Jocular Jim, Jovial Jonah

On the new Remnant, Jonah talks with James Pethokoukis, a fellow at AEI, about how ...

Published April 14, 2020

On the new Remnant, Jonah talks with James Pethokoukis, a fellow at AEI, about how markets are reacting to coronavirus and what the recovery might look like. (V-shaped? U-shaped? Nike swoosh-shaped?) As a result of their isolation-based hallucinations, they also get particularly animated in the rank punditry and pop culture portions – so don’t miss out on their hottest Star Trek takes, or Jim’s shocking defense of the finales of Lost and Battlestar Galactica.

Show Notes:

–Jim’s podcast, Political Economy

–Suicide of the West (now out in paperback!)

–AOC’s late-stage capitalism tweet

–Trump’s “Opening Our Country Council”

–“Assume a can opener”

–Bill Bennett saying that coronavirus isn’t a pandemic

–Some craziness from Claremont

–James’ column: is this really a black swan?

–Pale Rider, about the 1918 flu

–Star Trek’s transporter is a copy-kill-paste machine

–DonorsTrust.org/dingo

–Bound by Oath, a podcast by the Institute for Justice

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