Podcast Episodes

The Whore House in Falls Church | Interview: Tim Carney

Tim Carney, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to unpack his latest investigative reporting on a local brothel, and they discuss the cronyism lurking behind tari…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Coming GOP Civil War | Solo

Jonah Goldberg addresses the ‘thoughts and prayers’ backlash following the tragic school shooting in Minneapolis, examines fractures within the Trump coalition, and continues the Dispatch Roundtable’…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Conserving Liberalism | Interview: Cass Sunstein

Jonah Goldberg is joined by Cass Sunstein, legal scholar and author of Manipulation: What It Is, Why It’s Bad, What to Do About It, to define liberalism once and for all (it means being a mensch), ex…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

What’s Going On Across the Pond? | Interview: Daniel Hannan

Lord Daniel Hannan of Kingsclere joins Jonah Goldberg for a royal breakdown of new speech laws in the United Kingdom and to provide a history lesson on the Conservative Party.

Show Notes:

—⁠Hannan's…

Published on 4 months ago

Cash and Character | Solo

Jonah Goldberg ruminates on the FBI search of John Bolton’s home, the uselessness of political labels, and how the ghost of Joseph McCarthy and the Soviet Union still haunts us.

Plus: More I-told-you…

Published on 4 months ago

When Harry Became Sally | Interview: Carole Hooven

Carole Hooven, evolutionary biologist and nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss the differences between gender and sex, homosexuality in the animal …

Published on 4 months ago

Pleading Insanity | Interview: Emmett Rensin

Emmett Rensin, author of The Complications: On Going Insane in America, joins Jonah Goldberg for a candid conversation on the state of our mental health institutions, the history of the insanity defe…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Déjà-Munich | Solo

Jonah Goldberg analyzes the strategic chess match between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin before diving into the federal takeover of D.C.’s streets and the president’s takeover of the Bureau of Labor…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Jews Have the Last Laugh | Interview: Barry Strauss

Jonah Goldberg invites Barry Strauss, author of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World’s Mightiest Empire, to discuss the clashes between these two ancient worlds, focusing on ke…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Manipulating the Weather | Interview: Dr. David Keith

Dr. David Keith, professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago and founder of Carbon Engineering, joins Jonah Goldberg to explain the controversy surrounding geoengineering. They bra…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago