The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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 → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Faux-Declaration of Non-Emergency → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: Weird English, Awesome Americans → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Justice: It’s a Put-On → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Returns → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Stop Worrying And Love Missile Defense → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Episode 75: Stubbornly Attached → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 … Continue reading Episode 74: Charles Cooke II: Cruise Ship Boogaloo → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Episode 72: A Riot of Nuance → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Stirewalt → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a bit of a change of pace for The Remnant, Jonah invites Manhattan Institute senior fellow and homelessness policy expert Stephen Eide onto the show to discuss what to do about the plight of the homeless. Show Notes: “How to think about homelessness” – Stephen Eide Madness in the Streets Larry Hogue, the mad … Continue reading Episode 70: Fighting Homelessness → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Beto blow it? Will the Republican party survive Trump? Is Jonah dyspeptic? The 69th Remnant, with National Review senior political correspondent Jim Geraghty, attempts to answer these and other pressing questions. Show Notes: Ziprecruiter.com/Dingo Donorstrust.org/Dingo Sign up for NR Plus to listen to the previous Jim Geragthy Remnant episode Butlerian Jihad Geraghty on Trump … Continue reading Episode 69: Midterminal → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the last Remnant before the midterms, Jonah invites Senator Ben Sasse (R-Corn) back to the Remnant to discuss Them, his new book about giant ants. Jonah also does some particularly pungent rank punditry. Show Notes: Them – Ben Sasse The Vanishing American Adult – Ben Sasse Suicide of the West – Jonah Goldberg Coming Apart – Charles Murray … Continue reading Episode 68: Revenge of the Corn → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah invites National Review executive editor and author of the newly-released Melting Pot or Civil War onto The Remnant to discuss immigration, nationalism, solidarity, and his latent Bismarckian tendencies Show Notes: Podium.com/dingo National Review Editors podcast Melting Pot or Civil War – Reihan Salam National Review’s cover story/excerpt of Melting Pot or Civil War Me supporting the … Continue reading Episode 67: Immigration Reform for Fox and Vox → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Jonah vexed? What were the Saudis thinking? Is a blue wave imminent? Jonah answers all these questions and more on the latest Remnant. Or tries to, anyway. Show Notes: Conversations with Kristol, this episode’s sponsor. The Hazony Remnant . The Virtue of Nationalism – Yoram Hazony . Trump says he’s a nationalist . Robert Costa … Continue reading Episode 66: Post-Orb Potpourri → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is nationalism good? Are nations better than empires? Is John Locke bad? In conversation with Yoram Hazony, author of The Virtue of Nationalism, Jonah attempts to answer these and other questions on the latest Remnant. Show Notes: Them: Why We Hate Each Other–and How to Heal by Ben Sasse (R-Corn) Casper.com/Dingo Buy Suicide of the West My Notre … Continue reading Episode 65: Too Much Pluribus, Not Enough Unum → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off another road trip, but not in fresh clothing, Jonah makes time for some rank punditry on Nikki Haley, Kavanaugh, and tribal escalation. Show Notes: Yellow Springs, Ohio – Wikipedia page Jonah’s Yellow Springs hotel The Onion on the JFK assassination National Review Editors podcast The McCarthy Report The Commentary podcast Max Boots on … Continue reading Episode 64: Manbrosia Rank Punditry → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of The Remnant, Jonah invites Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff on to discuss The Coddling of the American Mind. And, in a Remnant first, there is a flashback to an earlier episode. Show Notes: The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff The Atlantic article that started it … Continue reading Episode 63: Snowflake Jacobins → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Jonah still on the road, he has time only for some brief commentary on the Kavanaugh debacle. This episode is otherwise a recording of a conversation between Jonah and Charles Murray, author of Coming Apart, on their respective oeuvres. Show Notes: My controversial NPR hit Conversations