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Goldberg, J. (2026, September 19). Let’s Talk About Sydney Sweeney | Ruminant. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/lets-talk-about-sydney-sweeney-ruminant/

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-09-19 · by Jonah Goldberg

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Jonah Goldberg hosts an episode of The Remnant Podcast discussing a variety of topics including cult stories, nudity, sports gambling, and AI risks. He reflects on the anniversary of 9/11 and expresses that while the event marked a significant personal milestone, he believes many overstate its broader impact on society. The podcast aims to provide diverse content from a nonpartisan perspective through Dispatch Media.
Written by AI on 2026-09-19, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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The Dispatch's podcast "Saturday Ruminant" with Jonah Goldberg covers a wide range of topics including cults, nudity, sports gambling, criticisms of racists and bigots, discussions about Texans' fanaticism, AI-related issues, the history of progressivism, and debates on left-right political spectrums. The episode aims to engage listeners by addressing various contemporary and historical themes from a nonpartisan perspective. It includes commentary on Indian Americans, racism, and the AP stylebook among other subjects. Listeners can access additional content through membership options offered by The Dispatch.

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🔮 Ladies and gentlemen, could I please have your attention?
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Today’s episode has a little something for everyone: a riveting cult story, nudity, sports gambling, racist-bigot bashing, fanatic Texans, AI-pocalypse, an epic history of progressivism, and, most tantalizing of all, a detailed discussion of the myth of left and right.
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🔮 Ladies and gentlemen, uh, could I please have your attention?
2026-09-19 · The Dispatch
Let’s Talk About Sydney Sweeney | Ruminant · assertive framing

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Gentle listeners, we know you’ve had a hard week, and we want to bring you a pick-me-up. asserted
we → know → me
Today’s episode has a little something for everyone: a riveting cult story, nudity, sports gambling, racist-bigot bashing, fanatic Texans, AI-pocalypse, an epic history of progressivism, and, most tantalizing of all, a detailed discussion of the myth of left and right. asserted
episode → have → left
Tune in to hear Jonah Goldberg ruminate about being a grown-up, the long-forgotten BDX Cult, originalism, AI torts and liability, the social question, Bo French, bourgeois morals, Indian Americans, racism, the AP stylebook, and the left-right spectrum. asserted
Goldberg → tune → Cult
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
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 → File
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
Ladies and gentlemen, uh, could I please have your attention? uncertain
I → have → attention
Can you dig it? asserted
you → dig → it
This is Jonah Goldberg, host of The Remnant Podcast, brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted
This → bring → Dispatch
I wrote a G file that kind of struck a chord with a bunch of people, and I've been hearing from people ever since about it, and so it's still, still sort of in my head. asserted
it → write → head
Basically, I, I didn't wanna write one of those "everything changed after 9/11" pieces. asserted
everything → write → pieces
First of all, those pieces have been written a lot over the last 25 years. asserted
pieces → write → years
I've written a bunch of that stuff, and sometimes I think things didn't change as much as we thought they did, or at least not because of 9/11. asserted
they → write → 9/11
I think my story f- r- you know, my where were you on 9/11 story is, is more interesting than the median, but it's certainly not in the top 1%, you know, for people. asserted
you → think → people
And I've told it a zillion times. asserted
I → tell → ?
So instead, what, what I kind of wanted to do, like, one of the things, and again, it's not unique to me, but just of my age and where I was in my life, 9/11 was asserted
9/11 → want → life
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