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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Jonah Goldberg, about to escape the icy north for some sun-soaked R&R, is feeling boisterous. After reveling in his new favorite art form—Donald Trump’s “Truths” set to music—Jonah piles on Jesse Jackson, Iran, the Justice Department, Napoleon III, and Notre Dame, crescendoing with his critique of “white culture” and right-wing identity politics. Shownotes:—Jonah on CNN’s The Arena talking smack about sleazy democrats—Financial Times—“Why Iran is betting on war”—Nick Catoggio's Boiling Frogs on Trump and Iran—Jonah on the Sam Harris podcast—The Remnant with Ken Pollack—The Remnant with Eli Lake—Jonah’s book Liberal Fascism—Jonah’s “white culture” G-File—Bo Winegard's defense of white culture—Jonah’s takedown of Jamelle Bouie in National Review 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	This episode of The Remnant is brought to you by our friends at the Pacific Legal Foundation.
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1:08.0	Can you digger?
1:22.4	Greetings, dear listeners, this is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant podcast, brought you by the dispatch and dispatch.
1:28.8	Media, I am at once feeling great, and the other hand, feeling not so great. Physically,
1:38.6	had just a bad night's sleep. Still have some things like I got a physical therapy for in a long week.
1:49.1	And the weather in D.C. has actually gotten worse because it is just a freezing cold, nasty rain.
1:55.7	On the flip side, my wife finally came home from some family and business travel, which I'm very excited about.
2:01.3	And then tomorrow we go away to the Caribbean, which I'm very excited about.
2:08.7	And I'm not a huge beach person, but I could use some vitamin D producing sunlight.
2:14.4	I won't completely disappear off the dispatch radar while gone, but, you know, I'm going to try.
2:16.1	I can have the vacation.
2:18.1	I thought I'd start with something a little white.
2:21.6	A friend of mine, it's a clever idea.
2:27.3	He takes Trump's truth social posts and uses some AI platform and sets them to music.
2:36.0	And they kind of work.
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