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July’s drive-time Remnant extravaganza is here, and it’s as deprived of substance as you’d expect. ...

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July’s drive-time Remnant extravaganza is here, and it’s as deprived of substance as you’d expect. Wedding proposals, cruises, road trips, and other offbeat subjects are all discussed at unnecessary length, but a modicum of serious punditry is also mixed in on the upcoming midterms and the potential for a Trump re-election campaign announcement. Plus, tune in to hear Jonah detail his bygone days as an opera supernumerary and the rebranding of Bloggingheads.tv.

Show Notes:

– What’s Next Summit Tickets

– Last month’s drive-time

– Guy’s Kiss trip

– Breezewood, PA

– The Daily on the James Webb Space Telescope

– Bad strategy

– Nonzero, formerly Bloggingheads.tv

– The SmartLess podcast

– The Dispatch Podcast on the James Webb Space Telescope

– Ruy Teixeira joins AEI

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    Ben Connelly

    You guys joke about people fast-forwarding through these or not making it to the end. You should know that there are people who hit the rewind button to make sure they didn’t miss anything!

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  2. Ben Bobbitt

    I liked it. Once it a while it's ok to just have random conversations. They don't all have to be about 'important stuff.' Congrats Ryan on the pending nuptials! Hope they give you the day off.

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  3. Daniel Poeana

    Hi Jonah and team,

    So I'm both entertained and disappointed with the episode. The intro hyped up the weirdness and wonkery of the episode. When it ended, I was like "when did this conversation get weird?". Obviously, I was entertained. It was like hanging out with a group of friends and enjoying each other's company.

    After listening to your podcast for the past year, I only have one recommendation: stop apologizing for your wonkery. OWN IT!

    Keep up the great work! It's challenging, informative, and a joy.

    Best,
    Daniel

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  4. Dylan Paul

    The young ones need to give Jonah a break - he has to carry the entire conversation on his back! I'm sure he's not the only one with opinions on things.

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    Rob W

    Congratulations Ryan! No better place than Up North to pop the question.

    I finally got to listen and loved it, as I always do the drive-time. It seems that Jonah is unaware that Anthony Starr, the guy who plays Homelander, is also the guy who starred in Banshee, which I agree is a show that all teenage boys, whatever their age, would love.

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  6. James Wynn

    Given Jonah's love of Origin Stories he might enjoy the "The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs"
    https://open.spotify.com/show/7KGhTDsEpOgBAT24WfpTkk?si=bb1887d3602e405a

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    CynthiaW

    That was very amusing, in a way. My favorite part was Jonah's opera experience.

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    Ryan Brown vertical-nib Author

    Thank you all for the well wishes for me and my fiance! Much like The Fair Jessica she does not listen to the podcast, but I have showed her these comments. They mean a lot to both of us. The Dispatch Community is the best!

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  9. Glen

    I can find no other way to communicate with The Dispatch staff except through the comment section. I am a paying subscriber, but I will renew my subscription only if I can get the podcasts free of advertising. If I pay, then no ads.

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    Mkapnick

    This was truly horrible....in a sort of perversely pleasing way....I mean it was bad but yet somehow I made it through the entire episode and even sort of enjoyed it...sort of...

    I have to admit, I am sort of curious about Jonah’s lack of interest in music. In the Jay Nordlinger episode, we learned Jonah liked The Kinks, The Who….and…Blondie….no other band was mentioned other than he did not like the Rolling Stones as much as he thought he should have (psst..Jonah…you are correct on The Stones…shhh)…

    I will take for granted The Grateful Dead was not his jam (sorry for the pun) and probably not Bob Dylan or The Doors…..how about Led Zeppelin? Eagles? Tom Petty? The Cars? Abba? 😊

    I get Jonah does not like the human folk….but he hates their music too? …and yet he likes the comic books of this species that inhabits the Earth….

    More than ever, I am convinced that one Jonah Goldberg is a space alien sent here to study the humans….

    anyone else?

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