Podcast Episodes

But First, Cut the Green Wire

Episode 230

Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins a sleep-deprived Jonah in a discussion of schools in the time of COVID — all 14,000 districts’ worth. After nerding out over Supreme Cour…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Watch Your Language

Episode 229

Jonah has long awaited the chance to have Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on the show, and now he’s finally here. In a particularly un-rank episode of The Remnant, Jonah asks John about t…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Lil’ Jacobins

Episode 228

Jonah gratefully drags a harried Niall Ferguson onto the show, which begins with Angela Merkel and ends with “copious quantities of claret.” Listen to Jonah and Niall — mostly Niall, of the Mellifluo…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Hold My Beer People

Episode 227

On his second Remnant appearance, National Review’s Kevin Williamson travels down a series of tangent-friendly avenues with Jonah. What are statue-defacers actually accomplishing? Why are Americans “…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

History in the Making

Episode 226

It’s the weekend, therefore it’s time for another Ruminant. This time, it’s a monologue in which Jonah truly realizes how Remnant-y he’s really become. In his own words, “the point of conservatism is…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

“Jesus Christ and General Jackson”

Episode 225

Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, stops by to discuss his new book Countdown 1945, the state of American politics, and the intersection of technology and journalism.

Show Notes:

-Chris' new bo…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Kielbasa Konnection

Episode 224

Remnant regular and Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt joins to discuss the newsiest events of the day: sausage varietals, Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy, and 1800s newspapers. In addition to nerding…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Radical Romantic Rebellions

Episode 224

Why are politicians so reluctant to take responsibility for the history of their own ideas? Everything from the minimum wage to community policing has a sordid past if you just look back far enough, …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

‘A’ for Apostate

Episode 223

In the microcosm of right-of-center news, we have been blessed with two great writers by the name of Robert George. This podcast sees Jonah talking to one of them. No, not that one, the other one! Th…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

'Some Birds Aren’t Meant to be Caged'

Episode 222

Escaping household chaos, a car-bound Jonah talks prisons with Brown University’s David Skarbek. Bolivian jails and Soviet gulags are just two choices in this long game of Where’d-You-Rather: Incarce…

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago