The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
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.
The Problem with ‘They’ | Ruminant
Jonah Goldberg dissects the inflammatory ‘war’ rhetoric coming from both the right and left following the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, the rise of political violence in recent years, and the various forms of killing throughout human history.
But first, Jonah wants you to know he’s not an arsonist.
Show Notes:
—Jonah Goldberg for National Review: Debate Amongst Yourselves
—Charles Fain Lehmann on The Remnant
—Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Advisory Opinions
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Honor Among Nations | Interview: Graeme Wood
Jonah Goldberg sits down with Graeme Wood of The Atlantic to break down Iran’s recovery after its 12-day war with Israel, the chances of regime change, and what’s next for Israel in Gaza.
Plus: Why honor among nations still matters.
Show Notes:
—The Neighbor From Hell
—For Iranians, War With Israel Still Looms Large
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Gay Race Communism | Interview: Chris Stirewalt
Chris Stirewalt joins Jonah Goldberg to unpack the Frasier-esque undertones of Donald Trump’s birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ capitulation on vaccine mandates, and the “mean girls” dynamic inside the Trump administration.
Show Notes:
—Seth Masket's Substack on the popularity of the presidency
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We Scold These Truths | Solo
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the recent exchange between Ted Cruz and Tim Kaine on the celestial origins of rights, the idea of “heritage Americans,” and Donald Trump’s dying relationship with Modi.
Show Notes:
—Cass Sunstein on The Remnant
—Michael Warren reporting on the NatCons
—Friday's Dispatch Podcast
—Friday’s G-File
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Vice Week | Interview: Charles Fain Lehman
Vice week continues with Charles Fain Lehman, Manhattan Institute fellow and Dispatch contributing writer, joining Jonah Goldberg for a discussion on drug addiction, legalized gambling, and porn.
Show Notes:
—Charles for The Dispatch: “The Sports Gambling Backlash Is Here”
—Charles for The Dispatch: “It’s Time to Prosecute Pornhub”
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The Whore House in Falls Church | Interview: Tim Carney
Tim Carney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to unpack his latest investigative reporting on a local brothel, and they discuss the cronyism lurking behind tariffs as well as misconceptions common on both the left and the right about encouraging Americans to have more children.
Show Notes:
—Read Tim's book: Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences
—Read Tim's reporting on the Falls Church brothel
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The Coming GOP Civil War | Solo
Jonah Goldberg addresses the ‘thoughts and prayers’ backlash following the tragic school shooting in Minneapolis, examines fractures within the Trump coalition, and continues the Dispatch Roundtable’s discussion of how bad Franklin D. Roosevelt was as a president.
Show Notes:
—In Defense of Thoughts and Prayers
—Michael Brandon Doughtery's article for National Review
—Friday's Dispatch Roundtable
—Daniel McCarthy's response to Jonah
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Conserving Liberalism | Interview: Cass Sunstein
Jonah Goldberg is joined by Cass Sunstein, legal scholar and author of Manipulation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, What to Do About It, to define liberalism once and for all (it means being a mensch), explain the role of “nudging” in public policy, and defend the “abundance” agenda.
Show Notes:
—Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do About It
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What’s Going On Across the Pond? | Interview: Daniel Hannan
Lord Daniel Hannan of Kingsclere joins Jonah Goldberg for a royal breakdown of new speech laws in the United Kingdom and to provide a history lesson on the Conservative Party.
Show Notes:
—Hannan's website
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Cash and Character | Solo
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the FBI search of John Bolton’s home, the uselessness of political labels, and how the ghost of Joseph McCarthy and the Soviet Union still haunts us.
Plus: More I-told-you-so’s from Liberal Fascism and Suicide of the West.
Show Notes:
—The Atlantic’s profile of Laura Loomer
—James Kirchick on Tucker Carlson
—Charles Fain Lehman on guaranteed income programs
—Wednesday’s G-File
—Fact check on Trump’s “six wars” claim
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When Harry Became Sally | Interview: Carole Hooven
Carole Hooven, evolutionary biologist and nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the differences between gender and sex, homosexuality in the animal kingdom, and epigenetics.
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Pleading Insanity | Interview: Emmett Rensin
Emmett Rensin, author of The Complications: On Going Insane in America, joins Jonah Goldberg for a candid conversation on the state of our mental health institutions, the history of the insanity defense and his own challenges navigating care while living with schizoaffective disorder.
