In the second installment of The Remnant’s unofficial presidential-biographers series, Jonah Goldberg powwows with Lindsay Chervinsky about John Adams, the Alien and Sedition Acts, unwritten laws, the pardon power, and the centrality of the Continental Army to the development of American identity.

Plus, Jonah asks Lindsay about his favorite libertarian urban myth.

Shownotes:
—Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
—List of vice presidents of the United States
—Remnant on Martin Van Buren
—George Washington’s cover letter
—Jeffrey Rosen - The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America
—General Orders, 4 July 1775

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Jonah Goldberg ruminates on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration speech and the mayor's strange appeal to the "warmth of collectivism." He then reviews Paul Thomas Anderson's film One Battle After Another and explains how the Minnesota fraud story is discrediting some mainstream journalists.

Show Notes:
—The Remnant with Chris Stirewalt

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Jonah Goldberg invites Nuke LaLoosh LARPer Chris Stirewalt to discuss the biggest political gaffes of 2025, debate whether House Speaker Mike Johnson is a human in a lizard suit or a lizard in a human suit, and name the most punchable faces from the past year.

Show Notes:
—Jonah's interview with Rahm Emmanuel

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Caving to popular demand for more talk about Straussians, Jonah Goldberg sits down with Laura Field to discuss the ideas driving the New Right. Follow Laura and Jonah as they fall down rabbit holes and explore digressions in the complicated story of 20th-century conservatism, the rise of MAGA, and the intellects behind Trumpism.

Shownotes:
—Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
—Remnant on Straussians
—Project 2025
—“The Flight 93 Election”
—Michael Anton: “Harry V. Jaffa: An Appreciation”
—1776 Commission Report
—Yoram Hazony: The Virtue of Nationalism
—Herbert Croly: The Promise Of American Life
—Charles A. Reich: The Greening of America
—The 1619 Project
—Marco Rubio: “Industrial Policy, Right and Wrong”
—Patrick Deneen: Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future
—The American Mind
—Richard Reinsch: “‘Furious Minds’ Review: The Road to MAGA”
—Jonah on Invasion of the Body Snatchers and MAGA converts
— Peter Schramm: “Born American, But in the Wrong Place”

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Having a bad end of the year? You’re not alone. Listen to Jonah take on those who say there’s a war on Christmas, meander through some economic punditry (no, he is not an expert), and cheer on Ben Shapiro from the very lonely sidelines.

Plus: We’re rooting for you, Ben Sasse.

Show Notes:
—A Pilgrim's Calling
—Democrats Are Thrilled That Trump Will Hit the Midterms Trail

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With antisemites coming out of the woodwork and everyone all a-muddle about ‘Christian Zionism,’ there’s only one thing to do: break the glass and get Russell Moore.

Join Russ and Jonah Goldberg as they wrestle with the baffling dynamics of our time, including Evangelical fads, far-right ascendence, groyper catering, religious revival, and the possibility of a new anti-tech party.

Shownotes:
—Heritage Foundation President Addresses Staff After Video Refusal to Cancel Tucker Carlson
—Rod Dreher - “What I Saw And Heard In Washington”
—Jonah G-File on the youth
—Hillary Clinton - It Takes a Village
—Julien Benda - Treason of the Intellectuals
—Charlie Kirk memorial: Erika Kirk
—Trump's remarks at Charlie Kirk's funeral
—Jesse Arm Remnant
—Rahm Emanuel Remnant

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She’s back folks! Amid unprecedented fanfare, Megan McArdle returns to The Remnant to discuss our economic situation, perceptions of generational inequity, free-range kids, civil rights, and what we owe the dead.

Shownotes:
—Megan’s last appearance on The Remnant
—President Trump addresses the nation
—NYT Sierra Club piece
—Megan’s piece about her brother
—Dispatch Pod on Megan’s article
—Megan on nostalgia
—Matt Walsh tweet
—Compact: “The Lost Generation”

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At the end of a long day, Jonah Goldberg lights a Montecristo and reflects on the passing of Norman Podhoretz, Megan McArdle’s weighty abortion article, the limits of ideas, originalism and Burkeanism, Trump’s egomania, and his pride in The Dispatch.

Shownotes:
—Tevi Troy on Norman Podhoretz
—GLoP Culture Pod
—“My Negro Problem—And Ours”
—Friday’s Dispatch Pod
—Megan McArdle’s article
—Tuesday’s Dispatch Pod on Megan’s article
—Suicide of the West
—Jonah - “The Specter of McDonald’s”
—Jonah - “Cocaine Is Not Mustard Gas”
—MillionPodcasts.com
—Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
—Yarvin tweet
—AO Pod - Burkeanism and the Administrative State
—The Rest Is History
—Law, Legislation and Liberty
—Last weeks’ Ruminant
—Excalibur
—Dispatch Junto program

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The Manhattan Institute’s Jesse Arm joins Jonah Goldberg to talk about the makeup of the new GOP, the future of the parties, 2028, and perception vs. reality in American politics.

Shownotes:
—Commentary Magazine Podcast with Jesse Arm
—The New GOP: Survey Analysis of Americans Overall, Today’s Republican Coalition, and the Minorities of MAGA
—George Will at the Washington Post
—Arm’s Interview with Richard Hanania
—Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
—Arm on the Klein-Ganz interview
—Trump grades his economy an ‘A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus'
—Abigail Shrier - Manhattan Institute
—Ryan Thorpe and Chris Rufo on Minnesota fraud
—CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk
—Charlie Kirk: Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life
—Remnant with Rahm Emanuel
—Kevin Phillips: The Emerging Republican Majority
—Ben Wattenberg: The Real Majority
—Ruy Teixeira: The Emerging Democratic Majority⁠

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Jonah Goldberg invites Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor and ambassador to Japan, aboard The Remnant to talk about the culinary wonders of Japan, the need for a more centrist politics, income inequality, and Rahm’s case for banning social media for America’s youth.

Shownotes:
—Jessica Riedl on seizing billionaire wealth
—Rahm in Politico on a youth social media ban
—Ro Khanna on CNN talking about TikTok
—Jonathan Haidt: The Anxious Generation

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