The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Hedging Hezbollah Oct 24, 2024

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Team Remnant has a gift for ye loyal listeners: an entire episode where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris go unmentioned! (Almost...) Jonah is joined by Kenneth Pollack, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss the increasingly tenuous conflict in the Middle East. Ken makes the case that accusations of total war between Israel and Iran are blown far out of proportion, inevitably leading Jonah to throw a small tantrum and predict worst-case scenarios. Later in the episode, Ken and Jonah discuss the future of Hezbollah following Israel’s pager attack, Iran’s nuclear status, and the role of the U.S. in ensuring deterrence in the region.

Show Notes

—Ken’s Monday Essay for The Dispatch

—Ken’s piece in Foreign Affairs

—The Dispatch’s October 7 commemoration

—Jonah’s LA Times column

—Get your Dispatch Summit tickets!

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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Partisan Chiropractors Oct 23, 2024

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Republicans are embracing protectionism and populism and Democrats have lost the white working class. Political scientist and professor Seth Masket joins Jonah to discuss his latest piece in The Dispatch and get to the bottom of the changing constitutions and compositions of the political parties. Seth and Jonah dig into the history of American political realignment, the GOP’s strategy in winning over the working class, the black electorate, and the current state of polling. Plus: the strange obsession with undecided voters, Jonah’s ongoing existential dread, and a grievance airing power hour.

Show Notes:

—Seth’s Substack

—“What Are We Talking About When We Talk About a Realignment?”

—Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior

—Seth’s podcast

—Steve and Jonah’s State of The Dispatch

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The Best Worst-Case Scenario Oct 19, 2024

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Jonah explores what a Kamala Harris presidency might look like, examines the potential worst-case scenario of either presidential candidate winning, and dives into who The Dispatch’s content is designed to reach.The Agenda:

—Best- and worst-case scenarios for the election

—What would a Harris presidency look like?

—Where Obama went wrong

—Irrational voting practices

—Does Trump believe in democracy?

—Is Trump like Hitler?

—The Base

—Who is The Dispatch’s audience?Show Notes:

—Remaking Conservatism, One Plank at a Time

—Liz Cheney column

—Dispatch Summit tickets

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Free Preview: Annual State of The Dispatch Oct 17, 2024

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NOTE: This is only part of the full State of The Dispatch. To listen to the full Dispatch Live with Jonah and Steve that aired on Tuesday,join The Dispatch and watch here.

There are many ways to celebrate birthdays. MTV had My Super Sweet 16, Jewish American Princesses have blowout bat mitzvahs, and The Dispatch has, well, Jonah and Steve. In this special free preview of Dispatch Live, packaged with love for ye loyal Remnant listeners, Jonah and Steve begrudgingly eat their spinach and discuss the dark, stormy cloud that is the 2024 election, lament the rapidly deteriorating state of the media environment, and discuss all their wildest hopes and dreams for the future of The Dispatch. If you enjoyed this free preview, do yourself a favor and subscribe to The Dispatch for access to all the party favors Team Dispatch has to offer.

Show Notes

—Steve reflects on the last five years

—The Dispatch’s founding manifesto

—The full live State of The Dispatch

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Tariffs For Dummies Oct 16, 2024

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Three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and Donald Trump’s love of tariffs. Jonah has braved the no-man’s land that separates conservatives and libertarians to enlist Scott Lincicome, Vice President of the Cato Institute, to discuss his newest report and provide a crash course on tariffs, inflation, and free market principles. Scott makes the case that comparison between 19th century tariff policy and the contemporary global market is a fool’s errand, predicts the best case scenario of what could be achieved if Trump implements his economic plan, and calls out the hypocrisy of the Republicans bullish on tariffs. Plus: a rare moment of Goldbergian sympathy for Rand Paul, the consequences of modifying supply chains, and the stagnating disconnect between economists and politicians. Jonah antagonizes free trade hardliners, Scott is a good sport, and Newt Gingrich is beclowned; it’s all in a day’s work at The Remnant.

