Israel on Trial | Interview: Roy K. Altman

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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The Remnant has proudly hosted guests of many titles: 5th Viscount Ridley, Sen. Ben Sasse, and even Dispatch CEO Steve Hayes have graced our proverbial stage. Yet, as longtime listeners have likely noted, we’ve never had a judge on the show. That changes today! Join Jonah Goldberg as he sits down with Judge Roy K. Altman to talk about the credibility of the genocide, apartheid, and colonialism allegations commonly levied against the state of Israel.Show Notes:—Roy Altman: Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law—Walter Russell Mead on The Remnant—War on the Rocks: “Gaza and the Conduct of Urban War: Civilian Harm, Risk, and Responsibility”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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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention.
0:18.0	Can you digger?
0:27.4	Ladies, dear listeners, this is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media.
0:33.4	Very excited for today's first time guest.
0:35.8	He's not only first time on the remnant.
0:38.6	He's, I think he's our first judge, never mind sitting judge, which is very exciting.
0:44.8	Roy K. Altman is the United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
0:50.3	In fact, at 36, he became the youngest federal district court judge in the country and the youngest ever appointed to the Southern District.
0:57.2	He has a BA from Columbia University where he played quarterback for the football team.
1:01.5	I just went for the record.
1:02.9	He was born during the worst losing streak in Columbia's football history or in football history, period.
1:08.9	So he cannot be held accountable for that.
1:10.8	100%. I'm glad you said that. I know. I knew you would if I didn't. Went to Yale law school.
1:15.8	I was on the Yale Law Review. And the reason he's here today is he is a book called Israel on
1:20.8	trial examining the history, the evidence, and the law. Judge Altman, welcome to the Remmen.
1:27.7	Thanks, Jonah. Thanks for having me.
1:29.5	That athletic career was two knee surgeries
1:31.4	ago, by the way, so I don't want people to think
1:33.3	I can replicate that. I understand. I don't know
1:35.6	if you know this about me, but I am the Rosa Parks of
1:37.4	gender integration. I went to an all-women's
1:39.7	college in Maryland. I know that.
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