The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Conservative journalism has changed markedly since John Podhoretz began his career at the Washington Times in the early 1980s. When Matt Drudge broke the Monica Lewinsky story in 1998, it was clear that things would never be the same. On today’s episode of The Hangover, John joins Chris Stirewalt to explore how the changing media ecosystem contributed to Donald Trump’s election in 2016. The pair reflect on the creation of The Weekly Standard, electoral politics in the Clinton and Obama years, and how Trump’s victory affected the conservative movement. Even though Trump is no longer president, will his presence in conservative media continue to be felt for the foreseeable future? Show Notes: -John’s page at Commentary -John on the history of The Weekly Standard -Bill Clinton’s 1996 State of the Union address -Matt Drudge breaks the Lewinsky scandal -Josh Marshall: “The Digital News Industry Was Built on Lies” -Glenn Beck and Roger Ailes -Obama’s birth certificate coffee mugs -National Review’s “Against Trump” issue -Chris Christie’s takedown of Marco Rubio -16 magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Winship, director of poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah to discuss the history of poverty in the United States. The pair begin by digging into a new report from Scott and four of his peers that explores issues of black vs. white inequality, before they turn to examining potential solutions to these disparities. Is the success sequence outdated? Should America be based on bourgeois morality? And will Jonah ever forgive Scott for collaborating with scholars at the hated Brookings Institution? Show Notes: -“Long Shadows,” Scott’s report on the black-white gap in multigenerational poverty -Scott joins the candy eaters on the Brookings Cafeteria Podcast -The Moynihan Report -LBJ (Jonah’s second favorite president) on affirmative action -Baby bonds -The success sequence -Nigerians have the highest level of education in the U.S. -Black Identities, by Mary Waters -Scott: “Is it Really too Expensive to Raise a Family?” -Scott’s case against child allowances Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fair warning: Eating styrofoam may prove more constructive than listening to today’s drive-time Remnant, which contains even less substance than your average Seinfeld episode. Jonah (scourge of baggage agents across America), Ryan (softball hero of the think-tank league and true retainer to The Remnant’s legacy), Guy (who contributed nothing to this episode because “Talkin’ Softball” was stuck in his head), and Nick (full-time Renfield to Jonah’s Dracula) reunite to explore the pointlessness of various government departments, kooky conservative reactions to making Juneteenth a federal holiday, and political blogging in the dark ages of the internet. The quartet also has sad news to impart: Beginning next week, Nick will no longer be serving as Jonah’s research assistant. To mark his departure and celebrate his legacy, the guys talk about absolute guff for about an hour, and then retroactively stick some newsy things onto the front of the show. Show Notes: - The enduring strangeness of Jackie Butts (sorry, Jack) - Darkest drilling - The 2001 shoe bombing attempt - Tucker Carlson outcrazies himself - Andrew Egger on the latest January 6 conspiracy - Charlie Kirk confirms his genius Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After several years worth of appearances, David Bahnsen (managing partner and chief investment officer at the Bahnsen Group) finally comes on to talk about his main gig: how money works. It only took five whole shows for Jonah to stop asking him about the postmillenial view about how the world’s going to end. But what better time to start asking about the economy than now, as the national conversation turns to taxing the rich, reopening the economy after a year and a half, and whether or not we’re entering an inflationary spiral? Oh, and David’s in the Five-Timer’s Club now. Show Notes: - That time that David Bahnsen started COVID - David sub-hosts for Jonah, talks to David (the other one) - Remember “flattening” the curve? - David recognized a COVID/obesity connection in May 2020 - Jonah on the ProPublica story - David’s somewhat mistimed book on Elizabeth Warren’s campaign - David in Commentary on wealth tax proposals - Larry Summers doesn’t like wealth taxes - “Sticky wages”... gross - Lacey Hunt thinks inflation ends with a whimper, not a bang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While it’s true that Chris Stirewalt came to perform an autopsy on the GOP’s 2020 election strategy and results, it’s worth pointing out that “the GOP” as a rule didn’t do all that badly in 2020 – the real problem was Donald Trump. Given this state of affairs, Chris decided to reverse course momentarily by speaking to Parker Poling, the 2019-2020 executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee and one of the primary architects of the GOP strategy for congressional elections in 2020. Parker helps to give us a better sense of why Republicans entering the party without Trumpian baggage were able to outperform the president in their own state and local elections and what it was like to make such strides in diversifying the GOP cohort to include more women and racial minorities at a time of revanchist populism. Parker even gives us her advice for freshman members of Congress (Hint: Most of them don’t follow it, even though they should). Show Notes: -Parker’s time in the GOP -Patrick McHenry’s unexpected congressional career -Congressional Republicans outperformed Trump -Florida’s 27th Congressional District had an unpredictable election -Iowa’s 2nd District, and the election with a six-vote margin -A hint of what the NRCC could’ve run on before January 6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded in anticipation of the change of government that Israel has undergone, Jonah brought back one of his oldest friends Tevi Troy, now a fresh face at the Bipartisan Policy Center. The pair discusses the differences between our chaos-filled presidential system and Israel’s chaos-filled parliamentary system, Bibi Netanyahu’s legacy, and why, in a world filled with limitless technological delights, Hollywood’s blockbuster movies are just so bad. Show Notes: -Tevi’s new gig -How do different democracies pick their head of state/government? -“Jimmy’s my Jewish friend” -Tevi describes what to expect from a Democratic White House’s relationship with Israel -New coalition government ousts Netanyahu -Recent antisemitic attacks look like images from Europe, not America -Bari Weiss’ book, How to Fight Anti-Semitism -Jonah on structural antisemitism -Tevi’s case for optimism -The Fish of Monte Cristo -Tevi’s book, Shall We Wake the President? