Commerce, Not Conquest | Interview: William Easterly
Economist William Easterly makes his debut on The Remnant to talk with middle-aged nobody Jonah Goldberg about free trade, USAID, human agency, colonialism, and Chinese liberalization.
Shownotes:—Easterly’s website—Violent Saviors: The West’s Conquest of the Rest—Easterly’s recent paper touching on Lee Kuan Yew—Excerpts from Edmund Burke’s speech on India—Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
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‘The Ghost in the Machine of MAGA’ | Ruminant
His Curmudgeonship Jonah Goldberg is holding court to pontificate about the troubles in the land, and he isn’t wanting for material. Jonah covers his recent takes on Richard Nixon and the pardon power, as well as the Epstein files, tariffs, impeachment, and what awaits in 2028.Plus: Jonah’s Star Trek-laced takes on infinite energy, instant food generation, and the elimination of work.
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Shownotes:—Dick Cheney’s funeral—Wednesday G-File—Charlie Cooke on repudiating past politicians—Chris Rufo essay on J.D. Vance—Most recent Remnant with Chris Stirewalt—Advisory Opinions on disobeying illegal orders—Jonah’s LA Times column on pardons—Dispatch Podcast on Trump’s tariffs and foreign investment pledges—“Has President Trump ‘Solved Six Wars in Six Months’?”—Elon Musk on AI eliminating poverty—The Morning Dispatch
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‘The Whole Thing Is Built On Lies’ | Interview: Mark Clifford
Mark Clifford, Hong Kong expert and biographer of Jimmy Lai, takes his stand on the floor of the House of Remnant to discuss Lai’s imprisonment, the future of Hong Kong and Taiwan, Han supremacy, COVID-19, and the future of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Shownotes:—The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic—Mark’s website—The Death of Stalin
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Postliberalism: Flirting with Fascism | Interview: George Weigel
The pillars of order are crumbling around us and the crazies are wielding the sledgehammers; enter our heroes, George Weigel and Jonah Goldberg, to introduce a healthy dose of sanity to the public square. Jonah and George cover the state of Catholicism in the U.S., the slippery slope of postliberalism, the folly of integralism, and the strange, noxious rise of the antisemites.
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Shownotes:—Jonah’s G-File on postliberalism—Patrick Deneen’s book: Why Liberalism Failed—Vatican II’s declaration on religious freedom—George’s book of commencement speeches—Jonah in the NYT on Tucker Carlson—To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II—Taylor Marshall’s book, Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within—George on antisemitism in Public Discourse
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Prepackaged Henhouses | Ruminant
After deftly disposing of some punditry on the government shutdown and the Epstein files, Jonah Goldberg jumps head first into the topics of the week: postliberalism, groypers, and the immense challenges of political labels. Plus, dedicated listeners will be treated to a rant on Tucker Carlson and Japan.
Shownotes:—Remnant episode with Yuval Levin—The Editors podcast on the shutdown—Jonah’s take on the East Wing—Wednesday’s G-File—Today’s Dispatch Podcast—Tucker Carlson interviews Nick Fuentes—Postliberal Order Substack—Jonah's last book—Why Liberalism Failed—Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future—Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning—Dispatch article on Carl Schmitt in China—Rod Dreher Substack on his visit to Washington—George Orwell: “Politics and the English Language”—The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas—G-File: “On the Mother of All Questions”—The Morning Dispatch—Advisory Opinions podcast—Sarah Isgur: Last Branch Standing—Tucker on Japan
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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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