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 31: Is the Pope Catholic?
The latest Remnant invites New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author of the newly-released To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism, to discuss Pope Francis and state of the Catholic Church. Show Notes: Official book page for To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism by Ross Douthat. Ross Douthat’s essay-length … Continue reading Episode 31: Is the Pope Catholic?→
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Episode 30: The Nebraska Shuffle
Returning from exile, and just back from a trip abroad, Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) rejoins The Remnant for a wildly discursive episode on cybersecurity, congressional dysfunction, populism, and cryptozoology. Show Notes: The Hundred-Year Marathon by Michael Pillsbury, which Ben Sasse recommended as a must-read on China’s strategic vision. “Navigating Conflicts in Cyberspace: Legal Lessons from the … Continue reading Episode 30: The Nebraska Shuffle→
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Episode 29: Podcast Potpourri III: Podcast with...
Jonah takes a break from his vacation for another podcast potpourri Remnant. Joined by Michael Pratt and Jack Butler, he answers listener questions and settles some scores. Show Notes: The Washington Post’s surprising coverage of the March For Our Lives. My daughter doing trapeze stunts. My column on John Paul Stevens and the Second Amendment, … Continue reading Episode 29: Podcast Potpourri III: Podcast with a Vengeance→
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Episode 28: So Much Rank Punditry, They Should ...
Because the Rothschilds prevented a high-minded podcast with Ross Douthat (rescheduled) Jonah ventures back into rankest of rank punditry with National Review senior political correspondent Jim Geraghty. The tastefully dressed Geraghty helps navigate the tricky terrain of Cambridge Analytica, Stormy Daniels, the 2018 midterms, and more. Show Notes: The D.C. city councilman who accused the … Continue reading Episode 28: So Much Rank Punditry, They Should Have Sent a Poet→
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Episode 27: Get Off Our Lawn
Past Remnant guests Charles Murray and Steve Hayward join Jonah for an unprecedented recording of the Remnant with a live studio audience. They discuss their own lives and take questions from an audience of young people seeking direction about their futures. Show Notes: The Charles Murray Remnant episode. The Steve Hayward Remnant episode. The Curmudgeon’s … Continue reading Episode 27: Get Off Our Lawn→
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Episode 26: Hillary’s Pillory, Lamb’s Slaughter
In another trial run at a special All Rank Punditry edition of the Remnant, Jonah and his Sancho Panza tackle the Windmills in the news this week, from Hillary’s gaffe, Tillerson’s defenestration and the augurs of PA-18. Show Notes: Childhood’s End, the book mentioned as describing a child’s psychic exploration of the universe. An explanation … Continue reading Episode 26: Hillary’s Pillory, Lamb’s Slaughter→
56 min
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Episode 25: The Chosen Rosen
In the latest Remnant, Weekly Standard managing editor Christine Rosen lends her varied expertise to a far-ranging discussion on eugenics, Hollywood, the “Me Too” movement, the future of capitalism, and more. Show Notes: Christine’s bio page at The Weekly Standard, including more information about her books, such as Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement, … Continue reading Episode 25: The Chosen Rosen→
74 min
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Episode 24: Lawyer, Guns & Money (Minus the Money)
Can a president break the law? Is intelligence from the Steele Dossier actionable for FISA warrant? Should we let lawyers make all of our decisions for us? Former federal prosecutor and senior National Review Institute fellow Andrew McCarthy joins The Remnant to answer these and other pressing legal questions of the day. Show Notes: Andrew … Continue reading Episode 24: Lawyer, Guns & Money (Minus the Money)→
74 min
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Episode 23: CPAC, Guns, and Russians: Oh My!
Pressed for time and fighting technical glitches, Jonah takes the Remnant into the perilous field of podcast rank punditry, opining at moderate length about this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the Parkland shooting, and the Russia investigation. Show Notes: Richard Brookhiser on the state of the conservative movement 10 years after William F. Buckley … Continue reading Episode 23: CPAC, Guns, and Russians: Oh My!→
53 min
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Episode 22: We Don’t Need No Education
George Mason University economics professor Bryan Caplan joins The Remnant to discuss his latest book, The Case Against Education. While agreeing with much of Caplan’s case, Jonah spends a good portion of the podcast in the difficult task of trying to prove a smart libertarian wrong. Show Notes: Bryan Caplan’s website, including sale links to … Continue reading Episode 22: We Don’t Need No Education→
85 min
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Episode 21: When Worlds Collide!
In an homage to the star-stuffed 70s disaster movies they both know and love so well, Jonah invites Commentary magazine editor and GLoP Culture co-host John Podhoretz on for a wide-ranging discussion on movies, TV, New York, neoconservatism, and much more. In fitting ’70s disaster movie fashion, a special guest star makes a surprise cameo. When … Continue reading Episode 21: When Worlds Collide!→
84 min
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Episode 20: Dogs, Drugs, and the Mafia
Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle joins Jonah in the latest Remnant to offer a sensible libertarian’s perspective on whether dogs are Marxist, whether drugs should be legalized, whether libertarians should be classified by their preferred subway stop, and whether you should go to that party or not.
96 min
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Episode 19: Podcast Potpourri II: Electric Boog...
