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The Mona Charen Show

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.

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Latest Episodes:

"Rational Exuberance" Aug 16, 2024

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MSNBC's Charlie Sykes joins the panel to discuss the rise of Harris, the decline of Trump (in more ways than one?), and the Iranian hack of Trump's campaign.
Highlights / Lowlights

Charlie:
- Highlight: 2 outspoken election deniers lose GOP primaries for state Legislature
- Lowlight: The ongoing stolen valor attacks on Gov. Walz
Mona:
- Lowlight: How Trump's infatuation with a racist conspiracy theorist is impacting the campaign (Judd Legum and Noel Sims)
Damon:
- Highlight: Ukraine’s Push Into Russia Met Early Success. Where Does It Go From Here?
Bill:
- Lowlights: The Swiftboating of Tim Walz
- Netanyahu accuses defense minister of ‘anti-Israel narrative,’ exposing rift over war in Gaza
Linda:
- Lowlight: Kamala Harris and the Election of Laughter and Forgetting (Eli Lake, The FP)

With Walz, Harris Can Pivot to the Center Aug 09, 2024

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The regulars discuss Walz pick and shape of the race. David French joins to talk about Trump v. United States.
highlights / lowlights
Mona: The life of Penny Parker (1927-2024).
David: Highlight: The USA's Medal Count
Lowlight: China's Gold medal count
Linda: What’s better than calling Trump weird? (David Broockman and Josh Kalla, Slow Boring)
Damon:The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster.
Bill: Highlight: He's still on Cape Cod
Lowlight: Hamas names Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader in show of defiance (AP)

Did Trump Plan It? Aug 02, 2024

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A.B. Stoddard guest hosts for today’s discussion on Donald Trump’s NABJ interview. It was shocking and set the internet abuzz, but was that his intention all along? Plus, do VP picks actually matter?

Highlights / Lowlights

Bill’s highlight: Inside the Secret Negotiations to Free Evan Gershkovich (WSJ)
Damon’s highlights: Pro-Wrestling Explains Why Trump Is Scared of Kamala, Donald Trump’s Cheap Heat (The Triad)
Linda’s highlight: The America of Yesterday (Yascah Mounk)
A.B.’s highlight: America’s New Political War Pits Young Men Against Young Women (WSJ)

We Have Lift-Off Jul 26, 2024

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Nick Grossman joins the group to discuss Biden's exit and Harris's rise, her strengths and weaknesses, VP possibilities, GOP blues, and Bibi's speech and protests.
Highlights / Lowlights
Nicholas's highlight: Biden's address to the nation.
Nicholas's lowlight: Netanyahu's address to Congress.
Mona's highlight: The Olympics You Remember Are Back
Damon's highlight: The collective meltdown of right wing influencers who invented the "is Biden Dead?" conspiracy.
Bill's highlight: Harris steps out on Israel as she navigates Biden and Netanyahu (Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN)
Linda's highlight: Fireside Chat with Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates

The Clock is Ticking Jul 18, 2024

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The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins the group (with Andrew Egger) to discuss the aftermath of the assassination attempt, JD Vance, and Biden digging in his heels.
Highlights / Lowlights
Mona: The Gunman and the Would-Be Dictator by David Frum in The Atlantic.
Damon: Sohrab Ahmari's reaction to Trump's reaction to getting shot at.
Ross Douthat's NYT column on Trump and Destiny.
Andrew: President Biden messed up a key policy detail in Las Vegas speech.
Linda: Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’? Niall Ferguson and Jonah Goldberg Debate.

An Open Convention Could be Great for Democracy Jul 12, 2024

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A.B. Stoddard joins to discuss Biden's intransigence, the Democratic party's next moves, the pros and cons of anointing Harris, and more.
Highlights / Lowlights
A.B.: Trump is Planning for a Landslide Win by Tim Alberta in The Atlantic
and her 2022 item: Why (and How) Biden Should Decline to Run Again
Mona: What Lessons Do the Stunning Results of the French Election Offer? (New Yorker)
Bill: Amid Doubts About Biden’s Mental Sharpness, Trump Leads Presidential Race (Pew)
Damon: Time to Go, Joe, by Marc Leibovich in The Atlantic
Linda: A Better Approach to Race in Medicine by Amy F.S. Lutz in Persuasion
For What It's Worth by Linda Chavez

Courting Disaster Jul 04, 2024

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Former Rep Adam Kinzinger joins the group (plus Chris Cillizza) to discuss the Court's worst ruling since Korematsu, opening the door to God know what if Trump wins. Also, what would an open convention look like?
Highlights / Lowlights:
Mona: Are We in ‘Soviet America’? Not Even Close. By Cathy Young, The Bulwark
Linda: Her trip to Israel, where she was recording.
Adam: Cara Mund, a sincere Never Trump candidate who ran (and lost, but got 19%!) in North Dakota. Adam joined her on her radio show to discuss the state of the Republican Party
Chris: Gabe Fleisher's Wake up to Politics. Gabe has been writing about politics since he was a child and is a politics prodigy. (Substack here)
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The Most Consequential Failure of Recent Times Jun 29, 2024

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The Atlantic's David Frum joins to discuss the debate debacle and what comes next? Can Biden be persuaded to drop out? Also, a look at two Supreme Court cases.
Highlights / Lowlights
David: Slain Gazan named as Doctors Without Borders staffer was Islamic Jihad rocket maker (Times of Israel)
Mona: Gaza Chief’s Brutal Calculation: Civilian Bloodshed Will Help Hamas (WSJ)
Linda: 4.1 million migrants: Where they’re from, where they live in the U.S. (WaPo)
Bill: France is facing an election like no other. Here’s how it works and what comes next. (AP)
Damon: Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S. (Gallup)

Attack of the Phones Jun 21, 2024

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Will Saletan guest hosts as Tom Edsall joins the panel to discuss rising political polarization, Biden’s latest moves on immigration, and the crackdown on social media and kids using smartphones.
Highlights / Lowlights
Tom: The book 'Wolves of K Street' by Brody and Luke Mullins and a story from
his weekly poker game.
Linda: Experts Handicap the Trump-Biden Debate (Karl Rove, WSJ)
Damon: No, I Don't Want to Protest (Pamela Paul, NYT)
Why Activists Keep Failing the Causes That Fire Them Up (Sarah Isgur, NYT)
Bill: The Return of Peace Through Strength by Robert C. O'Brien (Foreign Affairs)
Biden and Trump tied in the Emerson Poll in... Minnesota.
Will: Louisiana Requires All Public Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments (NYT)
Bibi's shameful Biden attack video

The 'Absurdly Normal' President Jun 14, 2024

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Tom Nichols joins the panel to discuss the rise of the right in Europe (and here), the Hunter Biden verdict, and the Israel hostage rescue.
Mona: The Big Lie's Bad, Very Bad Week by Charlie Sykes.
Linda: No, You Don’t Have the Power to Stop Climate Change by Quico Toro (Persuasion)
Bill: American journalist Evan Gershkovich to stand trial on espionage charges in Russia (NPR)
Damon: John Ganz's new book "When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s"
Tom: John Bolton going through exhaustive detail about Trump's manifest unfitness and then saying he won't vote for Biden on MSNBC.
Tom's referenced item "The Jimmy Clean Hands Election" at The Atlantic.

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