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Jonah Goldberg interviews Tony Mills on The Remnant podcast about science funding, AI, and various scientific topics including historical reactions to pandemics and current issues like COVID-19. They discuss concerns over politicization of research, gatekeeping in the scientific community, and the impact of algorithms. This is described as Mills's third appearance on the show, reflecting his recurring role as a guest speaker.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-30,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The Scientific Republic published an interview with Tony Mills for The Remnant Podcast hosted by Jonah Goldberg. Despite fans requesting Bill Nye the Science Guy, they ended up interviewing Mills instead. During the podcast, Mills discussed topics such as science funding, politicization of research, and concerns about AI and humanity's future, but refused to perform a stunt involving Mentos and soda. The interview also covered historical pandemic reactions, germ theory, gatekeeping issues, algorithms, romanticism, and what they term "(P)doom." This podcast is part of The Dispatch, which aims for nonpartisan coverage of politics, policy, and culture.
Written for “Scientific Republic Interview” on 2026-10-04,
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For years, you’ve been asking us to get Bill Nye the Science Guy on The Remnant, and we have heard you.
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Today, we are pleased to present …
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Oh, I see.
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Apologies, listeners, but we appear to have had a bit of a mix-up.
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I’m sorry to say that Bill Nye wasn’t available, and instead the booking agency has sent *checks notes* Tony Mills!
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While Tony is sadly unwilling to drop Mentos into a 2-liter bottle of soda and stand over it with his mouth open (yes, we did ask), he is absolutely willing to bring the heat on science, AI, and the doom of humanity.
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Listen in to hear Tony and Jonah Goldberg discuss science funding, the politicization of research, COVID-19, historical reactions to pandemics, germ theory, gatekeeping, algorithms, romanticism, and (P)doom.
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The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective.
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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 G-File—click here.
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Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here.
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[instrumental music plays] Ladies and gentlemen.
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Can you dig it?
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This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media.
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Today's guest, I think it's his second time here, but-
Third, I think, actually.
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We've been trying to get him back on here for a while, and the only problem, as we were just discussing before we started recording,
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