Jonah Goldberg convenes with Thomas Chatterton Williams to dissect and diagnose the problems plaguing America’s oldest ally, France. Tune in as Thomas and Jonah discuss French discontent, Emmanuel Macron, capitalism, state spending, Palestine, rioting, the protests of ‘68, organized envy, Marine Le Pen, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, mass deportation, radical Islam, the Red-Green alliance, and the end of the Fifth Republic.
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Add Us as a Preferred SourceJonah 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.
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[upbeat music] Oh.
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Ladies and gentlemen, uh,
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can I please have your attention? Can you dig it?
Thomas Chatterton Williams
[cheering]
Jonah Goldberg
Greetings, dear listeners. This is Jonah Goldberg, host of The Remnant Podcast, brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media. Uh, one of these days, we're gonna have to have... We're gonna have to take the,
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