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah returns to the classic Ruminant format for the end of the week, which turned out to be a rather newsy, strange sequence of days. From Jeffrey Toobin’s seminal moment (not the one you’re thinking of), to Kamala Harris’ Skeletor-like tactic for dodging questions, all the way to a story about taxation that Jonah thinks has more going on in it than most people think (it may even break “one of the most sacred compacts of government”), this episode brings us reeling back through the mists of time all the way to… last summer, when Jonah was doing this every Friday. Show notes: Jeffrey Toobin continues to help himself on CNN, in spite of our protestations Politico’s Playbook, and their analysis of Kamala’s Guatemala visit “Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman.” The painfully awkward Lester Holt/Kamala Harris interview “Some of his sentences give me the same sensation as falling backward in one of those ‘trust’ exercises, in which you just have to hope things work out.” Texas bans COVID vaccine passports A black-owned bus company helped to fight segregation .The ProPublica tax… thing De Blasio thinks there’s enough money in NYC - it’s just in “the wrong hands” The Remnant with Brian Riedl “The Hop Bird” The Wednesday “news”letter Audrey Fahlberg’s piece on the Maricopa County “audit” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Remnant gets rank today as Josh Kraushaar, one of Jonah’s favorite party-obsessive pundits, returns to discuss everything electoral. As Jonah has mentioned more than a few times in recent months, America now has two minority parties, both of which seem to be trying to out-crazy the other. In distinctly wonky fashion, Josh explores why this is the case, and what the future holds for a country with two moons and no sun. Will the GOP ever be rid of Trump’s influence? Why do Democrats keep using “Latinx”? And will Jonah finally learn to stop worrying and love primaries? Show Notes: - Josh’s page at National Journal - Josh’s podcast, Against the Grain - North Carolina’s Senate race gets Trumped - Josh Mandel burns a face mask - Trump’s gun control flip-flopping - “Please clap.” - Josh: “Trump is Sabotaging the GOP’s Senate Prospects” - April’s career-ruining Remnant with Mike Gallagher - No one uses Latinx ... - … except Elizabeth Warren - Jonah: “Abolishing Police Departments is Insane” - New York’s impeccable vote-counting - March’s primary-bashing Remnant with Elaine Kamarck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBC’s Steve Kornacki saw his star shine a little brighter on November 3rd, 2020 and the succeeding weeks as he walked Americans through the results of a long, arduous, and oftentimes confusing election. But Kornacki has been providing that kind of astute analysis for a long time, and he’s bringing it to this episode of The Hangover to discuss how our changing electorate has contributed to the sense of political chaos from the 90s until now. In a political culture where polling seems less and less accurate, and where the weak parties contribute to strong partisanship, how can the GOP claw its way back to a sensible-but-popular agenda? Show Notes: -Steve Kornacki’s The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism -Republicans were not enthusiastic for Romney -“The Growth and Opportunity Project,” or, the 2012 GOP autopsy -Ohio is much more Republican now than it was four years ago -Wisconsin’s “WOW” counties Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a world increasingly subjected to discussions of Jewish space lasers, fake birth certificates, and luciferian pedophile cabals, the truth could use a spirited defense. Jonathan Rauch, whose work Jonah has cited on countless occasions, finally appears on The Remnant today to offer exactly that. The two discuss Jonathan’s new book, The Constitution of Knowledge, which explores how all Americans can defend free inquiry and objective reality. Are trolling and propaganda as American as apple pie? Do Marxists run a monopoly on disinformation? And should loyal listeners abandon all hope of Jonah ever publishing that “Liberal Fascism Reconsidered” essay? Show Notes: - Jonathan’s page at Brookings, where they’re always eating candy - The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan’s new book - Kindly Inquisitors, Jonathan’s second book and a Jonah favorite - “You didn’t build that.” - Jonathan in defense of free speech - That other time Trump ran for president - Michael Flynn’s call for a Myanmar-style coup - Trump thinks he’ll be “reinstated” as president in August - David French debates Christopher Rufo on critical race theory in public schools - Jonathan on Trump’s firehose of falsehood (not a euphemism) - “The Constitution of Knowledge” - Jonathan’s 2018 essay - Facebook’s new oversight board - Twitter vs. Dave Weigel - Jonah, Saul Alinsky, and the contemporary right - Alice Lloyd’s lengthy profile of Dinesh D’Souza - Woodrow Wilson’s propaganda machine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You wanted the best and you got the best: the hottest FM radio imitation in the world, Friday’s drive-time Ruminant. Feast your ears on the third installment of this curio, as Jonah (unquestioned ruler of the fun side of The Dispatch), Ryan (cicada sous chef and alien aficionado), Guy (unofficial American and classic Simpsons obsessive), and Nick (as good a Straussian as Michael Jordan was a baseball player) join forces to save America from Michael Moore’s invasive telescope. Some serious punditry is mixed in, too, as the quartet explores Donald Trump’s latest antics, memories of Bush-era conservatism, and the possible existence of little green men. As always, please share your feedback on this format, positive, negative, and otherwise. If enough people don’t like these episodes, we can say they were also released during the Chinese lab-leak. Show Notes: - Ryan and Alec’s early summer feast - Jonah’s eulogy to his dad - Charlie Cooke’s report on Trump’s delusions of reinstatement - Jonah’s cryptic tweet - Of populism and conspiracies - “He’s history’s greatest monster!” - “...with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln” - The New York Times is in on the alien cover-up - Memeing like it’s 2001 - Bush talks immigration on The Dispatch Podcast - The psychology of the immigration debate - The Hangover with Matt Continetti - The Remnant with Shawn Bushway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his younger and more vulnerable years, Jonah had a minor obsession with criminology (for no reason in particular, he says). Today, he rekindles that old passion by talking to Shawn Bushway, a scholar at the University at Albany and the RAND Corporation, about the history of crime in America. The pair begins by exploring whether crime is currently on the rise, before launching into a supremely wonky discussion of cities, statistics, and the root causes of criminal behavior. Is the broken windows theory on its way out? Has America made any real progress on race? And why are Democrats still talking about defunding the police? Show Notes: - Shawn’s page at RAND - Racial disparities in criminal justice - Is racial progress a myth? - Trends and patterns in interracial marriage - Marvin Wolfgang - LBJ’s crime commission - “The Racist Roots of Campus Policing” - Only 25 percent of Americans favor decreased police spending Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Stirewalt’s third guest is AEI Fellow and Washington Free Beacon founder Matthew Continetti, who gives voice to the story of the GOP’s ascendant populism from the historical perspective of the American right and the conservative movement. As Matt says, while Trump may have proved the usefulness of populism as a last-ditch electoral strategy, the long-form history of right-wing populism