The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
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How Is India Doing?
In a refreshing break from rank punditry, Jonah is joined by Sadanand DhumeaWall Street Journalcolumnist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who specializes in South Asian political economyto answer the question: How is India doing?
The Mediocre Idiots of Monocausality
Jonah ruminates on the UN Special Rapporteurs report alleging genocide in Gaza and the minimization of sexual violence on October7. And if you werent day-drinking yet, he then kvetches about lousy concepts of social justice, the Ronna McDaniel-NBCNews
The Mediocre Idiots of Monocausality
Jonah ruminates on the UN Special Rapporteur's report alleging genocide in Gaza and the minimization of sexual violence on October 7. And if you weren't day-drinking yet, he then kvetches about lousy concepts of social justice, the Ronna McDaniel-NBC News
The Great Rewiring of Childhood
Jonathan Haidt makes his long-heralded return toThe Remnantto discuss his new book,The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.He and Jonah discuss the unique issues facing Gen Z and the mental
Grandma Was Right
Rob Henderson, a psychologist and author, makes hisRemnantdebut to discuss his new bookTroubled: A Memoir of Family, Foster Care, and Social Class.Growing up in poverty and moving through multiple foster homes in California, Henderson noticed a dispar
Whigged Out
Jonah reaches new heights of self-indulgence on today'sRuminant,explaining why he's a soft Whig and why Romanticism is making everything worse. Devoted listeners will be quick to catch a whiff ofSuicide of the Westas Jonah veers to discuss the origin
Make More Kids
Having endured years of Jonah's targeted bullying campaign, AEI senior fellow Tim Carney joins the pod to celebrate the release of his new bookFamily Unfriendly: How Our Culture is Making it Harder to Raise Happy, Healthy, and Successful Children. The tw
Our Ancient Faith
Jonah invites prolific historian, scholar, and author Allen C. Guelzo, to discuss his new book,Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment, and has plenty of questions: What does Abraham Lincoln tell us about democracy? Why did Lin
War Pigs
Jonah overcomes his flu-induced hallucinations and ruminates on the current attempt by Congress to force a sale of TikTok and Trump's suspicious flip-flop on the issue. The hallucinations reappearing, Jonah begins to complain about the bots on Twitter mak
Destroying Hamas
Dan Senor, author ofThe Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent Worldand host ofCall Me Back with Dan Senor,returns to discuss the state of Israel's war against Hamas as the IDF begins to move into Rafah. How is