The Mona Charen Show
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 for a probing discussion that goes past the day's headlines.
Episodes
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Apr 23, 2021 • 1h 8min
Reading the Riot Act
Eugene Volokh (The Volokh Conspiracy) joins to discuss the anti-riot laws in several states, whether libel law should be upended, and the Chauvin verdict.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eugene Volokh, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 16, 2021 • 1h 6min
Don’t Pack the Court
AEI’s Norm Ornstein joins to discuss police violence, court packing, and Afghanistan.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Norman J. Ornstein.
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Apr 9, 2021 • 1h 4min
Manchin's Ultimatum
On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 1h 3min
Will Biden Bucks Defeat Culture Wars?
Bret Stephens joins to consider the latest multi-trillion dollar spending bill, the GOP workers' party strategy, and the decline in church membership.
Special Guests: Bret Stephens, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 1min
Report Card
George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China.
Special Guests: Damon Linker, George F. Will, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 19, 2021 • 1h 9min
Build Biden Better
The Niskanen Center's Samuel Hammond joins to discuss improving Biden's child allowance and border policies. Plus: eliminate the filibuster?
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Samuel Hammond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 12, 2021 • 1h 10min
Is There a Trapdoor in the Recovery Plan?
AEI's Desmond Lachman analyzes the inflation risk in our gargantuan spending and loose money policies. The panel then considers the border crisis and the GOP's outreach to the working class.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Desmond Lachman, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 5, 2021 • 1h 5min
2020 Warnings for Democrats
AEI’s Kori Schake joins to discuss Biden’s Iran policy, non-white voters’ move right, and whether HR1 can solve the Democratic party’s geography problem.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Kori Schake, and Linda Chavez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 26, 2021 • 59min
Is the Stimulus a Clunker?
Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget offers her insights. The group also discusses prospects for a Jan 6 commission, and Europe's response to Biden.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Maya MacGuineas . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 19, 2021 • 1h 7min
Powerless Texas
Slate's Will Saletan returns to consider the McConnell/Trump GOP, Texas's woes, and Limbaugh's legacy.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Will Saletan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
