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Jonah Goldberg's solo political rants and author interviews on conservatism, courts, and current events.
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg treats politics as an argument worth slowing down for. Across solo ruminations and long interviews, it moves from Vance, Hungary, Iran, and Israel to Supreme Court personalities, Hannah Arendt, digital life, and stray personal digressions.
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The show is hosted by Jonah Goldberg, a co-founder of The Dispatch, and runs in two alternating formats rather than a single fixed structure. Solo episodes, frequently titled "Ruminant," are Goldberg working alone through the week's political news, often recorded while traveling, and mixing personal asides about family, pets, and hotel rooms with commentary on Congress, the Trump administration, and MAGA coalition politics. Interview episodes pair Goldberg with a single guest for an extended, often book-driven conversation; guests documented in this sample include historian Sophia Rosenfeld on the history of choice and freedom, lexicographer Stefan Fatsis on dictionaries and competitive Scrabble, legal scholar Cass Sunstein on separation of powers, federal judge Roy K. Altman on the legal case for Israeli statehood, and Dispatch colleague Sarah Isgur discussing her book and Supreme Court jurisprudence. Recurring themes include the tension between Burkean conservatism and Enlightenment rationalism, U.S. constitutional law and executive power, political rhetoric and language, and recurring scrutiny of Trump administration figures and decisions. Episodes often reach back to intellectual and political history—the Burke-Paine debate, the Reformation, founding-era arguments about democracy—to frame current events rather than simply reacting to headlines. The tone is discursive and argumentative rather than purely reactive, with Goldberg pressing guests and his own commentary toward first-principles questions. Typical episodes run 65 to 90 minutes. The core audience is listeners interested in center-right and traditionalist conservative commentary, constitutional law, and long-form interviews with scholars, judges, and authors. Production is conversational and lightly edited, with Goldberg's personal life, travel, and asides regularly woven into the solo episodes.
Made for: Center-right and traditionalist conservative listeners interested in constitutional law, political philosophy, and long-form interviews with scholars, judges, and authors.
What sets it apart: Grounds daily political commentary in classical political philosophy and intellectual history rather than horse-race punditry, and regularly hands full episodes to academics and judges discussing their own books.
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.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
The Remnant brings conservative institutional memory and legal-political texture to current fights without sanding down the host's point of view.
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg is a News & Politics show built around current argument, conservative institutional thinking, and a host who likes to pull today's disputes back toward older questions about courts, foreign policy, technology, and democratic habits.
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A pointed Ruminant on Vance, Ukraine, Orban, free speech, and why civic life still matters in person.
Jonah Goldberg turns a catch-up Ruminant into a sharp, impatient critique of political dishonesty and foreign policy posturing. After opening with travel, Chicago, AEI, and a speech tied to the American Revolution, he focuses on Vance's comments about Ukraine, Zelensky, Orban,…
A dense legal-political case for Israel's legitimacy and against common claims about Palestinian statehood and wartime targeting.
Jonah Goldberg frames this Remnant interview around Judge Roy K. Altman's case for Israel in law and politics. The sharpest section is Altman's statehood argument: he applies the Montevideo test to Palestinian claims, focusing on disputed borders and the lack of a single…
A lively Supreme Court conversation that complicates justice-by-justice ideology with institutional instincts and personal history.
Jonah Goldberg frames Sarah Isgur's new book as the entry point for a fast, conversational tour of law school, Supreme Court culture, and the limits of reading the justices as a simple left-right scoreboard.
Goldberg turns Vance's Hungary trip into a pointed critique of MAGA succession mythology.
Jonah Goldberg uses a solo Ruminant recorded between travel obligations to move from personal strain into a sharp political critique of J.D. Vance.
A reflective culture conversation about technology, loneliness, and why simulated connection cannot substitute for real love.
Jonah Goldberg's conversation with Arthur Brooks takes a familiar worry about life online and pushes it toward a larger argument about meaning.
A sharp conservative argument over Trump, Iran, Israel, and where responsibility actually rests.
Jonah Goldberg brings Ross Douthat back for a characteristically brisk Remnant conversation that lands hardest on Trump, Iran, Israel, and the question of political agency.
A serious conservative conversation about technology, passion, and whether republican self-government still has room to think.
Jonah Goldberg brings Yuval Levin onto The Remnant for a conservative argument about Burke, republican government, and the way modern technology strains political deliberation.
Goldberg and Stirewalt turn shoes, manners, and political-adjacent crankiness into a companionable argument for adulthood.
Jonah Goldberg and Chris Stirewalt spend much of this Remnant conversation in the loose register of political friends who can wander without losing the thread.
Sharp political debate with policy detail and real disagreement.
Matt Gurney and Jen Gerson debate Canadian politics, from Alberta separatism to Ottawa's bureaucracy.
Robert Evans, Katie Stoll, and Cody Johnston build fake conspiracies and mock right-wing media.
Steve Hayes and Dispatch panelists argue through the week's Iran, DOJ, and Supreme Court news.
John Donvan moderates two-sided debates on AI, bioethics, feminism, and film's future.
A former Trump donor's solo case for ballot audits, Article 5 conventions, and court reform.
Jonah Goldberg opens with a Chicago trip, a delayed O’Hare flight, and a Concordia University event where the air conditioning was scheduled to turn on April 21.
Israel is on trial.
Sarah Isgur shows up with a book, and Jonah Goldberg starts with the classic author question.
A strange hotel room sets the tone.
The matrix is the problem.
Ross Douthat gets the toothache compliment.
Jonah Goldberg introduces his podcast with personal anecdotes about his injured dog and frustrations with veterinarians in Washington D.C.
Jonah Goldberg discusses the Iran situation and introduces an episode on Hannah Arendt with guest Roger Berkowitz.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Samuel Gregg about Adam Smith's philosophy and its relevance to modern political and economic issues.
Jonah Goldberg hosts a political commentary podcast mixing serious analysis with humor and pop culture references.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield about political philosophy and his influence on conservative thought.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Dr.
Jonah Goldberg opens his podcast with a personal update from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, before diving into political commentary.
Jonah Goldberg opens with warm Yuval Levin business.
Jonah Goldberg opens The Remnant with David Bahnsen by framing the episode as “counter-programming” and noting it was recorded on March 10, before the weekend’s news cycle.
Jonah Goldberg discusses his recent experiences at the AEI World Forum and Dispatch Energy Summit, reflecting on energy policy and bipartisan consensus.
Jonah Goldberg opens in friendly procedural chaos.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Alan Gelso about his book 'The Golden Thread: A History of the Western Tradition, The Modern and Contemporary West' covering Western history from 1500.
Jonah Goldberg discusses recent events and personal anecdotes, including a trip to Antigua and his dog's health scare, while promoting the podcast.
Jonah Goldberg opens The Remnant with Ken Pollock by tying the conversation to Iran, Israel’s response, and the sense that there are “4, 45 million different” ways events could develop.
Kevin Williamson is sitting in for Jonah and uses the guest-host chair for a careful argument with Andrew Collier about what America thought China's opening would do, and what actually happened.
Jonah Goldberg hosts a political commentary podcast mixing serious analysis with humor and pop culture references.
Jonah Goldberg opens The Remnant with Richard M.
Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses The Age of Choice, A History of Freedom in Modern Life on The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg.
Jonah Goldberg hosts a political commentary podcast mixing serious analysis with humor and pop culture references.
Counter-programming holds.
Jonah Goldberg is still on cold medicine, but he sounds clearer than before.
Jonah records early Friday morning, and he keeps the caveats close.
Jonah Goldberg interviews presidential historian Lindsey Chervinsky about her book on John Adams and the precedents that shaped the early American presidency.
Jonah Goldberg welcomes Chris Stirewalt to discuss political punditry and current events in a humorous, highbrow style.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Laura Field about her book 'Furious Minds: The Making of the New MAGA Right', tracing the intellectual history of the MAGA movement.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Russell Moore about the controversy over Christian Zionism and its implications for conservative politics.
Jonah Goldberg and Megan McArdle discuss the affordability crisis and its connection to the subscription economy, with humorous banter.
Jonah Goldberg interviews Jesse Armong about a new survey analyzing the Republican coalition and the minority of MAGA supporters.
Jonah Goldberg introduces an interview with former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, discussing his political career and potential presidential run.
Jonah Goldberg interviews historian James Bradley about his new biography of Martin Van Buren, America's first politician.
Kevin Williamson interviews Colin Woodard about his book 'American Nations' and the thesis that America is composed of distinct regional cultures.
Guest host Steve Hayes interviews Aaron McLean, a former Marine and foreign policy advisor, about his military service and current geopolitical issues.