A Modest Defense of Lulu Lenin | Interview: Tyler Austin Harper

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Goldberg, J. (2026, October 19). A Modest Defense of Lulu Lenin | Interview: Tyler Austin Harper. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/a-modest-defense-of-lulu-lenin-interview-tyler-austin-harper/

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Jonah Goldberg prepares for an interview with Tyler Austin Harper on The Remnant podcast by consuming Fireball shots and Alka-Seltzer tablets despite being sleep-deprived. They discuss various topics including unfettered capitalism, socialism, and administrative bloat. The Dispatch Podcast also announces a live stream event on October 19th to cover election-related questions with experts Steven Richer and Mark Sawyer, followed by a discussion on midterm elections with Goldberg and other panelists.
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Jonah Goldberg prepared for an interview with Tyler Austin Harper by consuming Fireball shots and taking Alka-Seltzer tablets despite the conventional wisdom that one should be well-rested and sober before such engagements. The October 19, 2026 episode of The Remnant, a podcast produced by The Dispatch, featured Goldberg and Harper discussing topics like unfettered capitalism, socialism, and Democratic Party capture. The podcast aims to cover politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective, with this particular episode touching on various socio-political themes such as New Deal liberalism and administrative bloat.

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Jonah Goldberg
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🔮 Conventional wisdom will tell you to be well rested and sober before an interview to ensure peak performance.
🔮 On today's roundtable, we'll discuss a large number of Americans who say they want substantial change or complete and total upheaval in these midterm elections, and whether the prevailing anti-incumbent and anti-Trump sentiment will lead to a blue wave, a rogue wave, or something else entirely.
2026-10-16 · assertive framing · A Blue Wave or an Anti-Incumbent Wave?
🔮 Ladies and gentlemen, could I please have your attention?
🔮 For reasons that will baffle my many detractors, I am often asked for advice about being an opinion journalist.
2026-10-14 · assertive framing · When Politicians Are Entirely Too Online
🔮 And I figure if it's really important, Steve or Declan or somebody will send it to me, or I'll hear about it or whatever.
2026-10-10 · assertive framing · Modernity’s Big Bang | Ruminant
🔮 Dear Reader (even you Cornhuskers willing to shuck out three grand for one of them used urinal troughs), In 2023 there was that whole thing about how all men—or a lot of men—spend a shocking amount of time thinking about ancient Rome.
2026-10-09 · assertive framing · High-Minded Words for a Low Form of Politics
🔮 Will the redistricting efforts save some Republican seats, or will that backfire?
2026-10-09 · assertive framing · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting Wrong
🔮 Ladies and gentlemen. Could I please have your attention?
🔮 Got to the office extra early this morning so I could get this done and get to work on the G file and get back on the book and do all sorts of other things and make... get home to make the meatballs and do the sauce and pick up the guns from Robert De Niro, but the helicopter keeps following me.
2026-10-03 · assertive framing · Nixon Was Wrong | Ruminant
🔮 Mike Warren is joined by Jonah Goldberg and Kevin Williamson to discuss Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s failed attempt at setting a perjury trap and the Trump administration’s AI luncheon.
2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Sen. Schmitt’s Failed Attack on Jack Smith
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Alka-Seltzer Democratic Party Dispatch Fireball The Dispatch Podcast

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Jonah PERSON · 3× Dispatch ORG · 2× Jonah Goldberg PERSON · 2× The Dispatch Podcast ORG · 2× Democratic Party ORG · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Remnant ORG · 1× The Dispatch ORG · 1× Tyler PERSON · 1× Tyler Austin Harper PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Join Jonah and Tyler as they dive deep into unfettered capitalism, underwater basket weaving, spoiled DSA kids, socialism, New Deal liberalism, the working class, Democratic Party capture, new ideas, civil society, hobby inflation, administrative bloat, and the technocratization of the humanities.
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🔮 Conventional wisdom will tell you to be well rested and sober before an interview to ensure peak performance.
2026-10-19 · The Dispatch
A Modest Defense of Lulu Lenin | Interview: Tyler Austin Harper · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

Conventional wisdom will tell you to be well rested and sober before an interview to ensure peak performance. asserted
wisdom → tell → performance
Jonah Goldberg, however, discovered long ago that he’s at his best on three minutes of sleep, a couple shots of Fireball, and a fistful of Alka-Seltzer tablets. asserted
he → discover → tablets
Today, Jonah has prepared himself accordingly because he wants to be in shipshape for The Remnant’s favorite soft Marxist, Tyler Austin Harper. asserted
he → prepare → Marxist
Join Jonah and Tyler as they dive deep into unfettered capitalism, underwater basket weaving, spoiled DSA kids, socialism, New Deal liberalism, the working class, Democratic Party capture, new ideas, civil society, hobby inflation, administrative bloat, and the technocratization of the humanities. asserted
they → join → humanities
The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. asserted
Remnant → cover → perspective
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. asserted
you → set → experience
This is gonna be kinda cool. asserted
This → go → ?
Uh, The Dispatch Podcast is gonna do a bunch of pre-election live streams. asserted
Podcast → go → streams
We'll try to cover a whole bunch of different stuff. asserted
We → try → stuff
How confident can we be that the 2026 midterms run smoothly? asserted
midterms → run → ?
Will Donald Trump seek to meddle in the election process and vote counting? asserted
Trump → seek → process
When will we know who won majorities in the House and Senate, and what might keep us from understanding who won? uncertain
who → know → us
Steve Hayes will be joined by election experts Steven Richer and Mark Sawyer for answers to those questions and many others. asserted
Hayes → join → questions
Then I, Jonah Goldberg, I will join along with our panel, Mike Warren and Chuck Todd. asserted
I → join → panel
It's gonna be so much Midwestern Packers nonsense. asserted
It → go → ?
We'll look at the races likely to shape the majorities and how candidates in competitive races will make their closing arguments. asserted
candidates → look → arguments
Join The Dispatch Podcast for what will be an informative and lively conversation about these very important midterm elections. asserted
what → join → elections
[upbeat music] Ladies and gentlemen, uh, can I please have your attention? asserted
I → have → attention
Can you dig it asserted
you → dig → it
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