The Common Good? | Ruminant

As DSA and postliberal pirates storm the decks of the HMS Remnant, Captain Jonah Goldberg would seem to be in dire straits. Nonetheless, Captain Jonah—with an eerie air of calm—draws his cutlass, sets down his cigar, and smiles. Prepare, gentle listener, for a bloodbath. Today Jonah deftly handles every controversy on the docket, including Hasan Piker, Ukraine as Israel, the Michigan Senate race, Anthony Fauci, Covid in retrospective, rap music, Napoleon III, J.D. Vance, the common good, subsidiarity, the Constitution, and Hamas. Show Notes: —Hasan Piker collar video —Last week’s Ruminant —Friday’s DisPod —Rebecca Heinrichs Remnant —Aaron MacLean Remnant —Grayson Logue in The Dispatch - “Why We Can’t Move On From the Pandemic” —Matt Ridley Remnant —Matt Ridley’s book Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 —John Barry - The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History —Jonah’s book Liberal Fascism —The Argument —NYT Heritage Foundation piece —JD Vance’s book —Justice Scalia’s Congressional testimony The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—⁠click here⁠. Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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While The Remnant has played host to many remarkable historians over the years, few have taken us on a more incredible ride than Simon Sebag Montefiore. As such, we’re proud to bestow on Simon our new...

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Modernity’s Big Bang | Ruminant

Happy Saddam Saturday! Just kidding, we don’t do that kinda thing around here. But you know who does? That’s right, Jack Posobiec and his fellow alt-right goons. And while today’s Ruminant features mo...

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‘Friendship on the Knife’s Edge’ | Interview: Roger Berkowitz

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The Death of Homo Economicus | Interview: Nick Eberstadt

While AEI is filled with a lot of smart nerds, a select few have earned the Jonah Goldberg title of “great sage.” Nick Eberstadt is one of these sages, and he joins today for a banger of a Remnant on ...

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Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant

On today’s Ruminant Jonah makes his old man proud by holding forth on the new right’s attempted rehabilitation of Richard Nixon. Along the way, he also hits on dog movies, the problems of polling, the...

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The Scientific Republic | Interview: Tony Mills

Dear listeners: For years, you’ve been asking us to get Bill Nye the Science Guy on The Remnant, and we have heard you. Today, we are pleased to present … Wait, what? Oh, I see. Apologies, listeners, ...

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Inside Israel’s War Room | Interview: Elliot Kaufman and Yonah Jeremy Bob

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