The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
The Dispatch
In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day. Is America doomed? Has liberalism failed? And will mankind ever invent something better than ‘90s-era “Simpsons?” Mixing political history, pop culture, rank punditry, and shameless book-plugging, Goldberg and guests will have the kinds of conversations we wish they featured on TV. And the nudity will (almost) always be tasteful. Brace your bingo cards.
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Oct 12, 2026 • 1h 24min
The Tumultuous, Remarkable Middle East | Interview: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Sebag Montefiore, the British historian and author of Jerusalem: The Biography, takes a sweeping tour through the modern Middle East. They explore the 1979 revolution, Iraq’s invasion, Israel, antisemitism, nationalism, colonialism, Islamism, modernization, and the West’s fixation on Jerusalem. History’s shifting importance and the proper pronunciation of Turkey also get their due.
Oct 10, 2026 • 14min
Modernity’s Big Bang | Ruminant
Podcasting is becoming television, with YouTube algorithms and video metrics reshaping the media economy. The discussion turns to Trump’s shortcut reasoning, his claims about family expertise, and the limits of inherited knowledge. Along the way, AI, genealogy, genetics, and ChatGPT raise intriguing questions about what can really be passed down.
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Oct 7, 2026 • 1h 16min
‘Friendship on the Knife’s Edge’ | Interview: Roger Berkowitz
Roger Berkowitz, founder of Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center and a scholar of political philosophy, joins a spirited conversation on friendship’s role in public life. They explore disagreement, Zionism, enemies, truth and facts, political judgment, Madison, Tocqueville, and the dangers of concentrated power. The discussion asks whether civic friendship can survive deep division and how local institutions might bring citizens together.
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Oct 5, 2026 • 1h 6min
The Death of Homo Economicus | Interview: Nick Eberstadt
Nick Eberstadt, an AEI political economist and demographer, joins a wide-ranging conversation on poverty, male worklessness, and the global fertility crash. They explore family formation, aging societies, entitlement reform, smartphones and loneliness, practical public policy, and the surprising resilience of North Korea. A lively tour of demography, technology, economics, and geopolitics.
30 snips
Oct 3, 2026 • 23min
Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant
Jonah Goldberg challenges the new right’s attempt to rehabilitate Richard Nixon, then roams through dog movies, the distortions of polling, and the political currents shaping the midterms. He considers Democratic gains, anti-Trump sentiment, the death penalty, and the uncertain future of the Republican Party.
29 snips
Sep 30, 2026 • 1h 4min
The Scientific Republic | Interview: Tony Mills
Tony Mills, an American Enterprise Institute scholar focused on science policy, technology, and democratic governance, joins the conversation on federal research, politicized expertise, and COVID’s legacy. They revisit historical pandemics, institutional gatekeeping, and the competing factions reshaping science. The discussion then turns to AI, scientific apprenticeship, algorithms, moral leadership, practical safeguards, and the difference between credible threats and extinction-driven P-doom.
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Sep 28, 2026 • 1h 8min
Inside Israel’s War Room | Interview: Elliot Kaufman and Yonah Jeremy Bob
Yonah Jeremy Bob, the Jerusalem Post’s senior military correspondent, and Elliot Kaufman, a Wall Street Journal editorial board member, take readers inside Israel’s war room. They examine the intelligence failures behind October 7, rivalries among Israeli leaders, hostage negotiations, Gaza’s strategic challenges, Iran, Hezbollah, and the contrasting approaches of Biden and Trump. They also explore Israel’s partisan American image and the world’s fixation on the conflict.
Sep 26, 2026 • 15min
Feelin’ A Little Irish | Ruminant
A lively political ruminant tackles Trump Derangement Syndrome, Xi Jinping’s White House visit, presidential decorum, and the tension between patriotism and political tribalism. Jonah revisits his controversial critique of conservative alliances with anti-American extremists, then veers through domestic squabbles, drag queen story hour, teachers unions, Macklemore, Israel, and the curious ways conservatives and liberals overlap.
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Sep 23, 2026 • 1h 17min
‘This Is Western Civilization, Bro’ | Interview: Stephanie Slade
Stephanie Slade, a Reason senior editor and author of *Fusionism*, joins a lively debate about liberty, virtue, and the future of the American right. They revisit Frank Meyer’s journey from communism, Brent Bozell’s anti-liberal turn, and the tensions surrounding drag queen story hours, Sunday sports, libraries, federalism, and viewpoint neutrality. They also examine the dissident right’s rise and whether virtue can be legislated.
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Sep 21, 2026 • 1h 6min
The Peacemaker of Utah | Interview: Spencer Cox
Spencer Cox, Utah’s Republican governor and former mayor, discusses his book Off Ramp and the crisis of political contempt. They explore how social media, loneliness, and weakened communities fuel division; the importance of federalism, constitutional limits, and local politics; and reforms to revive coalition-building. They also tackle cancel culture, executive power, Mormon identity, and why governors may help restore political normalcy.
