Jonah’s vision quest isn’t ending anytime soon, which means there’s an opening for a continuing stream of guest hosts to captain the lumbering vessel that is the Remnant. Today, Sarah Isgur takes the leading role, and her guest is fellow Texan Kevin Williamson, who joins primarily to discuss everything you could imagine about the Lone Star State. Topics include recent impeachment drama, Ted Cruz’s chronic case of annoying-itis, the strange state of local politics in the state, and the heresy that is sauce on Texas smoked ribs. Stick around until the end to hear what all of this has to do with Ken Paxton’s crusade against the mystical deep state.

Show Notes:
- Kevin and David French field listener questions
- The Wall Street Journal on why Ken Paxton was acquitted
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The Texas Rib Meat Massacre

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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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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Man vs. Bear, Revisited

Get your bingo cards at the ready, because Jonah is joined by Ryan Bourne—a policy scholar at the Cato Institute and author of The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy—for a decisively wonky Remnant on all things prices. What are prices? Why doesn’t price fixing work? And what's up with the libertarians?
Show Notes:
—Ryan's new book The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy
—Ryan’s profile at Cato
—Economics in One Virus: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning through COVID-19
—Suicide of the West
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Fair Markets for Me, Protectionism for Thee

Voters weighing actual policy positions? A man can dream. No, it’ll be vibes—not issues—driving voters to the polls in November. Jonah invites Seth Masket, director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver, on today’s episode of The Remnant to commiserate over the sorry status of the current American electorate, Sister Souljah strategies, and the lack of centrist Democrats.
Show Notes:
—Seth’s newsletter
—Why anti-Biden books aren't selling
—Seth's previous appearance on The Remnant
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On Vibes and Crises

What peeves Jonah about the Biden administration’s increasingly hostile stance towards Israel isn’t just the geopolitical recklessness, but also the political incompetence. This Ruminant is a fuming rant about abandoning allies, the Cult of Youth, and the war against all things normal. Jonah also responds to the drama he stirred up among the anti-Trump (and anti-anti-Trump) crowd.
Show Notes:
—This week’s episode of The Dispatch Podcast
—Jonah’s tweet about anti-Trumpers and Biden
—Tim Miller’s response
—Chuck Toddcast with Jonah
—The Fierce Urgency of Tao
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The Straussian Tangent*

Back from his trip to the Commentary offices in New York, Jonah is joined by Kevin Williamson to discuss his review of fatherhood so far, Jonah’s thoughts on the Broadway production of Tommy, and the corrupting influence of populism. The two also get into the state of U.S.-Israel relations and why rooting for your team is easier than reading Hayek. Stick around to learn about Kevin’s sorry football career.
Show Notes:
—NYT article on a pro-Trump non-profit
—Revolutions podcast
—The Remnant with John Podhoretz
—Michael Brendan Dougherty’s piece on Sam Francis
—Biden interview with CNN
—Poll on the most important issues for college kids
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The Texas Rib Meat Massacre

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