About this episode

Jonah Goldberg and Victoria Holmes answer a variety of listener questions during a summer episode.

It’s summer, and in honor of the backyard cookouts and pool parties that make our country great, Jonah Goldberg and Dispatch multimedia producer Victoria Holmes have served up a smorgasbord of listener questions to help people get through the heat (and smog … thanks, Canada). Listen in to hear about how Jonah changed his mind about writing another book, the life of a pundit, reading habits, camper vans, jobs Jonah could’ve had, public speaking, Ares vs. Mars, what voting says about you, annexing Canada, Israel’s nukes, despair as a sin, writer’s block, and much, much more.  Show Notes: —Proud to Be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation —What is Conservatism?: A New Edition of the Classic by 12 Leading Conservatives —George Nash: The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 —Jonah’s book: Suicide of the West —The Monthly Mailbag with Jonah Goldberg 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…

People in this episode

Host: Jonah Goldberg

Guest: Victoria Holmes

Topics covered

• listener questions
• politics
• punditry
• writing
• public speaking
• voting
• Canada

Keywords

• listener questions
• politics
• writing
• public speaking
• voting
• Canada
• punditry
• Ares vs. Mars

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Dispatch

Books & works: Suicide of the West, Proud to Be Right: Voices of the Next Conservative Generation, What is Conservatism?: A New Edition of the Classic by 12 Leading Conservatives, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945

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