The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The latest Remnant invites New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, author of the newly-released To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism, to discuss Pope Francis and state of the Catholic Church.

Returning from exile, and just back from a trip abroad, Senator Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) rejoins The Remnant for a wildly discursive episode on cybersecurity, congressional dysfunction, populism, and cryptozoology.

Jonah takes a break from his vacation for another podcast potpourri Remnant. Joined by Michael Pratt and Jack Butler, he answers listener questions and settles some scores.

Because the Rothschilds prevented a high-minded podcast with Ross Douthat (rescheduled) Jonah ventures back into rankest of rank punditry with National Review senior political correspondent Jim Geraghty. The tastefully dressed Geraghty helps navigate the tricky terrain of Cambridge Analytica, Stormy Daniels, the 2018 midterms, and more.

Past Remnant guests Charles Murray and Steve Hayward join Jonah for an unprecedented recording of the Remnant with a live studio audience. They discuss their own lives and take questions from an audience of young people seeking direction about their futures.

In another trial run at a special All Rank Punditry edition of the Remnant, Jonah and his Sancho Panza tackle the Windmills in the news this week, from Hillary’s gaffe, Tillerson’s defenestration and the augurs of PA-18.<br /><br /> Show Notes:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End">Childhood’s End, the book mentioned as describing a child’s psychic exploration of the universe. </a><br /><br /> * <a href="http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Kwisatz_Haderach#Bene_Gesserit_Attempt_to_Create_the_Kwisatz_Haderach">An explanation of the Kwisatz Haderach, a prophesied child in the Dune universe</a>.<br /><br /> * <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/hillarys-other-america/">My latest anti-Hillary rant in response to Hillary’s latest anti-voter rant.</a><br /><br /> * <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/03/02/the-mountains-of-pi">The New Yorker story mentioned about the two Russian brothers who tried to calculate the digits of Pi.</a><br /><br /> * <a href="http://humanprogress.org/sharable/9689">The Human Progress data on the percentage of people in nations around the world who are willing to live next to neighbors of a different race.</a><br /><br /> * <a href="https://jonahgoldberg.com/episode-24-lawyer-guns-money-minus-money-shownotes/3983/">The Andy McCarthy episode</a><br /><br /> * <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/5750086576001/?playlist_id=2781265802001#sp=show-clips">My latest appearance on Fox News.</a><br /><br /> * <a href="https://www.riponsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1993-04_Vol-XXIX_No-2.pdf">My first article on Bill Clinton, published three months before Jack was born (go to page 6).</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> <br />

In the latest Remnant, Weekly Standard managing editor Christine Rosen lends her varied expertise to a far-ranging discussion on eugenics, Hollywood, the “Me Too” movement, the future of capitalism, and more.

Can a president break the law? Is intelligence from the Steele Dossier actionable for FISA warrant? Should we let lawyers make all of our decisions for us? Former federal prosecutor and senior National Review Institute fellow Andrew McCarthy joins The Remnant to answer these and other pressing legal questions of the day.

Pressed for time and fighting technical glitches, Jonah takes the Remnant into the perilous field of podcast rank punditry, opining at moderate length about this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the Parkland shooting, and the Russia investigation.

George Mason University economics professor Bryan Caplan joins The Remnant to discuss his latest book, The Case Against Education. While agreeing with much of Caplan’s case, Jonah spends a good portion of the podcast in the difficult task of trying to prove a smart libertarian wrong.

In an homage to the star-stuffed 70s disaster movies they both know and love so well, Jonah invites Commentary magazine editor and GLoP Culture co-host John Podhoretz on for a wide-ranging discussion on movies, TV, New York, neoconservatism, and much more. In fitting '70s disaster movie fashion, a special guest star makes a surprise cameo. When Worlds Collide? More like When Mad, Mad, Mad Worlds Collide!

Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle joins Jonah in the latest Remnant to offer a sensible libertarian’s perspective on whether dogs are Marxist, whether drugs should be legalized, whether libertarians should be classified by their preferred subway stop, and whether you should go to that party or not.

In this guest-free free-for-all Jonah and Co attempt to answer listener questions, but end up mostly talking about alcohol, Star Trek, and (caution to listeners with kids in the car) telling slightly bawdy jokes.

In the latest Remnant, Jonah surveys the public opinion landscape with pollster extraordinaire Kristen Soltis Anderson. They talk fecal craters and 2018 midterms, with a bonus aside about the #MeToo movement. Meanwhile, Jonah may have found his signoff phrase.

Charles Murray comes to the Remnant with the wisdom of a decades-long career and now 75 years of life for a fascinating conversation with Jonah. They cover the bases . . . if your bases are social science, the future of America, and whether there can be such a thing as a “vodka martini.” The Remnant crew also helps Jonah search for a new catchphrase.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Intro and closing music is from “The Wrong Side of the Road” by Remnant listener Patterico, as covered by Steve Bertrand.