Jonah’s off like a herd of turtles in today’s rambling, self-indulgent behemoth of a Ruminant. After opening with a positively riveting description of The Dispatch’s approach to media training, he deftly transitions into a discussion of the Pentagon leak and the subsequent fecal festival that has consumed MAGA media. From there, listen—with all appropriate deference and awe—as Jonah delicately dances through such light-hearted topics as Russian war crimes, Nazis marching in Skokie (yes, again), and the controversy surrounding Harlan Crow and Clarence Thomas.

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Show Notes:

- The Dispatch Podcast covers the leak

- MTG beclowns herself once again

- Jonah’s Remnant free speech debate with Sarah

- Jonah’s previous defense of Harlan Crow

- Clarence Thomas failed to disclose the purchase of his old home

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Fred Kagan, senior fellow at AEI and director of the Critical Threats Project, makes his long awaited Remnant debut in today’s delectably nerdish discussion of Ukraine and Taiwan. After kicking things off with a deep dive into the state of the war in Ukraine, Jonah and Fred explore Russia’s military disorder, the influence of Soviet history on Russia’s modern military, and the origins of Putin’s ideology (no, he doesn’t just hear voices in his head). Stay until the end to hear some thoughts on Taiwan’s importance to American interests and our position on the world stage. Hint: It’s a pretty big deal.

Show Notes:

- Fred’s page at AEI

- AEI’s Critical Threats Project

- AEI’s Coalition Defense of Taiwan

- The Telegraph should really be sponsoring us at this point…

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Brace yourselves, it’s a long one. Due to popular demand, Jonah has—graciously—pulled Sarah out of the world of obscure legal nerdery and onto The Dispatch’s flagship podcast to discuss the famous Nazis-marching-in-Skokie case. After a period of extended throat clearing—featuring a list of proposed baby names from Sarah that may inspire calls to CPS—the two set the stage for their debate. Sarah believes that this case was one of the proudest moments in American history; Jonah is unconvinced.

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Show Notes

-WATCH: Jonah and Sarah debate free speech

- Sarah (and only Sarah’s) niche legal podcast

- John Mulaney at the Salt and Pepper Diner

- The Brisket’s favorite song

- Sarah brings David French onto Advisory Opinions to discuss Clarence Thomas

- The Skokie case

- George Will: “Nazis: Outside the Constitution” (found on page 13)

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Jonah’s back from New York and ready to participate in his weekly therapy session, otherwise known as the Ruminant. After beginning with a look under the hood of the G-File, he moves on to the week’s various annoyances, kvetching about everything from the expulsions in Tennessee’s House of Representatives to the fallout from Biden’s brainless Afghanistan withdrawal. Stick around until the end to hear Jonah’s thoughts on the recent controversy surrounding Harlan Crow and Clarence Thomas.

Show Notes:

- Rebekah Jones claims her son is a political prisoner

- The depressing reality behind his arrest

- The White House’s report on the Afghanistan withdrawal

- The Editors on Trump’s arraignment

- The Remnant with A.B. Stoddard

- ProPublica on Clarence Thomas and Harlan Crow

- Wednesday’s G-File, featuring an invitation to a special live Remnant taping

- Ufology on the Remnant with Jazz Shaw

- One, two, three, four, five…

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Unable to resist the allure of rank punditry any longer, Jonah brings his trusted election sherpa, A.B. Stoddard, back to the Remnant for a journey through the depths of human depravity (or, more specifically, the burgeoning 2024 election). They kick things off with a discussion of Trump’s arraignment—and what it means for the primaries—before delving into the logistics of a Biden reelection campaign. Afterward, they touch on a variety of subjects, including the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency, the Wisconsin Supreme Court election result, and Trump’s deadly habit of juggling chainsaws.

Show Notes:

- Trump’s speech at Mar-a-Lago

- A.B.: “Why (and How) Biden Should Decline to Run Again”

- A.B.: “Will DeSantis Rescue Republicans or Let Them Down?”

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Trump’s indictment has left serious journalists everywhere scrambling to cover the developing story, so of course, Jonah’s response is to arrange some radical counter-programming. He’s joined today by Jazz Shaw, a Navy veteran and Hot Air’s weekend editor, for an out-of-this-world discussion of UFOs. In this eagerly anticipated follow-up to last week’s episode with Avi Loeb, Jonah and Jazz tackle all of the most pressing questions facing the ufology community. Why do pilots keep spotting UFOs? Is the government competent enough to hide big secrets? And what’s so special about cows?

Show Notes:

-Spacing out with the New York Times

-Pentagon receives more than 350 new reports of UFO sightings

-2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

-The National UFO Reporting Center

-Jazz’s YouTube channel

- The Remnant with Avi Loeb

- Skinwalker Ranch?

- Ball lightning?

- The Roswell Report: Case Closed

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After a week spent navigating enough scheduling problems to make the Fyre Festival look like a masterclass in logistics, Jonah’s ready to relieve his frustrations with a particularly ranty Ruminant. Things get off to a fiery start thanks to a recent post from the New York Young Republican Club—whose members have apparently decided that boot-licking sycophancy is the mark of an “authentic” American. Evidently, they picked a bad week to display their clownishness so publicly, as Jonah spends nearly the entire episode tearing them to shreds. Stick around to the end to hear some brief thoughts on an especially buffoonish Ibram X. Kendi article and the potential for adding a “Corner”-style blog to The Dispatch.

Show Notes:

-Jonah joins Sarah and Kevin on the Dispatch Podcast

-The tomfoolery of the New York Young Republican Club

-Wednesday’s G-File

-Ibram X. Kendi’s self-aggrandizing piece in The Atlantic

-Have you heard?

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Charles C.W. Cooke, Jonah’s go-to Remnant cheap date, makes an unplanned return to the program today due to a scheduling snafu. (No interns were harmed for their incompetence in the making of this episode.) With another tragic mass shooting in the headlines, Jonah and Charlie take the opportunity to discuss how such incidents can be deterred and whether it’s possible to stop them through legislation. In light of recent controversies, they also offer a few philosophical musings on free speech. And no, Charlie doesn’t have a cough drop lodged in his throat.

Show Notes:

-The Editors on the Nashville shooting

-Charles: “Therefore What?”

-Is the juice worth the squeeze?

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The truth is out there, and Jonah may uncover it on today’s Remnant. To boldly go where no pundit has gone before, he’s joined by Avi Loeb—Harvard astrophysicist and author of the recent book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars—to discuss UFOs and our place in the universe. Together, they endeavor to answer all of the most pressing questions about alien life: How should we approach the study of interstellar objects? What role does the government play in scientific inquiry? And most importantly, when can we expect the sweet meteor of death to strike?

Show Notes:

-Avi’s webpage

-The Galileo Project

-Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars

-Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

-Paper claiming ‘Oumuamua is a “water iceberg”

-Avi’s response

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Live from the mean streets of midtown Manhattan, Jonah delivers a fiery and excessive—but mostly peaceful—Ruminant. After opening with a discussion of how—much like the government—Donald Trump will never love you back, he turns to the outrage provoked by the cancelation of a West Texas A&M drag show. From there, he gracefully dances between topics ranging from the ridiculous “cult of youth” to Ron DeSantis’ tepid approach to foreign policy, before finally settling into a deep discussion of what patriotism really means. 

Show Notes:

- Our niche legal podcast discusses the Trump indictment…

- …and so does the Dispatch Podcast

- Wednesday’s LA Times column

- The Skokie case

- West Texas A&M president cancels a campus drag show

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