Ban Social Media for the Youth | Interview: Rahm Emanuel

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Jonah Goldberg invites Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor and ambassador to Japan, aboard The Remnant to talk about the culinary wonders of Japan, the need for a more centrist politics, income inequality, and Rahm’s case for banning social media for America’s youth. Shownotes:—Jessica Riedl on seizing billionaire wealth—Rahm in Politico on a youth social media ban—Ro Khanna on CNN talking about TikTok—Jonathan Haidt: The Anxious Generation 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 access to all of Jonah’s G-File newsletters—⁠click here⁠. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.6	Franklin's Hounthos, Spanish for assembly or council, consisted of 12 members, each of whom was required to pledge that he, quote,
0:56.0	loved truth for the truth's sake, unquote, and that he was dedicated to personal growth for himself
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1:07.0	ideas that built our great country. We launched dispatch hoontos without quite the same ambition, but with a deep conviction
1:13.2	about the need for a place where people can get together for civil and sane conversations
1:17.6	about the issues of the day, without the kind of nastiness and posturing that's so prevalent
1:23.1	on social media and elsewhere in our polarized politics.
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