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Despots and Boomsticks

Despots and Boomsticks

FromThe Remnant with Jonah Goldberg


Despots and Boomsticks

FromThe Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

ratings:
Length:
83 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Charles C.W. Cooke, senior writer at National Review and Anglo-Floridian golf cart enthusiast, returns to The Remnant for another round of exceptionally rank punditry on Joe Biden’s dismal first year in office. Before assuming the presidency, Biden made some big promises that he hasn’t been able to keep. But is his problem that he refuses to adjust to political circumstances, or that he’s simply a hack who was never qualified for the job in the first place? Mixing hearty debate with vigorous agreement, Jonah and Charlie discuss this question at length, while also touching on mandatory voting, the perils of public opinion, and how thrilled we should be to live in a moment where journalists and politicians can regularly insult each other. Oh, and Charlie also can’t resist rambling about firearms.Show Notes:- Charlie’s page at National Review- Charlie on Biden’s year of failure- Jonah’s uncontroversial third-party proposal- Jonah’s words with friends- Biden’s first-year report card in Politico- “You guys were almost separated at birth”- Michael Tomasky’s attempted mic drop- The Remnant with Josh Kraushaar- Jonah contemplates mandatory voting- Mad Dogs and Englishmen on the bumbling Mr. Biden- #DontBrowbeatMyPete- Big time!- Charlie’s upcoming course on the history of the Second Amendment
Released:
Jan 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

In “The Remnant," Jonah Goldberg, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, syndicated columnist, best-selling author, and AEI/NRI Fellow enlists a “Cannonball Run”-style cast of stars, has-beens, and never-weres to address the most pressing issues of the day and of all-time. Is Western Civilization doomed? Is nationalism the wave of the future? Is the Pope Catholic? Will they ever find a new place to put cheese on a pizza? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Who is hotter: Ginger or Mary-Ann? Was Plato really endorsing the Republic as the ideal state? Mixing history, pop culture, rank-punditry, political philosophy, and, at times, shameless book-plugging, Goldberg and guests will have the kinds of conversations we wish they had on cable-TV shout shows. And the nudity will (almost) always be tasteful.