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.
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Episode 106: Blame the Boomers
Is everything the Boomers’ fault? Are Millennials actually the victims? Is Gen X the best generation? Jonah brings Wall Street Journal editorial board member and author of Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future Joe Sternberg onto The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Untuckit.com, use … Continue reading Episode 106: Blame the Boomers→
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Episode 105: Open Doar Policy
AEI scholar and (AEI president-to-be) Robert Doar joins The Remnant to talk New York politics, how capitalism isn’t failing, Seinfeld, and more. Show Notes: Ziprecruiter.com/Dingo The most recent Remnant, with John Tillman Who is Robert Doar? Who was John Doar? Losing Ground – Charles Murray Who was Ben Wattenberg? The Ungovernable City – Vincent J. … Continue reading Episode 105: Open Doar Policy→
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Episode 104: Chicago!
What happened to Illinois? Why is Chicago so corrupt? Who is Michael Madigan, and why do the answers to both questions involve him? Live from Chicago itself, Jonah attempts to answer these questions with the help of John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute. Show Notes: The Illinois Policy Institute John Tillman, Illinois Policy … Continue reading Episode 104: Chicago!→
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Episode 103: Violent Nuance
Jonah and his majordomo go guestless for the first time in a while for some rank punditry on Bill Barr and the Democratic field, and for some pop culture punditry on Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones. Show Notes: The Sowell episode The JG Prime episode The MBD episode My Father Left Me Ireland – … Continue reading Episode 103: Violent Nuance→
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Episode 102: My Podcast Left Me Ireland
National Review senior writer Michael Brendan Dougherty returns to The Remnant to discuss nationalism, patriotism, and identity, the themes of his new book, My Father Left Me Ireland. Show Notes: Michael Brendan Dougherty’s National Review page My Father Left Me Ireland – Michael Brendan Dougherty An Atlantic article sampling the book Nietzsche’s last men Nationalism … Continue reading Episode 102: My Podcast Left Me Ireland→
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Episode 101: JG Squared
Do politicians write their own books? What was it like to play basketball against Sarah Palin? How much of a slob is Jonah Goldberg? Jessica Gavora, noted D.C.-area writer (and wife of Jonah Goldberg) appears on the 101st (?) episode of The Remnant to answer these and other pressing questions. Show Notes: DonorsTrust.org/Dingo The Thomas … Continue reading Episode 101: JG Squared→
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Episode 100: The Sowell of Economics
For the 100th (?) episode of The Remnant, Thomas Sowell, who needs no introduction, joins Jonah for a long conversation on discrimination, inequality, the uses and misuses of economics (all subjects covered in the new edition of Discrimination and Disparities, out now), and more. Show Notes: DonorsTrust.org/Dingo Thomas Sowell’s Hoover Institution page Conflict of Visions … Continue reading Episode 100: The Sowell of Economics→
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Episode 99: Debat—er—“Discussing” Nationalism
What is “nationalism”? Does it need to be benign? Is there a conservative case for the Austro-Hungarian Empire? The latest episode of The Remnant is actually audio of a conversation between Jonah, Rich Lowry, and Jim Geraghty at the 2019 National Review Ideas Summit. Show Notes: Rich and Ramesh’s nationalism cover essay Tennyson on the “Parliament … Continue reading Episode 99: Debat—er—“Discussing” Nationalism→
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Episode 98: Dr. Cowen; Or, How I Learned To Sto...
George Mason University economics professor Tyler Cowen rejoins The Remnant for a wide-ranging conversation on big business, liberty, capitalism, and more, inspired by his new book, Big Business: A Love Letter To An American Anti-Hero. Show Notes: The Barry Strauss episode, with Jack Butler hosting Get NR Plus to listen to the last Remnant episode … Continue reading Episode 98: Dr. Cowen; Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Big Business→
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Episode 97: What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us?
