Contempt for Congress

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

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🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Not since Thomas Jefferson podcasting alone has a guest been so wise as Yuval Levin, who joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the recent trend of Lebowskian communication mishaps, the danger of obsessive abstraction in Trumpian times, and the promise of connecting with the median voter. Show Notes: —The Atlantic: "Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans" —Yuval on "The Ezra Klein Show" —Yoni Appelbaum on The Remnant —National Review: "Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair!" —Yuval for The Free Press 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 here, listeners.
0:29.3	This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media.
0:34.6	We have a thrilling guest today among top five fan favorites, I think it's fair to say.
0:41.1	Not since Jefferson podcasted alone, has there been a wiser man.
0:47.1	Youvalvin. He's the head of my shop at the American Enterprise Institute, author of many books, including his most recent, which
0:57.0	really is a fantastic book, American Covenant. I keep wanting to say compact. I keep getting it
1:01.6	wrong, but I think I got it right, which isn't just another book about the Constitution,
1:06.6	although it is a book about the Constitution in its role, and I highly recommend it. And Yvall, welcome back to the remnant.
1:12.6	Thanks so much for having me, Jonah.
1:13.8	I appreciate it.
1:14.3	I'm trying to imagine Jefferson doing a solo remnant here,
1:17.3	and it's not going well.
1:18.7	Yeah, I think he would probably say some strange things.
1:21.3	All right, have too much sympathy for the Jacobins.
1:25.1	All right, so many things to talk about.
1:27.2	Just so for situational awareness for people,
1:29.2	we were recording on the morning of Tuesday, March 25th.
1:32.3	The bonkers Atlantic story broke last night.
1:35.3	We can talk about that a little bit.
1:36.7	I just want to be clear to everybody.
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