Show Notes:

—CATO report on tariffs

—Phil Magnus debunks tariff myths

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Instinctual Stupidity Oct 12, 2024

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Jonah remains in a similar mental state as fans of the New England Patriots, disaffected and disappointed by a once-successful dynasty that has been reduced to a trash-talking caricature of itself. Alas, the show must go on, so Jonah launches further into his critique of the CBS News scandal, yet another Ta-Nehisi Coates debacle, and Tim Walz’s shoddy critique of the Electoral College. Later in the episode, Jonah ruminates upon The Dispatch’s fifth anniversary, The Remnant bingo card staple that is the evergreen contradistinction between patriotism and nationalism, the correct definition of hypocrisy, and the role memory plays in gratitude.Show Notes:

—The Dispatch anniversary livestream

—G-File on Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Media Cringe Oct 10, 2024

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Christine Rosen, Jonah's American Enterprise Institute compatriot and Commentary magazine contributor, usurped today’s episode of The Remnantand invited Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon and former Politico White House correspondent, to discuss the fallout from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ CBS interview, Kamala Harris’ rocky 60 Minutes appearance, and the Harris campaign’s pick-and-choose approach to identity politics.

Plus: the anxiety caused by Tim Walz’s rocky rollout, the rhetorical upper-hand held by J.D. Vance and Ron DeSantis, and Christine’s mild obsession with the political spouses, specifically the liability that is Doug Emhoff.

Show Notes

—The Washington Free Beacon

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Slicing Up The South Oct 09, 2024

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There’s turmoil in the People’s Republic of The Dispatch. Democratically elected President Jonah J. Goldberg was deposed in the early hours of the morning by dissident General Kevin D. Williamson, who has taken over The Remnant airwaves in an often-precedented coup d’état.

Kevin is joined by Mitch Kokai, senior political analyst at the John Locke Foundation, to discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the potential consequences on the fast-approaching presidential election. Kevin and Mitch negate the loony conspiracies stemming from the storm, discuss the status of polling sites across the state, and dig into the voter demographics of the southern swing state. Mitch explains why North Carolina is in a unique position this election season, and makes a case that it’s time for the sane among us to reclaim the term “RINO” once and for all.

Show Notes:

—Kevin’s reporting from Asheville

—Learn more about the John Locke Foundation

—The Carolina Journal

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Spineless Normies Are the New Base Oct 05, 2024

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If you’re seeking to slow the passage of time, you should consider a career in political punditry during the zenith of an election season. Jonah’s Saturday stand-up revisits a news week that has felt more like a news epoch. He reconsiders Tuesday’s vice capades to remind the people what “book banning” really means—outside of a wildly efficient marketing strategy—and opines upon the end of the Port Union Strike and the scourge of collective bargaining. Later in the episode, Jonah pivots to express his deep frustrations with Trump’s increasingly dark rhetoric, the damning lack of strategy behind it, and the blame that falls on the hapless normie Republicans capitulating to the crazies. This leaves our intrepid host sick and tired of political malarkey, allowing himself to call out what is supremely stupid and remind the critics that revenge is a dish best served cold.

Show Notes:

—Send in your guest suggestions: theremnantpod@gmail.com

—Dispatch Summit Tickets (Code: SIGNMEUP for discounted prices)

—Jon Rauch’s interview with Jonah

—Sam Harris on The Remnant

—Kevin’s Springfield, Ohio, investigation

—Chris Stirewalt has a poll party

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When Walz Met Vance Oct 03, 2024

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Recording live from the Cosmo the Wonder Dog Memorial Studio in the catacombs of the American Enterprise Institute, it’s the rankest pundits east of the Mississippi: Jonah Goldberg and Chris Stirewalt! Chris is back in Remnant action and ready to talk Tim Walz’s anxieties, grocery store monopolies, and J.D. Vance’s personality disorder.

A few things they know for certain—normie Republicans are feeling left out and low-propensity voters are playing hard to get—but many questions remain unanswered. Are there persuadable voters who are ready to give Trump the popular vote? Did Vance’s debate performance help the Republican ticket, or was it just an act of self-service? Is Walz duping the progressives, and if so, do they believe him? All shall be revealed through the prophecies of Brother Stirewalt, alongside a raucous discussion of the best Grizzly Bear actors of the 20th century, the minutiae of some controversy in the pollster world, and the long-forgotten, oft-neglected elections in the House and Senate.

Show Notes:

—Ink Stained Wretches with Chris and Eliana Johnson

—Chris for The Dispatch: “The Chameleon and the Caterpillar”

—Ben Wallace in The New Yorker: “J.D. Vance Got the Conversation He Wanted”

—Dispatch Summit Tickets (Code: SIGNMEUP for discounted prices)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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