The Mona Charen Show

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November 19, 2021 How Scary Is Inflation?
Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats.
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/
https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=
https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Noah Smith.

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1 hr 10 min
November 12, 2021 The DeSantis Temptation
The Atlantic’s David Frum joins to discuss inflation, the economy, immigration, and the call to back Ron DeSantis in 2024.
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-fox-news-fallacy
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054137225/nearly-1-million-kids-ages-5-11-will-have-their-first-covid-shots-by-the-end-of-
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-08/niall-ferguson-america-s-woke-universities-need-to-be-replaced
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/11/after-afghanistan-poll-finds-alienation-and-desire-connection/186771/
https://rdi.org/frontlines-of-freedom/
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.

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1 hr
November 05, 2021 Do Democrats Need “Woke Detox”?
The Atlantic’s and Brookings Institution's Jonathan Rauch helps dissect last week's election results. Are both parties unfit to govern?
Articles Mentioned:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/us-immigration-politics.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/03/three_takeaways_from_virginia_and_new_jersey_146681.html
https://www.thebulwark.com/an-open-letter-in-defense-of-democracy/
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jonathan Rauch, and Linda Chavez.
1 hr 3 min
October 29, 2021 A Whiff of Maoism
NY Magazine’s Jonathan Chait joins, along with the Bulwark’s Amanda Carpenter, to discuss the BBB deal (if there is one) and cancel culture.
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://twitter.com/MittRomney/status/1453752698130534404?s=20
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fight-for-taiwan-could-come-soon-china-navy-defense-11635349097
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/opinion/cohousing-mothers-pandemic-community.html
Special Guests: Amanda Carpenter, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Jonathan Chait.

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1 hr 2 min
October 22, 2021 The Democrats’ Sinking Poll Numbers
Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.

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57 min
October 15, 2021 Why You Can't Bracket Trump
Protect Democracy's Ian Bassin joins to discuss how he's working to counter threats. Also the VA governor's race.
Mentioned articles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/our-planet-is-not-doomed-that-means-we-can-must-act/
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/12/hunter-biden-corruption-515583
https://www.brookings.edu/essay/the-long-game-chinas-grand-strategy-to-displace-american-order/
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Ian Bassin, and Linda Chavez.

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1 hr 2 min
October 08, 2021 “I Resent Being Called Cheerful."
George F. Will joins B2D panel to discuss his new book, and also whether Facebook should be regulated, and the Democrats' hopes for social welfare.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, George F. Will, and Linda Chavez.

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1 hr 15 min
October 01, 2021 Democrats are Divided. Republicans are United -- as a cult. How worried should we be?
A.B. Stoddard joins to discuss why we can't have nice things in America.
Special Guests: A.B. Stoddard, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.

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1 hr 11 min
September 24, 2021 Republicans are Dangerous. Can the Democrats Succeed?
Sarah Longwell sits in for Linda and Tom Nichols joins to discuss the Democrats' divisions, Haitians at the border, and Biden's foreign policy.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Sarah Longwell, and Tom Nichols.

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1 hr 13 min
September 16, 2021 Recalls, Mandates, and Coups
National Journal's Josh Kraushaar helps analyze the political implications of the California recall, the vaccine mandate, and Mark Milley's revelations.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Josh Kraushaar, and Linda Chavez.
1 hr 13 min

About The Mona Charen Show

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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…