shows that “apocalypticism is a feature, or even the dark side, of populist movements.” By Matt’s lights, conservative politicians in Washington had a vastly different understanding of what “constitutional conservatism” meant compared to the grassroots, but they kept in lockstep regardless. These contradictions simmered under the surface for years, only to explode into the Trump campaign. “For the Tea Partiers, [it meant] that the current government in Washington D.C. was something of an alien, invasive presence. And radical measures were necessary to beat it back.” Additionally, tune in for an analysis of Trump’s “mental jiu-jitsu” and a unique critique of the 2012 GOP autopsy. Show Notes: -Matt’s book on Sarah Palin -Joe Wurzelbacher becomes ‘Joe the Plumber’ -Rick Santelli starts the Tea Party on live television -“The Two Faces of the Tea Party” -Matt discusses Bush’s immigration reform proposal -Buchanan’s 1992 “Culture War” speech -Obama, a pen, and a phone -David Shor speaks to the importance of “ideological positioning” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Has conservatism always been a grift? Not according to Jonah and today’s guest, the illustrious David French. The pair ascend through various levels of wonkery, beginning with an assessment of critical race theory’s philosophical origins and ending with an exploration of superhero morality. Along the way, they discuss First Amendment jurisprudence, crippling video game addictions, and the ongoing debate over whether Army of the Dead is actually worth watching. To learn if David is secretly a supreme being, however, you’ll have to tune in again next Tuesday … Show Notes: - David’s French Press - Advisory Opinions, for all of you who speak legalese - David debates Christopher Rufo on critical race theory in public schools - Jonah still disagrees with Joshua Tait - Michael Flynn calls for a Myanmar-style coup in the U.S. Yes, really - Jonah on bridge-and-tunnel populism - Last Friday’s G-File - Jonah’s ancient disagreement with David on the zombie apocalypse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only those who own ties imprinted with portraits of Burke and Hayek should tune in for today’s Ruminant, which sees Jonah’s philosophical rumination reach dangerous instability. After assessing the increasingly credible COVID-19 lab-leak theory (and remembering the time Trump suggested using “the heat and the light” to cure the virus), Jonah examines what the debate over woke corporations reveals about the state of the conservative movement. He then dives headfirst into the morass of intellectual history, to explore how conservatives really feel about democracy. It’s an episode Albert Jay Nock couldn’t resist. Show Notes: - Young Guns, the greatest book ever written - Jonah: “How the Media Botched the Lab-Leak Story” - Vindication for Mr. Geraghty - Memories of disinfectant - Matt Gaetz delivers a fresh dose of crazy - Phil Klein: “Woke Capitalism and its Threat to Fusionism” - Dullest headline contest - Jonah: “Pro-Business or Pro-Market” - If Jonah ran the zoo - John T. Flynn hated FDR before it was cool - Hillary defines progressivism - Rubio goes full unionization - David Marcus irritates Jonah - Joshua Tate: “Anit-Democratic Conservatism Isn’t New” - Liz Cheney backs voter ID - The Wednesday G-File Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a country split practically down the middle when it comes to politics, it’s a truism that the GOP needs to broaden its base if it wants to win elections. But it’s hard to make progress when the party’s leadership is struggling to make heads or tails of its own voters, let alone outsiders. Republicans could stand to take a few lessons from former Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, who was the House Majority Leader for the 112th Congress. Cantor tells The Dispatch’s Chris Stirewalt that he developed a necessary trait for a Republican coming to political consciousness in a deeply suburbanizing, ever-more purple Virginia: It was “a vision [to] add more people to the armies and champions of liberty,” and he makes the case that this should still be the priority for elected Republicans. Show Notes: -Richard Obenshain -Virginia’s population boom -Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders -Boehner’s “Dollar-for-dollar” plans -Eric Cantor talks about a refusal to tell the truth in our politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hangover begins with Richard Brookhiser (American historian and longtime editor at National Review) making a statement that is both clear and simple and yet seems like a revolutionary point to be made among Republicans: “Trump had his day, but it passed.” The question remains, why aren’t they acting like it? Furthermore, how did the Republican grassroots go from Tea Partiers tidying up after themselves on the National Mall to rioters breaking into the Capitol in the space of just over a decade? Brookhiser explains this populist overthrow within the tradition of political factionalism stretching all the way back to Madison. Show Notes: -Founder’s Son by Richard Brookhiser -I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics, by Jeanne Safer -The Tea Party was notoriously clean -Some U.S. cities are semi-permanently wrecked from 20th-century rioting -Democrats have become the party of the rich -The “anti-elitist” Democratic-Republican Party was made up of rich guys -A giant list of Israeli political parties -Brookhiser argues that liberty is the core of American politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The GOP went from total control of the White House and Congress to being swept out of power in just four years—the shortest time span in almost 70 years. What the heck happened to the GOP? We can think of a few things. No matter where you land on policy issues, or what your personal feelings about the Republican Party are, it would be a great benefit to the GOP to have a post-election autopsy to understand what went wrong in the party’s last four punch-drunk years. But in their current hangover, Republicans don’t seem so capable of doing that kind of analysis. The Dispatch’s Chris Stirewalt will just have to do it for them. Show Notes: -Trump’s historic loss -The Arizona Bamboo-galoo -Weak parties, strong partisanship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fan-favorite Jonah soundalike Chris Stirewalt is back for a Remnant so nerdtastic that even Joe Biden could mock its lack of coolness. With antisemitic attacks on the rise, the GOP resisting a January 6 commission, and primaries continuing to exist, there’s plenty for Dr. Stirewalt to kvetch about, and Jonah has enough Hayek references on hand to join him. Yet Chris has more to reveal than his disdain for the common good. Starting this week, he’ll be hosting a new podcast focused on the history of modern conservatism that will (briefly!) replace the Thursday Remnant. Have no fear, however, because the change comes with Jonah’s sacred blessing. Stick around until the end of the episode to hear all the boozy details. (it’s called The Hangover, and don’t worry: It will also have its own podcast feed.) Show Notes: - Chris’ page at The Dispatch - Last Thursday’s Remnant on Jonah’s Old Testament heritage - Michelle Goldberg: “Attacks on Jews Over Israel are a Gift to the Right” - Hivemind, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh - NYT: “Why Stacey Abrams is Still Saying She Won” - Chris and Sarah: “The Kenosha Effect” - Chris: “Republicans Should First Ask How, Not Who” - Bret Stephens on Krauthammering - Biden’s allergies and asthma - Alexander William Salter: “‘Common Good’ Conservatism’s Catholic Roots” - Jonah: “Why the GOP is Terrified of a Jan. 6 Commission” - McConnell’s commission stance influences GOP senators - Do 53 percent of Republicans still think Trump is the president? