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The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Why Can't We Be Friends?

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.76.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

For the first time in far too long, New York Times columnist David Brooks is on the Remnant to dispense some of the hottest political wisdom you’ll find this side of Lake Michigan. Lately, David’s been concerned with a serious challenge to America’s social fabric: It seems like most of us can’t really get to know other people. Our country is full of people who feel unseen or misunderstood, and this is fueling our loneliness epidemic and the broader collapse of community. In his new book, How to Know a Person, David offers some solutions to this crisis that largely begin on an interpersonal level. But what does it really mean for people to be seen? What common mistakes do we make in our interactions with others? And will those punk kids ever get off Jonah’s lawn? Show Notes: -Watch this episode on YouTube -David’s page at the New York Times -David’s page at The Atlantic -David’s new book, How to Know a Person -Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences -The Remnant with Jean Twenge -Enter to win a lunch with Jonah in D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Can I please have your attention?

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And you, Jiggas! you jigga! This is Jona Goldberg, host of the remnant podcast brought you by the dispatch and dispatch media.

1:03.4

I'm very excited about today's guest.

1:05.4

I know I say I'm very excited about a lot of guests,

1:07.6

but that's because I don't have people on here very often.

1:10.8

Either, it's like my dad gave me writing advice, he said,

1:14.0

every sentence needs to either be good or important,

1:18.0

which is an incredibly difficult writing

1:21.0

ideal to live up to, but it's directionally good advice.

1:25.0

If the sentence is important, it has to be in there and if the sentence is good,

1:29.5

the reader will forgive you for it not being important.

1:32.4

And so all the guests I have on here are either. will forgive you for it not being important.

1:33.0

And so all the guests I have on here

1:34.2

are either I think are important or good or sometimes both.

1:37.8

And that brings me to David Brooks, who is both.

1:40.4

And actually, I would say he gets closer than most to having sentences hit the

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