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Philip K. Howard, a prolific author and advocate for simplifying American government, joins the Remnant for the first time to discuss his new book, Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions. The resulting conversation plays out like a Remnant greatest hits, offering insights on subjects as well-trodden as institutions, our dysfunctional parties, and the banging of spoons on high chairs. Come for some fiendishly nerdy ramblings on the nature of public sector unions, but stay for some hopeful thoughts on how America’s legal and legislative systems could be improved. 

Show Notes:

– Philip’s website

– Philip’s new book, Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions

– Philip previews the book in National Review…

– …and in Reason

– Rachel Maddow’s “Lean Forward” ad

For your viewing pleasure, today’s Ruminant is accompanied by live footage of Jonah as he succumbs to the lure of multi-platform synergy. Those interested can find the additional content on our podcasts channel on YouTube.  Does this spell the end for “No you won’t, this is a podcast”? In response to having been so rudely dragged into the future, Jonah delivers an outright curmudgeonly diatribe on just about every topic under the sun. From Kamala Harris saying her stage directions out loud, to the dangerous mirage of “new” ideas, no subject is safe from his ire. What’s going on with Silicon Valley Bank? What’s the difference between an explanation and an excuse? And does Jonah wear a toupee? (He does not.)

Show Notes:

– Kamala Harris’ Late Show Appearance

-Watch: Jonah Goldberg on SVB Collapse

-Watch: Jonah Goldberg on “Woke”

– The Remnant with Paul Bloom

– The Remnant with Jim Meigs

– Friday’s Dispatch Podcast

– The (underrated) Tyranny of Clichés

James Meigs, Manhattan Institute senior fellow and contributing editor at City Journal, makes his Remnant debut in today’s wildly wonky exploration of clean energy, tech policy, and environmentalism. He and Jonah kick things off by talking about the elephant(‘s foot) in the room––nuclear power––before seamlessly transitioning to the terrifying subject of artificial intelligence. Come for the well deserved nuclear boosterism; stay for the existential dread provoked by the idea of malevolent chatbots ruling the meatspace.

Show Notes:

-Watch: The Case for Nuclear Power with Jonah Goldberg & James Meigs

– James’s podcast, How Do We Fix It?

– James’ page at the Manhattan Institute

– David Blackman: “The Death of Manchin’s Permitting Reform Effort Is A Loss For Everyone

– The Remnant with Paul Bloom

– The Remnant with Michael H. Parsons

– James: “Elite Panic vs. the Resilient Populace”

Paul Bloom—Jonah’s favorite psychologist and author of the new book Psych: The Story of the Human Mind—returns to the Remnant for some intensely eggheady conversation on the workings of the human brain (a three-pound wrinkly mass, as Paul puts it). The two spend the episode leapfrogging between different controversies in the field of psychology, each more complex than the last, with enough speed to make your head spin. From the nature of consciousness, to René Girard’s understanding of identity, to controversial conceptions of the mind, there’s something to delight—and confuse—everyone, least of all our future AI overlords.

Show Notes:

– Paul’s website

– Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil

– Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

– The Remnant with Joseph Uscinski

Today’s dyspeptic Ruminant finds Jonah wading through the swampy wreckage of the Republican intellectual movement in an attempt to give new meaning to the phrase “crushing morosity.” From the GOP’s weakness in the face of populism to the loss of objective standards, Jonah tackles all the most important questions facing the right. Why do Fox viewers need safe spaces? What made Trump’s ineffectual trollishness so appealing to so many? And how much screaming of “I told you so” is too much?

Show Notes:

– Jonah: “Donald Trump’s Megaphone”

– Jonah: “In a Slow-Motion Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Media Figures Embrace Trump One by One”

– Jenna Ellis further beclowning herself on Twitter

– Conch shells and the Fibonacci sequence or something

– Jonah: “How Fox News Created a ‘Safe Space’ for Its Audience”

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After therapy and court ordered anger management training, Jonah is finally prepared to have David French—newly minted New York Times columnist and noted treacherous misanthrope—back on the Remnant. What follows is an especially freewheeling conversation that begins with a deep dive into the Dominion case against Fox News, then bounces back and forth between a range of topics so controversial you’d swear Jonah wants David to get canceled. From student loans to drag queens, he could be back at The Dispatch before you know it…

Show Notes:

-Jonah interviews NYT Columnist David French

– David’s page at the New York Times

– David’s page at the superior Dispatch

– Christianity Today exposes its own scandal

– David: “Why Fox Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’”

–The Economist: “Russia’s Vaunted Second Offensive Is a Damp Squib”

Remnant regular Tevi Troy returns for some of the rankest punditry you’ll find this side of the Mississippi. It’s a freewheeling kind of episode that begins with a shameless plug for Tevi’s new leadership program, transitions into a discussion of the GOP presidential primary, and ends with a few musings on how AI could change the world of writing. Tune in also for ruminations on how politics became so childish, whether CPAC can be redeemed, and why Trump can’t find a good nickname for Ron DeSantis.

Show Notes:

– Tevi’s webpage

– Tevi’s course: “1600 Lessons: Leadership Lessons from Our Nation’s Chief Executives”

– Trump’s CPAC speech

– Tevi: “How Writers Make It Work Now”

—Matthew Hennessey’s Visible Hand

–America is Sick of Presidents