It’s been a while since the Remnant featured some pro-natal wonkery. To fill that void, Jonah’s joined today by Elizabeth Nolan Brown, a senior editor at Reason, to discuss her cover story for the latest issue of the magazine, “Storks Don't Take Orders From the State.” Together, they discuss the many burning questions surrounding baby-making in modern America: Why are fertility rates falling (spoiler: Elizabeth doesn’t think it’s because there’s a crippling sex recession)? Are pro-natalist policies working in other places? What are the main reasons to have children? And will Jonah ever explain his hatred of old people?Show Notes:-Subscribe to The Dispatch and watch an exclusive live Remnant with Jonah, Steve Hayes, and Chris Stirewalt- Elizabeth’s author page at Reason- Elizabeth’s cover story, “Storks Don't Take Orders From the State”- The vampire problem- Jonah: “The Worst Fang Club”- Yuval Levin: “The Changing Face of Social Breakdown”- Jonah: “I Think We’re Turning Japanese”- Brian Doherty: “Libertarian Party Faces State Rebellions” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah finds himself alone with the quadrupeds on today’s Ruminant as the Fair Jessica embarks on a grand European adventure. Isolated and caffeine-deprived, he’s in especially indulgent form as he rambles through a handful of interrelated topics. First up on the docket is a Supreme Court case that could scale back American bureaucracy, which prompts an extended discussion of how most of the problems we face in modern society can be attributed to a lack of self-government (whatever that means). Afterward, Jonah touches on the importance of institutions in a hyper-technological world, the dumbness of Republican and Democratic rhetoric around crime, and the improbable link between soup kitchens and Call of Duty chat rooms. Brace yourself for an extra-crotchety ride. Show Notes:- The Morning Dispatch: “SCOTUS Poised to Rein in the Administrative State”- Philip Hamburger’s Is Administrative Law Unlawful- Charles Murray’s By the People- Jonah: “Is the GOP Becoming a Dysfunctional Chatroom?”- The Remnant with Rob Long- Tim Miller’s Why We Did It- Michelle Cottle: “Georgia’s Hot Mess Is Headed Your Way”- A crime-ridden Dispatch Podcast- Wednesday’s “news”letter- The Remnant with criminologist Shawn Bushway- Subscribe to The Dispatch and watch an exclusive live Remnant with Jonah, Steve Hayes, and Chris Stirewalt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s very special Remnant, recorded before a live audience of Dispatch devotees in the hallowed halls of the American Enterprise Institute, Jonah is joined by Steve Hayes and Chris Stirewalt for an in-depth discussion of their time at Fox News. For the first time, they explore what it was like to work at Fox before 2015, how things changed when the Trump era began, and why they resonated with the network’s original approach. They also touch on Tucker Carlson’s firing and how we can improve cable news in this fraught political moment. But only the first half of their conversation is presented here. To hear the whole thing, you’ll need to become a member of the Dispatch community (sign up here!). Members will be able to access the entire discussion in both audio and video form on the Dispatch website, in the Dispatch Live feed. We’re grateful to all of you for your support, and we can’t wait to organize some similar live tapings in the future. Stay tuned…Show Notes:- Become a Dispatch member to get the full episode- Steve and Jonah: “Why We Are Leaving Fox News”- National Review’s “Against Trump” issue- Jonah: “Tucker’s Matrix”- The Wall Street Journal on Tucker’s foul language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you feel like making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got, then take a break from all your worries with today’s Remnant, which features the overdue return of esteemed screenwriter and satirist Rob Long. Unrestrained by the ramblings of John Podhoretz, Rob and Jonah discuss the Hollywood writers’ strike, and what it means for the future of TV. They also touch on how AI could change creative professions, the qualities that define great shows, and whether Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox is more gripping than any serialized drama. Oh, and tune in to hear Rob challenge Jonah’s polygamous approach to podcasting.Show Notes:-WATCH: Jonah Goldberg interviews Rob Long- GLoP, Jonah’s side podcast- Rob’s assorted scribblings- The Daily- Jonah on A Simple Plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A week filled with enough stunningly incorrect predictions to conclusively prove he isn’t psychic has left Jonah in an especially pensive mood. Consequently, today’s Ruminant quickly transforms into a rundown of the greatest hits from a string of misses. Jonah kicks things off with a discussion of Tucker’s firing—has Fox really changed?