How Are You Still Alive? | Interview: Ben Sasse
The Remnant has many dear old friends: Yuval Levin is the best-looking; Chris Stirewalt is the best kisser. But the oldest, going back to Ep...
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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and AEI/NRI Fellow enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of star...
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20 of 1,171 episodesWe Need to Crack Down on E-bikes | Ruminant
Coming off of a discussion about 9/11 on the DisPod, Jonah Goldberg is feeling ruminative and somber. Accordingly, he has decided to address...
Telephone Killed the Convention | Interview: Chris Stirewalt
Today a *very sober* Jonah Goldberg is joined by the *mostly sober* friend of the pod, pickled alligator aficionado, and notorious West Virg...
The Open Veins of Venezuela | Interview: James Story
Thought we’d forgotten about Venezuela here on The Remnant? Think again! As prone as Jonah Goldberg is to getting distracted by the finer th...
Trump Has Made America Less Conservative | Ruminant
Peacefully anchored on the Potomac, the HMS Remnant rocks gently from side to side. Captain Jonah Goldberg, peg leg and all, stands at the p...
Does Trump Understand Tariffs? | Interview: Anthony Scaramucci
Who do you call it when American politics has got you scartchin’ your head? That’s right—the Mooch! Anthony Scaramucci joins Jonah Goldberg...
Zombies Need Air Conditioning, Too | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams
Jonah Goldberg is not a bigot. Yet, as we all know, there are exceptions to every rule. The French are one of those exceptions. In particula...
The Wave Is Coming | Ruminant
For the first time in like, 100 years, Jonah Goldberg is bachin’ it up. With no dogs and no wife, The Ruminant is on time and cooking, divin...
Linguists Are Nihilists | Interview: Colin Gorrie
There’s a certain ache in the bones—no, more like pain behind the eyes brought on by fatigue with the world—that overtakes a man when he’s g...
‘The One True Libertarian’ | Interview: Jesse Walker
After basically pirating Jesse Walker’s ideas for several months now, Jonah Goldberg has decided it would be only fair to have Jesse aboard...
We Don’t Do Math Here | Ruminant
Dear listener, I must ask you to take a seat. I fear you are not prepared for what I’m going to tell you. Jonah Goldberg appears on the show...
Not Losing the Iran War | Interview: Hal Brands
General Jonah Goldberg can’t get war off his mind, so instead of losing another round of Battleship, he invites Hal Brands, senior fellow at...
Americans: An Ungovernable People | Interview: Kevin D. Williamson
You thought it was over. After the Napoleon III Remnant ran nearly two hours, observers and pundits the world over said this had to be the e...
Obey the Will of the People! | Ruminant
After spending four days deep in the Adirondacks, Jonah has emerged like Rousseau’s noble savage: reflective, in touch with nature, and read...
What Happened to Liberal Democracy? | Interview: Daron Acemoglu
It’s time to be honest: Jonah Goldberg can’t remember if he’s ever had a Nobel Prize-winning guest on The Remnant. If that shocks you, calm...
No, Not That Napoleon | Interview: Edward Shawcross
Jonah Goldberg scratches an intellectual itch in this 90-minute interview with British historian Edward Shawcross to discuss the rise and fa...
A Man in Front of a Microphone Discusses Hubris | Ruminant
Jonah Goldberg records this week’s Ruminant days before his excursion to the woods (Bigfoot sighting anyone?), to discuss international law,...
USA! USA! | Interview: Brendan Simms
Bleary-eyed, scrambled, and in need of a second overpriced venti black coffee, Jonah Goldberg speaks with Brendan Simms, a Cambridge Don-guy...
‘Long Liberalism’ | Interview: Jerusalem Demsas
Detractors frequently accuse Jonah Goldberg of being an irrelevant dinosaur. We at The Remnant are proud to say that only one of those accus...
The Common Good? | Ruminant
As DSA and postliberal pirates storm the decks of the HMS Remnant, Captain Jonah Goldberg would seem to be in dire straits. Nonetheless, Cap...