The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Some people just don’t mind being a cheap date, and of all the names in Jonah Goldberg’s little black book, Eli Lake is probably the easiest catch. Nonetheless, listeners are in for a raucous good time, as Jonah and Eli jump straight in on their reevaluations of Iran, Donald Trump’s desired deal, Trump’s “own goals,” Eli’s upcoming history deepdive, the Bush family’s unfair legacy, elites, celebrity culture, envy, Michael Anton, immigration and culture, and whether we needed Trump in 2016. 

Show Notes:

—Eli’s podcast, Breaking History

—Ken Pollock Remnant

—Hannah Arendt Remnant

—Eli’s interview with Michael Anton

—Eli’s podcast on America’s 249th birthday

—Calvin Coolidge’s Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary

—Laura Field Remnant

—The Coddling of the American Mind

—‘The Flight 93 Election’

—92NY Dispatch Event

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Having spent 12 hours in near World War I-trench conditions at the Georgetown hospital, Jonah Goldberg is feeling grateful for penicillin and ready to pile in on some good ol’ fashioned eggheadery. After reminiscing about a battlefield experience at a different Washington hospital some years ago, Jonah indulges in some I-told-you-so on Iran, before getting into the midterms, SpaceX, investment regrets, 60 Minutes, Bari Weiss, media bias, Sam Francis, Italian Elite Theory, middle American radicals, Gramsci, and societal restraints on violence. 

Show Notes:

—Friday’s Dispod

—Jonah’s LA Times column on Schrödinger’s ceasefire

—Chris Stirewalt Remnant

—The Cook Political Report: “Ohio Poll Could Portend Trouble for Republicans”

—Eli Lake’s podcast with Michael Anton

—Charles Fain Lehman on crime in The Dispatch

—Jonah’s first book

—Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

—Jonah’s book Suicide of the West

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Do you feel swampy? Well, do ya punk? We hope you do, because none other than the kingpin of news himself is here to malodorously pontificate on the fusty, fetid sewer that is the 2026 midterms. There ain’t no ninja turtles in these tunnels. Chris Stirewalt joins Jonah Goldberg to hold forth on the Maine primaries, the Los Angeles mayoral race, election fraud claims, Donald Trump at the New York Knicks game, America 250, Todd Blanche, the decline of moral political norms, Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes, and our changing news landscape. 

Show Notes:

—Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to Fight Back

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Having grown tired of Sarah Isgur’s vulgar ways, Jonah cast about for a more grounded and respectable guest to grace today’s Remnant. Upon thumbing through the index cards on his vintage rotary address file, Jonah remembered that Luke Burgis went to seminary and decided he would do. Jonah and Luke discuss institutions, rites of passage, the parable of the lost sheep, integralism, transcendence, crowds, groupthink, fragile children, family time, and AI.

Show Notes:

—The One and the Ninety-Nine: Forging Identity in the Age of Social Contagion

—Last Luke Burgis Remnant

—Nisbet - The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom

—Why Postliberalism Failed Remnant

—Pope Leo XIV: Magnifica Humanitas

—Dispatch Pod on AI

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Jonah Goldberg, like Plato’s cave-man philosopher, has briefly returned from the land of book writing and enlightenment to ruminate before us poor, shadow-watching mortals. Jonah considers the origin of the term slush fund, waxes poetic on military etymology, and reflects on the Lewinsky scandal, all before getting stuck in on feminism, John Bolton, the republican spirit, Graham Platner, party self-sabotage, and the cult of authenticity. 

Show Notes:

—The Dispatch at the 92nd Street Y

—Robert Nisbet - Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary

—Jonah’s underrated second book

—Jonah’s mom on TV

—Friday’s DisPod 

—Wednesday G-File

—NYT Graham Platner piece

—The Argument

—Cult of authenticity G-File

—Suicide of the West

The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—⁠click here⁠. Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠.
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