Show Notes:
—Rensin's essay for The Dispatch
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Déjà-Munich | Solo
Jonah Goldberg analyzes the strategic chess match between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before diving into the federal takeover of D.C.’s streets and the president’s takeover of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Show Notes:
—Kevin Williamson's Wanderland on postmodernists
—Jonah's G-File on postmodernists
—Megan McArdle in the Washington Post on crime
—Grayson Logue for The Dispatch: “What’s Next for the Bureau of Labor Statistics?”
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The Jews Have the Last Laugh | Interview: Barry Strauss
Jonah Goldberg invites Barry Strauss, author of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire, to discuss the clashes between these two ancient worlds, focusing on key events like the Siege of Masada and the Bar Kokhba revolt. Discover how these uprisings not only challenged Roman authority but also shaped the cultural and political landscape of current events.
Show Notes:
—Read Strauss’ other books
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Manipulating the Weather | Interview: Dr. David Keith
Dr. David Keith, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago and founder of Carbon Engineering, joins Jonah Goldberg to explain the controversy surrounding geoengineering. They brainstorm ways to decarbonize the economy, argue over the fine print of climate policy, and wonder if humanity can fix the planet without accidentally turning it into a giant Easy-Bake Oven.
Show Notes:
—Dr. Keith's bio
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There’s A Lot of Nonsense These Days | Solo
With his memory fading, Jonah Goldberg is fed up with his difficulty with remembering things, and pundits and politicians’ refusal to tell the truth. He ruminates over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Hamas acting as a prison gang, tariffs, and bias in the mainstream media.
Show Notes:
— Hamas G-File
— Old Fictions, New Fictions G-FileT
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The Revolutions of 1776 | Interview: Phillip Muñoz
Continuing the counterprogramming tradition, Phillip Muñoz, the Tocqueville professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the remarkable revolutions of the American Founding, the allure of postliberalism, and the proper place of religious authority. Plus: Their thoughts on cultural shifts and virtue.
Show Notes:
— Phillip Muñoz’s bio
— Muñoz's National Affairs article
—Jonah's Next 250 article on the American Revolution
—Irving Kristol's article on the free society
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A Return to Econ 101 | Interview: Russ Roberts
Jonah Goldberg is joined by Russ Roberts, the president of Shalem College and host of the EconTalk podcast, to discuss trade policy, combat intellectual idolatry, and review recent events in Israel.
Plus: their thoughts on the rise of antisemitism and fringe ideas.
Show Notes:
—EconTalk Podcast
—Russ Roberts’ latest book, Wild Problems
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Artificial Reef Conservatism | Solo
Never shy of small talk, Jonah Goldberg is eager to discuss the Sydney Sweeney outrage, the American genetics movement, and G.K. Chesterton.
Plus: his thoughts on the new Superman movie and the shifting nature of aesthetics.
Show Notes:
—Remnant AMA with Sarah Isgur, Part 1
—Remnant AMA with Sarah Isgur, Part 2
—Advisory Opinions podcast
—This week’s Dispatch Podcast
—Jonah’s Wednesday G-File
—Jonah for The Dispatch: “Don’t Call This Conservatism”
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Ask Me Anything, Pt. 2 | Interview: Sarah Isgur
Sarah Isgur, Advisory Opinions host and Dispatch senior editor, is back for more, joining Jonah Goldberg on The Remnant to answer fans’ questions and offer up some life advice. Listen along to learn about the happiest days of Sarah and Jonah’s lives, common accusations, lifehacks, smells, and more.
Show Notes:
—The Advisory Opinions Podcast
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Ask Me Anything, Pt. 1 | Interview: Sarah Isgur
In a much-anticipated episode of The Remnant, Sarah Isgur—Advisory Opinions host and Dispatch senior editor—joins Jonah Goldberg to answer fans’ questions. Listen along to learn about their friendship, favorite legal dramas, midlife career changes, parenting, and much more.
Show Notes:
— Sarah's Advisory Opinions podcast
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Nature Is Trying to Kill You | Solo
Deep in the Adirondacks, Jonah Goldberg ruminates over the dangers of nature, wealth’s ability to solve problems, and the merits of “tough on crime” policies.
Plus: his thoughts on economic inequality and the ills of scientism.
