Live From the Watergate Hotel! | Interview: Sarah Isgur

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Coming at you from the scene of one of America’s greatest political scandals, Jonah Goldberg and Sarah Isgur are geared up to spill the tea and answer listeners’ most pressing questions: Was Sarah Ted Cruz’s mistress? Has Jonah’s second wife been born yet? How long could a homeless Jonah sleep on Sarah’s couch? Also find out about finding a mentor, manicuring résumés, the most improbable part of Air Force One, how to be a pundit, first dates, finding a wife, making connections at events, staying positive, the Cartesian self, and being the person your dog thinks you are. Show Notes: —Advisory Opinions Podcast —Essay by Ben Sasse’s daughter —Sarah’s book: Last Branch Standing The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—⁠click here⁠. Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and 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	Blowing ad budget on metrics that look great till the CFO sees them.
0:04.0	That's bullspend and marketers are calling it out in
0:07.0	Dashboard Confessions.
0:09.0	I remember telling my boss it'll be good for the brand when Leeds were slow.
0:13.0	Yeah, it wasn't.
0:16.0	Cut the ball spend. LinkedIn lets you target by company, job title, and more. Advertise on LinkedIn.
0:22.7	Spend £200 on your first campaign and get a £200 credit. Go to LinkedIn.com slash lead.
0:27.1	Terms and conditions apply. Well, good evening. My name is Eric Cohn, and I have the honor and privilege
0:33.8	of being the CEO of America's future. I want to welcome you all to the Watergate
0:39.3	Hotel. I want to thank all of you again for being here, and I want to thank the dispatch for doing
0:44.0	this event with us this evening. For those of you who aren't familiar with America's Future,
0:48.7	we are the talent accelerator and professional network for classically liberal young people.
0:53.3	We help equip young professionals with
0:54.8	the skills, experiences, and community support they need to become effective principal champions
0:59.5	of classical liberalism throughout their lives and careers. So with all of that, and without
1:04.1	further ado, please join me in welcoming Jonah Goldberg and Sarah Isker.
1:30.3	Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention? Daniel Jigga! Greetings, dear listeners, thank you to Eric Cohn, Thank you to America's future. Thank you all for showing up here, hopefully not too sober.
1:50.0	Thank you, Sarah, for agreeing to do this. We're done with the mutual admiration society compliment portion of the evening. I just wanted to be clear about that.
1:59.0	But I just want to be really clear about something I'm very proud of a lot of things we've done
2:04.2	in the dispatch.
2:05.5	But very few things I'm more proud of than taking this...
2:09.2	Creating me in a petri dish and feeding it.
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