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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Politics, News

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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In yet another counter-programming episode of The Remnant, Matthew Continetti, director of domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the life and legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. and the past, present, and future of American conservatism. Show Notes:—Sam Tanenhaus' Buckley Biography—William F. Buckley Jr. at 100: The State of American Conservatism 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, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention.
0:18.0	Can you digger?
0:27.5	Greetings, dear listeners, this is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought
0:30.9	you by the dispatch and dispatch media.
0:33.3	Before we get into the meat and sinew of all of this, I should just let you know, we don't
0:40.3	know exactly when this is going to air. I'm recording this on Tuesday morning around 830.
0:46.1	The morning after the ceasefire, we don't know if it's going to hold, don't know if it is holding
0:51.5	any of that kind of stuff on the Iran. We're going to try and stay away from news that will get really stale really quickly. And this is much more in
0:58.4	the tradition of our long running, soon to be long running counter programming trend around here.
1:04.3	Just bear that in mind. On with the show. So today's guest, fan favorite, my colleague at the American
1:09.6	Enterprise Institute, even though now he is a suit as the head of the domestic policy, something or other, I don't know, they drink a lot of champagne over there.
1:19.3	He's also a columnist for the free press.
1:21.7	He is a regular on the commentary podcast where he gets probably the most airtime after John Padour.
1:30.8	It's almost in double digit percentages of talking time on that podcast, which is very
1:35.8	impressive.
1:37.0	None other than Matt and Contenetti.
1:38.5	Matt, welcome back to the remit.
1:39.8	Thanks, Jonah.
1:40.5	It's great to be here.
1:41.4	You've already talked more to me than you talk to John
1:44.2	in some ways. I'm being unkind because I love. Why don't we just sort of start at the beginning?
1:52.0	We've been waiting a long time. I think it's fair to say. We are among the remnant, as it were,
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