The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

National Review senior writer David French returns to The Remnant to discuss nationalism, Mueller, Marvel, and more. Show Notes: National Review Institute nationalism panel Get NR Plus to listen to the Yoram Hazony Remnant David French on God, Israel, and nationalism Michael Brendan Dougherty on modern nationalism as irritation David French on being dunked on … Continue reading Episode 95: French...

Back from his trip abroad, Jonah returns to D.C. for some rank Mueller punditry and some aimless Jack-assisted potpourri. Show Notes: Ziprecruiter.com/Dingo Untuckit.com, use promo code Dingo On loving curses  On hard collusion skepticism  Will Saletan on Barr’s weasel words The second David French Remnant Dissolve the people and elect another Charlotte Allen (not Charlotte … Continue reading Epis...

The Remnant performs one of its trademark deep-dives on policy, this time about opioids and with the help of AEI scholar and practicing psychiatrist Dr. Sally Satel. Show Notes: sbalist.org/remnant Sally Satel’s AEI scholar page House Energy and Commerce Oversight Committee Report on opioid distribution failures “Taking On the Scourge of Opioids” – Sally Satel  … Continue reading Episode 93: Confr...

Outgoing AEI president Arthur Brooks steps out of legend and into The Remnant to discuss how to heal our politically divided nation, the subject of his new book, Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt. Show Notes: Arthur Brooks’ book, Love Your Enemies The new adventure with Steve … Continue reading Episode 92: Loving Your Enemies → Learn more about your...

What’s this? A piece of Remnant apocrypha, long thought lost, has been recovered! Indeed: A conversation last November between Jonah and Rob Long on the last National Review cruise now sees the light of day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Remnant, National Review senior editor David French joins Jonah for a wide-ranging discussion of politics and pop culture and Jonah’s new media venture. Show Notes: Get NR Plus to listen to episode five, with guests Ben Sasse and David French Tennessee testicle dipper David French’s National Review page David’s article … Continue reading Episode 90: French Connections → Lear...

What do Chevy Chase, Maryland and Oostburg, Wisconsin have in common? Why should you start a T-Ball team? Can dying towns come back to life? Washington Examiner commentary editor Tim Carney rejoins The Remnant to answer these and other questions raised by his new book: Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse. Show … Continue reading Episode 89: Alien Nation → Learn more abo...

Miffed by losing his British accent monopoly on The Remnant, NationalReview.com editor Charles C.W. Cooke returns to the show to discuss Trump’s declaration of emergency, our decaying constitutional framework, accents, and more. Show Notes: Charles Cooke’s National Review page Get NR Plus to listen to the last Charles Cooke episode  Ace of Spades on MacGuffins  … Continue reading Episode 88: A Fau...

Was Karl Marx an anti-Semite? Are Jews money-worshippers? Does anyone even remember that Marx wrote an essay “On The Jewish Question”? Jonah is interviewed by Jonathan Silver of the Tikvah Fund for an episode of the Tikvah Podcast that we have cross-posted here. Show Notes: The Tikvah Fund The Tikvah Podcast Jonah on The Tikvah … Continue reading Episode 87: Marxist Table Turning → Learn more abou...

Will Venezuela collapse? Will Maduro be overthrown? Is God Emperor of Dune the key to understanding American politics in 2019? Venezuela expert and AEI scholar Roger Noriega comes onto The Remnant to answer the first two questions, leaving Jonah and his Sancho Paza to attempt to answer the third by themselves. Show Notes: Roger Noriega … Continue reading Episode 86: Venezwailin’ → Learn more about...

Will Brexit actually happen? Why is England so weird? Why does America rock?  Member of European Parliament (for now) and leading Brexiteer Daniel Hannan joins The Remnant to break Charles Cooke’s British accent monopoly on the show and to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Invented the Modern World – … Continue reading Episode 85: Wei...

Noah Rothman, associate editor of Commentary, joins The Remnant for some light punditry and some heavy nerdery on the misuses of social justice, apropos his new book, Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America. Show Notes: Trade Builds America The National Review Institute  The National Review Institute Ideas Summit – register today Noah Rothman’s … Continue reading Episode 84: Social Just...

Will Howard Schultz be president? Is Gen Z worse than Millennials? Who will win the 2020 Democratic nomination? Noted augur Kristen Soltis Anderson returns to The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Trade Builds America Ziprecruiter.com/Dingo Follow Kristen Soltis Anderson on Twitter Subscribe to NR Plus to listen to the last episode … Continue reading Episode 83: The Haruspex...

