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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Episode 119: Pietrusza Potpourri, Part Two: Wilson-Bashing

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the thrilling conclusion to the epic two-parter with historian David Pietrusza, Jonah and David confront the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, and engage in some Wilson-bashing. Shownotes Illiberal Reformers by Thomas Leonard Davis-Bacon Act Wilson’s 1911 sterilization law The Conservative Sensibility by George Will Leaders of Men by Woodrow Wilson “The New Freedom,” Woodrow Wilson … Continue reading Episode 119: Pietrusza Potpourri, Part Two: Wilson-Bashing→

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0:00.0

Previously on the Remnant with Jonah Goldberg.

0:04.0

We have in the studio today one of my literally favorite historians, David Petrusia.

0:11.0

Say it for me.

0:12.0

Petrusia.

0:13.0

Jonah and David surveyed the sixth presence of the year 1920.

0:17.0

And then they said what do you want to do as an option book?

0:20.5

And I was playing a mental game which is how many presidents in any given year are competing.

0:26.1

And 1920 was the winner with the, that's why it's the year of the sixth presence.

0:30.6

And you don't get that now the year.

0:32.3

But all along a sinister figure lurked in the background.

0:35.4

Woodrow Wilson, history's greatest monster.

0:37.9

In this episode, Jonah and David attempt to defeat the historical creature known as President

0:44.6

Wilson.

0:45.6

Will they succeed?

0:47.0

Or will Wilson's legacy linger another day?

0:50.4

You're about to find out on this episode of The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg.

0:56.1

So let's move on to part two.

1:17.0

I think this is an interesting way to get into it.

1:20.0

You were talking a little while ago about how Woodrow Wilson was the Southern.

1:25.1

And he surrounded himself with Southerners.

1:28.2

And he's, he grows up in a foreign country.

1:31.0

First few years of his life or not first few but after like from four to eight, the Confederacy

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