Of Friends and Enemies | Ruminant

Just days away from election week (or, as Jonah Goldberg likes to call it, “Hell”), we at The Remnant thought it wise to explore some more eggheady topics. Tune in to hear Jonah ruminate on the Israeli elections, Carl Schmitt, friendship in politics, good and bad metaphors, comedy, Rationalia, charisma, J.D. Vance, and what Republicans have coming. Show Notes: The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—⁠click here⁠. Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Want to see more of The Dispatch in Google search? Add Us as a Preferred Source 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. The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. Music 0:00 [drumming music] Oh. [drumming music] Ladies and gentlemen, uh, Music 0:16 can I please have your attention? Can you dig it? Jonah Goldberg 0:20 [crowd cheering] Greetings, dear listeners. This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the "Remnant Podcast," brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media. Well, um, this is the last Friday before election day, which of course is not actually election day anymore. Election day used to be basically the first day of voting and the only day of voting, you know, with some special exceptions for troops serving overseas and people who had physical needs that made it possible for them to vote early. But for the most part, election day was election day. I just think having basically election season is a bad idea. But we'll have plenty of time to talk about that more. Next week is gonna be fairly nightmarish. Um, I'm going to Jonah Goldberg 1:15 New York on Monday, gonna meet with my editor at the publisher and talk to him about whether all this stuff is salvageable. [chuckles] Um, I've written Jonah Goldberg 1:29 a lot of words in the last, uh, four months. I think some of the ideas I have for the book are very... I'll just say they're very good. I think they're very good. I wouldn't put them in the book if I didn't think they were at least good. But I've been struggling to figure out, like, who exactly is the audience? What is the question I'm trying to settle? Anyway, we'll see. In fact, I'm going to New York for CNN. I'll be on... I think I'm just on, like, in the 7:00 hour, hour for the Erin Burnett show on, at 7:00 PM Eastern. Interactive transcripts are available to Premium members. Join to follow along with the audio. Join Now More We Think You’d Like