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The Remnant podcast features an interview with historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discussing his new book "The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East." Hosted by Jonah Goldberg, the episode covers a range of topics including Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the impact of colonialism on the region. Montefiore shares insights into contemporary issues like antisemitism and moral hysteria while also delving into historical context such as the 1979 revolution in Iran and the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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In an interview with The Dispatch's Jonah Goldberg, historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses a wide range of topics related to the Middle East. They cover Iran, Saudi Arabia, the 1979 revolution, the U.S. invasion of Iraq, antisemitism, and Western obsession with Jerusalem. Additionally, they delve into colonialism, nationalism, ethnicity, modernization, and Islam's role in shaping the region's history. The Dispatch highlights Montefiore’s expertise by bestowing on him a newly created honorary title for Middle Eastern history. The interview aims to provide historical context and insight into current geopolitical issues affecting the area.
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While The Remnant has played host to many remarkable historians over the years, few have taken us on a more incredible ride than Simon Sebag Montefiore.
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As such, we’re proud to bestow on Simon our newly formed, not-really-endowed chair of Middle Eastern history.
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Tune in to hear Simon and Jonah Goldberg rove across time and space, covering Iran, Saudi Arabia, the 1979 revolution, the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Israel, antisemitism, moral hysteria, Western obsession with Jerusalem, colonialism, nationalism, ethnicity, modernization, Islam, historical perspective, and, most importantly of all, the proper pronunciation of Turkey.
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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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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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I cannot tell you how excited I am about today's guest.
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Sadly, it's somewhat, you know, like, normally when I have historians on, I like to talk about how it has nothing to do with what's going on on the news.
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And so I'm, I'm thrilled to have one of the foremost living historians in the English language, Simon Sebag Montefiore.
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He's a historian who's written many books.
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The ones I know well are about Stalin and, and, and Eastern Europe, but he's written histories of Jerusalem, which this is sort of a companion to.
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He's written more books than most people have read, and he went to all those fancy schools where kids make fun of you in the cafeteria.
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He is here today to talk about his book and, and other things.
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So I'm gonna call you Simon, whether you like it or not.
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