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This weekend’s Ruminant sees Jonah “feeling particularly Remnant-y,” which means he’s leaned out of the punditry and into the historical eggheadery. That includes the history of the term “Jewish,” (why don’t we just say that someone is “a Jew,” and if you do, why does it sound like a slur?) the history of The Remnant’s title, and more. But at the end of it all, one question remains: Is Jonah a superfluous man? Show notes: - Joe Scarborough was very angry - DarkSide is at least somewhat honest - Fredo and The Don play footsy - Witless ape calls Lou Dobbs - Jonah on Guy Benson’s show, about the January 6th commission - Jonah talks Marx and antisemitism - Wilhelm Marr was yucky (the technical term) - Did Hillary Clinton use a Jewish slur? Who even knows? - “Isaiah’s Job” by Albert Jay Nock, the origin of The Remnant - The “superfluous man” - Father Coughlin: anti-Semite, leftist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Remnant combines features of both a weekend Ruminant and a “supplemental” episode, like the program’s recent incursion into social Darwinism. Jonah begins with further ruminations from his Wednesday “news”letter, replete with the observations that certain opponents of Israel veer into weirdly anti-Semitic territory when given the opportunity. Speaking of anti-Semites: Marx! After the rumination, Jonah reads from a great Commentary piece on the anti-capitalist tendencies of medieval antisemitism, and how such sentiments then transition into a more modern communistic ideology that nonetheless retained the suspicion of Jews, usury, and labor economics. Show notes: - The Wednesday “news”letter on antisemitism - Hamas’ Iron Dome: “Don’t Fire Rockets at Israel” - Baseball, fatherhood, and racial disparity - AOC seeks to block arms sales to Israel - “If only the Czar knew!” - Jonah in Commentary on Marx, Jews, and capital - Jerry Muller’s response to Jonah - Martin Luther’s “yikes”-inducing treatise - Game of Thrones and the labor theory of value - The “Middleman minority” - Marx’s vampire - “The Political Economy of the Dead” by Mark Neocleous - Again, “frazzledrip.” *sigh* - Jerry Muller’s The Mind and the Market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Geraghty, National Review’s esteemed purveyor of punditry and “Morning Jolt” mastermind, joins Jonah today to become the Remnant’s first 11-time visitor (his very own Episode 11, if you will…). The pair explore the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, including recent rumblings that the virus might have originated in a Wuhan lab after all, before examining the Republican Party post-Cheney and ongoing confusion over masks. Should bats be anally swabbed? Are beets toxic? And will the Irish and English ever get along? Listen closely to hear these vital questions answered. Show Notes: -Jim’s page at National Review -An eerily prescient pandemic piece from 2017 -Jim: “The Taboo on the COVID Lab-Leak Theory Lifts” -That time a fire at a Russian lab released smallpox -Jim: “The Wuhan Lab-Leak Hypothesis Goes Mainstream” -Last week’s first Remnant with Klon Kitchen -Last week’s second Remnant with Niall Ferguson -Jim: “No, Really, Why Is Joe Biden Wearing His Mask Around Other Vaccinated People?” -Bush declares “Mission Accomplished” -Biden’s private, ego-boosting meeting with historians -The National Review editors discuss Liz Cheney -Jim clarifies his Liz Cheney position Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Watch out, Howard Stern, because the FM radio Remnant format is back for another nerdtastic broadcast. Jonah is joined once again by Ryan, a covert NBC operative working to undermine The Dispatch from within, Guy, resident Anglophobe and Mark Steyn impersonator who will soon be releasing his own album of old standards, and Nick, Jonah’s long-suffering research assistant who might be America’s only involuntary Hoosier. The quartet explores pertinent topics of the moment, including Israel, mask mandates, all-American conspiracy theories, and the travails of Liz Cheney. But they also indulge in some less substantial discussion, and read some of their favorite listener reviews from recent months. How do you feel about the drive-time format? Enthusiastic, antipathetic, or indifferent? Whatever the case, let us know, because as this episode demonstrates, we pay attention to all of your feedback. Show Notes: - Liz Cheney clashes with Bret Baier - The National Review editors discuss Cheney - “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” - February’s Remnant with Joe Uscinski on conspiracy theories - Jonah on connecting police to slave patrols - The kraken sleeps - The great bamboo conspiracy - The Wednesday G-File - Guy’s Sinatra piece, shamelessly plugged - George P. Bush battles the English language - Today’s Morning Joe, to be viewed at your own risk - The week’s first Remnant with Klon Kitchen - The week’s second Remnant with Niall Ferguson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Niall Ferguson returns to talk about his new book (with a glorious, darkly comic cover), Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. As Sven from SNL might say, this episode has it all: monkey’s paw swag-bags, the phrase “Hunnish data,” and the frighteningly named “three-body problem.” Allow Niall to explain the human tendency to prepare for one disaster scenario while another hits us square in the jaw, the reason why “we may be forced by companies to do Zoom” even after the pandemic ends, and why book tours are still delirium-inducing even when done from the comfort of one’s home. Oh, and stick around for a particularly fantastic celebrity impression in the show’s final moments. Show notes: Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe Some incredible science fiction that has crossed over from China, The Three-Body Problem Neal Stephenson’s Snowcrash, which is life-changingly good Nick Bloom, “Why working from home will stick” Feynman and the Challenger disaster One of Niall’s previous books, The Great Degeneration “Crazy ideas in Thucydides’ time” Flagellant orders Keith Thomas’ Religion and the Decline of Magic The World Economic Forum’s interestingly-timed 2020 Global Risks Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newly minted AEI fellow Klon Kitchen joins Jonah today for an uber-wonky discussion of foreign policy and cybersecurity. The pair explore how the U.S. should respond to recent cyber attacks, the merits of Section 230, and the distinction between dumb and smart hawkishness in national security. Should we revive letters of marque? Can Jonah ever discuss China without cursing Tom Friedman? And will Klon’s love of all things canine lead him to join the fabled pantheon of Remnant regulars? Show Notes: -The Kitchen Sync -The colonial