The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

1. How to Teach the Kids Division of Labor | Interview: Jeanna Smialek

   With Jonah Goldberg sleeping off his election-night hangover, Dispatch in-house grumbler Kevin Williamson takes the helm for today’s conversation with author Jeanna Smialek. The pair discuss…

   Nov 9, 202657 min
2. Survey the Wreckage | Ruminant

   After a couple minor appearances on CNN and about 1,823 tweets, Jonah Goldberg has returned from his Lone Star sojourn ready to ruminate on the week’s GOP bloodbath. Tune in for an absolute…

   Nov 7, 202613 min
3. You Are Insufficiently Grateful for Modernity | Interview: Chelsea Follett

   No one ever accused Jonah Goldberg of nostalgic longing for the Middle Ages. Accordingly, he’s grown tired of the tradbros and hippies who claim that the premodern world was just better. In that…

   Nov 4, 20261 h 13 min
4. Build More Houses, Have More Kids | Interview: Tim Carney

   Friend-of-The Remnant and notorious papist Tim Carney joins Jonah Goldberg to pontificate about midterm projections, party-affiliation soul searching, flipping the Senate, the moral majority, the…

   Nov 2, 20261 h 18 min
5. Of Friends and Enemies | Ruminant

   Just days away from election week (or, as Jonah Goldberg likes to call it, “Hell”), we at The Remnant thought it wise to explore some more eggheady topics. Tune in to hear Jonah ruminate on the…

   Oct 31, 202618 min
6. What’s Wrong with France? | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams

   Jonah Goldberg convenes with Thomas Chatterton Williams to dissect and diagnose the problems plaguing America’s oldest ally, France. Tune in as Thomas and Jonah discuss French discontent, Emmanuel…

   Oct 28, 20261 h 08 min
7. A Leader Doth Not a Statesman Make | Interview: Steven B. Smith

   We here at The Remnant tend to evaluate statesmen according to the Lincoln-Wilson spectrum: The good ones are more like Abraham Lincoln, and the bad ones are more like Woodrow Wilson. But because…

   Oct 26, 20261 h 07 min
8. Innuendoctober | Ruminant

   Let’s be honest: If you’re not getting canceled every couple of days, are you even living? We don’t think so. We’re T minus 10 days until the midterms, and Jonah Goldberg is raring to kick grass and…

   Oct 24, 202620 min
9. Economics 101, Live From Tulsa! | Interview: Douglas Holtz-Eakin

   It may disappoint frequent Remnant listeners to learn that most episodes are not recorded in a speakeasy. In fact, recording a Remnant is one of the few occasions that can draw Jonah Goldberg away…

   Oct 21, 202658 min
10. A Modest Defense of Lulu Lenin | Interview: Tyler Austin Harper

    Conventional wisdom will tell you to be well rested and sober before an interview to ensure peak performance. Jonah Goldberg, however, discovered long ago that he’s at his best on three minutes of…

    Oct 19, 20261 h 07 min

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