- 1 hour 7 minutesDrunk Frat Boyz and Evil Chess Nerds | Interview: Rebeccah Heinrichs
We’ve decided to go on a bit of a foreign policy spree here at The Remnant. And why not? Everyone needs a hobby. Today Rebeccah Heinrichs joins Jonah Goldberg to go deep on Iran, NATO, allies, Operation Epic Fury, realism in Ukraine, MAGA, isolationist failure, J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio, Israel, national conservatism, antisemitism, and America’s posture in the world.
Show Notes:
—Heinrichs in National Review: “Strengthen NATO, Don’t Wreck It”
—Brendan Simms: The Return of the Great Powers
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13 July 2026, 7:00 am - 22 minutes 46 secondsMaoists Believe in Leprechauns | Ruminant
Jonah Goldberg knows his time is nearly up. In a few days, his body will be baking in the Arizona sun, washed up on the rocks at some bend in the Colorado River, just the next casualty of mandatory fun time. Time to go out with a bang. Join Jonah as he steers the HMS Remnant into position for a ripping, boneshattering broadside into the Red Fleet of the Democratic Socialists of America. Along the way, listen as the doomed Captain Jonah ruminates on new liberal friends, policing one’s own side, Israel, socialists, bravery on the cheap, Graham Platner, institutionalized lying, courts finding the truth, and the importance of American wealth.
Show Notes:
—Jonah’s commie Twitter thread
—Mamdani Celebrates America's 250 Years With Call for Unity and Democracy
—Scott Lincicome in The Dispatch - “GDP Is Good, Actually”
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11 July 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesPick-and-Choose Isolationism | Interview: Aaron MacLean
Here at The Remnant, we strive to cover pressing issues that matter. Not content with copying and pasting other folk’s reporting, we go straight to the sources ourselves to bring their words to your ears. Today, we’re taking a deep dive into one of the topics that matters most to our nation, and to the world: the Annapolis Cup Croquet Match. You think we’re kidding, but we’re not.
But don’t worry—if bombs, bullets, and dead ayatollahs are more your thing, we’ve got you covered too. School of War podcast host Aaron MacLean joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss, in addition to croquet, what happened in Iran, isolationism, sovereigntism, Machiavelli, Chris Donahue, Palantir, Pentagon purges, failures in the Middle East, warrior culture, careerism, and the lessons our adversaries are taking away from Iran.
Show Notes:
—Aaron’s last Remnant appearance
—School of War episode on chimps
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8 July 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 33 minutesConspiracy Hypothesis | Interview: Andrew McKenzie-McHarg
June was a long month, and Jonah Goldberg is feeling entitled to a little bit of self-indulgence. Instead of turning to the bottle, however, he has opted for a rollicking, frolicsome ramble through the deep history of conspiracy theory. Jonah is joined by Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, author of the definitive volume on the topic, to discuss conspiracy theory (singular), etymology, secularization, 19th-century social science, the paranoid style, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Argentina, magic and science, antisemitism, apocalyptic thinking, Karl Popper, Richard Hofstadter, Karl Marx, World War I, Donald Trump, social media, institutions, and Catholicism.
Show Notes:
—Andrew McKenzie-McHarg - The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory
—Jesse Walker - The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory
—Richard Hofstadter - “The Paranoid Style in American Politics”
—Jesse Walker review of The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory in Reason
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6 July 2026, 7:00 am - 17 minutes 43 secondsWhat the Court Hath Wrought | Ruminant
Having sweat through three shirts and appeared on eight podcasts before noon, Jonah Goldberg is fighting through a mountain of work before the early weekend kicks off. But fear not, gentle listeners: Few men work better under pressure than Jonah. Today’s Ruminant is an absolute throwdown on sexist jabronis on the right, the birthright citizenship case, codes of common decency, unitary executive theory, assimilation, Israel and anti-semitism, and the nation state. Buckle up.
Show Notes:
—Jonah’s underrated second book
—Jonah in The Dispatch: “The Birthright Citizenship Debate Is About to Get Worse”
—Kevin Williamson in The Dispatch: “The Exotic Cat-Eaters of Springfield, Ohio”
—Douglass North - Violence and Social Orders
—AO Pod on unitary executive theory
—Jerusalem Demsas: “Why the left is wrong about assimilation”
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4 July 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 20 minutesThe Declaration of Independence | Interview: Michael Auslin
The year is 2004. Jonah Goldberg and Steve Hayes, young and clean shaven, stride through the National Archives. Stopping, they gaze down at a yellowed leaf of parchment. “I’m gonna steal it.” Jonah mutters. “What?” Steve asks. Jonah clenches his jaw. “I’m gonna steal the Declaration of Independence.”
Fortunately, Steve talked Jonah out of his hairbrained scheme and both men remained free, unincarcerated citizens. Unfortunately, the many secrets of the Declaration that Jonah hoped to uncover remained lost to history … until now. To mark and celebrate the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, Jonah is joined by Michael Auslin, author of National Treasure:How the Declaration of Independence Made America, to dive into the oft-forgotten history of our founding document, including: who didn’t sign the Declaration, Button Gwinnett’s signature, the Confederate view of the Declaration, America’s enlightened consensus, Declaration historiography, George III, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Paine v. Burke, and what it means to be a credal country.
Show Notes:
—Michael Auslin - National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America
—Pauline Maier - American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence
—Gordon Wood - The Radicalism of the American Revolution
—Andrew Roberts - The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III
—AEI Archive: Distinguished Lecture Series on the Bicentennial of the United States
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1 July 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesThe Rise and Fall of the Nation State | Interview: Rana Dasgupta
We love talking about nations here at Chateau de Remnant Today, Rana Dasgupta is dropping by to shake things up and discuss his new book, After Nations. Jonah Goldberg and Rana cover nation-states, liberalism, state-corporation cooperation, the iron law of oligarchy, capitalism, economic determinism, mass human migration, creative solutions for changing environments, and the future of power.
Show Notes:
—After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order
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29 June 2026, 7:00 am - 14 minutes 2 secondsA ‘Caricature Made Flesh’ | Ruminant
After waking up in a trash pile under the Francis Scott Key Bridge (his favorite haunt), Jonah Goldberg has walked his dogs, stumbled to his American Enterprise Institute office, and is ready to talk shop. Today Jonah gets into the Hinckley Hilton, Washington police, “Kant,” being late, wokery, the art of canine flatulence expression, Darializa Avila Chevalier, weak parties, the evils of primaries, the free beer party, Iran, J.D. Vance beclowning himself, Richard Nixon, “Me Too Republicans,” and his own car.
Show Notes:
—The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790
—Ben Mankiewicz for The Dispatch’s The Next 250
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27 June 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 12 minutesWho Will Lead the U.K.? | Interview: Francis Dearnley
With telegrams full of breaking news flying in from across the pond, Jonah Goldberg has found himself in desperate need of a good Brit whisperer. Fortunately, Cambridge man and Atlanticist Francis Dearnley has boldly stepped up to the plate, joining Jonah to discuss the ousting of Keir Starmer, the rise of Andy Burnham, progress in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky’s “long-range sanctions,” Soviet Union collapse analogies, Russian political culture, Zelensky’s post-war political future, European views of Donald Trump and Iran, transatlantic relations, the world cup, and Oliver Cromwell’s head.
Show Notes:
—Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
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24 June 2026, 7:00 am - 58 minutes 27 secondsThe Art of Losing | Interview: John Podhoretz
Jonah Goldberg invites John Podhoretz back to The Remnant to provide some much-needed cathartic release over the disastrous memorandum of understanding with Iran and to discuss JD Vance's future within the Republican Party.
Show notes:
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22 June 2026, 7:00 am - 13 minutes 46 secondsAn Übermensch's Surrender | Ruminant
Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the memorandum of understanding between U.S. and Iran, the joy of seeing Europeans explore America, and what's wrong with the modern definition of poverty.
Show notes:
—Marc Caputo's interview with Trump
—The Iran War Is What Trumpism Looks Like
—The Iran Peace Deal Is What Trumpism Looks Like
—A German discovers a Bucc-ee's
—Trump comparing himself to Mao and Stalin
—Cliff Asness on affordability
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