pipeline hack -Letters of marque and the Constitution -Defending forward -Jonah: “We’re not ‘competing’ with China. But politicians love to make that claim.” -Jonah’s dear friend Tom Friedman on overpopulation -The SolarWinds hack -Section 230 explained -Klon explains quantum computing -Hillary Clinton defines progressivism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ruminant returns to its usual format today after last week’s drive-time diversion, as Jonah is once again placed under the unsettling eyes of several silent spectators. After exploring the history of American censorship and the current state of free speech, Jonah dives headfirst into the ongoing Liz Cheney controversy and lingering nuttiness of Donald Trump within the GOP. Will Josh Hawley ever cease to irritate? Is morality hardwired into babies? And why do the women in Jonah’s life all have awkwardly positioned birthdays? Show Notes: - Jonah’s latest column - Jonah on political religions - Ross Douthat: “When Wokeness Becomes Weakness” - Banned in Boston - “The movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep” - Charlie Kirk, political genius - Josh Hawley rants about free speech - Just Babies, by Paul Bloom - National Review: “Liz Cheney is Not the Problem” - The Wednesday G-File - The Paul Wolfowitz/Sam Tanenhaus controversy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Remnant returns to normalcy today with one of Jonah’s favorite guests: the illustrious Chris Stirewalt. The pair engage in pop culture-infused punditry, focusing on the GOP’s internal war between MAGA advocates and Liz Cheney supporters and America’s supposed entry into a new Progressive Era under President Biden. Prepare to be bedazzled by Chris’ peerless Sebastian Gorka impression, the raw craziness of Donald Trump, and Jonah’s secret history as an adolescent ice cream vendor. Show Notes: - Chris’ page at The Dispatch - Cheneypalooza - Trump backs Elise Stefanik - Mike Pence trudges toward 2024 - What the heck is going on in Maricopa County? - The members-only Wednesday G-File - The road to Kenya - Chris: “The era of big government is here” - The Election Integrity Alliance, yeesh - Dr. Gorka - Jonah’s cordial, not-at-all controversial disagreement with Bill Kristol - “If the paper turns clear, it’s your window to weight gain!” - “Welcome to the new progressive era” - When Trump and the Clintons were BFFs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah flies solo on the week’s first Remnant, as he tries out a format that seeks to provide the footnotes to some of the most commonly landed-on items from the program’s bingo card. On this first explainer, Jonah tackles the straw man and frequent leftist punching bag called social Darwinism, and whether or not such an ideology ever even existed in the first place. Do any conservatives actually believe this stuff? And how did the tables turn on libertarians to such a degree that the most laissez-faire political ideology possible ended up facing accusations of eugenic sympathies? (You can also tune in to learn why you should never trust Wisconsinites.) Show Notes: -The (underrated) Tyranny of Clichés -Obama calls the GOP budget “social Darwinism” -Schoenwald has some strange opinions on Herbert Spencer -The University of Wisconsin and progressivism -Hofstadter’s book on social Darwinism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the words of a great album, “How are we feeling out there? How’s your drive-time commute? I need a saga - what’s the saga?” This weekend’s Remnant is less Ruminant-y than usual, as the Greek chorus that has silently watched Jonah during these recordings for the last few episodes finally speaks up. That group includes Ryan, the newest addition to The Dispatch; Guy, noted Mark Steyn impersonator; and Nick, Jonah’s long-suffering research assistant. In this imitation of a kinda-crude FM radio show, the four talk about the latest Gaetzian nonsense, Biden’s joint congressional address, and Chez Goldberg’s interesting history with Newt Gingrich—in addition to Jonah telling some jokes which will get his three companions canceled before they even exit their 20s. Show Notes: The Daily Beast reports on Gaetz’ grossness The Remnant with Asawin Suebsaeng and Lachlan Markay #JonahforConan Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene on tour Congressional Caligula Jonah: “Watergaetz” David on yelling in a crowded theatre John Mulaney vs. the Third Amendment Sven Johnson mocks the Third Amendment too Ramesh Ponnuru debates Anand Giridharadas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah and a brand new guest, Robert Draper of the New York Times, engage in punditry ranker than even the most devoted Remnant listener could imagine before gushing over Draper’s adorable canine companion. If that sounds like a retread of the week’s previous episode with A.B. Stoddard, fear not! Today’s dog talk is entirely spontaneous. The pair have Biden’s joint congressional address to dissect, and Draper has a fascinating new piece on Republican turmoil that stimulates plenty of conversation on internecine party warfare. Will partisanship destroy us all? Can the GOP be saved from insanity? And why do Jonah and Robert both recall Watergate with fondness? Show Notes: - Robert’s page at the New York Times - Robert’s latest piece, “Liz Cheney vs. MAGA” - “I’m a conservative, but I’m not angry about it” - “I am a gaffe machine” - Dispatch Live reacts to Biden’s first joint congressional address - Ross Douthat: “Biden Should Go Big, and Then Brag About It” - Ross Douthat: “What Bidenism Owes to Trumpism” - The Jason Miller tweet that stole Jonah’s heart - Trump discovers “America First” - The week’s first Remnant with A.B. Stoddard - Mark Leibovich on Kevin McCarthy - David Brooks: “The GOP is Getting Worse” - Jonah: “Unity Can Be Worse Than Partisanship” - Karl Rove’s “100-year majority” - The Wednesday G-File Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remnant favorite A.B. Stoddard joins Jonah today for an episode of exceedingly rank punditry. The pair discuss how President Biden has fared in his first 100 days, Donald Trump’s lingering presence within the GOP, and why both parties can’t help but be nutty. Tune in for political eggheadery, but stick around for uplifting dog discussion. A.B. has just taken in a new puppy (Chief!), and Jonah is as excited as he can be. Show Notes: -A.B.’s page at RealClearPolitics -Dispatch Live gears up for Biden’s first joint address to Congress -A.B.’s last Remnant appearance -Ramesh Ponnuru: “Biden’s Stalled Revolution” -Joe Biden talks to Hunter “at least every night” -Biden: GOP used “defund the police” to “beat the living hell out of Democrats” -Robert Draper: “Liz Cheney vs. MAGA” -Mark Leibovich: “Kevin McCarthy Still on Defensive Over Trump” -The McCarthy-Cheney Trump divide deepens -Mick Mulvaney on The Dispatch Podcast -Lindsey Graham gave up on Trump, then embraced him again -Don’t call John Boehner a squish -Heeeere’s Chief! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In distinctly Goldbergian fashion, Jonah manages to combine musings on Home Depot, climate change, the Chauvin trial, and the classic “Deep Space Homer” episode of The Simpsons into a single, coherent Ruminant, which includes as many references to infrastructure as you’d expect at this point. Tune in not just for Jonah’s eggheadery, but to hear him face his greatest challenge yet: pronouncing the name “Greta Thunberg.” Show Notes: - Ben Shapiro gets wood - “It’s an inanimate carbon rod!” - Jonah on Thanksgiving - The Wednesday G-File - Cornel West: “Howard University’s Removal of Classics is a Spiritual Catastrophe” - Rep. Karen Bass: “It’s open season on black folks” - David Brooks: “The GOP is Getting Even Worse” - Rep. Katie Porter’s daughter thinks we’re all going to die - “How dare you!” - GOP senators release their infrastructure plan - Greg Gutfeld on the Chauvin verdict - The week’s first, ultra-nerdy Remnant with Brian Riedl - The week’s second, Kissinger-loving Remnant with Thomas Joscelyn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Vital Interests author and national security extraordinaire Thomas Joscelyn makes his first Remnant appearance. With a healthy supply of Hayek references on hand, Jonah seems determined to outdo the wonkiness of Brian Riedl’s visit earlier this week. Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, China, and the meaning of necrocracy are all discussed peacefully by the pair, until a certain name is mentioned; If you thought Jonah’s contempt for Woodrow Wilson was unparalleled, just wait until you hear the disdain that overtakes Tom at the mere mention of Henry Kissinger. Show Notes: - Tom’s journal, Long War - Vital Interests at The Dispatch - Just in case you happen to know Siraj Haqqani - The history of the institutionalized form of al-Qaeda, the AQAP - Bin Laden’s files - Tom: “The Flawed Reasoning Behind Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal” - Jonah: “Biden Citing the Wrong Reasons for Afghanistan Withdrawal” - The Remnant with Bing West - Kissinger makes WWI metaphors in regards to China - Hitchens: “A necrocracy?” - The Remnant with Oriana Skylar Mastro - “The Longer Telegram,” by an anonymous official - Lin Wells’ memo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senior Manhattan Institute fellow Brian Riedl joins Jonah on The Remnant for an uber-wonky discussion of economic policy. Fresh from testifying before the House Committee on Financial Services on President Biden’s madcap “infrastructure” plan, Brian provides insight on all manner of economic fallacies peddled by Republicans and Democrats alike. What’s to be done about infrastructure? Are inflation and debt really a big deal? And why is everyone turning on free markets? Also, take a shot of your favorite alcoholic beverage every time the words “infrastructure” and “buy gold” are uttered. You’ll soon realize how Jonah felt at the end of last week’s Mike Gallagher episode. Show Notes: -Brian Riedl - The Manhattan Institute -Brian’s recent House testimony -Last week’s astonishing Remnant with Rep. Mike Gallagher -Jonah shakes his fist in the direction of infrastructure -The good old days of complaining about Obama’s stimulus -“That’s a shark” -The GOP is more concerned with Green Eggs and Ham than spending -Brian: “The Entitlement Crisis Ignored” -David Beckworth and Ramesh Ponnuru: “Stop Worrying About Inflation” -Brian: “Liberal Economists Say Debt Doesn’t Matter. They’re Wrong.” -Brian: “Who Will Fund $24 Trillion in New Government Debt?” -Brian: “Taxing the ‘Rich’ Won’t Pay for Politicians’ Promises” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s refreshingly (or regrettably, depending on your perspective) sober Ruminant finds Jonah surrounded by boxes of books so nerdy that even Goodwill won’t take them. Preoccupied with thoughts on the strange state of the right, and the equally strange state of Joe Biden, he swiftly reaches levels of wonkiness so high that they could cure sleep deprivation. What’s the matter with the Claremont Institute? Will the oft-discussed “Liberal Fascism Revisited” piece ever be completed? And what new euphemism for a mild hangover will soon be sweeping the nation? Show Notes: - Jonah’s pre-coffee reproval of Ryan Williams - The Wednesday G-File - J.D. Vance’s Democrat-esque response to David French - The decline of the Lincoln Fellowship - The week’s first Remnant with Andy Smarick - The week’s second Remnant with Mike Gallagher, which must be heard to be believed - Horseshoe theory - Last Friday’s G-File - Jerry Nadler: “We are not packing the Supreme Court, we are unpacking it.” - The Decadent Society, by Ross Douthat - Biden wears a mask alone in Arlington National Cemetery - Jonah: “Biden Puts Feelings Over Facts in Afghanistan Withdrawal” - The Rectification of Names Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s career-ruining episode, recorded deep within the headquarters of Half-Baked DARPA, Jonah is joined by frequent guest Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Packers) for a jaunt through the land of new and creative ideas that still need some more time in the oven. The show sees the guys return to the idea of annexing Greenland while also bringing new life to half-baked concepts such as spray-painted meteors, an $800 quadrillion infrastructure plan for salvaging the experience of the midpriced American hotel, and the joys of director commentaries when combined with drinking games. Emphasis on the drinking part. Also, find out what masterful modern novel Gallagher thought “sucked.” Show Notes: -Rep. Gallagher’s webpage -Rep. Gallagher’s appearance on the Remnant’s super-spectacular 200th episode -Trump’s hand on the Ohio Senate primary -“We’re gonna have… tryouts” -Jonah shakes his fist in the direction of infrastructure -Jonah: “Greenland Should Be Ours” -Obi-Wan v. Darth Vader, gloriously re-imagined -It’s “I’m Eighteen,” Jonah -The Jewish space lazer conspiracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Only those in the wonky 1 percent should subject themselves to today’s nerdtastic Remnant, in which Jonah is joined for a third time by the Manhattan Institute’s Andy Smarick. The pair use Andy’s recent Dispatch piece on the folly of never-ending school closures to launch a wide-ranging discussion of the pandemic culture war and divisions among conservatives. Should you be friends with politicians? Why are some Americans desperate for normalcy to never return? And is it wise for so many right-wing whippersnappers to reject the so-called “dead consensus”? Unsurprisingly, Jonah thinks Hayek has the answer to at least one of those questions. Show Notes: -Andy Smarick - the Manhattan Institute -Jim Geraghty on opening with the 10th step of a 10-step argument -Last week’s Remnant with Dan Crenshaw -Jonah: “Giuliani's Sorry Path from Law-and-Order Mayor to Villainous Clown” -Giuliani: “My attitude to my legacy is …” -Andy: “What the Narrative on School Reopenings Has Missed” -Randi Weingarten calls American Jews “part of the ownership class” -The View of the World from 9th Avenue -Joy Reid is too scared to enjoy life after she’s vaccinated -Steven Petrow: “I’m Vaccinated, but I’m Not Really Ready to Leave My Pandemic Cocoon” -Hadley Arkes and peers argue for a “better” originalism -Catholics v. libertarians in the 1960s -Marco Rubio: “Amazon Should Face Unionization Drive Without Republican Support” -Mitt Romney’s child allowance proposal -Jonah is flattered by R.R. Reno’s gushing review of Suicide of the West -YouGov’s recent survey of 2020 Trump voters -Hayek’s “The Use of Knowledge in Society” -David French on nutpicking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this freewheeling Ruminant, Jonah is accompanied by a smaller cast of off-putting onlookers than last time. Still on a high after the week’s earlier discussion of Bigfoot’s messianic powers, he approaches the questions of the day with extra verve. Is recycling a load of garbage? Is President Biden’s rhetoric on race any better? And, of course, has politics supplanted religion? Tune in to find out and, in case you missed it, to learn of the Sasquatch’s alien origins. Show Notes: - The great plastic recycling lie - ”Do you kids want to be like the real UN? Or do you just want to squabble and waste time?” - John Tierny: “Recycling is Garbage” - The week’s second Remnant with Dan Crenshaw - “She just dislikes me so much… it’s irresistible!” - The Suicidal Corporation, by Paul Weaver - Jonah: “No, Georgia’s Election Law is Not ‘Jim Crow 2.0’" - The week’s first Dispatch Podcast - Biden gets four Pinocchios - Minneapolis newspaper owner thinks we haven’t had racial progress in three generations - Biden: “They’re going to put ya’ll back in chains” - Jonah: “WaterGaetz” - Last week’s Remnant with Shadi Hamid - The “Religion of Humanity” - The Revolutions podcast - The week’s first Remnant with Denver Riggleman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah collaborates with Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw on their second Remnant together in an attempt to hash out their differences of opinion regarding why Congress doesn’t work. (Or does it?) Come listen, and discover why members of Congress feel the need to have such robust media teams on staff all the time, why Marjorie Taylor Greene is actually a swamp creature nowadays, and walk through Dan’s “favorite moment of 2021,” which features a shockingly bad instance of Spanglish. Show Notes: -Dan’s podcast, Hold These Truths -Dan’s article on fighting, not performing -Jonathan Rauch: Is Congress broken? -Jonathan Haidt’s political Turing test -Jonah’s article on Antony Blinken and China -Dan’s Conservative Guide to the Culture Wars -Almost nobody uses “Latinx” -“Si, se pwadway!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Denver Riggleman, former congressman for Virginia’s 5th District and noted Bigfoot enthusiast, joins Jonah on today’s episode for a colorful discussion of Americans’ freedom to believe anything they want. Sometimes, the consequences can be tragic, as in the case of January 6. But they can also be truly spectacular, and for proof, look no further than those who believe Bigfoot is an interdimensional traveler, psychedelic prophet, and alien scout. Before diving headfirst into Sasquatch lore, the pair also explore fine liquor, what it’s really like inside the House Freedom Caucus, and Denver’s experiences running for office. It’s a Remnant André the Giant wouldn’t want you to miss. Show Notes: -Denver’s website -Denver, QAnon, and Bigfoot erotica -"The QAnon Conspiracy: Destroying Families, Dividing Communities, Undermining Democracy" - a report co-authored by Denver -Denver’s new book, Bigfoot… It’s Complicated -The Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film -9/11 truthers -NYT: “One Republican’s Lonely Fight Against a Flood of Misinformation” -Mick Mulvaney on The Dispatch Podcast -Denver and the church parking lot -Silverback Distillery -Is Bigfoot an interdimensional traveler? -The Nashville bomber believed in lizard people -Giuliani’s insane voter fraud claims -Judean People’s Front vs. People’s Front of Judea -The Six Million Dollar Man vs. Bigfoot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Ruminant features Jonah amid a group of silent watchers, staring at him while on mute in a Zoom meeting as he speaks to himself for an hour in the basement of an undisclosed location. On the docket today: Jonah returns to one of the most interesting political conundrums of our moment. Was our class of political nutjobs always crazy, or did they only get crazy in the last few years? On a completely unrelated note, why is Matt Gaetz the way he is? And, of course, Jonah speaks to the dangers of “thinking about politics like you’re watching a movie.” Show Notes: - The ongoing Matt Gaetz scandal - Politico’s summary of John Boehner’s new book, On the House: A Washington Memoir - Boehner unloads on the GOP’s “crazy caucus” - Jonah: “I’m Not Going to Say I Told You So… But” - Last month’s Remnant with Elaine Kamarck - Steve Bannon and the “Island of Misfit Toys” - Kevin Williamson: “Peter Navarro: Trump’s Nutty Economics Professor” - Peter Navarro believes Fauci created COVID - Memories of bleach - This week’s second Remnant with Shadi Hamid - Chelsea Handler on due process for Derek Chauvin - Jonah: “Why Bipartisanship is a Weapon to Use Against Your Political Foes” - Romney pushes Biden on bipartisanship - The week’s first Remnant with Chris Stirewalt - Triangulation: the dirtiest word in politics - Bill Maher steals Jonah’s joke - Kevin McCarthy reads Green Eggs and Ham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, first-time guest of The Remnant, Shadi Hamid joins Jonah for a comprehensive discussion on religion, identity, and the bizarre wokespeak favored by Twitter’s blue checkmark crowd. Have wokeism and ethno-nationalism superseded religion on the left and right respectively? Are Islam and classical liberalism compatible? And, crucially, can Jonah contain the annoyance that consumes him at the mere mention of Adrian Vermeule? Show Notes: - Shadi Hamid - Brookings Institution - Shadi: “America Without God” - Shadi’s podcast, Wisdom of Crowds - They’re always eating candy at Brookings… - Jonathan Haidt on moral psychology and religion - Shadi on the “Church of Woke” - Jonah: “The Definition of Dogma” - Trump’s improved Muslim support in 2020 - Just 3% of Hispanics use Latinx - 25% of black Democrats identify as conservative - Shadi’s latest book, Islamic Exceptionalism - Catholics vs. Libertarians in the 1960s - Muslim views on morality - Reopening Muslim Minds, by Mustafa Akyol - Why Liberalism Failed, by Patrick Deneen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, it’s déjà vu all over again as Chris Stirewalt returns - this time in the guest seat. What do Georgia’s new voter laws, Arlen Specter, mandatory voting, The World According to Garp’s infamous “tongue scene,” Henry VIII, and Robin Williams’ illustrious career in drag have to do with one another? Well, the guys talk about all of it and more in this edition, and hopefully it puts you in a mood to believe that the living will not, in fact, envy the dead - “at least at the margins.” Show Notes: -Chris’ page at The Dispatch -Chiller Theater -New voting laws in Georgia -Chris’ recent Remnant with Daron Shaw -Jonah: “Voter Apathy Isn’t a Crime” -Obama: the filibuster is a “Jim Crow relic” -Jonah’s love of Arlen Specter -Was the 1960 election stolen? -Jonah “The Center is a Lonely Place to Be” -Jonah: “We Have Two Moon Parties, No Sun Party” -Patriotic Grace, by Peggy Noonan -Boehner and Obama’s bad bromance -Jonah: Congress is a “parliament of pundits” -Revolutions Podcast - The English Civil War -Divided We Fall, by David French -James Kirchichick: “Why White-Nationalist Thugs Thrill to Trump” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this weekend’s Ruminant, hop into Jonah’s somewhat underwhelming time machine