The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

An island of sanity in an ocean of madness.

More recent text first- Updates from 0 stars to 5 and then 5 again. Well done. Update 2 of 2, April 4, 2026: Even better. It matters. Thank you for the Nozick and Rawls. Nozick’s procedural, Wilt Chamberlain example on procedural economic justices is a phenomenal hypothetical demonstrating the evil of extreme (redistributional) “social” justice. . . Update 1: You corrected this issue, if not to the point of perfection, past the point of good enough. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration on important topics, and thank you for leveling-up your game. Original, 0 Rating Text: Suggestion, Observation, Appreciation, and Method for Easy Improvement in Two Weeks or Less: Jonah, if you would like to level-up your work, stop with the filler words. A silent pause is better. Silence is a positive and filler words are negatives. I’ve reduced my filler word usage to 0-to-1 per 20-minutes of speaking from 15 or more across 3 minutes. On your solo podcasts, I repeatedly track more than one such vile detractor per sentence. They detract from your presentation so as to turn good work into bad. I’m giving 1 star because, although I love most of your work, I judge this as the best way to get you this message. This is NOT because I could not bring myself to make it past the Janet Lau (sp?) reference where, goodness,…were more than half of your words that you did not read directly filler words? . . . How to Eliminate This Hurdle to Your Success: 1.) Buy a whistle or a “ring for service” bell 2.) 3x across two weeks, give a 2-3 minute free-form talk on any topic in front of 2-3 friends whom you don’t want to fail in front of 3.) have one friend you trust in charge of signaling with the device in step 1 EVERY TIME you use a filler word After just one session, and if they catch just 3 or more filler words, then this exercise will reduce your filler word usage on solo podcasts by 1/4 to 1/2, but you will *notice* 4x to 5x more than you did before. The next two sessions are for recalibration on noticing your own usage of these terms. Practice a little pause when you sense a filler word and notice other speakers pauses where some would insert filler words. A trip to the dollar store, a few friends you’d be a little embarrassed to fail in front of, and 14* minutes across 2 weeks, and you will improve your future lifetime earnings by no less than 10%. Slay this dragon. - Just A Guy Wishing You Well

May not always agree, but appreciate the discussion without hair on fire.

Always thoughtful. Sometimes fun. Sometimes disorganized. Always a worthwhile investment of time