Podcasts

Frazzled and under-caffeinated, Jonah jogs through some sundry punditry, from the state of The Federalist Society to beltway media’s bipartisan fixation with pounces.

Show Notes:
—This week’s Dispatch Podcast roundtable discussion
—Advisory Opinions episode on the Federalist Society
—Advisory Opinions episode on federal judges visiting Israel
—Gregg T. Nunziata’s piece for The Dispatch
—Nigel Tufnel via The Simpson‘s fan Wiki
—Michael Weiss on Dispatch Live
—J. D. Vance’s tweet on Havana Syndrome report
—Jonah’s G-File on blowhards
—Chef José Andrés reaction to World Central Kitchen deaths. —No Labels reporting from The Dispatch

On today’s episode of The Remnant, Jonah attempts to live out his closeted dream of becoming an American spy by diving into a report titled “The Kremlin’s Occupation Playbook: Coerced Russification and Ethnic Cleansing in Occupied Ukraine.” He is joined by Karolina Hird, author of the report, to discuss the Kremlin’s heartbreaking tactic of deporting and forcibly adopting Ukrainian children, a ploy designed to alter the demographic fabric of the occupied territories. Hear about the critical issue of delayed aid to Ukraine, Russia’s strategic use of timing on the battlefield, and the strictly censored Russian media landscape that stifles authentic discourse on the conflict.

Show Notes:
—Karolina Hird’s profile at the Institute for the Study of War
—Interactive Map: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
—ISW’s Ukraine Conflict Updates page

In a refreshing break from rank punditry, Jonah is joined by Sadanand Dhume—a Wall Street Journal columnist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who specializes in South Asian political economy—to answer the question: How is India doing? Dhume also gives a lesson on the religious demographics in India and how the caste system actually works.

Show Notes:
—Dhume at the Wall Street Journal
—Dhume’s book, My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist
—Dhume: Indian Muslims Flunk the Israel Test

Jonah ruminates on the UN Special Rapporteur’s report alleging genocide in Gaza and the minimization of sexual violence on October 7. And if you weren’t day-drinking yet, he then kvetches about lousy concepts of social justice, the Ronna McDaniel-NBC News controversy, and the growing urge to oversimplify complex topics with monocausal explanations.

Show Notes:
—UN Special Rapporteur’s report
—ABC News report on random punching incident
—Protests at Vanderbilt
—Jonah’s LA Times article on October 9
—John Spencer
—The Remnant with Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt makes his long-heralded return to The Remnant to discuss his new book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. He and Jonah discuss the unique issues facing Gen Z and the mental health crisis brought on by the proliferation of smartphones and social media. And unlike many other public intellectuals, Haidt has solutions. In regular Remnant fashion, Jonah also steers the conversation into the differences between the French and English Enlightenment, and how understandings of human nature can affect how we parent.

Show Notes:
—The Coddling of the American Mind
—The Remnant with Rob Henderson
—The Remnant with Tim Carney
—What the Web Needs: More Gated Communities
—New York Magazine on the freedom of sex
—Hayek’s Nobel speech
—Heterodox Academy website
—Let Grow website
—The Anxious Generation website

Rob Henderson, a psychologist and author, makes his Remnant debut to discuss his new book Troubled: A Memoir of Family, Foster Care, and Social Class. Growing up in poverty and moving through multiple foster homes in California, Henderson noticed a disparity between elite beliefs and the actual tools he used to climb the social ladder. The two explore this concept of “luxury beliefs,” our screwed up foster care system, the arguments for mandatory public service, and more.

Show Notes:
—Rob’s newsletter
—Rasmussen report on Affirmative Action
—The Remnant with Brad Wilcox
—The Remnant with Tim Carney
—Atomic Habits
—Charles Murray’s review of Rob’s book

Jonah reaches new heights of self-indulgence on today’s Ruminant, explaining why he’s a soft Whig and why Romanticism is making everything worse. Devoted listeners will be quick to catch a whiff of Suicide of the West as Jonah veers to discuss the origin of identity politics and the structural resilience of liberal democracies. Have your bingo cards and German dictionaries at the ready.

Show Notes:
—The Remnant with Allen Guelzo
—Jonah: Days of Future Past
—Suicide of the West
—Orwell’s Notes on Nationalism
—Wednesday’s G-File
—The Remnant with Tim Carney