The Dispatch


The Dispatch is a subscription-based and advertisement-free online U.S. conservative political magazine published by its founder, Stephen F. Hayes. At launch in October 2019, The Dispatch had pooled $6 million in investment capital and had in its employ a full-time staff of eight individuals, including founding editor-in-chief Jonah Goldberg, managing editor Rachael Larimore, and senior editor David A. French. Several of The Dispatch's staff, Hayes, Andrew Egger, and Larimore, are alumni of the defunct The Weekly Standard.

Content

The Dispatch offers a slate of free web content, podcasts, and a mix of paid and free newsletters. The Dispatch also provides free fact checks on their website.
Newsletters include:
  • The Morning Dispatch - A morning deep dive into the big political, and cultural stories of the day. Written by Declan Garvey, Andrew Egger, Sarah Isgur, Charlotte Lawson, Audrey Fahlberg, Nate Hochman, and Steve Hayes.
  • The G-File - Jonah Goldberg's weekly Friday "news"letter. There is also a paid Wednesday newsletter, nicknamed the "Hump Day Epistle."
  • French Press - David French's newsletter "about law, politics, faith, culture, and the superiority of DC over Marvel." It is published 4 times a week with a free edition on Sunday.
  • Vital Interests - A weekly newsletter focusing on threats to America’s national security and interests around the globe. It's written by Thomas Joscelyn of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
  • The Dispatch Fact Check - A newsletter seeking to "identify and correct errors of fact, misstatements, misinformation and outright disinformation that make their way into the news stories and social media feeds every day." The Dispatch is one of Facebook's 10 third-party fact-checking partners in the United States. Written by Alec Dent and edited by Rachael Larimore and Steve Hayes.
Podcasts include:
  • The Dispatch Podcast - The flagship podcast hosted by Sarah Isgur, and co-starring David French, Jonah Goldberg, and Steven Hayes. Isgur and Hayes also host special editions interviewing people.
  • The Remnant - A podcast featuring conversations between Jonah Goldberg, and a weekly guest that mixes "history, pop culture, rank-punditry, political philosophy, and, at times, shameless book-plugging". There is also a weekly solo podcast where Jonah discusses his thoughts on the news of the week, along with explaining his weekly G-file, nicknamed the "Ruminant".
  • Advisory Opinions - A weekly podcast on law, and culture with Sarah Isgur and David French.