About this episode

Jonah Goldberg interviews Aaron MacLean about isolationism, recent events in Iran, and various cultural and political topics.

Here at The Remnant, we strive to cover pressing issues that matter. Not content with copying and pasting other folk’s reporting, we go straight to the sources ourselves to bring their words to your ears. Today, we’re taking a deep dive into one of the topics that matters most to our nation, and to the world: the Annapolis Cup Croquet Match. You think we’re kidding, but we’re not.  But don’t worry—if bombs, bullets, and dead ayatollahs are more your thing, we’ve got you covered too. School of War podcast host Aaron MacLean joins Jonah Goldberg to discuss, in addition to croquet, what happened in Iran, isolationism, sovereigntism, Machiavelli, Chris Donahue, Palantir, Pentagon purges, failures in the Middle East, warrior culture, careerism, and the lessons our adversaries are taking away from Iran.  Show Notes: —School of War Podcast —Aaron’s last Remnant appearance  —School of War episode on chimps 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…

People in this episode

Host: Jonah Goldberg

Guest: Aaron MacLean

Topics covered

• isolationism
• sovereigntism
• Machiavelli
• Middle East
• warrior culture
• careerism

Keywords

• isolationism
• Iran
• Annapolis Cup Croquet Match
• Machiavelli
• warrior culture
• Middle East
• School of War

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Dispatch, School of War, Palantir

Books & works: School of War podcast

Places: Iran

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