Podcast Episodes

Little Platoons

Episode 191

Back by popular demand, Jonah flies solo as he expands on his thoughts from the week: the necessity of earned success, Adrian Vermeule's essay on originalism, and dogs.

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Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Dog-Lover, Scholar, Nudgemaster

Episode 190

The Remnant returns to its quarantine schedule with long-awaited guest and (possibly) the most-ever cited legal scholar, Cass Sunstein. Cass and Jonah have a longstanding camaraderie that began with …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Jim Geraghty, COVID Watchman

Episode 189

In this episode, Jonah continues the great Remnant tradition of allowing senior National Review political correspondent Jim Geraghty to dispense genuinely unique and fascinating observations about cu…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Return of the G-File

Episode 188

In the words of Gene Wilder, “There’s no earthly way of knowing … in which direction we are going.” That’s the mood on the latest Remnant, which sees Jonah flying solo in a second - and more streamli…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Senator Shoshana, Twitter Primadonna

Episode 187

Shoshana Weissmann is a Renaissance woman, and only at age 27: she’s the head of digital media at R Street Institute, a policy fellow specializing in occupational licensing, and an institution unto h…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Jonah and Kevin's Excellent Adventure

Episode 186

Kevin Williamson is a man of mystery: he’s an “Eisenhower libertarian,” he’s been accused of being a D.C. insider (he lives in Texas), and (most famously) he’s a former staff writer for The Atlantic …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey

Episode 185

In order to give you all a break from the talk about the end of the world, this episode has Jonah speaking with psychologist Dr. Michele Gelfand about one of his pet-obsessions: “tight” and “loose” t…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus vs. 2020

Episode 184

Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt joins The Remnant to discuss coronavirus and its impact on the 2020 election. Where does Bernie Sanders go from here? Should Joe Biden run a front porch campa…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Merci, Monsieur Douthat

Episode 183

New York Times columnist and resident French expert Ross Douthat returns once more to talk about his new book, The Decadent Society. He makes the case that decadence is more than just high-calorie de…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Bad Boy Bahnsen

Episode 182

Elizabeth Warren might be out of the running for the Democratic nomination, but that doesn’t mean that the most harmful parts of her agenda haven’t been assimilated into other Democrats’ platforms. D…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago