The Revolutions of 1776 | Interview: Phillip Muñoz

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Continuing the counterprogramming tradition, Phillip Muñoz, the Tocqueville professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the remarkable revolutions of the American Founding, the allure of postliberalism, and the proper place of religious authority. Plus: Their thoughts on cultural shifts and virtue. Show Notes:— Phillip Muñoz’s bio— Muñoz's National Affairs article—Jonah's Next 250 article on the American Revolution—Irving Kristol's article on the free society 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 Jonah’s G-File newsletter, regular livestreams, and other members-only content—click 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?
0:28.5	Greetings to your listeners.
0:33.0	This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought to you by the dispatch and dispatch media in the grand spirit of continued counter programming to the news of the week or the month,
0:40.2	or in this case, maybe the century. I'm delighted to have Phil Munoz on here. He's a professor
0:46.4	of political science at Notre Dame. I've met him quite a few times. He had me out to speak at
0:52.4	Notre Dame a while ago. He knows all the things of things I'm interested in these days. He had me out to speak at Notre Dame a while ago. He knows all the things of things
0:55.7	I'm interested in these days. He's also the author of a really a fantastic essay in the current,
1:02.0	I believe it's still current issue of national affairs called the American Revolutions of 1776, which covers a lot of the America at 250
1:14.2	territory that we had a dispatcher spending so much time on. And because the guys at UT
1:20.9	will activate his pain collar if I don't say this, he wrote it while he was a distinguished
1:25.9	visiting professor at the School of Civic Leadership
1:28.1	at the University of Texas, Austin. And this essay was in fact written for the collection that
1:34.5	AI did about America at 250. So it's just, it's really grotesque intellectual incestuousness all the
1:42.5	way down. Phil, welcome to The Remnant.
1:45.7	Thank you for having me.
1:47.2	So normally I ask this about books, but I think it's sort of worth it because we're
1:50.6	not going to just talk about your essay, but it's a good place to start.
1:53.8	What's your essay about?
1:54.8	Yeah, well, let me just start by saying I'm a big fan of yours in the show and really
2:00.7	pleased to be invited finally
2:02.7	to be on it.
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