The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Locating the Centrifuge Jun 18, 2025

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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

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, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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No Discipline, All Punish Jun 14, 2025

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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.

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—Tulsi Gabbard on nuclear disarmament
—Yair Rosenberg on The RemnantThe 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, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Get Your Shtetl Together! Jun 12, 2025

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Atlantic columnist Yair Rosenberg joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the shocking rise of Jew hatred in America, the connection between populist movements and antisemitic sentiments, and Edward Said’s influence—all while poking fun at the podcast bros and reminding the elite institutions about the importance of standing with Israel.

Show Notes:
—Yair’s column for The Atlantic: “Deep Shtetl”

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, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Punching Hippies Jun 11, 2025

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Michael Moynihan, friend of the podcast and hostof “The Moynihan Report,” joins Jonah Goldberg for an impromptu episode to discuss the Los Angeles riots and their ramifications for both the Trump administration and the Democratic Party, their thoughts on Sister Souljah moments, Greta Thunberg’s maiden voyage, and the shameful lack of hippie punching.Show Notes:
—The Morning Dispatch: Unrest in Los Angeles Continues
—Jonah's LA Times column: Trump Deploys, Protesters Respond. This Will Not End Well.
—The G-File: In Praise of Hippie Punching

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All My Exes Drive In Teslas Jun 07, 2025

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A busy week of media appearances has somehow left Jonah Goldberg eager to continue his musings on the Trump-Musk rift, the looming threat of the deficit, modern applications of German nihilism, and the need for gratitude. Plus: the surfacing of medieval poverty cosplay and cutting-edge analysis of Top Chef.

Show Notes:
—This Week's Dispatch Podcast: "The New Antisemitism"
—Wednesday G-File on German Nihilism
—Jonah's Los Angeles Times Column: "Baby boom, baby bust and the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’"
—Jonah's NPR Morning Edition Feature

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Roman Honor vs. American Realism Jun 05, 2025

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Bret Devereaux, a Remnant fan favorite, returns to Jonah Goldberg’s Flavian Amphitheater to discuss the world’s oldest counterfactual, the holy grail of source material for classicists, and the top three generals of Western antiquity. Plus: coverage of Ukraine’s recent drone strikes and the contemporary applications of ancient military history.

Show Notes:
—Explore “A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry”
—Alexander Goes West (A Silly Counterfactual)

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Straussian Summer School Jun 04, 2025

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Jonah Goldberg has realized that, if you name drop Leo Strauss enough, you’re eventually going to have to explain who you’re talking about. As the benevolent educator of The Remnant masses, Jonah has conspired with Steven Smith, a Straussian expert and professor of political science and philosophy at Yale University, to deliver this deep dive on the life and work of Leo Strauss.

Jonah and Steven dig into the fundamentals of Strauss’ work, the debate between the East Coast and West Coast Straussians, the value and potential in fusionism, and Harry Jaffa’s various quirks. Plus: the flaws with the Great Man Theory and some gossip on the heavy hitting intellectuals of the 20th century.

Show Notes:
—Steven Smith: Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism
—The Liberties Journal: “What is a Statesman?”
—Take Steven’s Yale University course on political philosophy from your couch!
—Irving Kristol’s 1952 review of Strauss' Persecution and the Art of Writing in Commentary Magazine

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DOGE-ing Bullets May 31, 2025

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Jonah Goldberg is cranky, hungover, and ready to dive into discussion of Elon Musk and his departure from DOGE, the moral degradation of traditional conservatism, the cult of winning on the right, and the vilification of the judiciary.Show Notes
—The Wednesday G-File on the cowboys of suburbia
—“Don’t Call This Conservatism”
—Peter Berkowitz on “Don’t Call This Conservatism”

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, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here.

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Weekend At Biden’s May 29, 2025

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Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson join Jonah Goldberg to discuss their new book that has taken Washington by storm, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. Tapper and Thompson discuss what top Democrats knew about Biden’s cognitive decline prior to him launching his reelection campaign, the boiling frogs mentality of Biden’s advisers, and the media’s role in reporting—or not reporting—this story in real time.

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—Order Original Sin here

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Missing the Marx May 28, 2025

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Phil Magness, occupant of the David Theroux Chair at the Independent Institute, drops by Casa de Remnant to discuss the corrupting effect of tariffs, why Karl Marx is overrated, the evolving definitions of intellectual movements, and Jonah Goldberg’s gripes about romanticism.

Show Notes:
—The 1619 Project Myth
—Phil for the Cato Institute: ”The Problem of the Tariff in American Economic History, 1787–1934”

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