AEI senior fellow Christine Emba joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss degenerating dating dynamics, the gender divide and its effect on politics, and the roots of the late-stage culture war.

Show Notes:
—Christine’s AEI page
—Order Rethinking Sex: A Provocation

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Two maudlin and romantic dolls (Jonah Goldberg and Chris Stirewalt) come together to discuss the revival of Alcatraz, the future of the MAGA movement without Trump, and the skewed self-perception of American voters.

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Jonah Goldberg explains how Donald Trump's economic agenda is fundamentally a left-wing one and the Rousseauian roots of his nationalism.

Show Notes:
—Friday's G-File
—Trump's interview with Time

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Manic and frazzled, Jonah Goldberg turned for help from in-house Remnant psychologist Paul Bloom. They explore intellectual esoterica, check what Noam Chomsky got wrong, explore Large Language Models, and fret over the age of artificial consciousness and AI girlfriends.

Show Notes:
—Paul’s Substack
—Paul on Substack "Is it nature or is it nurture?" is a damn good question”

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Is Donald Trump Hitler? A Chavista? Or a caudillo? Jonah Goldberg is joined by fellow podcast extraordinaire Michael Moynihan to answer this obviously important and salient question. (Plus: The lost potential of Elon Musk and more on the right’s Gramsci turn.)

Show Notes:
—Batya Ungar-Sargon on The Fifth Column
—The Ruminant on Antonio Gramsci
—Moynihan’s previous appearance on The Remnant

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A dramatic week of big acquisitions left Jonah tired, but ranty. Brace for some I Told You So’s, “abundance” horseshoe theory, Trumpworld triangulations, and blue-on-blue violence.

Show Notes:
—The SCOTUSblog acquisition
—Wednesday’s uncontroversial G-File
—Kevin Williamson’s critique of the "abundance" Democrats
—Jamie Weinstein and Larry Diamond on The Dispatch Podcast

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David Bahnsen, a fan favorite and friend of the pod, stops by the show to discuss his new book, Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life with Jonah Goldberg. Jonah and David cover the China question, U.S. reliability, and Kevin Hassett’s antics.

Show Notes:

—David’s book, Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life

—The Wall Street Journal: “Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist”

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Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes make their Remnant debut to discuss their buzzy new book, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House. Jonah Goldberg and the authors dig into the nitty-gritty of all three 2024 presidential bids, that debate, Kamala Harris’ ascension and missteps, and the story of Joe Biden’s decline.

Show Notes:

—Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

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Jonah Goldberg spends ninety minutes plotting his transition to telethon moderation, lambasting the youth, and reminding the new GOP that you can’t pick and choose who gets universal rights. Plus: further ruminations on the bond market and the anniversary of the shot heard ‘round the world.

Show Notes:

— The Fair Jessica for The Dispatch: ”Revenge of the Title IX Dads”

—Advisory Opinions on Humphrey’s Executor

—The Wall Street Journal: “Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist”

—G-File: “The Shot Heard Round—and Round and Round—the World”

—Irving Kristol: “The American Revolution as a Successful Revolution”

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Jonah Goldberg responds to Christopher Rufo and his fight to "to recapture the regime and entrench our ideas in the public sphere," using 20th-century Marxist Antonio Gramsci's ideas. This is a bonus Ruminant –– expect your regular Saturday Goldberg variation to arrive at the normal time.

Show Notes:

—Meet MAGA’s Favorite Communist

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