The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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I See Dumb People Apr 08, 2023

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Jonah’s back from New York and ready to participate in his weekly therapy session, otherwise known as the Ruminant. After beginning with a look under the hood of the G-File, he moves on to the week’s various annoyances, kvetching about everything from the expulsions in Tennessee’s House of Representatives to the fallout from Biden’s brainless Afghanistan withdrawal. Stick around until the end to hear Jonah’s thoughts on the recent controversy surrounding Harlan Crow and Clarence Thomas.

Show Notes:

- Rebekah Jones claims her son is a political prisoner

- The depressing reality behind his arrest

- The White House’s report on the Afghanistan withdrawal

- The Editors on Trump’s arraignment

- The Remnant with A.B. Stoddard

- ProPublica on Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow

- Wednesday’s G-File, featuring an invitation to a special live Remnant taping

- Ufology on the Remnant with Jazz Shaw

- One, two, three, four, five…

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Back to the Basement Apr 06, 2023

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Unable to resist the allure of rank punditry any longer, Jonah brings his trusted election sherpa, A.B. Stoddard, back to the Remnant for a journey through the depths of human depravity (or, more specifically, the burgeoning 2024 election). They kick things off with a discussion of Trump’s arraignment—and what it means for the primaries—before delving into the logistics of a Biden reelection campaign. Afterward, they touch on a variety of subjects, including the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency, the Wisconsin Supreme Court election result, and Trump’s deadly habit of juggling chainsaws.

Show Notes:

- Trump’s speech at Mar-a-Lago

- A.B.: “Why (and How) Biden Should Decline to Run Again”

- A.B.: “Will DeSantis Rescue Republicans or Let Them Down?”

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Probing Questions Apr 05, 2023

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Trump’s indictment has left serious journalists everywhere scrambling to cover the developing story, so of course, Jonah’s response is to arrange some radical counter-programming. He’s joined today by Jazz Shaw, a Navy veteran and Hot Air’s weekend editor, for an out-of-this-world discussion of UFOs. In this eagerly anticipated follow-up to last week’s episode with Avi Loeb, Jonah and Jazz tackle all of the most pressing questions facing the ufology community. Why do pilots keep spotting UFOs? Is the government competent enough to hide big secrets? And what’s so special about cows?

Show Notes:

-Spacing out with the New York Times

-Pentagon receives more than 350 new reports of UFO sightings

-2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

-The National UFO Reporting Center

-Jazz’s YouTube channel

- The Remnant with Avi Loeb

- Skinwalker Ranch?

- Ball lightning?

- The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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Trumpster Fire Apr 01, 2023

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After a week spent navigating enough scheduling problems to make the Fyre Festival look like a masterclass in logistics, Jonah’s ready to relieve his frustrations with a particularly ranty Ruminant. Things get off to a fiery start thanks to a recent post from the New York Young Republican Club—whose members have apparently decided that boot-licking sycophancy is the mark of an “authentic” American. Evidently, they picked a bad week to display their clownishness so publicly, as Jonah spends nearly the entire episode tearing them to shreds. Stick around to the end to hear some brief thoughts on an especially buffoonish Ibram X. Kendi article and the potential for adding a “Corner”-style blog to The Dispatch.

Show Notes:

-Jonah joins Sarah and Kevin on the Dispatch Podcast

-The tomfoolery of the New York Young Republican Club

-Wednesday’s G-File

-Ibram X. Kendi’s self-aggrandizing piece in The Atlantic

-Have you heard?

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Undercooked Mar 30, 2023

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Charles C.W. Cooke, Jonah’s go-to Remnant cheap date, makes an unplanned return to the program today due to a scheduling snafu. (No interns were harmed for their incompetence in the making of this episode.) With another tragic mass shooting in the headlines, Jonah and Charlie take the opportunity to discuss how such incidents can be deterred and whether it’s possible to stop them through legislation. In light of recent controversies, they also offer a few philosophical musings on free speech. And no, Charlie doesn’t have a cough drop lodged in his throat.

