The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Jonah invites Steve Hayes back onto the Remnant to unveil The Dispatch, their long-teased new venture, of which Jonah is the editor-in-chief and Steve is the CEO. They also discuss the unfolding Ukraine drama and the recent news about the Kurds. Shownotes –Behold, The Dispatch! –More about The Dispatch in Axios  –The Simpsons on brunch –More … Continue reading Episode 140: Dispatched! → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovering from a cold and a madcap schedule, Jonah does a little punditry and a lot of storytelling. Shownotes –Untuckit.com, promo code DINGO –Earnest.com/DINGO –Winston Churchill has nothing to hide –Jonah’s Ukraine rant –The Silurian Hypothesis –How Biden’s connection to the Trump-Ukraine scandal could help him –The most recent Ben Sasse episode –The Mike Gallagher … Continue reading Episode 139: Story Time with Jonah → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Green Bay Packers) returns to The Remnant for its longest ever one-part episode (we think), dedicated (almost) entirely to “half-baked” ideas, such as buying Greenland (which Gallagher proposed to Jonah last year, making him a Greenland hipster), nuking non-threatening asteroids for practice and deterrence, instituting congressional barracks, and more. Shownotes –Ziprecruiter.com/DINGO –The … Continue reading Episode 138: Greenland Hipsters → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah attempts to outrace the news cycle by getting in his thoughts about the Ukraine-Trump-Biden-Whistleblower brouhaha, even as developments later in the day outpace a podcast recorded in the morning. Shownotes LA Times column on Trump and Ukraine Mocking Joe Biden, as early as 20011 Trump pressures Ukraine eight times – WSJ  Ethoslife.com/DINGO The Ben … Continue reading Episode 137: Ukraine! → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long-absent, and now foul-mouthed, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) returns to the Remnant to explain why Trump endorsed him, why he voted how he did on the wall, and why our media habits are destroying us. With a little bit of Corn Pop thrown in for good measure. Shownotes –Ben Sasse’s last appearance on the Remnant … Continue reading Episode 136: Censor the Senator → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Woman of many talents Mary Eberstadt joins the Remnant to discuss Primal Screams, her latest book, which advances a theory about the connection between family breakdown and the rise of modern identity politics. Shownotes -Download the Door Dash app, use promo code “REMNANT” –Suicide of the West – Jonah Goldberg –Primal Screams – Mary Eberstadt –Mary Eberstadt previews … Continue reading Episode 135: Primal Screams → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AEI adjunct fellow Lyman Stone returns to the Remnant, and to America, to discuss family formation, fertility, climate change, and more. Shownotes –The first Lyman Stone episode –The first Ilya Shapiro episode, followed by another appearance three weeks later –Lyman Stone at AEI -Lyman Stone’s congressional testimony  –The Birth Dearth – Ben Wattenberg  -Giving the game … Continue reading Episode 134: Like a Lyman Stone → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commentary magazine senior writer Christine Rosen rejoins the Remnant to discuss Varsity Blues (the scandal), Big Tech, and more. Shownotes -Commentary podcast -Christine Rosen -Christine Rosen on the Meritocracy Blues -Christine Rosen on Felicity Huffman –The Noah Rothman episode  –Preaching Eugenics – Christine Rosen -The first Bahnsen episode -The changing mores of the young -Biden should … Continue reading Episode 133: Christine Rosen Revival → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Howe, author of The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values (and himself an Evangelical Christian), joins the Remnant to discuss his book, the Evangelical reaction to Trump, the past, present, and future of conservatism, and more. Shownotes –Ben Howe -And on Twitter, @BenHowe –The Immoral Majority – Ben Howe -Lance Wallnau on … Continue reading Episode 132: Trump and the Evangelicals → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Review Online editor Charles Cooke rejoins the Remnant to discuss The Beatles, roller coasters, Brexit, the Second Amendment, and more. Shownotes -Charles Cooke -The previous Charles Cooke episodes (here, here, and here) –Florida man throws alligator through drive-through window  -Charles Cooke on roller coasters  -Charles Cooke on the Beatles (here and here) -The Niall … Continue reading Episode 131: A Political Roller Coaster → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices