The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day. Is America doomed? Has liberalism failed? And will mankind ever invent something better than ‘90s-era “Simpsons?” Mixing political history, pop culture, rank punditry, and shameless book-plugging, Goldberg and guests will have the kinds of conversations we wish they featured on TV. And the nudity will (almost) always be tasteful. Brace your bingo cards.

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May 6, 2026 68 mins
It’s Brit week here on The Remnant, and after starting off  with a crowd-pleaser (Charlie Cooke), Jonah Goldberg decided to follow up with someone new. Adrian Wooldridge, global business columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, joins Jonah to talk about the meaning of liberalism, limiting principles, immigration, tolerance, individualism, non-Western liberalism, Big Tech, kids, public broadcasting, FDR, positive liberties, John Stuart Mill,...
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In honor of King Charles’ visit to the United States, Jonah has invited his favorite Brit (by birth) to come on The Remnant for some knockdown, drag-out sparring over the unitary executive theory and the threat posed by illiberal conservatives. Along the way, Jonah and Charlie also discuss vaccines in Florida, gerrymandering, Clarence Thomas’ recent University of Texas speech, progressivism, classical liberalism, Donald Trump’s “me...
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Plus: Peruvian spiders.People go to Los Angeles for lots of reasons: fame, money, food, outstanding weather, love of the movies, hatred of themselves, etc. Jonah Goldberg, perhaps uniquely, goes to philosophize. After ruminating on his attendance at a super swanky film festival, Jonah gives a crash course on Hegel, Trump as a world-historical figure, the imperial Roman Republic, Marxism as a shibboleth, unpatriotic librarians, the ...
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Sometimes, even intellectual heavyweights like Jonah Goldberg can’t make out what’s going on on the other side of the aisle. Finding himself in need of an interpreter, Jonah turns to Atlantic columnist Tyler Austin Harper for a liberal-inflected look at Hasan Piker, the uses of Marxism, name-checking, human nature, the increasing appeal of the Butlerian Jihad, evolution, taboos, the failures of centrism, limits, and much, much more...
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What will the war in Iran do to global markets? Does Donald Trump have a consistent approach to the economy? Should Jonah Goldberg invest in Flex Seal? For answers to these questions and more, join Jonah as he sits down with business and finance journalist Liz Hoffman to talk about the state of the economy, AI, the Fed, inflation, Polymarket, crypto, the dollar, bonds, COVID, supply chains, and where the market goes from here. Sho...
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April 25, 2026 84 mins
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the Iran war and the confusion coming out of the White House, the Whole Foods bandit and why theft is bad, and Justice Clarence Thomas' speech at the University of Texas at Austin.Show notes:—The Tolentino backlash—Justice Clarence Thomas' speech at the University of Texas—Friday's Dispatch Podcast—G-File on JCPOA+—Friday's G-File  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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To the great dismay of fans of Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover, John Quincy Adams has been officially awarded The Remnant’s not-so-endowed chair of American public service. Joining Jonah Goldberg on the show today to make the case for Adams is Bob Crawford, historian and former bass player for The Avett Brothers. Bob and Jonah discuss Adams' brilliant career, his relationship with Andew Jackson, and his powerful rhetoric, along wit...
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Aussie-Remnant relations have always been strong, so we bring you yet another guest from the antipode continent. Retired Australian Army Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan joins Jonah Goldberg to talk about the war in Iran, Putin’s predicament in Ukraine, Russia’s long-term strategy, Trump’s mob-boss mindset, the gamification of drone warfare, civilian/military relations, American preparedness for war with China, Taiwan’s willingness to defend it...
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Buckle up! Jonah’s back and ready to ruminate on the Windy City, Eric Swalwell, Trump vs. Leo, Orbán and J.D., just war, Father Coughlin, Israel, the unified antisemitic front, and Ralph Nader’s sweet, sweet humus.Plus, a red-hot take on the Trump-as-Jesus pic.Show Notes:—Jonah in The Dispatch: “The American Revolution Was a Really Big Deal”—NYT: “How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran”—Ramesh Ponnuru on just war—Last Friday’s G-...
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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 th...
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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, Sara...
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April 11, 2026 85 mins
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 ...
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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 Meanin...
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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 b...
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April 4, 2026 79 mins
After a week of maniacally running The Dispatch in Steve’s absence—firing employees at will, publishing screeds against pickled herring, etc.—Jonah Goldberg takes up his usual post to ruminate about Pam Bondi, Trump’s speech on the Iran war, his old grievances on Cuba and the Times, the recent Meta case, receipts on John Rawls from last week’s Ruminant, Hannah Arendt on truth in politics, Plato and the divine, and the future of the...
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Who was Hannah Arendt? What did she believe about truth and politics? Was she wrong about the American Revolution? Today on The Remnant, Jonah Goldberg and Roger Berkowitz dive into these questions and more, discussing what intellectual category Arendt falls in, her understanding of truth, the question of human nature, Arendt’s relationship with Martin Heidegger, the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, Adolf Eichmann...
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Continuing our epic series of first-time Remnant guests, Jonah Goldberg sits down with the political economists Samuel Gregg to discuss Adam Smith, the Scottish Enlightenment, the social question, shiny shoe buckles, the East India Company, mercantilism, liberalism’s origins, Burke, and the new-right’s rejection of free markets. Show Notes:—Samuel Gregg’s Law and Liberty article on Adam Smith—Jonah’s book: Suicide of the West—Jame...
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March 28, 2026 82 mins
oin cornhole champion Jonah Goldberg as he asks the most important questions of our time, including: What does media bias have to do with the quadruple-amputee murderer? Did Jonah Goldberg write a 2011 book on Canadian prime ministers? Just what was so arrogant about John Rawls’ liberalism? Show Notes:—GLoP Culture Podcast—Friday’s Dispatch Podcast—Jonah’s LA Times column—Chris Caldwell: “The End of Trumpism”—Jonah’s G-...
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Today The Remnant welcomes Harvey Mansfield, longtime Harvard professor and philosophical paragon. Though thoroughly intimidated, Jonah Goldberg plucks up his courage and dives into a brilliantly winding conversation about effectual truth, rationalism, virtues in the modern academy, Straussianism, Christianity’s inheritance from the ancients, law and the state, autonomy, American pragmatism, Marx, postliberalism, John Rawls, Locke’...
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In a stunning debut performance, new friend of The Remnant Carl Trueman joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss America’s renewed interest in religion, society’s need for God, the moral questions of technology, the Butlerian Jihad, transhumanism, Nietzsche, antisemitism, sources of meaning, eugenics, and the desecration of man.Show Notes:—Trueman’s book: The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades Our Humanity—Trueman on TRIG...
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