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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2022 · 1H 22M

A Fistful of Dust

from The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg · host The Dispatch

Kevin Williamson, the Remnant’s cheeriest regular, is back for another voyage through the strange realm of contemporary America. A free society is messy, and life is all about contradictions, inconsistencies, and trade-offs. But this can be an uncomfortable truth for many to face. In a conversation that will send you scrambling for your bingo cards, Kevin and Jonah explore the problem with social homogeneity. They also touch on the weaknesses of autocratic regimes, realistic climate change solutions, and Kevin’s hatred of Ohio. Plus, tune in to hear Kevin give a rousing reading of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”  Show Notes: - Kevin’s page at National Review - Kevin: “Autocracy’s Fatal Flaws” - Kevin: “Make Putin Pay” - Hayek: “Why the Worst Get on Top” - Christopher Caldwell’s The Age of Entitlement - Yuval Levin’s The Great Debate - Kevin’s The Smallest Minority - The Remnant with Brian Rield - Jonah and Deirdre McCloskey at the Cato Institute - The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk - The Remnant with Shadi Hamid - Jonah: “Rise of the Underminers” - Unintentional confession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Williamson, the Remnant’s cheeriest regular, is back for another voyage through the strange realm of contemporary America. A free society is messy, and life is all about contradictions, inconsistencies, and trade-offs. But this can be an uncomfortable truth for many to face. In a conversation that will send you scrambling for your bingo cards, Kevin and Jonah explore the problem with social homogeneity. They also touch on the weaknesses of autocratic regimes, realistic climate change solutions, and Kevin’s hatred of Ohio. Plus, tune in to hear Kevin give a rousing reading of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”  Show Notes: - Kevin’s page at National Review - Kevin: “Autocracy’s Fatal Flaws” - Kevin: “Make Putin Pay” - Hayek: “Why the Worst Get on Top” - Christopher Caldwell’s The Age of Entitlement - Yuval Levin’s The Great Debate - Kevin’s The Smallest Minority - The Remnant with Brian Rield - Jonah and Deirdre McCloskey at the Cato Institute - The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk - The Remnant with Shadi Hamid - Jonah: “Rise of the Underminers” - Unintentional confession Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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