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

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

Chris Stirewalt, the Arby's of punditry and host ofThe Hill Sunday,was so eager to return toThe Remnantthat he joined in the midst of another episode. Awkwardness overcome, the two tackle the big questions: Why can't we learn our lesson? Where are Nik

Jonah reassures listeners on todaysRuminantthat this election is not a Flight 93 election and America as we know it will not end come January 2025. He then turns to comment on the Supreme Court ruling that Colorado cant disqualify Trump from their bal

The last time Razib Khana geneticist and author of theUnsupervised LearningSubstackappeared onTheRemnantto discuss genes and behavior, Jonah couldnt resist focusing their conversation exclusively on canines. Today, Razib is finally back to explore

How do habits influence behavior? Significantly, according to returningRemnantfavorite Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and co-author of the new bookLook Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There. In it, he argues that breaking habits and rout

Jonah, used and abused by CNN, is prepared to deliver a level of rank punditry not yet seen in legacy media. He begins today's episode of The Ruminant by eulogizing Mitch McConnell's tenure in the Senate, noting the positive correlation between disdain fo

If the American Enterprise Institute were a prison, education policy scholars Rick Hess and Michael McShane would be the leaders of its most feared inmate gang. Today, they join Jonah not simply to pressure him into swearing loyalty, but to discuss their

Todays episode ofThe Remnantfeatures James Kirchick, the prolific pundit and author ofSecret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Recently, James publishedan essayinLibertiesthat examined how gay culture has changed in American life since t

Jonah attempts to avoid the straitjacket while The Fair Jessica is away, so he decides to spend an hour talking to himself in a dark basement. He goes through a number of topics to make even the most excitable eggheads nauseated, from the fad of stay-at-h