with Bill Kristol The Bahnsen Group Buy a … Continue reading Episode 62: In Case of Emergency, Talk To Charles Murray → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recording a podcast from atop the Gateway Arch (if only in spirit), Jonah answers listener questions and discourses on socialism with the help of his Sancho Panza in the latest episode of The Remnant. Show Notes: Come to the NRI dinner Get investment advice from the Bahnsen group National Review’s Kavanaugh content: -Editorial board -David … Continue reading Episode 61: Meet Me In St. Louis → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah invites Senator Ben Sasse (R-Corn) back to The Remnant for a wide-ranging conversation on the Republican Party, the state of our government, and…cats. Show Notes: DonorsTrust, this week’s sponsor Ben Sasse’s new cat Kill all cats? Sasse on leaving the Republican Party Sasse on congressional self-neutering Ramesh’s response to Sasse A Conflict of Visions by … Continue reading Episode 60: Stray Cats and Screaming Chyrons → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone must have touched the orb, because not only do we get two Remnants this week, but also Jonah travels through time for some rank punditry on the present and the future. Show Notes: DonorsTrust, this week’s sponsor The Peter Boettke podcast The Game of Shadows fight Me on the hand gesture fracas The Rob Long Remnant … Continue reading Episode 59: Post-Orb Punditry → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returned from his vacation and already seeking refuge from D.C. craziness, Jonah invites Hayek expert and George Mason University professor Peter Boettke to discuss the ins and outs of F.A. Hayek. Show Notes: Peter Boettke’s GMU bio Peter Boettke’s new book on Hayek Hayek on “The Use of Knowledge in Society” Hayek’s Road to Serfdom … Continue reading Episode 58: Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Not A Monetarist → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jonah Goldberg and Rob Long cross the streams between their co-hosted GLoP podcast (John Podhoretz is off this week) and The Remnant. They talk about Rob’s career in Hollywood, WhatAbout-ism, cross country traveling, and sure, a bit of monkeying around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does Trump have good character? Are digital assistants evil? Will Pippa ever get tired? In the midst of a journey across the country, Jonah takes time to answer these and other questions on the latest Remnant. Show Notes: You have died of dysentery My MAGA-Twitter-triggering question Paul Rahe on The Godfather Charles Kesler on norm-breaking The … Continue reading Episode 56: Tales From the Road → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve ever wanted to publish a book, this Remnant is for you. If not, well . . . please still listen. This episode’s guest is Jonah’s literary agent Jay Mandel, of WME Entertainment, who divulges as many of the secrets of book publishing success as the podcast length and format allows. Show Notes: Buy … Continue reading Episode 55: So You Want to Write a Book → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the dog days of summer emptying D.C., Jonah drags Matt Continetti, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon, back onto the Remnant for some rank punditry, some Trumpsplaining, and some conservative nerdery. Show Notes: Buy Suicide of the West! My Special Report hit Trump thinks losing the House will be good for him The latest … Continue reading Episode 54: Bonfire of the Norms → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Saruman a Randian superman? Should Alex Jones be banned? Has Jonah ever made love in the back of a Model-T? New York Times columnist and National Review film critic Ross Douthat returns to The Remnant to answer (or ask!) these and other pressing questions (yes, really). Show Notes: The National Review editors’ podcast Grand New … Continue reading Episode 53: Douthat II: Electric Boogaloo → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode avoids rank punditry and unapologetic eggheadery in pursuit of unadulterated nerdiness and pop culture thumbsuckery. For such a task, there’s no better guest than the co-host of the Weekly Substandard podcast and executive editor of the Washington Free Beacon, Sonny Bunch. It’s the crossover to end all crossovers. He and Jonah discuss Star Wars revisionism, the “Golden … Continue reading Episode 52: Sonny Bunches of Takes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Millenarians the worst? Is China poised to dominate the world? Was the 2008 financial crisis only the fault of Wall Street? David Bahnsen, author of Crisis of Responsibility and National Review Institute trustee, joins The Remnant to answer these and other questions. Show Notes: The Bahnsen Group. Grab a copy of Things That Matter. Learn more … Continue reading Episode 51: Millenarians Are The Worst → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England-born newly-minted American citizen Charlie Cooke, editor of NationalReview.com, joins Jonah for the 50th episode of the Remnant. They have a merry time discussing why Charlie loves America, why he’s a conservatarian, what he thinks of Brexit, and whether it’s necessary to pledge fealty to President Trump. Jonah also forces him to read some words … Continue reading Episode 50: The British American Conservatarian Florida Man → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah invites Jay Cost, AEI Visiting Fellow and author of The Price of Greatness, onto The Remnant for a very nerdy discussion of republicanism, the Founding, and the state of our government. Show Notes: Check out this episode’s sponsor, Conversations with Kristol. Jay Cost’s new book, The Price of Greatness. And one of his previous books, A … Continue reading Episode 49: Identity Politics Yahtzee → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No one joins Jonah for the latest Remnant, which he compensates for by being extra discursive and dyspeptic about the news (Supreme Court, Democrat overreaction) and pop culture (Ocean’s 8, Incredibles 2) of the day. Show Notes: Here’s the latest episode of Jack’s new podcast Young Americans. “The Organization Kid,” by David Brooks. 72 virgins … Continue reading Episode 48: Slipshod Edition → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah invites Cato Institute legal scholar Ilya Shapiro back on to The Remnant for some rank legal punditry: a rundown of the cases the Supreme Court decided this term and speculation about what happens to the Court now that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring. Show Notes: Ilya’s last appearance on the Remnant. The opening of … Continue reading Episode 47: The Sweet Mystery of Anthony Kennedy → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political strategist, erstwhile academic, and friend of NR Luke Thompson joins The Remnant for a discursive discussion of the fine art of campaign consulting, the ins and outs of U.S. history, and the future of the Republican Party. Show Notes: Luke’s podcast, Constitutionally Speaking. A commercial for the TRS-80 computer. My article on the problems … Continue reading Episode 46: Comfortable, Smug, But Not Comfortably Smug → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Remnant reunites Jonah with his fellow goatee-sporting journalist Steve Hayes, the editor-in-chief of the Weekly Standard. Jonah tries to keep the chicken wings and cheese curds away from Steve long enough for them to talk about the state of the Republican Party, Charles Krauthammer, and . . . fraternity pledging? Show Notes: Steve … Continue reading Episode 45: Purple Hayes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the president pardon himself? Are cakes free speech? What is the tonnage clause? Jonah invites Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute senior fellow in constitutional studies, onto the Remnant to answer these and other legal questions. Show Notes: Matthew Franck’s piece on the issues with a presidential self-pardon. Salena Zito’s new book on the Great Revolt. … Continue reading Episode 44: Get Me Another Shapiro! → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Review senior political correspondent Jim Geraghty rejoins the Remnant for a wide-ranging discussion about Roseanne and Samantha Bee, double standards, the pardon power, and Solo. Show Notes: The article I wrote on my father-in-law and immigration. Paul Gavora’s obituary. Subscribe to National Review. And The Weekly Standard. And Commentary. And while you’re at it, buy a copy of Suicide … Continue reading Episode 43: The Age of Double Standards → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoying a brief respite from his book tour, Jonah takes time to memorialize his larger-than-life father-in-law, address critics of Suicide of the West (buy now!), and engage in some rank punditry on Mueller, China, and North Korea. Show Notes: The GLoP episode in which I discussed my father-in-law’s journey to America. Turns out a Nixon … Continue reading Episode 42: Numb As a Podcast → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are media outlets dishonest? How should conservatives treat Trump? Is DC better than Marvel? Live from Ben Shapiro’s L.A. lair, Jonah attempts to answer these and other pressing questions. Show Notes: Check out my interview on Ben Shapiro’s “Sunday Special” podcast. Seth Stevenson’s piece on Shapiro. Shapiro’s Weekly Standard piece on young conservatives. …And my piece on … Continue reading Episode 41: Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices