The Mona Charen Show

The Bulwark
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Oct 6, 2025 • 1h 4min

How Bad Is It and How Can We Recover?

Damon Linker on just how crazy awful things are, but with some optimism for climbing out of the abyss.
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Sep 29, 2025 • 44min

How Trump is Using Kirk's 'Martyrdom' to Create a Fake Emergency

The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait discusses how MAGA is using Kirk's tragic death as a pretext for full-on authoritarian repression of dissent. Sponsors: For a limited time, you can try OneSkin with 15% off using code MONACHAREN at oneskin.co. Get 25% off sitewide at GhostBed for a limited time. Just go to GhostBed.com/mona and use promo code MONA at checkout.
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Sep 22, 2025 • 56min

Just How Much Damage Can RFK Jr. Do?

The Bulwark's Jonathan Cohn discusses the harm RFK has already done, and what he's planning, which may be worse. Eat smart at FactorMeals.com/monacharen50off and use code monacharen50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year.
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Sep 15, 2025 • 54min

The Religious Impulse Behind Trumpism

Holly Berkley Fletcher explains the mindset of white evangelicals from a unique perspective—that of missionary kids. She was one. Her new book sheds light on a key MAGA constituency.
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Sep 8, 2025 • 34min

More Marriage = More Happiness

Mona welcomes UVA's Brad Wilcox to discuss the latest stats on marriage, what singlehood means for kids, men, and women, and marriage's new alt-Right foes. Head to moshlife.com/MONA to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on the Best sellers Trial Pack or the NEW plant-based trial pack. REFERENCES:  Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization — W. Bradford Wilcox (HarperCollins, 2024)
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Sep 1, 2025 • 57min

Can Democrats Stop Bleeding Voters?

Third Way's Matt Bennett and Sarah Longwell join Mona to talk about tanking Democratic voter registration numbers, words you should never say, the working class, the donors, and more. REFERENCES:  Was It Something I Said? A memo to All Who Wish to Stop Donald Trump and MAGA from Third Way.
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Aug 25, 2025 • 40min

Will Trump Solve Homelessness?

FREOPP's Michael Tanner joins Mona to discuss homelessness causes and potential cures. For a limited time, you can try OneSkin with 15% off using code MONACHAREN at oneskin.co. Go to Quince.com/MONA for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns.
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Aug 18, 2025 • 1h 2min

Steve Vladeck on Trump, the Courts, and the Rule of Law

Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck joins Mona to unpack the Justice Department’s attack on Judge James Boasberg, Trump’s efforts to bend universities to his will, the Supreme Court’s retreat into procedural evasions, and the broader erosion of guardrails in American governance. What happens when process itself—the foundation of the rule of law—comes under assault? Head to moshlife.com/MONA to save 20% off plus FREE shipping on the Best sellers Trial Pack or the NEW plant-based trial pack. Eat smart at FactorMeals.com/monacharen50off and use code monacharen50off to get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year.
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Aug 11, 2025 • 49min

They Should be Ashamed of this Manifesto

Walter Olson of CATO discusses the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which would license Trump to ignore law, procedure, and precious liberties. REFERENCES:  The Manhattan Statement on Higher Education A Troubling Right-Wing Manifesto on Universities, by Walter Olson at Persuasion Go to: OneSkin.co | Code: MONACHAREN
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Aug 4, 2025 • 1h 3min

Fact-Checking Zohran Mamdani

AEI's Sadanand Dhume joins the podcast to discuss Zohran Mamdani's ideological origins, why government stores are not a fresh, new idea, Indian democracy, poverty, capitalism, and how Bangladesh went its own way.

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