Jay Nordlinger returns to discuss whether conservatism remains valid in the MAGA era.

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Against All Hope – Armando Valladares

Memoir of a Cuban dissident imprisoned for his anti-Castro beliefs.

Children of Monsters – Jay Nordlinger

Referenced indirectly by Mona as part of Jay’s dissident coverage; a book profiling the children of dictators.

Peace, They Say – Jay Nordlinger

JayNordlinger.com, Jay’s new Substack.

Economist Noah Smith delves into the myth of the "hollowed out" middle class, the folly of protectionism, and more. He and Mona differ on Trump's handling of Covid and . . . American chocolate.

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Columnist and music critic Jay Nordlinger joins Mona for an excursion into classical music. No coat or tie required.

Here’s a list of every musical piece played in the episode.

The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins Mona to discuss Trump's big beautiful deals, the cowardice of the press, and more.

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The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Susan Glasser and Peter Baker

"Letter from Trump’s Washington" (Glasser's New Yorker column)

Opinion by Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson on Abrego Garcia (Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)

AP’s lawsuit regarding press access and the Gulf of Mexico naming controversy

Mona talks with Richard Kahlenberg about a proposal to make college admissions more fair in a post race preferences world.

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📚 References 

Affirmative Action for the Rich: Legacy Preferences in College Admissions, edited by Richard Kahlenberg (2010)

The Atlantic's Peter Wehner offers insights into the transformation of the GOP from the party that passed PEPFAR to the MAGA warriors of today.

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Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

The Closing of the American Mindby Allan Bloom

The Power of the Powerless and Summer Meditations by Václav Havel

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

1984 by George Orwell

Greg Lukianoff of FIRE joins Mona to discuss why free speech matters (hint, it's not for the powerful) and how left and right are attempting to destroy it.

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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All―But There Is a Solution by Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott.

The Atlantic's Helen Lewis joins Mona to talk about Andrew Tate, backlash to MAGA in Europe, and how polarization suppresses reasonable doubts about treatment of trans kids.

 

When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It... Why Trumpworld is just fine with Andrew Tate’s violent misogyny, by Helen Lewis

The Global Populist Right Has a MAGA Problem... In Europe, Trump looks too extreme even for many right-wing insurgents, by Helen Lewis

What the Left Refused to Understand About Women’s Sports... Female athletes said competing against trans women was an injustice, by Helen Lewis.

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In this show before a live audience, Mona talks with Stephen Richer about standing up for reality, tangling with Kari Lake, and his political future.

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David Frum joins Mona to discuss Trump's Canada gripes, how tariffs will/are sabotaging America, NATO, defying court orders, and how best to counter all of it.

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Why Cede the Flag to Trump? by David Frum in The Atlantic (2017)