The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Eli Lake, The Remnant’s resident bloodthirsty war hawk, returns to the pod to break down the situation with Israel and Iran. The two get into why America has no strategic vision on Iran, the growing alliance of left- and right-wing isolationists, and how Tucker Carlson has become so unhinged. Show Notes: —Eli’s profile at The Free Press —Eli’s piece on Tucker Carlson and Russia —Eli's piece on the FBI —The Remnant with Nancy French Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah is joined by author, speechwriter, and ghostwriter Nancy French to discuss her new book, Ghosted: An American Story. Nancy tells the tale of how she came to meet the permanent guest host of Advisory Opinions (who is now dead to Jonah), how the Republican Party’s embrace of Donald Trump left her and her family ostracized, and also gives an update on her battle with cancer. Show Notes: —Ghosted: An American Story —Bristol Palin’s book, Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far —Nancy’s investigation into abuse at a Christian camp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah opens up this week’s Ruminant with an indulgent diatribe against Top Chef and Wisconsin cheese. He then pivots toward even more divisive topics, such as Trump’s abortion statement and the messiah-like energy around Barack Obama. Then our culinary-political connoisseur goes on an epicurean journey of topics: hostile work environments, the problems with binary choices, and the definition of a liberal. Show Notes: —Jonah's Wednesday G-File —Friday's Dispatch Podcast roundtable —Top Chef Wisconsin Cheese Festival recap —American Masters: "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah is joined by Dr. Einat Wilf—a former member of Israel's Labor Party and author of The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace. They discuss Israel's failure to reckon with antisemitism in the pro-Palestinian movement, how the two-state solutions got derailed, and what bad leadership means for the future of the conflict. Show Notes: —Dr. Wilf’s website —Dr. Wilf on the history of Zionism and UNRWA —Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was it your racism or economic despair that made you vote for Donald Trump? That’s the question media outlets are asking white people in the Rust Belt and Appalachia, much to the dismay of guest-host Chris Stirewalt. In today’s episode of The Remnant, Chris is joined by Tyler Austin Harper—a professor at Bates College—to discuss his piece for The Atlantic critiquing White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy. Join the two as they break down coastal journalists’ mischaracterizations of rural America, the disdain for these Americans, and why it’s good to interact with people culturally different than yourself. Show Notes: —Harper for The Atlantic: Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad —A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans still agree on most core American values —Tim Carney’s book, Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frazzled and under-caffeinated, Jonah jogs through some sundry punditry, from the state of The Federalist Society to beltway media’s bipartisan fixation with pounces. Show Notes: —This week's Dispatch Podcast roundtable discussion —Advisory Opinions episode on the Federalist Society —Advisory Opinions episode on federal judges visiting Israel —Gregg T. Nunziata's piece for The Dispatch —Nigel Tufnel via The Simpson's fan Wiki —Michael Weiss on Dispatch Live —J. D. Vance's tweet on Havana Syndrome report —Jonah's G-File on blowhards —Chef José Andrés reaction to World Central Kitchen deaths —No Labels reporting from The Dispatch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of The Remnant, Jonah attempts to live out his closeted dream of becoming an American spy by diving into a report titled "The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook: Coerced Russification and Ethnic Cleansing in Occupied Ukraine." He is joined by Karolina Hird, author of the report, to discuss the Kremlin’s heartbreaking tactic of deporting and forcibly adopting Ukrainian children, a ploy designed to alter the demographic fabric of the occupied territories. Hear about the critical issue of delayed aid to Ukraine, Russia's strategic use of timing on the battlefield, and the strictly censored Russian media landscape that stifles authentic discourse on the conflict. Show Notes: —Karolina Hird's profile at the Institute for the Study of War —Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine —ISW's Ukraine Conflict Updates page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a refreshing break from rank punditry, Jonah is joined by Sadanand Dhume—a Wall Street Journal columnist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who specializes in South Asian political economy—to answer the question: How is India doing? Dhume also gives a lesson on the religious demographics in India and how the caste system actually works. Show Notes: —Dhume at the Wall Street Journal —Dhume’s book, My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist —Dhume: Indian Muslims Flunk the Israel Test Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 controversy, and the growing urge to oversimplify complex topics with monocausal explanations. Show Notes: —UN Special Rapporteur’s report —ABC News report on random punching incident —Protests at Vanderbilt —Jonah’s LA Times article on October 9 —John Spencer —The Remnant with Jonathan Haidt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 controversy, and the growing urge to oversimplify complex topics with monocausal explanations.Show Notes: —UN Special Rapporteur's report —ABC News report on random punching incident —Protests at Vanderbilt —Jonah's LA Times article on October 9 —John Spencer —The Remnant with Jonathan Haidt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Haidt makes his long-heralded return to The Remnant to 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 health crisis brought on by the proliferation