Join Jonah Goldberg as he reverts into an intimidated little policy gnome in the presence of Charles Murray, our greatest living social scientist. Jonah and Charles brave the deep waters, inquiring into the existence of God, the reliability of the New Testament, the reality of life after death, and the possibility of reincarnation. Plus, titillating side comments on Star Trek whales and milk theft. Shownotes: — Taking Religion Seriously — Murray’s last appearance on The Remnant — Taking Religion...
Oct 23, 2025•1 hr 23 min
AEI Colleague Week is off with a bang as Jonah Goldberg dives deep with Kori Schake on the interplay between the American military and government. They survey history and current events alike, covering the Whiskey Rebellion, Andrew Jackson’s invasion of Florida, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's meeting of the generals, and the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. Shownotes: — The State and the Soldier — Bret Devereaux’s Dispatch author page — Jonah on Congress — Live Remnant recording in Grand Rapids on Nove...
Oct 22, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the indictment of John Bolton, G.K. Chesterton’s beef with Edmund Burke, and the POLITICO report on the Young Republicans. Show Notes: — Wednesday's G-File — Nick Catoggio on the Young Republicans — The fight over National Guard deployment 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 access to all of Jon...
Oct 18, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Father Gregory Pine joins the podcast today, and Jonah Goldberg desperately tries not to offend him while asking his most pressing religious questions about the efficacy of prayer, the salvation of non-Christians, and the rules regarding priestly celibacy. Shownotes: — Father. Gregory Maria Pine, O.P. — Your Eucharistic Identity: A Sacramental Guide to the Fullness of Life — Lumen Gentium — The Bad Popes The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital media company covering politics, p...
Oct 16, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Jonah Goldberg has reluctantly invited notorious media hack Steve Hayes back on the show to wax lyrical about The Dispatch ’s 2025 thus far, the SCOTUSblog acquisition, and maintaining one’s integrity. Shownotes: — 2024 Annual State of The Dispatch — Steve’s weird NWYT on The Dispatch Podcast — Steve’s good NWYT on The Dispatch Podcast — Newsgeist — SCOTUSblog — Most recent Dispatch Podcast — The Dispatch founding manifesto — Grayson Logue ’s article on vaccines and pediatricians The Remnant is ...
Oct 15, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Still recovering from last week’s deep dive into Burke and Berlin, Jonah Goldberg flexes his political muscles, traipsing across the Gaza deal, free speech in Britain, the Letitia James indictment, departmentalism, and the squalor of American politics. Show Notes: — Friday’s Dispatch Podcast — Remnant Podcast with Jay Nordlinger — Jonah’s Wednesday G-File on Tucker Carlson — Remnant with Emily Oster The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital media company covering politics, polic...
Oct 11, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Jonah Goldberg talks to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Molly Worthen about her recent book, Spellbound , as they trace the history of charisma—not to be confused with charm—through 400 years of American history. Show Notes: — Molly’s webpage —Molly’s book: Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conse...
Oct 09, 2025•1 hr 16 min
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 consequences of presidential action, and free speech. Show Notes: — Jay’s Substack — Jay’s New Criterion page — Renew Democracy Initiative — The Next Move Substack — Jay’s book: Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most ...
Oct 08, 2025•1 hr 8 min
After powering through some rank punditry, Jonah Goldberg displays his intellectual prowess by tackling G.K. Chesterton’s take on Edmund Burke, outlining mankind’s three great revolutions, and dissecting our notion of “identity crisis.” Show Notes: — Friday’s Dispatch Podcast — Chesterton on Burke — Jonah’s Remnant with Allen Guelzo — Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy —“ The Hedgehog and the Fox ” The ...
Oct 04, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Frenemies Jonah Goldberg and Elliot Williams, accustomed to sitting across from each other on CNN, come together to discuss a meeting of generals, the Comey indictment, and the drift of the parties. Show Notes: — Elliot Williams’s Profile — Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation — Advisory Opinions episode on Comey indictment — “Why Everyone Is Rushing to Label Themselves an ‘Independent’ ” - Jonah’s LA Times Col...
Oct 02, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Jonah Goldberg teams up with Emily Oster—Brown University economist, and more importantly, Dispatch contributor—to discuss Tylenol and autism, the allure of tradwives, and the battle over household divisions of labor. Show Notes: — Emily Oster’s writer page for The Dispatch — Emily for The Dispatch : Missteps to a Misguided Claim — ParentData website — Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong—and What You Really Need to Know — Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, Mor...
Oct 01, 2025•1 hr 6 min
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 administration, dives into the hagiography of Charlie Kirk on the right, and revisits the debate between Athens vs. Jerusalem from his Remnant episode with historian Allen C. Guelzo. Show Notes: — Andrew McCarthy's piece on the Comey indictment in N...
Sep 27, 2025•1 hr 20 min
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 they were woven together over two-and-a-half millennia, and how foundational ideas such as science, freedom, equality, law, good government, and virtue emerged and evolved. The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital media company cov...
Sep 25, 2025•1 hr 11 min
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 humanity’s unique sixth sense for common knowledge. 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 access to all ...
Sep 24, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Editor’s note: Jonah Goldberg has vanished somewhere in the Swiss Alps. While search-and-rescue teams brave the mountains, we’re re-airing a Remnant classic with fan favorite Yuval Levin. This episode first aired March 26, 2025. Not since Thomas Jefferson podcasting alone has a guest been so wise as Yuval Levin, who joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the trend of Lebowskian communication mishaps, the danger of obsessive abstraction in Trumpian times, and the promise of connecting with the median vo...