Remnant sidekick Jack Butler executes a coup, taking over the show from Jonah to host an episode interviewing Cornell University classical historian Barry Strauss about ancient Rome, which he covers in his new book, Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. Show Notes: Get NRPlus at NationalReview.com/Plus Barry Strauss at Cornell University Ten Caesars: … Continue reading Episode 97: What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us?→
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Episode 96: Strain Explains
Should we worry about income inequality? Is life better for most people today or 100 years ago? Is Bruce Springsteen’s music any good? AEI economics scholar Michael Strain returns to The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Beto’s tweet Michael Strain’s AEI page Michael Strain’s Bloomberg page Michael Strain’s take on Thanos … Continue reading Episode 96: Strain Explains→
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Episode 95: French New .WAV
National Review senior writer David French returns to The Remnant to discuss nationalism, Mueller, Marvel, and more. Show Notes: National Review Institute nationalism panel Get NR Plus to listen to the Yoram Hazony Remnant David French on God, Israel, and nationalism Michael Brendan Dougherty on modern nationalism as irritation David French on being dunked on … Continue reading Episode 95: French New .WAV→
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Episode 94: International Podcast of Mystery
Back from his trip abroad, Jonah returns to D.C. for some rank Mueller punditry and some aimless Jack-assisted potpourri. Show Notes: Ziprecruiter.com/Dingo Untuckit.com, use promo code Dingo On loving curses On hard collusion skepticism Will Saletan on Barr’s weasel words The second David French Remnant Dissolve the people and elect another Charlotte Allen (not Charlotte … Continue reading Episode 94: International Podcast of Mystery→
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Episode 93: Confronting the Opioid Crisis
The Remnant performs one of its trademark deep-dives on policy, this time about opioids and with the help of AEI scholar and practicing psychiatrist Dr. Sally Satel. Show Notes: sbalist.org/remnant Sally Satel’s AEI scholar page House Energy and Commerce Oversight Committee Report on opioid distribution failures “Taking On the Scourge of Opioids” – Sally Satel … Continue reading Episode 93: Confronting the Opioid Crisis→
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Episode 92: Loving Your Enemies
Outgoing AEI president Arthur Brooks steps out of legend and into The Remnant to discuss how to heal our politically divided nation, the subject of his new book, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. Show Notes: Arthur Brooks’ book, Love Your Enemies The new adventure with Steve … Continue reading Episode 92: Loving Your Enemies→
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Episode 91: Once Lost, Now Found
What’s this? A piece of Remnant apocrypha, long thought lost, has been recovered! Indeed: A conversation last November between Jonah and Rob Long on the last National Review cruise now sees the light of day.
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Episode 90: French Connections
In this episode of The Remnant, National Review senior editor David French joins Jonah for a wide-ranging discussion of politics and pop culture and Jonah’s new media venture. Show Notes: Get NR Plus to listen to episode five, with guests Ben Sasse and David French Tennessee testicle dipper David French’s National Review page David’s article … Continue reading Episode 90: French Connections→
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Episode 89: Alien Nation
What do Chevy Chase, Maryland and Oostburg, Wisconsin have in common? Why should you start a T-Ball team? Can dying towns come back to life? Washington Examiner commentary editor Tim Carney rejoins The Remnant to answer these and other questions raised by his new book: Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse. Show … Continue reading Episode 89: Alien Nation→
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Episode 88: A Faux-Declaration of Non-Emergency
Miffed by losing his British accent monopoly on The Remnant, NationalReview.com editor Charles C.W. Cooke returns to the show to discuss Trump’s declaration of emergency, our decaying constitutional framework, accents, and more. Show Notes: Charles Cooke’s National Review page Get NR Plus to listen to the last Charles Cooke episode Ace of Spades on MacGuffins … Continue reading Episode 88: A Faux-Declaration of Non-Emergency→
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Episode 87: Marxist Table Turning
Was Karl Marx an anti-Semite? Are Jews money-worshippers? Does anyone even remember that Marx wrote an essay “On The Jewish Question”? Jonah is interviewed by Jonathan Silver of the Tikvah Fund for an episode of the Tikvah Podcast that we have cross-posted here. Show Notes: The Tikvah Fund The Tikvah Podcast Jonah on The Tikvah … Continue reading Episode 87: Marxist Table Turning→
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Episode 86: Venezwailin’
Will Venezuela collapse? Will Maduro be overthrown? Is God Emperor of Dune the key to understanding American politics in 2019? Venezuela expert and AEI scholar Roger Noriega comes onto The Remnant to answer the first two questions, leaving Jonah and his Sancho Paza to attempt to answer the third by themselves. Show Notes: Roger Noriega … Continue reading Episode 86: Venezwailin’→
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Episode 85: Weird English, Awesome Americans
Will Brexit actually happen? Why is England so weird? Why does America rock? Member of European Parliament (for now) and leading Brexiteer Daniel Hannan joins The Remnant to break Charles Cooke’s British accent monopoly on the show and to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Invented the Modern World – … Continue reading Episode 85: Weird English, Awesome Americans→
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Episode 84: Social Justice: It’s a Put-On
Noah Rothman, associate editor of Commentary, joins The Remnant for some light punditry and some heavy nerdery on the misuses of social justice, apropos his new book, Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. Show Notes: Trade Builds America The National Review Institute The National Review Institute Ideas Summit – register today Noah Rothman’s … Continue reading Episode 84: Social Justice: It’s a Put-On→
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Episode 83: The Haruspex Returns
Will Howard Schultz be president? Is Gen Z worse than Millennials? Who will win the 2020 Democratic nomination? Noted augur Kristen Soltis Anderson returns to The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Trade Builds America Ziprecruiter.com/Dingo Follow Kristen Soltis Anderson on Twitter Subscribe to NR Plus to listen to the last episode … Continue reading Episode 83: The Haruspex Returns→
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Episode 82: Dr. Karako; Or, How I Learned To St...
Can we stop nukes from hitting us? Should we worry about North Korea? Where are all the lasers? Missile defense expert Tom Karako joins The Remnant to answer these and other important questions. Show Notes: Buy shirts at Untuckit with promo code DINGO for 20 percent off Trade Builds America Thomas Karako’s CSIS biography Tarako on the … Continue reading Episode 82: Dr. Karako; Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Missile Defense→
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