that goes only to the past – because, after all, “the future doesn’t exist.” Why is Jonah driving through the setting of a Mark Twain story? Why do conservatives look to the past for better times (even when the past is largely worse), and why do liberals look to a nonexistent future? Why are both left- and right-wing kids trying to make the entire world like a college campus? And who is Gabriel Kolko, and why does Jonah find him “useful”? Show notes: - Jonah’s desert adventures - The week’s first Remnant with Tevi Troy - The week’s second Remnant, with David French and Greg Lukianoff - Jonah reviews Wendy Shalit’s book - Jonah’s filibuster column - Gabriel Kolko’s bibliography Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David French graciously guest-hosts in Jonah’s place on today’s program, wherein he has a long-ranging conversation with a longtime friend , Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. David and Greg discuss some of the silliest and most sinister examples of censorship regimes on college campuses from recent history, the history of the campus free speech movement stretching back to the 1950s, David’s memories of being a conservative at Harvard Law School, and the moment that Greg realized that “the students themselves had become the main proponents of censorship.” By coincidence, it’s our second Remnant in a row that is largely about modern cancel culture and censorship, rounded out by a conversation about the Snyder Cut. The only difference, really, is that David and Greg seriously dig it. Show Notes: - Greg Lukianoff of FIRE - The Coddling of the American Mind, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt - Herbert Marcuse and campus free speech - Greg: “Speech Codes: The Biggest Scandal on College Campuses Today” - “Inappropriately directed laughter” - “Beirut on the Charles” - Greg’s first book, Unlearning Liberty - Indian River Community College bans The Passion of the Christ - The Eternally Radical Idea - The Ronald Zaccari Memorial Parking Garage - Greg debates Ken White on cancel culture - Greg talks about social justice graduate requirements in the Chronicle of Higher Education - Alexi McCammond fired from Teen Vogue over old tweets - Jonathan Rauch on how to tell if you’re being canceled - The Revolt of the Public, by Martin Gurri - Amazon pulls Ryan T. Anderson’s book on transgender issues Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tevi Troy—presidential historian and all-around smart person—joins the program to talk about the mechanics of cancel culture, and what might be done to prevent it from taking hold in the future. Key to Tevi’s point is that “cancel culture is actually a distinct phenomenon from political correctness, which everyone largely disliked in the ‘90s.” They also talk about the larger culture of censorship in America before moving into the most vitally important topics of our time: Marvel vs. DC, in both their cinematic and comic book forms (Reminder: Sonny Bunch is always right), and the Snyder Cut—including methods for getting through the whole thing without falling asleep. Show Notes: -Tevi’s page at National Affairs -Biden’s July 4 speech -Jonah: “The Treason of the Epidemiologists” -Lindsey J. Leininger and Harold Pollack: “We’re public health experts. We need to do a better job of talking to conservatives.” -Tevi: “Presidents and Public Health Crises” -Jake Sullivan and Anthony Blinken’s China summit -Tevi: “How to Defend Free Speech” -David Brooks: “Freakish Thinking” -Kindly Inquisitors, by Jonathan Rausch -Barbara Jordan’s 1992 DNC speech -Irving Kristol: “Pornography, Obscenity and the Case for Censorship” -Tevi: “The Fanny Hill Phenomenon” -The Coddling of the American Mind, by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff -Bari Weiss interviews Jonathan Haidt -Jonah and Bing West laugh at Tevi -Fight House: Rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump, by Tevi -Sonny Bunch reviews Zack Snyder’s Justice League Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the midst of carving a path to Yosemite, Jonah has graced us with a Ruminant that provides a weekly roundup of his writing – from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to an example from his past that indicates why our radicals should Czech their privilege. He moves into a rumination on subconscious conservative messages embedded within Hollywood entertainment before discussing the unintended consequences of the Senate re-embrace of earmarks as well as the perks of sleeping in Walmart parking lots. It suffices to say that this Ruminant has a positively buckshot-like spread in terms of topics, so have fun with it. Show notes: - The Remnant with Professional Jonah Impersonator Chris Stirewalt - The member’s only Wednesday “news”letter from The Cleve - One of rock’s wildest singers has a permanent Vegas residency - Jonah’s Czech-cellent Adventure - Chekov’s Gun - “We made a person!” - The virtues of The Walking Dead - The weird Remnant with Nick and Guy - Jonah’s column on earmarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live (well, at the time of recording) from Park City, Utah, Jonah is joined by his AEI handlers, Nick and Guy, for a pop culture-filled conversation with the help of listener-provided questions. Why does Jonah go on trips fit only for Survivorman? Why is Pam Grier so fascinating? Was Angel actually better than Buffy? And, the most important question of all, which one of Jonah’s former coworkers in conservative news media does Guy sound exactly like? Show Notes - Onion: “Markle seen holding Prince Harry’s cadaverous hand for support” - Jonah’s G-File from a snow-wracked Texas - Jack’s defense of Weird Wendy’s - Scott Lincicome asking Jonah the hard questions - “Oh, come on, Gallagher!” - The members-only midweek “news”letter - The Remnant with Cass Sunstein, potential future dog-book co-author - Jasmine, true name unpronounceable by human tongue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pinch-hitting for Jonah today is his vocal double Chris Stirewalt, who talks with his old friend from their shared years at Fox News’ Decision Desk, Daron Shaw. Chris and Daron go on a “mythbusting” expedition, explaining why the conventional wisdom that high-turnout elections benefit Democrats isn’t true (and has never been) as well as why campaign finance efforts have historically failed to attack corruption in favor of simply dismantling the “appearance of corruption.” It’s a punched-up episode that’s sure to complete a few of your Remnant Bingo cards. Show Notes: -Daron Shaw at the University of Texas -Daron and John Petrocik’s book, The Turnout Myth -Voter files -2020 was largest turnout since 1900 -Was Edgar Allan Poe “cooped”? -McConnell speaks about McCain-Feingold -Daron’s book on Buckley v. Valeo, The Appearance of Corruption -P.J. O’Rourke’s Don’t Vote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weekend’s Ruminant, Jonah has a lot rattling around in his mind, and now you're gonna hear about it. Why are elites inevitable? What explains the transformation of the Democratic Party into an ideological party? Stay for Jonah's thoughts on Covid relief, and President Biden's first prime-time White House address. Show Notes: -The Friday G-File -The members-only midweek “news”letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices