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
Mentioned books
Jul 30, 2021 • 1h 12min
Back to January 6
Elliott Abrams joins to discuss Cuba. The gang then address the January 6 committee, vaccine wars, and the infrastructure bill.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Elliott Abrams, and Linda Chavez.
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Jul 23, 2021 • 1h 13min
Talking About Race Respectfully
Ted Johnson joins the panel to talk about his book: "When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America."
Is racism structural? Is it an existential threat?
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/our-woke-book-burners
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/VSRR015-508.pdf
Special Guest: Ted R. Johnson.
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Jul 16, 2021 • 58min
How Bad Was CPAC?
Guest host Sarah Longwell joins the group this week to discuss CPAC, Trump's speech, anti-vaxxers, and Biden's voting rights agenda.
Highlights/Lowlights:
Book: “The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family”
https://thebulwark.com/as-cubans-march-for-freedom-democrats-are-split/
https://thebulwark.com/what-the-hell-happened-to-the-claremont-institute/
Mona at CPAC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2GVQINHfVM
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
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Jul 9, 2021 • 59min
Will This Reform Save Our Democracy?
Katherine Gehl, co-author of “The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy” joins the panel for a meaty discussion of voting reform.
Katherine's Ted Talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixk8d3GQJnQ
Mentioned articles:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/us/politics/voting-rights-law-supreme-court.html?referringSource=articleShare
https://echeloninsights.com/in-the-news/june-omnibus-quadrants/
https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/
https://political-innovation.org/advisory-council/
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Katherine Gehl, and Linda Chavez.
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Jul 2, 2021 • 56min
Lock Him Up?
Ron Radosh joins the panel (which includes Will Saletan sitting in for Damon) to discuss the Trump Co. indictments, the January 6 committee, and the brain behind Steven Miller.
Mentioned articles:
https://quillette.com/2021/06/27/the-bias-narrative-versus-the-development-narrative-thinking-about-persistent-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/justice-alitos-majority-opinion-in-brnovich-v-dnc/?utmsource=blog-landing&utmmedium=desktop&utmcampaign=continue-reading_
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, Ronald Radosh, and Will Saletan.
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Jun 25, 2021 • 1h 3min
Why Can't Democrats Take Yes for an Answer?
NY Times columnist Thomas Edsall joins the group to consider voting rights, the infrastructure negotiations, crime, and critical race theory.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Thomas Edsall.
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Jun 18, 2021 • 1h 7min
Putin's MAGA Talking Points
Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes joins to discuss Biden's European trip, whether Garland is going soft on Trump, and the NY mayoral race.
Special Guests: Benjamin Wittes, Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.
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Jun 11, 2021 • 1h 3min
Vaccinate the World
Eric Edelman joins to discuss Biden's trip, the ProPublica tax story, and the Democrats' Manchin mistake.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.
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Jun 4, 2021 • 1h 5min
Labs, Cults, and Votes
NY Times contributor Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss the coronavirus lab leak theory, Qanon's status as a new religion, and voting rights and wrongs.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.
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May 28, 2021 • 58min
How Do We Know What's True?
Jonathan Rauch discusses his new book The Constitution of Knowledge and joins for a discussion of the threat of crime to Democrats' political health.
Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jonathan Rauch, and Linda Chavez.
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