Show Notes:
—Free Press: “I Once Thought Europeans Lived as Well as Americans. Not Anymore.”
—WSJ: “The New Hot Topic in European Politics Is Air Conditioning"
—John McCormack for The Dispatch: "Why Murders in One of America’s Most Violent Cities Hit a Historic Low"
—Remnant Episode with Tomer Persico
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Furnishing the Mind | Interview: Chris Stirewalt
Jonah Goldberg and Chris Stirewalt imagine a post-Trump GOP, disclose their favorite political films, and examine America’s problems with cultural literacy and nostalgia.
Show Notes:
—Follow @ChrisStirewalt on X
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Across the Pond Politics | Interview: Francis Dearnley
An off-the-grid Jonah Goldberg is joined by Francis Dearnley, host of “Ukraine: The Latest,”to discuss how the Russia-Ukraine war ends and dive into British politics.
Show Notes:
—Follow @FrancisDearnley on X.
—Listen to Ukraine: The Latest
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Words, Words, Words | Solo
A voice-conscious Jonah Goldberg is flying solo at the Chautauqua Institution and ready to flesh out his morning thoughts. He ruminates over the Epstein-Trump drama, discusses attempts to lower the voting age, and explains the importance of terms.Plus: a review of the week’s Remnant episodes with guests Tomer Persico and Sarah Isgur.
Show Notes:
—This week's Dispatch Roundtable Podcast
—This week's Remnant with Tomer Persico
—This week's Remnant with Sarah Isgur
—Last week’s Remnant with Chris Stirewalt
—WSJ Epstein Birthday Letter Article
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Liberalism’s Identity Crisis | Interview: Dr. Tomer Persico
In another counterprogramming edition of The Remnant, Jonah Goldberg is joined by first-time guest Dr. Tomer Persico to discuss his forthcoming book In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea. Persico explains how the equality of the created individual serves as the bedrock for the Western world and explores its implications for liberalism, the separation of church and state, and atheism.
Show Notes:
—Pre-order In God’s Image:How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea
— Dr. Tomer Persico’s bio
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Court Is Adjourned | Interview: Sarah Isgur
Jonah Goldberg, fresh from the San Juan Islands, is joined by longtime friend and host of the Advisory Opinions podcast, Sarah Isgur, to review the recent Supreme Court term sans legalese. They discuss the court’s middle element, nationwide injunctions, and Congress’ inability to alleviate pressure on the judiciary.Plus: their thoughts on common good constitutionalism and the “Truman Show” lifestyle of the justices.
Show Notes:
—Advisory Opinions podcast
—Jonah's LA Times column: "The Supreme Court’s role in our partisan polarization has been greatly exaggerated"
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Your Stuff Is Mine Now | Solo
This week’s Ruminant may have been recorded earlier this week, but it’s aged like fine wine, as postliberalism continues to delegitimize itself, capitalism continues to triumph, state-run grocery stores are still a really stupid idea, and Rousseau is still wrong.Plus: the roots of economic resentment and Jonah’s thoughts on the pervasive phenomenon of main character syndrome.
Show Notes:
—Tyler Cowen in The Free Press: “Why Won’t Socialism Die?”
—Tim Carney: The Big Ripoff: How Big Business And Big Government Steal Your Money
—Scott Lincicome’s Capitolism: “State-Run Supermarkets: A (B...
Apocalypse Now | Interview: Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat of the New York Times joins Jonah Goldberg to ruminate over the resilience of American democracy, Pope Leo XIV, postliberalism, and Douthat’s recent conversation with Peter Thiel. Plus: their thoughts on wokeness, the Antichrist, and performative apocalypticism.
Show Notes:
—Ross Douthat's podcast, "Interesting Times"
—Ross Douthat's book, Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
—Jonah’s Los Angeles Times column, “Elon Musk’s America Party is a long shot"
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Democracy Kinda Sucks
Jonah Goldberg and Remnant guest emeritus Chris Stirewalt are coming to you live from a necrophiliac brothel in Rangoon (more commonly referred to as the American Enterprise Institute) to school the children, pontificate on the problem with third parties and why America owes Al Gore an apology, and take a walk down Declaration of Independence lane.
Show Notes:
—Vintage Jonah for National Review: “Is Gore An Alien?”
—Jonah’s installment in The Dispatch's The Next 250 series
—Chris Stirewalt on Calvin Coolidge
—Calvin Coolidge, “Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the De...
Happy Independence Day, Comrade
It’s America’s 249th birthday, and Jonah Goldberg has something to say about Trump’s not-so-beautiful bill, his AI fatigue, the communist cosplay run amok on the left, and the rockstar lineup of The Dispatch contributors. Plus: some good, old-fashioned, Kristol-style patriotism and heady lamentations on revolutions.
Show Notes:
—The Wednesday G-File (not written by AI)
—Jeremiah Johnson on The Remnant
—The Dispatch's contributing writer roster
—Irving Kristol: “The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution”
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Millionaires For Socialism
Jeremiah Johnson—a Dispatch contributor, first-timeguest, and cofounder of the Center for New Liberalism—stops by Chez Remnant to discuss the futility of litigating political taxonomy, the theater kid campaign approach, the connection between innovation and populism, and Jonah Goldberg’s lower-case liberal propensities.
Show Notes:
—Jeremiah’s Substack: Infinite Scrolls
—Jeremiah’s writing for The Dispatch
—Learn more about the Center for New Liberalism
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Conservatism, if You Can Keep It
In yet another counter-programming episode of The Remnant, Matthew Continetti, director of domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the life and legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. and the past, present, and future of American conservatism.
Show Notes:
—Sam Tanenhaus' Buckley Biography
—William F. Buckley Jr. at 100: The State of American Conservatism
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Zohran Zealots
Jonah Goldberg is Rocky Mountain High and ready to lambaste the electric vehicle industry, the burden of networking, lessons from military interventions past, and Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York City.
Show Notes:
—Last Wednesday’s G-File
—Nate Cohn for the New York Times: “If Everyone Had Voted, Harris Still Would Have Lost”
—America at 250 Project: The American Enterprise Institute
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The Goldberg Doctrine
Once upon a time, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, set off to make a name for himself in American political commentary … only to discover that some other guy had the same idea. At long last, Jeffrey and Jonah Goldberg convene at the Agincourt of podcasting to discuss the tenuous ceasefire between Iran and Israel, the mystical Obama Doctrine, and that SignalGate debacle.
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What Comes Around Goes Around
Eli Lake, host of Breaking History and columnist at The Free Press, joins Jonah Goldberg to ruminate upon the the United States’ recent strikes on Iran’s nuclear program and the wider implications. Were they constitutional? Is regime change next?Plus: Jonah and Eli’s thoughts on Bill Buckley and American conservatism.Show Notes:
—Eli Lake's Breaking History podcast
—Jeane Kirkpatrick on dictatorshipThe 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, regularly livestream...
The New Right’s Red Line
Jonah Goldberg has spent the week knee-deep in eggheadery of the highest order and must alleviate himself from the resonant voices in his head. Therefore, today’s Ruminant presents listeners with an hour of punditry on Israel and its existential value, the painful Ted Cruz-Tucker Carlson interview, the sorry tale of the Golden Goose, and liberal theory run amok.
Show Notes:
—The G-File: Why We Care About Israel
—The G-File: The Inevitable Splintering To Come
—Dr. Jeffrey Collins on The Remnant
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Classically Understood
Dr. Jeffrey Collins, first-time guest and professor at the Hamilton Center at the University of Florida, joins Jonah Goldberg to explore the intellectual history of liberalism and its modern iterations.
Show Notes:
—Jeffrey Collins' bio
—Daniel Burns' National Affairs Piece: "Liberal Practice v. Liberal Theory"
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Locating the Centrifuge
Ken Pollack, vice president of the Middle East Institute and a former CIA analyst, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss all things Israel-Iran, including Iran’s nuclear program, Mossad’s success, possible U.S. involvement, and potential outcomes. Plus: their thoughts on Trump’s foreign policy and the need for American-led global stability.
Show Notes:
—Ken’s Monday Essay for The Dispatch: “One Year of Military Lessons”
—TMD on latest Israel-Iran developments
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No Discipline, All Punish
Jonah Goldberg is tanned, rested, and ready to discuss Israel’s recent attack on Iran, the splintering MAGA coalition, Soviet revisionism, and the endless streams of hypocrisy stemming from the Los Angeles riots.
Show Notes:
—Tulsi Gabbard on nuclear disarmament
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