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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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The New Neocons
Jonah has been dog-less and alone in his house for too long. Consequently, today’s Ruminant delves with unrepentant granularity into the history of neoconservatism. From its founders to its detractors, Jonah gives the full sweep, and all to grapple with a single question: Is the current crop of left-skeptic liberals—including Nellie Bowles, Yascha Mounk, John McWhorter, et al.—really just a new batch of neocons?
Show Notes:
—The Cult of the Presidency by Gene Healy
—Michael Crowley’s profile of Joe Biden (2001)
—“Civil Liberties” by Irving Kristol
—“The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution” by Irving Kristol
—The Remnant with Nellie Bowles
—The Remnant with Yascha Monunk
—The Remnant with John McWhorter
—The Remnant with Jonathan Haidt
—The Remnant with Richard Reeves
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31 Flavors of Felonies
Dispatch senior editor Mike Warren capitulates to Jonah’s pleas for a spontaneous conversation to unpack the various legal woes plaguing the news cycle this week. Plea deals fall apart, guns are found in dumpsters, and hush money is paid. As usual, there are political implications and lots of both sides-isms. Stayed tuned for the down low on Mar-a-Lago, some Supreme Court speculation, and Jonah and Mike’s takes as to why the media leans to the left.
Show Notes:
—The Joe Biden interview In question
—Project 2025
—The Prince of Darkness by Robert D. Novak
The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.
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A Woke Hangover
The wonderful Nellie Bowles joins Jonah to discuss her new book, Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History. Score some Remnant bingo points for a conversation on topics including (but certainly not limited to) the “Abolish the Police” movement, the hypocrisy of progressivism, the importance of skeptics, and memory-holing.
Show Notes:
—Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
—Nellie on Honestly with Bari Weiss
—The Intellectual Dark Web
—The Dan Rather Incident
—The New York Times on the COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory
The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.
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Bad Karma-Lago
On this week’s Ruminant, Jonah drinks coffee and remembers things. Topics include his thoughts on the newest installment of the Mad Max franchise, Donald Trump’s karmic retribution, and a Muslim exotic dancer named Lulu. He also touches on the state (or lack thereof) of the alt-right, and responds to the critiques of Wednesday’s G-File.
Show Notes
—Chris Hemsworth’s Prosthetic Nose
—Trump’s Guilty Verdict (and the subsequent reactions)
—Auditions for Trump’s VP Ticket
—“Radical Chic” Politics
—Wednesday's G-File
—The Rise and Fall of the Alt-Right
—Why Islam needs a Pope
—Bigotry and Crackpots on the Right
—Bigotry and Crackpots on the Right
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Black Panther Breakfast Club
Atlantic writer Caitlin Flanagan joins Jonah for an episode that bounces from topic to topic, from the “trans thing” to the COVID-10 lockdowns and the failure of the modern-day lefties. Take out your daubers for a number of bingo card call-outs and stay tuned for a sentence Jonah’s never uttered before.
Show Notes:
—Alice Walker's issue with the Jews
—Tom Wolfe's "The Great Relearning" essay
—UCLA medical school's racial quotas
—Jesse Singal's Remnant appearance
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You Had Me at Middle Aged
Jonah hijacks the GLoP Culture podcast, kicks John Podhoretz out of the driver’s seat, and floors it into The Remnant feed with Rob Long sitting shotgun. They discuss Rob’s Come to Jesus moment, Jonah’s crass words to Jon Karl (are there any dues?), and of course, a little bit of pop culture. Stick around to hear hot takes on improv, The Fall Guy, and Frosted. And John, we know you’re listening.
Show Notes:
—Rob Long's X profile
—GLoP on Apple Podcasts
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Customer Reviews
Clueless and dumb punditry
In a previous episode you talked about why parties should focus on suburban voters more. I’m generally a fan but my god that was the most clueless and heartless things you’ve ever said. I mean there are literally millions of working class people in the rust belt and other areas who voted for trump and who are clearly hurting and you think we should just abandon them and focus on well off bourgeois folks in the suburbs because they have “better values” or something.
This is not only cruel but pretty dumb and clueless as well because A, the gop obviously will never win if it focuses on the suburbs and middle class people only. B, because it ignores why the suburbs are trending more to the dems, a lot of that goes way before trump and the tea party and and a lot of it is because of the changing nature of suburbs not because repubs have become mean spirited and obnoxious.
It’s also factually not true that suburban people prefer more responsible and serious politics given the fact that the most insane and conspiratorial part of the resistance during the trump years was mostly made up of rich white suburbanites.
That’s all, I was just very mad and disappointed by what you said on that episode as a fan.