Sep 20, 2025•1 hr 16 min
While Jonah’s travels continue, guest host Kevin Williamson is joined by Dan Wang, author of Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future , for a discussion of China’s approach to engineering in the 21st century, what living in Shanghai during the pandemic was like, and the future of U.S.-China relations. Show Notes: — Dan Wang’s website — Kevin for The Dispatch : “Understanding China’s Engineering Empire” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 18, 2025•55 min
Editor’s Note: Jonah is traveling this week, but he pre-recorded this episode with Claire Lehmann on September 8 to make sure you got your Remnant fix. Claire Lehmann, founder of Quillette and contributing writer for The Dispatch , joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the radicalization of young women, the new wave of wokeness championed by figures like Zohran Mamdani, and why Australia is a terrifying continent filled with creatures that want you dead. Show Notes: — Claire Lehmann for The Dispatch :...
Sep 17, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Jonah Goldberg dissects the inflammatory ‘war’ rhetoric coming from both the right and left following the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, the rise of political violence in recent years, and the various forms of killing throughout human history. But first, Jonah wants you to know he’s not an arsonist. Show Notes: — Jonah Goldberg for National Review: Debate Amongst Yourselves — Charles Fain Lehmann on The Remnant — Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Advisory Opinions The Remnant is a ...
Sep 13, 2025•1 hr 43 min
Jonah Goldberg sits down with Graeme Wood of The Atlantic to break down Iran’s recovery after its 12-day war with Israel, the chances of regime change, and what’s next for Israel in Gaza. Plus: Why honor among nations still matters. Show Notes: — The Neighbor From Hell — For Iranians, War With Israel Still Looms Large 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 Dis...
Sep 11, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Chris Stirewalt joins Jonah Goldberg to unpack the Frasier -esque undertones of Donald Trump’s birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ capitulation on vaccine mandates, and the “mean girls” dynamic inside the Trump administration. Show Notes: — Seth Masket's Substack on the popularity of the presidency 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 Dispat...
Sep 10, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the recent exchange between Ted Cruz and Tim Kaine on the celestial origins of rights, the idea of “heritage Americans,” and Donald Trump’s dying relationship with Modi. Show Notes: — Cass Sunstein on The Remnant — Michael Warren reporting on the NatCons — Friday's Dispatch Podcast — Friday’s G-File Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 06, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Vice week continues with Charles Fain Lehman, Manhattan Institute fellow and Dispatch contributing writer , joining Jonah Goldberg for a discussion on drug addiction, legalized gambling, and porn. Show Notes: — Charles for The Dispatch: “ The Sports Gambling Backlash Is Here” — Charles for The Dispatch : “ It’s Time to Prosecute Pornhub” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 04, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Tim Carney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to unpack his latest investigative reporting on a local brothel, and they discuss the cronyism lurking behind tariffs as well as misconceptions common on both the left and the right about encouraging Americans to have more children. Show Notes: — Read Tim's book: Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences — Read Tim's reporting on the Falls Church brothel The Remnant is a pro...
Sep 03, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Jonah Goldberg addresses the ‘thoughts and prayers’ backlash following the tragic school shooting in Minneapolis, examines fractures within the Trump coalition, and continues the Dispatch Roundtable ’s discussion of how bad Franklin D. Roosevelt was as a president. Show Notes: — In Defense of Thoughts and Prayers — Michael Brendon Doughtery's article for National Review — Friday's Dispatch Roundtable — Daniel McCarthy's response to Jonah The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital me...
Aug 30, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Jonah Goldberg is joined by Cass Sunstein, legal scholar and author of Manipulation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, What to Do About It , to define liberalism once and for all (it means being a mensch), explain the role of “nudging” in public policy, and defend the “abundance” agenda. Show Notes: — Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do About It The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, cons...
Aug 28, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Lord Daniel Hannan of Kingsclere joins Jonah Goldberg for a royal breakdown of new speech laws in the United Kingdom and to provide a history lesson on the Conservative Party. Show Notes: — Hannan's website 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d like to...
Aug 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the FBI search of John Bolton’s home, the uselessness of political labels, and how the ghost of Joseph McCarthy and the Soviet Union still haunts us. Plus: More I-told-you-so’s from Liberal Fascism and Suicide of the West . Show Notes: — The Atlantic’ s profile of Laura Loomer — James Kirchick on Tucker Carlson — Charles Fain Lehman on guaranteed income programs — Wednesday’s G-File — Fact check on Trump’s “six wars” claim The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch ,...
Aug 23, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Carole Hooven, evolutionary biologist and nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the differences between gender and sex, homosexuality in the animal kingdom, and epigenetics. 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters— click here . If you’d...
Aug 21, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Emmett Rensin, author of The Complications: On Going Insane in America , joins Jonah Goldberg for a candid conversation on the state of our mental health institutions, the history of the insanity defense and his own challenges navigating care while living with schizoaffective disorder. Show Notes: — Rensin's essay for The Dispatch 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 a...
Aug 20, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Jonah Goldberg analyzes the strategic chess match between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before diving into the federal takeover of D.C.’s streets and the president’s takeover of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Show Notes: — Kevin Williamson's Wanderland on postmodernists — Jonah's G-File on postmodernists — Megan McArdle in the Washington Post on crime — Grayson Logue for The Dispatch : “What’s Next for the Bureau of Labor Statistics?” The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch , a digital me...
Aug 16, 2025•1 hr 39 min
