The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
The Dispatch
The Dispatch
In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day. Is America doomed? Has liberalism failed? And will mankind ever invent something better than ‘90s-era “Simpsons?” Mixing political history, pop culture, rank punditry, and shameless book-plugging, Goldberg and guests will have the kinds of conversations we wish they featured on TV. And the nudity will (almost) always be tasteful. Brace your bingo cards.
1d ago
She’s back folks! Amid unprecedented fanfare, Megan McArdle returns to The Remnant to discuss our economic situation, perceptions of generational inequity, free-range kids, civil rights, and what we owe the dead. Shownotes: — Megan’s last appearance on The Remnant — President Trump addresses the nation — NYT Sierra Club piece — Megan’s piece about her brother — Dispatch Pod on Megan’s article — Megan on nostalgia — Matt Walsh tweet — Compact: “The Lost Generation” 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3d ago
At the end of a long day, Jonah Goldberg lights a Montecristo and reflects on the passing of Norman Podhoretz, Megan McArdle’s weighty abortion article, the limits of ideas, originalism and Burkeanism, Trump’s egomania, and his pride in The Dispatch . Shownotes: — Tevi Troy on Norman Podhoretz — GLoP Culture Pod — “My Negro Problem—And Ours” — Friday’s Dispatch Pod — Megan McArdle’s article — Tuesday’s Dispatch Pod on Megan’s article — Suicide of the West — Jonah - “The Specter of McDonald’s” — Jonah - “Cocaine Is Not Mustard Gas” — MillionPodcasts.com — Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right — Yarvin tweet — AO Pod - Burkeanism and the Administrative State — The Rest Is History — Law, Legislation and Liberty — Last weeks’ Ruminant — Excalibur — Dispatch Junto program 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6d ago
The Manhattan Institute’s Jesse Arm joins Jonah Goldberg to talk about the makeup of the new GOP, the future of the parties, 2028, and perception vs. reality in American politics. Shownotes: — Commentary Magazine Podcast with Jesse Arm — The New GOP: Survey Analysis of Americans Overall, Today’s Republican Coalition, and the Minorities of MAGA — George Will at the Washington Post — Arm’s Interview with Richard Hanania — Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change — Arm on the Klein-Ganz interview — Trump grades his economy an ‘A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus' — Abigail Shrier - Manhattan Institute — Ryan Thorpe and Chris Rufo on Minnesota fraud — CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk — Charlie Kirk: Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life — Remnant with Rahm Emanuel — Kevin Phillips: The Emerging Republican Majority — Ben Wattenberg: The Real Majority — Ruy Teixeira: The Emerging Democratic Majority 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15
Jonah Goldberg invites Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor and ambassador to Japan, aboard The Remnant to talk about the culinary wonders of Japan, the need for a more centrist politics, income inequality, and Rahm’s case for banning social media for America’s youth. Shownotes: — Jessica Riedl on seizing billionaire wealth — Rahm in Politico on a youth social media ban — Ro Khanna on CNN talking about TikTok — Jonathan Haidt: The Anxious Generation 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 13
His head all aswirl with yet-to-be-released Remnants , Jonah Goldberg moseys on down to the swamp for a swim with the punditry alligators. Jonah covers the Indiana redistricting that was not, gunboat diplomacy, nonexistent mustard-gas whores, evil AI, amending the Constitution, and the d-bag of the year. Shownotes: — Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right — The Arena with Kasie Hunt — Dead metaphors G-File — Cocaine Is Not Mustard Gas G-File — A Man of Great Sideburns | Interview: James M. Bradley — The Dispatch 's Charles Hilu on Congress and trade — Yoram Hazony's The Virtue of Nationalism — Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz Interview with Sam Tannenhaus, Vanity Fair — Economist - “When LLMs learn to take shortcuts, they become evil” — Yuval Levin's American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again — Glenn Beck Interviews AI GEORGE WASHINGTON — Scott Lincicome: “The $140,000 ‘Poverty Line’ Is Laughably Wrong, So Why Does It Feel Right?” 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 10
On today’s episode, Jonah Goldberg is joined by James M. Bradley, the greatest living biographer of President Martin Van Buren. Together, they cover the institutionalization of the parties, the rise of Jacksonian populism, the early Free Soil Party, the Mexican-American War, the Revolutions of 1848, and the features and bugs of our modern party system. Shownotes: — Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician — Kramer vs. the Van Buren Boys | Seinfeld 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 8
The Remnant coup d’état continues as Kevin Williamson sits down with journalist Colin Woodard to talk about our country’s most deeply seated cultural divisions. Woodard and Williamson cover Texas, the Puritans, Appalachia, Donald Trump’s ethnonationalism, regional Covid-19 trends, and shifting party geography. Shownotes: — Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America — American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America — Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647 — J.D. Vance’s Claremont speech — Homeland Security “a heritage to be proud of” tweet — Kevin on John Brown for The Dispatch — The Pell Center Nationhood Lab — “Nationhood Lab: The Story of America” report 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 6
After doing public penance for his recent absences from The Remnant , Jonah Goldberg launches into the important issues of the day, tackling sandwiches, the Oregon coast, Mitt Romney’s alligator fakeness, the laws of war, and his own misanthropic tendencies. Plus, get Jonah’s definition of the word ‘punditry’ and The Remnant ’s Spotify stats. Shownotes: — Commentary podcast with Jesse Arm — Charles Hilu Dispatch piece on tariffs — The Problem with ‘They’ | Ruminant — RealClearPolitics Podcast — Friday’s Dispatch Podcast — Remnant with Sarah Isgur 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
