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Mr. Popularity
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Length:
65 minutes
Released:
Apr 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
After providing an update on his absence this week, Jonah begins today’s Ruminant on a note of uncertainty: He hasn’t decided whether an Elon Musk Twitter takeover is something we should welcome or fear. His mind is also occupied by the idea raised by Megan McArdle that Americans are increasingly “sidestepping institutions” in their daily lives, as well as Matt Continetti’s perspective on the term “right-winger.” Plus, tune in for a predictably nerdy disquisition on populism and why an old-fashioned liberal ethos is what separates conservatism from statism. Show Notes:- The Remnant with Megan McCardle- Martin Kramer’s The War on Error- The Remnant with Michael Brendan Dougherty- Part 1 of the Remnant’s Matt Continetti nerdapalooza- Father Coughlin: Man of the left- Louis Hartz’s The Liberal Tradition in America- Seymour Martin Lipsett’s American Exceptionalism
Released:
Apr 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 8: Predators, Real And Imagined: Breaking away from the shackles of the guest-interview format, our host discourses on the sexual misconduct wave moving through Washington, and explains how it’s all Bill Clinton’s fault. If that doesn’t hook you, then stick around for the Bigfoot erotica at the end. Show Notes: Obama’s shellacking. Trump’s schlong moment. The Seinfeld episode where Jerry tried to return … Continue reading Episode 8: Predators, Real And Imagined→ by The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg