roles in American History X, Blow, Remember the Titans, John Q, The Wolf of Wall Street, and several Kevin Smith films. He also played Frankie in Boy Meets World and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl. Suplee hosts the podcast American Glutton, where he discusses his 20 years of weight loss and gain, sharing his diet and what worked and didn't. Ethan opens up to Michael Moynihan about Hollywood, Heroin and Heroic Body Transformations on The Moynihan Report.

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(00:00) Obesity, Drugs, and Fame

(10:24) Family

(14:09) Weight Loss Journey

(21:26) Morality of Hollywood

(29:34) Career Highlights and Playing the Nazi

(34:13) How to Get Fit

(39:22) Addiction and Recovery

(49:56) Parenting Advice

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On this edition of The Moynihan Report, Michael Moynihan talks about the Signal "war plans" leak with former U.S. Representative and Iraq War veteran Peter Meijer, and investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein.

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(00:00) Intro: Signalgate

(09:10) Peter Meijer on Information Security

(19:10) How Serious was the Leak?

(23:30) Trump’s Foreign Policy

(32:30) Ken Klippenstein on Goldberg’s Reporting

(43:30) Declassifying Government Secrets

(50:20) US Grand Strategy

(58:36) State of the GOP and the Dems

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Laura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit organization that helps people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around the world who are seeking guidance and support for the withdrawal journey and life post-psychiatry. Laura joins Michael Moynihan to discuss the state of mental health and psychopharmacology today.

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(00:00) Intro: Laura Delano

(10:20) Depression and Suicide Attempt

(18:41) Drug Controversy

(31:22) Psychiatry and Pills

(36:54) Societal Struggles

(44:30) Ozempic

(50:30) Medical Skepticism

(56:15) The Myth of Mental Illness

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Andrew Sullivan of The Weekly Dish joins Michael Moynihan on The Moynihan Report to talk about the unraveling of the republic.

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(00:00) Intro 

(03:05) Authoritarianism Today

(06:47) Trump's Retaliation 

(09:06) Monarchical Power 

(11:43) Cult-Like Support 

(14:33) Trump’s Need for Supplication 

(19:07) Death of Journalism 

(22:14) MAGA Cheerleaders 

(28:23) Conspiracism 

(34:03) Trumpism vs Conservatism 

(36:01) Dem Failure and Biden’s Decline 

(41:46) Audience Questions

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Why do so many people across the country believe Luigi Mangione is a hero? Michael Moynihan talks about that with Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at The Free Press whose recent reporting delves "Inside the Cult of Luigi Mangione"

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(00:00) Tariff Mayhem

(11:46) Infiltrating the Luigi Cult

(16:08) Manifesto Review

(21:21) America’s Healthcare Crisis

(24:31) Female Fandom

(26:31) Risks of Journalism 

(36:51) State of Jounalism

(42:05) BLM and Radical Chic

(48:01) Venerating the Villain

(53:31) Luigi’s Trial

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It's open swim day on The Moynihan Report, and Michael Moynihan is talking to 2WAY viewers on topics from Ukraine to El Salvador, from Douglas Murray to Dave Smith, and from Taylor Lorenz to Luigi Mangione.

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(00:00) Intro

(07:14) Trump-Bukele Oval Office Meeting

(12:30) Luigi Mangione

(13:13) Vinny: the US budget is a mess

(22:27) Growing up watching Firing Line

(25:28) Douglas Murray v Dave Smith

(33:50) Taylor Lorenz

(47:02) Andrew Sullivan cancels trip to UK

(56:28) Ukraine

(01:12:37) How to talk to people without arguing

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Michael Moynihan sits down with the great Sam Harris: neuroscientist, philosopher, bestselling author, and host of the Making Sense podcast.

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(00:00) Losing Friends

(10:22) Elon Musk

(14:56) Effects of Twitter

(17:37) Free Speech Absolutism

(22:46) Joe Rogan

(27:05) Woke v MAGA

(33:58) Trump’s Foreign Policy 

(40:55) Tariffs and Corruption

(44:42) Experts and Institutions

(54:02) Common Sense Governance

(56:36) Third Parties

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Michael Moynihan is joined by nonfiction storyteller and documentarian Jon Ronson, author of So You've Been Publicly Shamed, The Men Who Stare At Goats, The Psychopath Test, and more.

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(00:00) Cancel Culture

(10:27) Alex Jones

(14:53) Douglas Murray v Dave Smith

(21:06) Culture Wars

(29:49) How to Spot a Psychopath

(33:50) Journalism 

(40:40) Conspiracy Theories

(49:38) Hollywood and America

(55:59) The Debutante

(01:05:51) Woke Right

(01:14:25) Russell Brand

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