—before moving into a mea culpa surrounding the debt ceiling bill that passed in the House. Afterward, he addresses a veritable feast of populist asinities on subjects ranging from the boneheaded response to a new Barbie to the cult of the Uniparty. Let the great beclowning commence.Show Notes:-Talking Fox on the Dispatch Podcast-Michael Brendan Dougherty and Noah Rothman on Megyn Kelley’s podcast-MTG makes the Randi Weingarten hearing about herself-Burke’s “Birds of Prey” speech-Rudyard Kipling’s If-MBD’s defense of Tucker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Braving the sweltering heat and practical limitations of the AEI podcasting studio, Jack Butler, the original Smithers to Jonah’s Monty Burns, makes his return to the Remnant to discuss the state of conservatism among young people. He and Jonah journey deep into the psyche of the hyper-online right, answering just about every question you could possibly have about the alt-right’s favorite thinkers and the appeal of pre-modern LARPing. What do national conservatives and integralists really want? Do any of them actually believe what they’re saying? And most importantly, can you argue with a Buick?Show Notes:- Jack’s author page at National Review- Jack explains Bronze Age Pervert- Jack: “9/11: An Atrocity Misused”- Lighten up, Francis…- Michael Anton’s review of Bronze Age Mindset- Burke’s “Birds of Prey” Speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In spite of enough technical difficulties to make a grown man weep, today’s Remnant—featuring AEI senior fellow Tony Mills—delivers a thorough, punchy exploration of the COVID crisis and the cult of expertise in American politics. He and Jonah discuss increased specialization in liberal societies, the dreaded Dr. Fauci criticism, and how the idea of certainty colors our political discourse. How intertwined is the crisis of liberalism with our understanding of scientific authority?Show Notes- Tony’s page at AEI- Tony’s last Remnant appearance- Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast- Tony: “Saving Liberalism from Itself”- Tony: “Unmasking Scientific Expertise” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Animated by a week’s worth of pent-up rage—inspired by the nonsensical prattling of would-be authoritarians and the dupes who love them—Jonah brings a cantankerous energy to today’s Ruminant, which quickly devolves into a rant of titanic proportions. He begins with some brief thoughts on Joe Biden’s rumored plans to announce his re-election campaign, before diving into an obscure Edmund Burke speech and its implications for the modern conservative movement. Then, an exceedingly curmudgeonly rant ensues against the totalitarian instinct driving factions of the Republican Party. When will the grownups return to American politics?Show Notes:- Christine Rosen’s Remnant appearance- Edmund Burke’s “Speech in Commons on India, 1783”- Jonah: “The Ties That Blind”- Jonah rants about the New York Young Republican Club- Learning from Vlad the Impaler?- Noah Rothman’s piece on JD Vance- The Bull Moose Project’s director being a jackanape- Win a free Dispatch subscription! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine Rosen, senior fellow at AEI and—alleged—cohost of the Commentary podcast, makes an overdue Remnant return today. In this obstinate exercise in counter-programming, Christine and Jonah discuss just about every topic you could imagine besides Fox News’ settlement with Dominion. From the growing influence of the transgender debate on American politics to Ron DeSantis’ chances in the coming primaries, the two bounce between topics so controversial and toxic that poor David French might just get canceled by association. Show Notes:-Christine’s page at AEI-The Commentary podcast-Christine: “How Trauma Became a Political Tool”-Christine: “The Mainstream Media Damaged Our Children”-The Remnant with A.B. Stoddard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yahoo News’ Jon Ward makes his Remnant debut to discuss his new book, Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation. The resulting conversation—which fuses highfalutin theology with just a dollop of rank punditry—touches on just about everything you could want to know about America’s crisis of Christianity. Topics range from spiritual abuse, to the history of American Christianity, to Trump’s effect on the integrity of evangelicalism, all of which are covered with the utmost nerdery.Show Notes:-Watch: Jonah interview Jon Ward- Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation- Jon: “Lead Us Not Into Temptation”- The Long Game, Jon’s podcast- Julien Benda’s The Treason of the Intellectuals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices