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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Pam Bondi, Cuba, and Plato | Ruminant

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.76.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

After a week of maniacally running The Dispatch in Steve’s absence—firing employees at will, publishing screeds against pickled herring, etc.—Jonah Goldberg takes up his usual post to ruminate about Pam Bondi, Trump’s speech on the Iran war, his old grievances on Cuba and the Times, the recent Meta case, receipts on John Rawls from last week’s Ruminant, Hannah Arendt on truth in politics, Plato and the divine, and the future of the podcast. Plus, stick around for Jonah’s spicy take on birthright citizenship. Show Notes:—“Trump Says ‘I Love’ People Who Are ‘Nice To Me’ – ‘Even if They’re Bad People’ ”—Fireside Chat with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at CPAC 2026 - 03/26/26—Ross Douthat: “Trump's Second Term Has Ended the Conservative Era”—Jonah’s G-File response to Douthat’s article—Elliott Abrams in National Review: “The President’s Not-So-Reassuring Iran Address”— Robert Timberg: The Nightingale's Song—Tuesday’s Dispatch Podcast on Cuba—Friday’s Dispatch Podcast—Last week’s Ruminant on John Rawls—Hannah Arendt Remnant—Robby George Remnant—Harvey Mansfield Remnant—Advisory Opinions Pod: Birthright Citizenship Oral Arguments—Mediaite: “Hasan Piker Is the Left’s Candace Owens. The Press Treats Him Like a Rock Star” 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? Can I please have your attention? Daniel Jigga!

0:27.5

Greetings, dear listeners, this is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcasts, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media.

0:34.6

I'm recording this a little before 9 o'clock on a rainy, bleak Friday morning.

0:43.3

For those of you who don't follow me on the Twitters, my gloriously dopey Springer-Spaniel Pippa has hurt her leg and is could not be

0:57.0

more pathetic if she tried you know Shriner's Hospital Sarah McLaughlin

1:05.0

ASPCA someone should get a camera on her and and film her in sepia tone or black and white or whatever.

1:12.0

Long as I'm bringing this up is there's been an outpouring of concern.

1:15.5

She'll be fine.

1:16.7

Vets in D.C. are something I could talk about for hours and vets in general, I guess.

1:22.1

I have very strong views on vets.

1:23.6

I get very frustrated with vets.

1:25.6

We finally gave up on our old vet.

1:28.1

D.C.

1:28.3

residents, many of you know it as Friendship Animal Hospital.

1:32.3

It has one of the only ERs in the area.

1:35.8

And so it grabs you in and charges you large amounts of money.

1:40.0

And there should be a Goldberg wing or at least a Cosmo and Zoe wing, a friendship animal hospital

1:46.1

amount of money I've spent there.

1:48.4

We were just so incredibly impressed that our new vet, who's out in Bethesda, who did wonderful

1:56.1

help with us with Gracie and some stuff with Zoe, said that they didn't think they needed to do an

2:02.3

x-ray. And my experience with most vets, if there's a plausible case for an x-ray, well, let's

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