Serious Thrills

Determined to reclaim his Remnant throne from Chris Stirewalt, Jim Geraghty returns to the program ...

Published September 14, 2022

Determined to reclaim his Remnant throne from Chris Stirewalt, Jim Geraghty returns to the program to discuss his new thriller, Gathering Five Storms. The novel also provides a launch pad for some exceedingly rank punditry on Russia, the midterms, and the state of the Republican Party. Earlier in the year, it seemed certain that the GOP would make significant gains in November, but is that still the case? For that matter, why does the foreign policy establishment seem to get so many things wrong? How does writing fiction compare to writing about politics? And can any pundit match Jim’s Trump impression?

Show Notes:

– Jim’s page at National Review

– Jim’s new novel, Gathering Five Storms

– Jonah and Yuval Levin’s first Remnant encounter

– Jim: “Control of the Senate Is Still a Jump Ball”

– Jim: “Does AOC Want to Be Anything More Than a Celebrity?”

– Jonah: “Principles vs. Partisanship”

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Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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