The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Eternal Vigilance | Interview: Jay Nordlinger
Jonah Goldberg has convinced Dispatch contributing writer Jay Nordlinger to take a break from swanning about Europe to sit and chew over the great issues of our day. They discuss the two-year anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 attacks, the Nobel Peace Prize,
The Three Great Revolutions | Ruminant
After powering through some rank punditry, Jonah Goldberg displays his intellectual prowess by tackling G.K. Chestertons take on Edmund Burke, outlining mankinds three great revolutions, and dissecting our notion of identity crisis.Show Notes:Frida
The Wings Are Eating the Center | Interview: Elliot Williams
Frenemies Jonah Goldberg and Elliot Williams, accustomed to sitting across from each other on CNN, come together to discuss a meeting of generals, theComey indictment, and the drift of the parties.Show Notes:Elliot Williamss ProfileFive Bullets: The
Parenting in the Modern Age | Interview: Emily Oster
Jonah Goldberg teams up with Emily OsterBrown University economist, and more importantly,Dispatchcontributorto discuss Tylenol and autism, the allure of tradwives, and the battle over household divisions of labor.Show Notes:Emily Osters writer pag
Toads on the Stool of Truth | Solo
Jonah Goldberg is smacked back to reality from his break abroad with the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and the beginning symptoms of a cold. Powering his way through cough medicine, he argues against the vindictive nature of the Trump admi
Barbarians at the Gate | Interview: Allen C. Guelzo
Historian Allen C. Guelzo joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss his new book,The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, Volume I: The Ancient World and Christendom, exploring the origins of the key threads that make up the Western tradition, how th
You Know That I Know | Interview: Steven Pinker
Renowned psychologist Steven Pinker joins Jonah Goldberg to share insights from his latest book,When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life, which explores humanitys unique sixth sense f
Contempt for Congress (Re-Air) | Interview: Yuval Levin
Editors note:Jonah Goldberg has vanished somewhere in the Swiss Alps. While search-and-rescue teams brave the mountains, were re-airing aRemnantclassic with fan favorite Yuval Levin. This episode first aired March 26, 2025.Not since Thomas Jefferso
The (Second) Great Leap Forward | Interview: Dan Wang
While Jonahs travels continue, guest host Kevin Williamson is joined by Dan Wang, author ofBreakneck: Chinas Quest to Engineer the Future, for a discussion of Chinas approach to engineering in the 21st century, what living in Shanghai during the pande
The Next Generation of Woke | Interview: Claire Lehmann
Editors Note:Jonah is traveling this week, but he pre-recorded this episode with Claire Lehmann on September 8 to make sure you got yourRemnantfix.Claire Lehmann, founder ofQuilletteand contributing writer forThe Dispatch, joins Jonah Goldberg to