The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Remnant has proudly hosted guests of many titles: 5th Viscount Ridley, Sen. Ben Sasse, and even Dispatch CEO Steve Hayes have graced our proverbial stage. Yet, as longtime listeners have likely noted, we’ve never had a judge on the show. That changes today! Join Jonah Goldberg as he sits down with Judge Roy K. Altman to talk about the credibility of the genocide, apartheid, and colonialism allegations commonly levied against the state of Israel.Show Notes:—Roy Altman: Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law—Walter Russell Mead on The Remnant—War on the Rocks: “Gaza and the Conduct of Urban War: Civilian Harm, Risk, and Responsibility”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 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

It’s here! Though scurrilous critics have long slandered Sarah Isgur as a one-trick pony and partisan hack, her friend Jonah Goldberg has stood with her through thick and thin. Now, with the publication of Sarah’s new book, Last Branch Standing, Jonah’s unflagging faithfulness has been vindicated. Join Jonah and Sarah as they discuss the great judicial issues of our day, including the anatomy riots, textualism vs. originalism, Sarah’s novel breakdown of the court, Buckley particles, big-case criteria, Clarence Thomas, Tom Brady’s underwear, the unbearable lightness of precedent, and fun facts about every justice.Show Notes:—Sarah Isgur: Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court—Advisory Opinions Podcast—Lindsay Chervinsky Remnant—Remnant about Max Weber—Tom Brady on SNL—Most recent AO episodeThe 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 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

Coming at you from the forests of Maine, Jonah kicks off the day’s ruminations with reflections on his father and his legacy, before turning to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the importance of rhetoric, Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s appeal to postliberals, groypers, victimhood culture, Iran, the ceasefire, Russia, antisemitic “realism,” and President Donald Trump’s rating as a war time leader.Plus, order Sarah Isgur’s book here.Show Notes:—Last weeks Ruminant—Last Friday’s G-File—Jonah’s underrated second book—Wednesday’s G-File—Jonah’s book: Liberal Fascism —John Patrick Diggins: Mussolini and Fascism: The View from America—Amity Shlaes: The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression—New Yorker: “How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics”—Rebeccah Heinrichs at National Review: “John Mearsheimer Has a Problem with Reality”—The Economist: “On the front lines, Russian soldiers pay officers to stay alive”—Thursday’s Commentary Podcast—Nick Catoggio in The Dispatch: “Schrödinger’s Ceasefire”—The Editor’s PodcastThe 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 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

In a blast from the past, Jonah sits down with his former job foreman and slumlord, Arthur Brooks, to discuss finding meaning in a complicated and empty world. Arthur and Jonah talk about the difficult conditions of modernity, phone discipline, living like your grandparents, identity portfolios, religion, love, friendship, starting The Dispatch, and Arthur's six steps for finding life's meaning.Show Notes:—Arthur Brooks: The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness—Charles Murray: Taking Religion Seriously—Charles Murray on The Remnant—Malcolm Muggeridge: Something Beautiful for God: The Classic Work on a Skeptic's Conversion Through Mother Teresa's Exemplary Influence—Helen Andrews: “The Great Feminization”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 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

When Theodore Roosevelt needed a work break, he invited champion martial artists to the White House to spar. When Jonah Goldberg gets tired of the grind, he calls up National Review movie critic Ross Douthat for some good ol’ fashioned intellectual judo. Jonah and Ross get stuck in on Iran, working through the political current state of play, the changing use of the term “regime,” the justifications for the war, and whether Trump betrayed MAGA. They conclude with a brief recap of their disagreement in writing over the future of conservatism. Show Notes:—Ken Pollack Remnant—Mark Dubowitz on Ross’ little show, Interesting Times—Chris Caldwell in The Spectator: “The end of Trumpism”—Nick Catoggio in The Dispatch: “The Obvious Scapegoat”—Douthat in the NYT: “The Iran War Is Trump’s War”—Ross’ piece on the future of conservatism—Jonah’s response to Ross on the future of conservatism 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 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