The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Intellectual Crisis Hotline May 01, 2025

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Manic and frazzled, Jonah Goldberg turned for help from in-house Remnant psychologist Paul Bloom. They explore intellectual esoterica, check what Noam Chomsky got wrong, explore Large Language Models, and fret over the age of artificial consciousness and AI girlfriends.

Show Notes:
—Paul’s Substack
—Paul on Substack "Is it nature or is it nurture?" is a damn good question”

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Flood the Zone With German Apr 30, 2025

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Is Donald Trump Hitler? A Chavista? Or a caudillo? Jonah Goldberg is joined by fellow podcast extraordinaire Michael Moynihan to answer this obviously important and salient question. (Plus: The lost potential of Elon Musk and more on the right’s Gramsci turn.)

Show Notes:
—Batya Ungar-Sargon on The Fifth Column
—The Ruminant on Antonio Gramsci
—Moynihan’s previous appearance on The Remnant

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For Spite Apr 26, 2025

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A dramatic week of big acquisitions left Jonah tired, but ranty. Brace for some I Told You So’s, “abundance” horseshoe theory, Trumpworld triangulations, and blue-on-blue violence.

Show Notes:
—The SCOTUSblog acquisition
—Wednesday’s uncontroversial G-File
—Kevin Williamson’s critique of the "abundance" Democrats
—Jamie Weinstein and Larry Diamond on The Dispatch Podcast

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Dead Dollar Walking Apr 24, 2025

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David Bahnsen, a fan favorite and friend of the pod, stops by the show to discuss his new book, Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life with Jonah Goldberg. Jonah and David cover the China question, U.S. reliability, and Kevin Hassett’s antics.

Show Notes:

—David’s book, Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life

—The Wall Street Journal: “Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist”

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Gaslighting and Resentment in Biden’s White House Apr 23, 2025

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Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes make their Remnant debut to discuss their buzzy new book, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House. Jonah Goldberg and the authors dig into the nitty-gritty of all three 2024 presidential bids, that debate, Kamala Harris’ ascension and missteps, and the story of Joe Biden’s decline.

Show Notes:

—Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

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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Conditional Logic for Dummies Apr 19, 2025

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Jonah Goldberg spends ninety minutes plotting his transition to telethon moderation, lambasting the youth, and reminding the new GOP that you can’t pick and choose who gets universal rights. Plus: further ruminations on the bond market and the anniversary of the shot heard ‘round the world.

Show Notes:

— The Fair Jessica for The Dispatch: ”Revenge of the Title IX Dads”

—Advisory Opinions on Humphrey’s Executor

—The Wall Street Journal: “Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist”

—G-File: “The Shot Heard Round—and Round and Round—the World”

—Irving Kristol: “The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution”

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The Gramsci Turn: Responding to Chris Rufo Apr 18, 2025

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Jonah Goldberg responds to Christopher Rufo and his fight to "to recapture the regime and entrench our ideas in the public sphere," using 20th-century Marxist Antonio Gramsci's ideas. This is a bonus Ruminant –– expect your regular Saturday Goldberg variation to arrive at the normal time.

Show Notes:

—Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist

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Uniting the Sane Apr 17, 2025

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Jonah Goldberg is rolling like a stone through Ivy League speaking events and is holed up in New Haven to conduct an AMA with the one and only Chris Stirewalt. Topics range from marmot taxonomy, Tom Selleck’s career ethics, Maserati salesman attire, and of course, rank punditry galore.

Show Notes:

—Continue your education on The Gay Place

—Jonah for the Los Angeles Times: “Gov. Whitmer’s party should learn from what she did in the Oval Office”

—Ross Douthat for the New York Times: “It’s Trump’s Revolution”

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Unsettled Colonialism Apr 16, 2025

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Jonah Goldberg is joined by Adam Kirsch to discuss Kirsch’s new book, On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice. What does settler colonialism actually mean in the Israeli context? Where did the school of thought originate? And how can Israel move forward under the framework of settler colonialist ideology?

Show Notes:

—Order Adam’s new book, On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice

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A Hell of Our Own Creation Apr 12, 2025

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For your Saturday listening pleasure, Jonah Goldberg ruminates upon the latest Dispatch editorial, the sibylian nature of Suicide of the West, the problems with planned economies, and the back-of-house responsibilities of the federal government.

Plus: dunce caps for the “deep state” and the font choices of the first Alien movie.

Show Notes:

—The latest Dispatch editorial: “Slouching Towards Tyranny”

—Yuval Levin: The Great Debate

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