Hulkamania’s running wild on the latest excruciatingly indulgent Ruminant, which sees Jonah’s curmudgeonly ranting reach new heights of excess. Major topics today include the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, the hideousness of Vivek Ramaswamy, and whether the ongoing GOP primary is just one big waste of time. But devoted listeners should also tune in to learn about the link between pro wrestling and Donald Trump, Jonah’s growing urge to deport his assistant, and why the Howard Zinnification of the left is so dangerous.
Show Notes:
-The Dispatch Podcast on another pointless GOP debate
-Advisory Opinions on antisemitism in higher education
-Jonah: “Antisemitism Is Just a Symptom”
-The Remnant with Ruy Teixeira
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The Kayfabe Coalition

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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Jonah hijacks the GLoP Culture podcast, kicks John Podhoretz out of the driver’s seat, and floors it into The Remnant feed with Rob Long sitting shotgun. They discuss Rob’s Come to Jesus moment, Jonah’s crass words to Jon Karl (are there any dues?), and of course, a little bit of pop culture. Stick around to hear hot takes on improv, The Fall Guy, and Frosted. And John, we know you’re listening.
Show Notes:
—Rob Long's X profile
—GLoP on Apple Podcasts
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You Had Me at Middle Aged

Jonah picks a fight with the alts—both left and right—on this episode of TheRuminant, with a healthy dose of both-sides-are-wrong argumentation. Tune in for thoughts on Justice Samuel Alito’s flag-gate, President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at Morehouse College, and America’s proud (?) history of moral panics.
Show Notes:
—AO episode on Alito flag incident
—Biden’s Morehouse College commencement address
—Ken Pollack on The Remnant
—Countries recognizing a Palestinian state
—Michael Warren’s piece on the Mar-A-Lago raid
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Panics and Maniacs

Ken Pollack, a Remnant all-star and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah for an extended discussion on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the race to be the supreme leader’s successor. The two also get into the various Iran appeasement campaigns, Biden’s approach to Israel, and the necessity of the United Nations.
Show Notes:
—Reuters reporting on the Ayatollah’s successor
—Ken’s profile at AEI
—Ken’s profile at Georgetown
—Ken’s most recent book, Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
—This week’s Dispatch Live
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Theological Jurisprudence

Jonah invites Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley, to discuss the ideal way to raise little barbarians—also known as human babies. The two weed through the metaphors of garden parenting vs. carpentry parenting and the need of being needed before making a small segue into caregiving policy ideas. (The government can’t love you, Jonah!)
Show Notes:
—Friedrich von Hayek’s Nobel Prize speech
—Jonathan Haidt on The Remnant
—Tim Carney on The Remnant
—Sarah Hardy’s book on mothers
—Paul Bloom on The Remnant
—AEI’s social survey
—Alison Gopnik’s “Theory theory”
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The Garden of Earthly Barbarians

Stranded on a highway, gazing into the smoggy horizon, Jonah contemplates plaintively social media's latest display of statistical illiteracy demonstrated by a proclaimed preference of many women to be stranded alone with a bear, rather than a man. If you were wondering why you all didn't receive a G-File today, ladies and gentlemen, there you have it.
Show Notes: 
—Nick Catoggio’s “Never Trump” piece
—Wednesday G-File
—Last week’s Dispatch Podcast
—Megan McArdle on man vs. bear
—Jean Twenge on The Remnant
—Jonathan Haidt on The Remnant
—Liberal Fascism
—Yesterday’s Dispatch Podcast
—The Remnant on prices
—Ghosted by Nancy French
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The Kayfabe Coalition

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