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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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As Jonah Goldberg gears up to brave the coming snowpocalypse, he pauses to consider the times, reflecting on President Donald Trump’s waste of political capital over Greenland, the long-term effects of college protest culture, the creepiness of antisemitic thinking, and—most importantly—his takes on Star Trek and America’s great sitcoms.Shownotes:—The most recent Dispatch Pod—Katie Pavlich interviews Trump for NewsNation—Last week’s G-File—NYT post-mortem on Biden immigration policy—“U. Topia” - Jonah in National Review—GLoP podcast—“The 26 best neighbors in TV sitcom history, ranked” - Washington Post—Wednesday’s G-File—Douthat’s NYT piece—G-File on Nixon—Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change 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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1:18.1	Oh, that is it. Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention?
1:20.9	Can you digger?
1:28.5	Greetings, your listeners.
1:33.3	This is Joan of Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought you by the Dispatch, Dispatch Media.
1:36.8	I'm recording this a little on the late side for me.
1:40.2	All of America turns into the Ice Planet Hoth.
1:58.7	I am in a little bit of a panic about my travel for the next few days because I have this event at something called a Connecticut forum where I'm going to have a conversation with Pete Buttigieg and I'm not too concerned about that. I'm going to leave very early tomorrow morning with plenty of time before the snow gets here.
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