In this guest-free free-for-all Jonah and Co attempt to answer listener questions, but end up mostly talking about alcohol, Star Trek, and (caution to listeners with kids in the car) telling slightly bawdy jokes.
67 min
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Episode 18: Respect the Haruspex
In the latest Remnant, Jonah surveys the public opinion landscape with pollster extraordinaire Kristen Soltis Anderson. They talk fecal craters and 2018 midterms, with a bonus aside about the #MeToo movement. Meanwhile, Jonah may have found his signoff phrase.
87 min
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Episode 17: Genes, Gin, and Government
Charles Murray comes to the Remnant with the wisdom of a decades-long career and now 75 years of life for a fascinating conversation with Jonah. They cover the bases . . . if your bases are social science, the future of America, and whether there can be such a thing as a “vodka martini.” The … Continue reading Episode 17: Genes, Gin, and Government→
96 min
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Episode 16: Iran, So Far Away
Jonah rocks the casbah in the latest Remnant, with Middle East scholar Michael Rubin, who helps him assess the condition of the regimes of Iran and Turkey and the status of the Middle East and Islam generally.
Podcast intro and closing music is “March of the Elephants” by Remnant listener Craig Robison.
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Episode 15: Our Mediocre Media
Fox News’s Chris Stirewalt joins Jonah for the latest Remnant to discuss the decrepit state of our media and politics. Also, Jonah and co wrap up the show with a highly self-indulgent year in review. New podcast music by Rob Alley. Show Notes: Give a listen to Chris’ political trivia showdown with Peter McMahon. Your … Continue reading Episode 15: Our Mediocre Media→
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Episode 14: Arthur Brooks’s The Meaning of Life
Jonah climbs high into the (metaphorical) Himalayas in this week’s Remnant, in search of advice from Arthur Brooks, the guru-like president of the American Enterprise Institute. They meditate upon various topics, including but not limited to finding meaning in life, what’s next for American politics, and what’s so special about the French horn. New podcast … Continue reading Episode 14: Arthur Brooks’s The Meaning of Life→
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Episode 13: Podcast Potpourri
Jonah goes guest-free in this week’s Remnant, allowing him to engage in some rank punditry about Roy Moore’s defeat in Alabama and answer listener questions. The show runs the gamut from veganism, best conservative books, and best Twitter accounts, to trade deficits, Al Gore’s inhuman presence, advice for motivating bright but lazy teenage boys, and … Continue reading Episode 13: Podcast Potpourri→
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Episode 12: Episode Behind Enemy Lines
In the latest Remnant, Jonah talks with Steve Hayward, currently a visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley — and a conservative. They discuss how what conservatives can do to make more inroads into higher education, and why elite schools should welcome the effort. Other topics include Who was Leo Strauss? Are the East Coast-West … Continue reading Episode 12: Episode Behind Enemy Lines→
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Episode 11: Afraid of Trade?
As The Remnant enters double digits, Jonah journeys into the international marketplace, with Cato Institute trade scholar and trade lawyer Scott Lincicome as his guide. Jonah and Scott defend free trade, and try to answer its critics. Show Notes: Be sure to check out Donors Trust. Slideshow…boring…losing…consciousness… To give you some idea what Howard Hughes … Continue reading Episode 11: Afraid of Trade?→
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Episode 9: Arguing at the Right-Wing Thanksgivi...
Jonah invites fellow conservative history geek Matt Continetti of the Washington Free Beacon to explore the past, present, and future of conservatism as an ideology and as a movement. They pick up heaping helpings of neoconservatism, paleoconservatism, libertarianism, and Reaganism en route to a dessert of denouncing Sonny Bunch. Show Notes: Subscribe to The Remnant … Continue reading Episode 9: Arguing at the Right-Wing Thanksgiving Dinner Table→
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Episode 8: Predators, Real And Imagined
Breaking away from the shackles of the guest-interview format, our host discourses on the sexual misconduct wave moving through Washington, and explains how it’s all Bill Clinton’s fault. If that doesn’t hook you, then stick around for the Bigfoot erotica at the end. Show Notes: Obama’s shellacking. Trump’s schlong moment. The Seinfeld episode where Jerry tried to return … Continue reading Episode 8: Predators, Real And Imagined→
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Episode 7: Micro-aggressed by the Dalai Lama
Joined this time by Vulcan extraordinaire (and National Review senior editor) Ramesh Ponnuru, our hangover-defying host travels to such far-flung worlds as the Virginia gubernatorial elections, the prospects for tax reform, and the history of neoconservatism. Show Notes: My debut appearance on The Editors podcast at NR. People willing themselves to live longer with the promise … Continue reading Episode 7: Micro-aggressed by the Dalai Lama→
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Episode 6: Important Questions
In this slightly profanity-laden episode of The Remnant, Andrew Ferguson fanboy Jonah Goldberg asks the vital questions of the day. What is human nature? Will the conservative movement endure? What is a martini? How horrible a boss is Steve Hayes? Show Notes: My badge of honor. Andrew Ferguson on Steven Pinker’s “auditory cheesecake” theory of … Continue reading Episode 6: Important Questions→
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