The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg The Dispatch
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In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day. Is America doomed? Has liberalism failed? And will mankind ever invent something better than ‘90s-era “Simpsons?” Mixing political history, pop culture, rank punditry, and shameless book-plugging, Goldberg and guests will have the kinds of conversations we wish they featured on TV. And the nudity will (almost) always be tasteful. Brace your bingo cards.
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War Pigs
Jonah overcomes his flu-induced hallucinations and ruminates on the current attempt by Congress to force a sale of TikTok and Trump's suspicious flip-flop on the issue. The hallucinations reappearing, Jonah begins to complain about the bots on Twitter making dumb arguments for isolationism and ending Ukraine aid. With whatever sanity he has left he argues against Chuck Schumer's call for new elections in Israel and explains the importance of commitment to allies.
Show Notes:
—The Dispatch editorial
—Boiling Frogs on TikTok divestment
—ISW: The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook
—Jonah's LA Times article on the use of "genocide"
—Sen. Schumer calls for new elections in Israel
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Destroying Hamas
Dan Senor, author of The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World and host of Call Me Back with Dan Senor, returns to discuss the state of Israel's war against Hamas as the IDF begins to move into Rafah. How is Israeli society holding up? What should we make of growing accusations of genocide? Can Israel achieve its military objectives? What do Israelis think about American politics? And what is does future for Jews in America look like?
Show Notes:
—Tablet: How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers
—John Podhoretz: They’re Coming After Us
—Dan Senor's previous appearance on The Remnant
—Jonah: The Many Problems With Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’ in Gaza
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Be Less Thirsty
Chris Stirewalt, the Arby's of punditry and host of The Hill Sunday, was so eager to return to The Remnant that he joined in the midst of another episode. Awkwardness overcome, the two tackle the big questions: Why can't we learn our lesson? Where are Nikki Haley voters going come November? How should we interpret primary turnout? When will the reckoning come? And why can't democrats figure out crime? Chris "Unpledged Delegate" Stirewalt has the answers.
Show Notes:
—The Hill Sunday
—Jonah's LA Times column on the GOP establishment
—Skiff AMA 3
—Dune Part Two Skiff
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Take a Deep Breath
Jonah reassures listeners on today’s Ruminant that this election is not a Flight 93 election and America as we know it will not end come January 2025. He then turns to comment on the Supreme Court ruling that Colorado can’t disqualify Trump from their ballots and the growing treatment of presidents as monarchs. And just as you thought you avoided more State of the Union rank punditry...
Show Notes:
—G-File: Apocalypse Not
—The Dispatch editorial: The American People Should Demand Better
—Advisory Opinions on the Colorado SCOTUS decision
—The Dispatch's new newsletter Techne
—The Skiff on Dune: Part Two
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The Gene Genie
The last time Razib Khan—a geneticist and author of the Unsupervised Learning Substack—appeared on The Remnant to discuss genes and behavior, Jonah couldn’t resist focusing their conversation exclusively on canines. Today, Razib is finally back to explore the genetic makeup of the world’s second most important animal, human beings. He and Jonah try to keep the science simple and the nudity tasteful as they explore some highfalutin topics: How has our knowledge of genetics evolved over time? What can our genes tell us about our ancestors? And are genes the ultimate predictor of intelligence and disease?
Show Notes:
- Razib’s Substack, Unsupervised Learning
- Razib: “The Longer I Live, the Wronger I Get to Be”
- Razib interviews Chris Stringer
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Bad Habits
How do habits influence behavior? Significantly, according to returning Remnant favorite Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and co-author of the new book Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There. In it, he argues that breaking habits and routines can enable us to find greater fulfillment in life. But why did humans evolve to acquire habits in the first place? How do habits desensitize us? And how can we encourage people to adopt healthy habits of the heart?
Show Notes:
- Cass’ new book, Look Again
- Cass and co-author Tali Sharot on how we become habituated to horrible things
- Cass’ Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech
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Customer Reviews
Thank you JG!
My favorite podcast by far … funny and intellectual