of smartphones and social media. And unlike many other public intellectuals, Haidt has solutions. In regular Remnant fashion, Jonah also steers the conversation into the differences between the French and English Enlightenment, and how understandings of human nature can affect how we parent. Show Notes: —The Coddling of the American Mind —The Remnant with Rob Henderson —The Remnant with Tim Carney —What the Web Needs: More Gated Communities —New York Magazine on the freedom of sex —Hayek's Nobel speech —Heterodox Academy website —Let Grow website —The Anxious Generation website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Henderson, a psychologist and author, makes his Remnant debut to discuss his new book Troubled: A Memoir of Family, Foster Care, and Social Class. Growing up in poverty and moving through multiple foster homes in California, Henderson noticed a disparity between elite beliefs and the actual tools he used to climb the social ladder. The two explore this concept of "luxury beliefs," our screwed up foster care system, the arguments for mandatory public service, and more. Show Notes: —Rob's newsletter —Rasmussen report on Affirmative Action —The Remnant with Brad Wilcox —The Remnant with Tim Carney —Atomic Habits —Charles Murray's review of Rob's book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah reaches new heights of self-indulgence on today's Ruminant, explaining why he's a soft Whig and why Romanticism is making everything worse. Devoted listeners will be quick to catch a whiff of Suicide of the West as Jonah veers to discuss the origin of identity politics and the structural resilience of liberal democracies. Have your bingo cards and German dictionaries at the ready. Show Notes: —The Remnant with Allen Guelzo —Jonah: Days of Future Past —Suicide of the West —Orwell's Notes on Nationalism —Wednesday's G-File —The Remnant with Tim Carney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having endured years of Jonah's targeted bullying campaign, AEI senior fellow Tim Carney joins the pod to celebrate the release of his new book Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture is Making it Harder to Raise Happy, Healthy, and Successful Children. The two discuss why millennials aren’t having kids, why being a father in public is stigmatized, and whether feminism is undoing itself. Show Notes: -Germany’s birth rates are dropping -Rethinking Sex: A Provocation -Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us -Michelle Goldberg on Family Friendly in the New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Lincoln call himself a conservative? What went wrong with the revolutions of the 1840s?  What does Lincoln tell us about the rise of post-liberalism? Stay tuned for the usual highfalutin discussions on conservative intellectual history. Show Notes: —Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment —Guelzo's website —Christopher DeMuth: Why America Needs National Conservatism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 making dumb arguments for isolationism and ending Ukraine aid. With whatever sanity he has left he argues against Chuck Schumer's call for new elections in Israel and explains the importance of commitment to allies. Show Notes: —The Dispatch editorial —Boiling Frogs on TikTok divestment —ISW: The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook —Jonah's LA Times article on the use of "genocide" —Sen. Schumer calls for new elections in Israel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Senor, author of The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World and host of Call 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 Israeli society holding up? What should we make of growing accusations of genocide? Can Israel achieve its military objectives? What do Israelis think about American politics? And what is does future for Jews in America look like? Show Notes: —Tablet: How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers —John Podhoretz: They’re Coming After Us —Dan Senor's previous appearance on The Remnant —Jonah: The Many Problems With Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’ in Gaza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Stirewalt, the Arby's of punditry and host of The Hill Sunday, was so eager to return to The Remnant that 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 Nikki Haley voters going come November? How should we interpret primary turnout? When will the reckoning come? And why can't democrats figure out crime? Chris "Unpledged Delegate" Stirewalt has the answers. Show Notes: —The Hill Sunday —Jonah's LA Times column on the GOP establishment —Skiff AMA 3 —Dune Part Two Skiff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonah reassures listeners on today’s Ruminant that 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 can’t disqualify Trump from their ballots and the growing treatment of presidents as monarchs. And just as you thought you avoided more State of the Union rank punditry... Show Notes: —G-File: Apocalypse Not —The Dispatch editorial: The American People Should Demand Better —Advisory Opinions on the Colorado SCOTUS decision —The Dispatch's new newsletter Techne —The Skiff on Dune: Part Two Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last time Razib Khan—a geneticist and author of the Unsupervised Learning Substack—appeared on The Remnant to discuss genes and behavior, Jonah couldn’t resist focusing their conversation exclusively on canines. Today, Razib is finally back to explore the genetic makeup of the world’s second most important animal, human beings. He and Jonah try to keep the science simple and the nudity tasteful as they explore some highfalutin topics: How has our knowledge of genetics evolved over time? What can our genes tell us about our ancestors? And are genes the ultimate predictor of intelligence and disease? Show Notes: - Razib’s Substack, Unsupervised Learning - Razib: “The Longer I Live, the Wronger I Get to Be” - Razib interviews Chris Stringer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices