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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Jonah may have readjusted to Eastern Standard Time, but his mind remains preoccupied with India. In order to get some further clarity, Jonah is joined by his American Enterprise Institute colleague and Wall Street Journal columnist Sadanand Dhume. Jonah picks Sadanand’s brain on the R.S.S. (the Indian right), the principles of conservatism in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the economic progress of the country. Later in the episode, they discuss what happened to Indian liberalism, Japanese Hannity, and the trouble with Canada. Show Notes: —Sadanand’s work —Oh, Canada The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including Jonah’s G-File newsletter, weekly livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.6	Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention?
1:20.6	Can you diggers?
1:31.4	Greetings your listeners. This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought to you by the dispatch and dispatch media. Listeners know that I went on this whirlwind trip to India,
1:40.9	and I said I was going to be returning to the topic. And so that's what I am doing
1:45.9	today. And so we have a repeat guest, Sadatund Dumay. I struggle with, it's one of those things.
1:53.1	I just hate being rude about mispronouncing names. He's my colleague at the American Enterprise
1:57.4	Institute. He writes the East is East column for the Wall Street Journal. He's an author. And he's basically, he doesn't know that he's been drafted into this role,
2:05.8	but he's my India guy. And so, as I was saying to you guys, and I was saying to Saddam,
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