Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bleary-eyed, scrambled, and in need of a second overpriced venti black coffee, Jonah Goldberg speaks with Brendan Simms, a Cambridge Don-guy who wears fancy belts, about his new book, Return of the Great Powers, which discusses how the Russia-Ukraine war prompted the West to act, China’s potential defeat if Russia loses, Trump as a mob boss, and technology as a driver of cultural change.

Show Notes:
thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/usa-usa-interview-brendan-simms