Rights, Obligations, and Nostalgia | Interview: Megan McArdle

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

News, Politics

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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She’s back folks! Amid unprecedented fanfare, Megan McArdle returns to The Remnant to discuss our economic situation, perceptions of generational inequity, free-range kids, civil rights, and what we owe the dead. Shownotes:—Megan’s last appearance on The Remnant—President Trump addresses the nation—NYT Sierra Club piece—Megan’s piece about her brother—Dispatch Pod on Megan’s article—Megan on nostalgia—Matt Walsh tweet—Compact: “The Lost Generation” 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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0:33.6	I want to tell you about dispatch hoontoes.
0:37.1	Dispatch what?
0:38.5	Honto, though some people pronounce it, Junto, is the name Ben Franklin gave to the small gatherings he organized in Philadelphia taverns, starting in the 1720s.
0:47.6	Franklin's Hounthos, Spanish for assembly or council, consisted of 12 members, each of whom was required to pledge that he, quote,
0:56.0	loved truth for the truth's sake, unquote, and that he was dedicated to personal growth for himself
1:02.0	and improving his community. These discussions at those junto meetings would contribute to the
1:07.0	ideas that built our great country. We launched dispatch hoontos without quite the same ambition, but with a deep conviction
1:13.2	about the need for a place where people can get together for civil and sane conversations
1:17.6	about the issues of the day, without the kind of nastiness and posturing that's so prevalent
1:23.1	on social media and elsewhere in our polarized politics.
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