Show Notes:

-The Editors on the Nashville shooting

-Charles: “Therefore What?”

-Is the juice worth the squeeze?

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-The Foundation for Civil Rights and Expression... follow FIRE at: thefire.org/update

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I Want to Believe Mar 29, 2023

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The truth is out there, and Jonah may uncover it on today’s Remnant. To boldly go where no pundit has gone before, he’s joined by Avi Loeb—Harvard astrophysicist and author of the recent book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars—to discuss UFOs and our place in the universe. Together, they endeavor to answer all of the most pressing questions about alien life: How should we approach the study of interstellar objects? What role does the government play in scientific inquiry? And most importantly, when can we expect the sweet meteor of death to strike?

Show Notes:

-Avi’s webpage

-The Galileo Project

-Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

-Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

-Paper claiming ‘Oumuamua is a “water iceberg”

-Avi’s response

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A Man for All Treasons Mar 25, 2023

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Live from the mean streets of midtown Manhattan, Jonah delivers a fiery and excessive—but mostly peaceful—Ruminant. After opening with a discussion of how—much like the government—Donald Trump will never love you back, he turns to the outrage provoked by the cancelation of a West Texas A&M drag show. From there, he gracefully dances between topics ranging from the ridiculous “cult of youth” to Ron DeSantis’ tepid approach to foreign policy, before finally settling into a deep discussion of what patriotism really means.

Show Notes:

- Our niche legal podcast discusses the Trump indictment…

- …and so does the Dispatch Podcast

- Wednesday’s LA Times column

- The Skokie case

- West Texas A&M president cancels a campus drag show

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To Shanshu in D.C. Mar 23, 2023

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Unprepared, scatterbrained, and guestless, Jonah returns to the AMA format on today’s program, releasing Guy, his immigrant majordomo, from the grimy basement where he normally resides to field an unusual assortment of listener questions. Things get off to an innocuous start: There’s some shameless plugging of Jonah’s books, a hefty digression into the various strands of conservatism, and a rambly assessment of the recent controversy at Stanford Law. But though the latter half of this episode features no discussion of cruises, it still offers its fair share of bizarre images, one of which may forever change Jonah and John Podhoretz’s friendship.

Show Notes:

- Wolfram & Hart

- David Oshinsky: “Heil Woodrow”

- Yuval Levin: “Redeeming the Miracle”

- Sarah Isgur interrogates Jonah on Dispatch Live

- The Remnant with Philip K. Howard

- Skijoring

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Teacher’s Pest Mar 22, 2023

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Philip K. Howard, a prolific author and advocate for simplifying American government, joins the Remnant for the first time to discuss his new book, Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions. The resulting conversation plays out like a Remnant greatest hits, offering insights on subjects as well-trodden as institutions, our dysfunctional parties, and the banging of spoons on high chairs. Come for some fiendishly nerdy ramblings on the nature of public sector unions, but stay for some hopeful thoughts on how America’s legal and legislative systems could be improved.

Show Notes:

- Philip’s website

- Philip’s new book, Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions

- Philip previews the book in National Review…

- …and in Reason

- Rachel Maddow’s “Lean Forward” ad

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The Abyss Stares Back Mar 18, 2023

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Today’s Ruminant has been recorded in video form for your viewing pleasure, which raises a terrifying question: Does this spell the end for “No you won’t, this is a podcast”? In response to having been so rudely dragged into the future, Jonah delivers an outright curmudgeonly diatribe on just about every topic under the sun. From Kamala Harris saying her stage directions out loud, to the dangerous mirage of “new” ideas, no subject is safe from his ire. What’s going on with Silicon Valley Bank? What’s the difference between an explanation and an excuse? And does Jonah wear a toupee? (He does not.)

Show Notes:

- Kamala Harris’ Late Show Appearance

- The Remnant with Paul Bloom

- The Remnant with Jim Meigs

- Friday’s Dispatch Podcast

- The (underrated) Tyranny of Clichés

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