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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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Screwing the Party Line
It’s been a crazy few weeks, so The Remnant’s editorial czars have allowed Jonah to bring back Dispatch CEO Steve Hayes to engage in some classic punditry. After Steve forces Jonah to make some monocausal arguments about Joe Biden’s withdrawal and Kamala Harris’ ascension, the pair lay out some soft predictions regarding the outcome of the 2024 race, call out some DEI-hire hypocrisy, and consider the pros and cons of flip-flopping politicians.
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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Soft-Serve Severance
Call her an oracle or consider her a wise observer of Occam’s razor, but Bulwark contributor A.B. Stoddard saw this coming. A.B. returns to The Remnant to discuss her longstanding—and ultimately correct—prediction that Joe Biden wouldn’t be on the presidential ballot in November. Among the questions discussed in this Biden-Harris post-mortem: Is Jill Biden the American Eva Perón? Is Nancy Pelosi a bene gesserit? Jonah and A.B. have the answers, helping ye loyal listeners make sense of Kamala Harris’ coronation and her potential running mates, J.D. Vance’s growing pains, and the causes of conspiracy.
Show Notes:
—A.B. told you so
—A.B. told you so, again
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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Not Quite Napoleon
Though we all got precious little sleep the past two weeks, we are nothing if not devoted to our listeners. In this belated Ruminant, Jonah looks back at a week that contained years (yet also very little). Is there much to say about J.D. Vance's nomination and RNC speech? Did Trump, having survived an assassination attempt, cross the Hegelian threshold and become a nigh-Napoleonic age spirit? Will Jonah get to sleep in his own bed this weekend? Important questions all.
Show Notes:
-WATCH: Dispatch after hours reacting to The Neverending Trump Speech.
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Reaganite Elegy
As Jonah predicted in the outro of yesterday’s Remnant episode, everything is indeed on fire. To help interpret what is perhaps the most chaotic news cycle in recent memory, Jonah is joined by Bulwark contributor Damon Linker.
Tune in for Jonah and Damon’s referendum on newly selected VP candidate J.D. Vance, the state of the GOP at the 2024 convention, and the conversions of conservative think tanks. To close it out, they discuss the great Republican schism and the fallout of the Trump assassination attempt.
Show Notes:
—Damon’s Substack: Notes from the Middle Ground
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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Workin’ For a Livin’
On today’s episode of TheRemnant, Jonah’s guest is none other than Robert Doar, the president of the American Enterprise Institute. The two New Yorkers inevitably spend much of the episode quibbling over New York City. Fortunately for us, they also laud the Eisenhower administration and RFK’s (the first one, not the falcon one) DOJ, discuss the realities of the Jim Crow era and welfare reform, and dive into some top-tier AEI lore. Jonah remains obsessed with the topic of neoconservatism, so to close it all out, he drags Robert into the discourse.
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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Brownshirt Goon Squad Cosplayers
This week’s Ruminant is dedicated to the devoted gnostic scholars of “Trumpism,” the Holy Grail of embattled conservative intellectuals and political toadies alike. Jonah also addresses the new elephant in the room: Project 2025 (consider our fact check on the discourse as mandatory reading). Blame the early hour, but Jonah also finds himself regressing to his days of media criticism, and even doubles down with media criticism-criticism. For dessert, he responds to comments on his debate with Niall Ferguson.
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.
—Eliana Johnson: “Meet the Harvard whiz kid who wants to explain Trumpism”
—The Dispatch fact-checks Project 2025
—Wednesday’s G-File
—Jonah debates Niall Ferguson on The Remnant: Is America a late-stage Soviet country?
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Customer Reviews
Glad I found Jonah
I started listening after I found Jonah had quit Fox News because of their stand on Trump. I have always identified as a “Lefty”and a Never Trumper but I wanted to hear what the other side had to say on the news cycle. Jonah brings a calm reasoning to a chaotic unreasonable world of politics. I found that the left was too much doom and gloom and the right was too much hate and just plain craziness.
I like hearing from Jonah the things either side leaves out to make their argument to make my own view.
Changed the way I think
Jonah’s rational explanation of his conservatism has, over time, shifted how I think. This podcast has literally changed my life. The Dispatch is one of the handful of media outlets I find worth subscribing to.
Entertaining, eggheads, full o’ heart
Listening to this podcast for a few years has taught me a lot, introduced me to some great ideas and people, and (honestly!) made me a more tolerant person. Whoever said “Be the change you want to see in the world,” they could’ve been talking about Jonah Goldberg.
All that said, I agree with his wife that doing the solo shows is probably bad for his mental health. So, Jonah, while I enjoy them a lot most of the time, I’d could live without them if it made the Fair Jessica happy.