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What’s Wrong with France? | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams

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Goldberg, J. (2026, October 28). What’s Wrong with France? | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/whats-wrong-with-france-interview-thomas-chatterton-williams/

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-10-28 · by Jonah Goldberg

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Jonah Goldberg interviews Thomas Chatterton Williams about various issues affecting France, including political discontent, economic policies under President Emmanuel Macron, and social unrest related to figures like Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The conversation covers topics such as capitalism, state spending, historical protests, and the influence of radical Islam, among others. The discussion aims to analyze these issues from a nonpartisan perspective through Goldberg's podcast series "The Remnant," produced by The Dispatch media company.
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📰 Interview With Thomas Chatterton Williams
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“The articles discuss similar topics related to France's social and economic issues but do not describe a single specific incident.”
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Jonah Goldberg
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Narrative

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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🔮 Jonah Goldberg convenes with Thomas Chatterton Williams to dissect and diagnose the problems plaguing America’s oldest ally, France.
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What’s Wrong with France? | Interview: Thomas Chatterton Williams · assertive framing

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Jonah Goldberg convenes with Thomas Chatterton Williams to dissect and diagnose the problems plaguing America’s oldest ally, France. asserted
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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. asserted
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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. asserted
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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. asserted
access → access → articles
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
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Ladies and gentlemen, uh, can I please have your attention? asserted
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Can you dig it? asserted
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This is Jonah Goldberg, host of The Remnant Podcast, brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted
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Uh, one of these days, we're gonna have to have... asserted
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We're gonna have to take the, asserted
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