Episodes

  • No Discipline, All Punish

    No Discipline, All Punish
    Jun 14 2025
    Jonah Goldberg is tanned, rested, and ready to discuss Israel’s recent attack on Iran, the splintering MAGA coalition, Soviet revisionism, and the endless streams of hypocrisy stemming from the Los Angeles riots. Show Notes:—Tulsi Gabbard on nuclear disarmament—Yair Rosenberg on The RemnantThe Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Get Your Shtetl Together!

    Get Your Shtetl Together!
    Jun 12 2025
    Atlantic columnist Yair Rosenberg joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the shocking rise of Jew hatred in America, the connection between populist movements and antisemitic sentiments, and Edward Said’s influence—all while poking fun at the podcast bros and reminding the elite institutions about the importance of standing with Israel. Show Notes:—Yair’s column for The Atlantic: “Deep Shtetl” The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Punching Hippies

    Punching Hippies
    Jun 11 2025
    Michael Moynihan, friend of the podcast and host of “The Moynihan Report,” joins Jonah Goldberg for an impromptu episode to discuss the Los Angeles riots and their ramifications for both the Trump administration and the Democratic Party, their thoughts on Sister Souljah moments, Greta Thunberg’s maiden voyage, and the shameful lack of hippie punching.Show Notes:—The Morning Dispatch: Unrest in Los Angeles Continues—Jonah's LA Times column: Trump Deploys, Protesters Respond. This Will Not End Well.—The G-File: In Praise of Hippie Punching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • All My Exes Drive In Teslas

    All My Exes Drive In Teslas
    Jun 7 2025
    A busy week of media appearances has somehow left Jonah Goldberg eager to continue his musings on the Trump-Musk rift, the looming threat of the deficit, modern applications of German nihilism, and the need for gratitude. Plus: the surfacing of medieval poverty cosplay and cutting-edge analysis of Top Chef. Show Notes:—This Week's Dispatch Podcast: "The New Antisemitism"—Wednesday G-File on German Nihilism—Jonah's Los Angeles Times Column: "Baby boom, baby bust and the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’"—Jonah's NPR Morning Edition Feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Roman Honor vs. American Realism

    Roman Honor vs. American Realism
    Jun 5 2025
    Bret Devereaux, a Remnant fan favorite, returns to Jonah Goldberg’s Flavian Amphitheater to discuss the world’s oldest counterfactual, the holy grail of source material for classicists, and the top three generals of Western antiquity. Plus: coverage of Ukraine’s recent drone strikes and the contemporary applications of ancient military history. Show Notes:—Explore “A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry”—Alexander Goes West (A Silly Counterfactual) The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Straussian Summer School

    Straussian Summer School
    Jun 4 2025
    Jonah Goldberg has realized that, if you name drop Leo Strauss enough, you’re eventually going to have to explain who you’re talking about. As the benevolent educator of The Remnant masses, Jonah has conspired with Steven Smith, a Straussian expert and professor of political science and philosophy at Yale University, to deliver this deep dive on the life and work of Leo Strauss. Jonah and Steven dig into the fundamentals of Strauss’ work, the debate between the East Coast and West Coast Straussians, the value and potential in fusionism, and Harry Jaffa’s various quirks. Plus: the flaws with the Great Man Theory and some gossip on the heavy hitting intellectuals of the 20th century. Show Notes:—Steven Smith: Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism—The Liberties Journal: “What is a Statesman?”—Take Steven’s Yale University course on political philosophy from your couch!—Irving Kristol’s 1952 review of Strauss' Persecution and the Art of Writing in Commentary Magazine The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • DOGE-ing Bullets

    DOGE-ing Bullets
    May 31 2025
    Jonah Goldberg is cranky, hungover, and ready to dive into discussion of Elon Musk and his departure from DOGE, the moral degradation of traditional conservatism, the cult of winning on the right, and the vilification of the judiciary.Show Notes—The Wednesday G-File on the cowboys of suburbia—“Don’t Call This Conservatism”—Peter Berkowitz on “Don’t Call This Conservatism” The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Weekend At Biden’s

    Weekend At Biden’s
    May 29 2025
    Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson join Jonah Goldberg to discuss their new book that has taken Washington by storm, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. Tapper and Thompson discuss what top Democrats knew about Biden’s cognitive decline prior to him launching his reelection campaign, the boiling frogs mentality of Biden’s advisers, and the media’s role in reporting—or not reporting—this story in real time. Show Notes—Order Original Sin here The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 32 mins
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