Can we stop nukes from hitting us? Should we worry about North Korea? Where are all the lasers? Missile defense expert Tom Karako joins The Remnant to answer these and other important questions. Show Notes: Buy shirts at Untuckit with promo code DINGO for 20 percent off Trade Builds America Thomas Karako’s CSIS biography Tarako on the … Continue reading Episode 82: Dr. Karako; Or, How I Learned To...

Jonah invites Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane onto The Remnant to discuss how he defeated Darth Vader, why journalism is so terrible right now, what the 2020 Democratic field looks like, and more. Show Notes: Charles Lane’s Washington Post column  Shattered Glass  Steve Glass’ CPAC story Buy shirts at Untuckit with promo code DINGO … Continue reading Episode 81: Stay In Your Lane → L...

Jonathan Last, executive editor of The Bulwark and the last of the Sub-Beacon trio to appear on The Remnant, joins Jonah for a rollicking round of repartee about Trump, the Democrats, and Star Wars. Show Notes: Behold: The Bulwark  The Bulwark podcast that mentions me  Albert Jay Nock on “Isaiah’s Job”  The Weekly Sub-Beacon “The … Continue reading Episode 80: The Last Podcast → Learn more about y...

Is the working class made of candy glass? Is Oren Cass wrong? Is the universe probabilistic? AEI economics scholar Michael Strain joins The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: The Oren Cass Remnant  The Once and Future Worker – Oren Cass Yuval Levin’s take on Tucker National Review’s Editors debate on their podcast … Continue reading Episode 79: Economic Strain → Learn more ab...

Can the working class be saved? Should we fight China’s trade war depredations? Will Jonah survive jet lag? Oren Cass, Manhattan Institute scholar and author of The Once and Future Worker, joins 2019’s first Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: The Once and Future Worker – Oren Cass  Oren’s argument, summarized by … Continue reading Episode 78: Make Work Great Again → Learn mor...

For the last Remnant of the year, Jonah makes a special trip to the offices of the Rosslyn Free Beacon for a little light rank punditry with Free Beacon editor-in-chief Matt Continetti, and some heavier pop culture discussion with Free Beacon executive editor Sonny Bunch. Show Notes: Me on how the Democrats could still blow … Continue reading Episode 77: The Rosslyn Free Beacon Remnant → Learn mor...

Why is Jurassic Park unrealistic? Why was Woodrow Wilson so bad? Does it help Trump to appease his base and alienate everyone else? Jonah answers these questions, or at least attempts to, on the penultimate episode of The Remnant this year. Show Notes: Get NRPlus to listen to the Andy Ferguson Remnant episode The Biology … Continue reading Episode 76: Pet Peeve Festival → Learn more about your ad...

What is a Crusonia plant? Where did prosperity come from? Can  Jonah get a laconic libertarian to digress? Tyler Cowen, George Mason University economics professor and author of Stubborn Attachments, joins the Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: Stamps.com, enter DINGO. Conversations with Kristol  The Complacent Class – Tyler Cowen The Great Stagnation – … Continue reading Epi...

Why is Florida so weird? Can government unite us? Is Charles Cooke still a British citizen? The editor of NationalReview.com himself returns to The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: DonorsTrust.org/Dingo National Review Editors’ podcast  NationalReview.com Jonah on the Cylons  Charles Cooke’s review of Daniel Hannan’s Inventing Liberty  Charles Cooke against George … Continu...

Can Congress be fixed? Is Breaking Bad the greatest TV show of all time? Can we fix this nation’s problems by installing pull-up bars in every airport? Representative Mike Gallagher (R., Cheese) joins The Remnant to answer these and other pressing questions. Show Notes: There can be only one… Mike Gallagher – “How To Fix … Continue reading Episode 73: Curdish Freedom Fighter → Learn more about you...

Is George Soros pure evil? Is nationalism? Why can’t Yale students use the term “master” anymore? Brookings Institution scholar and author of The End of Europe James Kirchick stops by The Remnant just before Thanksgiving to answer these and other pressing questions. Shownotes: Podium.com/Dingo Conversations with Kristol  The End of Europe – James Kirchick  “The Truth About … Continue reading Episo...

Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt rejoins The Remnant for a conversation on the midterms, the parties, and America’s political future. Show Notes: Audible.com/dingo Stamps.com, type in Dingo I’ll Tell You What – this week’s episode  Sean Trende – “Was it a wave?”  Intelligence Squared debate on the future of the Democratic party Special “I’ll … Continue reading Episode 71: Dire Chris Stirew...