The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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