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On his second Remnant appearance, National Review’s Kevin Williamson travels down a series of tangent-friendly ...

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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 “a bunch of maniacs” compared to our continental comrades? And what is Kevin’s obsession with Switzerland all about, anyway?

Show Notes:

–Kevin’s upcoming book, Big White Ghetto

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    Ben Connelly

    The last four second made me laugh out loud. Was not expecting that. I wasn’t going to comment until I heard that since this episode is from so long ago.

    Always great to hear Kevin’s curmudgeonly and misanthropic take on American politics.

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  2. Dr. Joe

    I must confess that being an Armstrong and Getty on-air completist limits my ability to listen to every Remnant podcast (they're so long, and my commute is one-third shorter thanks to COVID-19), but I do manage to listen to every solo "Ruminant" (they are strangely comforting). Then I pick and choose the Remnants with the best guests, like KDW, Skarbek, Stirewalt and Ferguson. But I'm writing because I simply must know: where is the drum intro from??? Please enlighten us.

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    BrandonAlleman

    I think Jonah is off on a couple things on his NBA riff.
    First the idea that sports at a professional level are somehow isolated from politics now. The NFL has been presenting it's games as an act of patriotism and military support for going on 20 years. These are fine sentiments but have nothing to do with football and are especially political during divisive times like the Iraq war.

    Second the idea that leftist mobs are pushing the NBA jersey idea seems overly formulatic and just wrong. I think it is being driven more by the players themselves who are being asked to enter a quarantine league during civil unrest and uncertain times that many have strong feelings about. Player personality and opinion is already much more baked onto the NBA experience than other pro sports. The NBA been altering uniforms for profit and politics for years.
    Sometimes the status quo is political. The pandemic is now political. This is as much of a non story to me as a fan as the name change from owners to governors earlier this year that sent much conservative media aflutter.

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    Saied

    Make NYC a free city like Hong Kong 😁

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    3ld3r

    Kevin Williamson advocates for the NYCAZ! (New York City Autonomous Zone)

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    CynthiaW

    Shannon, the beautiful cat, and Jake, the cat who sleeps with me, were enthusiastic about Scout & Zoe's freeze-dried minnow snacks. It remains to be seen whether either of them will throw up.

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  7. ROBERT

    Thank god for The Atlantic!
    Without them I would of never heard of Kevin D Williamson. Now he's a must read /listen for me. His hiring and firing in the span of 45 minutes made me curious. Can a political writer actually be that horrible? Turns out the answer is a big fat NO! He's actually one of the most normal, reasonable and thought provoking writers out there!
    Great to have him back on the Remnant!

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    kate sprouls

    oh boy, jonah! talk about setting expectations way too high: how many guests are out there that ‘are even better’ than kevin williamson?!!

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      Pastorfbt

      Does this portend the return of Ben Sasse (R, Corn)? After all he survived the primary challenge, such as it was.

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    CynthiaW

    Fun conversation. I have to agree with Kevin Williamson that people in the United States are just goofballs.

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    Angie

    HAHA...love that bit at the end

    I was kinda excited about this podcast because I like Kevin...I read most of his pieces in NR, and while I don't often agree, I like the way he writes and his unique points of view, though sometimes he is a bit scary..lol...and I have never heard him speak...

    Switzerland does seem an odd place for you guys to like

    But, now I am all depressed because he hates OH ( where I live, I was born here, not like it was a choice, lol... it has its issues though there are good things too) and deeply despises liberals...lol..

    And then if I was not already embarrassed about the extreme sides of the left and their behaviors, they not only suck all the air out of most online stuff...they are now talked about even more by those on the right and the left and get all this press...sigh...and I have to keep insisting we are not all like that...sigh...I have no power that I can think of to do anything about them other than to keep saying I don't approve and why...

    But I feel like there are going to ruin everything for not only the center-left but the right as well....sigh

    B ut, I did like the general conversation...

    I am going to go get my blankie now...

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    1. ROBERT

      I understand your plight- and continue to remind everyone that there are a lot of normal Democrats and liberals out there. Unfortunately the extremists drive media ratings. So not talking about them is not realistic- if you want to stay in business. Americans love to watch train wrecks!

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      Kev_WDE

      I think he’s the most “literary” writer on the American Right.

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        Angie

        Yeah, I would agree

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