The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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The Case for Competition Dec 18, 2024

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Jonah Goldberg has been feeling censored by the tyranny of Sarah Isgur lately, so he’s decided to bring in the big guns: Greg Lukianoff, the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Greg and Jonah discuss the current state of free speech writ large, the legal distinction between defamation and free expression as it relates to artificial intelligence and deepfakes, and what it really means to defend morally reprehensible speech.

Plus: a closer investigation into the intellectual history of the destruction of free speech and Greg’s evaluation of Elon’s Twitter takeover.

Show Notes:

—Greg’s recent piece for The Dispatch

—Learn more about FIRE

—Greg’s Substack

—FIRE’s college free speech rankings

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

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From Mussolini to Mangione Dec 14, 2024

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It’s Friday the 13th, and little rodents are crawling around inside Jonah Goldberg’s brain. What else is new? This week’s Ruminant considers the drones flying over the Garden State, Jonah’s best Tucker impression, a redux of Liberal Fascism featuring Luigi Mangione, and a clapback to those opposed to impeaching Joe Biden. Plus: transport by elephant, a critique of Time magazine, and Trump’s faith in tariffs.

Show Notes:

—New GLoP

—No ifs, ands, or buts about it

—Jonah’s G-File: Impeach Joe Biden … Seriously

—Trump’s "Person of the Year" interview

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Genes of the Fathers Dec 12, 2024

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There are many pressing questions plaguing the mind of modern man. Where do we go when we die? What is the meaning of life? Was Christopher Columbus Jewish? Razib Khan, the unofficial geneticist of The Remnant, stops by to answer the latter, arguing that cultural identities are very different from genetic identities. Jonah and Razib get into the 23&Me craze, the Dalai Lama’s microaggressions, and genomes from the old world. Plus: what happened to epigenetics, some Nazi myth debunking, and some hard truths for the Hapsburgs and horses.

Show Notes:

—Razib’s piece in The Dispatch

—Razib’s Substack

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Impeach? Dec 11, 2024

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Amid a flurry of calls for Jonah Goldberg’s resignation as flagship podcaster lead by disgruntled Dispatch employee Sarah Isgur, our intrepid host has decided to dive into the question of impeachment power. Jonah is joined by Yale Law School professor Keith Whittington to discuss why the Founders included impeachment in the Constitution, what actually qualifies as high crimes and misdemeanors, and how presidential pardon power ought to be used.

Show Notes:

—Jonah calls for impeachment

—Keith’s writing for The Dispatch

—Keith’s latest book: The Impeachment Power: The Law, Politics, and Purpose of an Extraordinary Constitutional Tool

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This Is the Flagship Podcast, Experts Say Dec 07, 2024

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Intra-Dispatch disputes dominate today's Ruminant. But don't worry, Jonah also talks about other things on this Ruminant, including some perennial questions: What is a deep state and how can I join? Why does Pete Hegseth want to be defense secretary? Will Sarah be pardoned by Joe Biden for her egregious crimes against lexicology?

Show Notes:

—Nick Catoggio on pardons

—The history of Horatio Nelson

—Vikings and Vivek

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

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Back From India Dec 05, 2024

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Jonah may have readjusted to Eastern Standard Time, but his mind remains preoccupied with India. In order to get some further clarity, Jonah is joined by his American Enterprise Institute colleague and Wall Street Journal columnist Sadanand Dhume. Jonah picks Sadanand’s brain on the R.S.S. (the Indian right), the principles of conservatism in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the economic progress of the country. Later in the episode, they discuss what happened to Indian liberalism, Japanese Hannity, and the trouble with Canada.

Show Notes:

—Sadanand’s work

—Oh, Canada

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The Bullshit Artists Coming for the Deep State Dec 04, 2024

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The days are getting shorter, the weather is growing colder, and the Trump cabinet nominees keep getting stranger. Jonah is joined by Free Press columnist Eli Lake to discuss effective intelligence agency reform, what the term “deep state” actually means, and Jonah’s plan to abolish the FBI and negotiate the ransom price for Sarah Isgur with Kash Patel. Plus: ruminations on the Warren Commission, the debunking of the Eyes Wide Shut analogy, and a masterclass in making s—t up. Take out your bingo cards for this one, folks.

Show Notes:

—Eli's piece on Kash Patel

—Eli’s B.S. in BS

—The hit list

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From John Locke to Ezra Klein Nov 30, 2024

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For your Thanksgiving entertainment, Jonah rethinks his latest conversation with his non-mentor Yuval Levin and ruminates on how both the left and the right Gesellschaft all the Gemeinschaft.

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Gratitude Nov 27, 2024

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As the masses prepare their turkey basters, side dishes, and psyches for Thanksgiving, Jonah is giving thanks to the things he holds most dear: institutions, conservatism, and Yuval Levin.

Yuval and Jonah take some time to express their gratitude for the great American miracle, discuss the treason of the clerks phenomenon plaguing modern institutions, and consider how the exhausted majority can finally get what they want.

Later in the episode, Jonah brings up politics at the table and forces Yuval to cover the smorgasbord of Trump Cabinet nominees, the ineffectual nature of big promises, and the future of coalitional politics.

Show Notes:

—The Ezra Klein kerfuffle

—Jonah on the authority of experts

—The exhausted majority

—Yuval: What Trump’s Win Doesn’t Mean

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Partisan Yaks Nov 23, 2024

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Move over, Kerouac: Jonah Goldberg is back from India, and he has some tales to tell. Delusional, exhausted, and chock full of new ideas, Jonah pontificates upon the scalable logic of Judeo-Christian frameworks, fermented Tibetan yak cheese, and the ongoing saga of who will be the next U.S. attorney general. His hallucinations grow more intense as the episode devolves into discussions of some in-house controversy, the plight of being caught in the middle, and some dental hygiene advice.

Show Notes

—Jonah’s POV

—Sarah’s hot takes

—The new age health guru defense

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