The Mona Charen Show

By The Bulwark

After a great five year run on Beg to Differ, Mona Charen brings you a new show dedicated to deepening your understanding of complex issues and trends facing society. Each week she'll engage an expert... more

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June 17, 2022Republicans are Dangerous; Democrats are Ineffectual (with Charlie Sykes)
Charlie Sykes joins the group to discuss the January 6 hearings, Biden's record, and inflation (we warned about it!)
Highlights & Lowlights:
Mona: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/15/democratic-dark-money-extreme-republicans/
Linda: https://www.vox.com/23169861/daca-immigration-dreamer-democrats-united-we-dream
Damon: https://wisdomofcrowds.live/its-not-about-democracy/
Bill: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/opinion/germany-scholz-russia-ukraine.html

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1h 13min
June 10, 2022Is Biden Too Old for a Second Term? (with Matt Bennett)
Third Way's Matt Bennett help dissect the primaries so far, the January 6 hearings, and the question of who will be the Democrats' 2024 nominee.

Highlights and Lowlights:
Mona: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/january-6-hearings-mike-pence-service-democracy/661224/
Linda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/06/bus-denver-pendemic-violence/

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1h 5min
June 03, 2022Is Gun Control Futile? (with David French)
David French joins the group this week to consider gun control efforts, the gun culture, and the state of the war in Ukraine.
Notes:
https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/mass-shootings.html
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/01/fact-check-did-mass-shootings-triple-after-assault-weapon-ban-ended/9941501002/

Highlights & Lowlights:
Mona: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/31/not-too-late-student-loans-00036005
Linda: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/01/hinckley-release-reagan/
Damon: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/01/opinion/republicans-religion-conservatism.html
David French: https://www.thebulwark.com/top-gun-maverick-review/

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1h 4min
May 27, 2022Drowning in Guns under Minority Rule (with A.B. Stoddard)
Guest host A.B. Stoddard joins guests Tom Nichols, Yahoo News' Jon Ward, and regular Linda Chavez to discuss America's gun culture, the prospects for bipartisan gun legislation, and the Democrats' lack of confidence versus the party that's about nothing. Plus, Trump's week of humiliation.
Highlights/lowlights:
A.B. Stoddard's: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/07/opinion/grief.html
Linda Chavez's: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/25/george-p-bush-latino-republican-trumpism/
Jon Ward's: https://www.amazon.com/We-Need-Build-Diverse-Democracy/dp/0807024066/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1653596224&refinements=p_27%3AEboo+Patel&s=books&sr=1-1

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1h 4min
May 20, 2022 The Challenge of Diversity (with Yascha Mounk)
Yascha Mounk joins the panel to talk about the optimistic case for diverse democracies -- and primary results.
Highlights of the Week
Mona's pick: What’s Behind America’s Shocking Baby-Formula Shortage? (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-abbott-recall/629828/)

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1h 1min
May 13, 2022 Voting Rights and Abortion Rights (with Ben Ginsberg)
Election law expert Ben Ginsberg offers insight on threats to confidence in elections. The panel then considers the Dobbs fallout from several angles — partisan, racial, and legal.
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1h 12min
May 06, 2022 Abortion and Climate. Can We Get More Contentious? (with Robert Pindyck)
MIT’s Robert Pindyck shares wisdom on climate and joins the discussion of the Roe draft opinion.

Highlights & Lowlights
Mona - America Won’t Ever Be Majority Minority (https://www.persuasion.community/p/yascha-mounk-america-wont-ever-be?s=r)
Linda - Cuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/world/americas/cuban-migration-united-states.html)
Damon - Twitter Thread #1 (https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1521803362152374274?s=20&t=UB8AumtJTJE-4hHbd65GRg)
Damon - Twitter Thread #2 (https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1521465315493822464?s=20&t=ngqm-NTPq5ySwIqN_ooXNg)

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1h 10min
April 29, 2022A Macron Moment in the US? (with guest host Josh Barro)
Guest Host Josh Barro and the panel discuss the French elections, and the possibility of a centrist third party in the US. Plus, corporate free speech — and will Musk break Twitter?
Highlights & Lowlights:
Josh Barro's: https://www.joshbarro.com/p/peter-suderman-schools-me-and-you?s=r
Bill Galston's: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-04-01/francis-fukuyama-liberalism-country
Damon Linker's: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/madison-cawthorn-scandals-list-insider-trading-lingerie-driving-lying-cocaine-orgies-gun-knife.html, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/political-correctness-is-losing.html, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/ron-desantis-disney-dont-say-gay-banana-republic-florida-authoritarian.html

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1h 6min
April 22, 2022Jared vs. Hunter
Arc Digital's Nicholas Grossman joins the group to consider the mask mandate, the corruption of presidential relatives, and James Carville's advice about "weird Republicans."

Highlights & Lowlights
Mona: "Mike Lee’s Role in Trump’s Attempted Coup" (The Bulwark): https://www.thebulwark.com/mike-lees-role-in-trumps-attempted-coup/
Linda: "Handing Putin the Nuclear Advantage" (Wall Street Journal): https://www.wsj.com/articles/handing-vladimir-putin-the-nuclear-advantage-joe-biden-pentagon-sea-launched-nuclear-cruise-missile-russia-11650487990
Damon: "Putin’s Unholy War" (The Atlantic): https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/peacefield/625f207c9cda680020dd1c82/russia-ukraine-invasion-religion-holy-war/

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1h 8min
April 15, 2022The Inflation Monster (with Noah Smith)
Noah Smith joins to consider whether inflation is really as bad as it looks and whether we can ever have a sensible immigration policy in our divided country.
Notable Links:
From Mona: "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid" (The Atlantic): https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
From Linda: "Point of Compact" (Quillette): https://quillette.com/2022/04/12/point-of-compact/
From Bill: "Christianism" (Liberties): https://libertiesjournal.com/articles/christianism/
From Damon: "Le Pen and Trump Could Succeed Where the Russian Army Failed" (The Bulwark): https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/le-pen-and-trump-could-succeed-where?s=w

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1h 14min

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