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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:

Intimidation and the GOP Jan 19, 2024

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Zack Beauchamp of Vox joins the panel (plus Will Saletan) to discuss Iowa and New Hampshire and the role of death threats in the Republican Party.
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Mona: Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
Zack: Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria
Will: Trump’s unsubtle crusade to cast foes as less American comes for Haley
Bill: The Anti-Liberal by David Bell in Liberties.
Linda: What the Asa Hutchinson incident reveals (and why it's important)

The Evangelical Crack-Up Jan 12, 2024

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The Atlantic's Tim Alberta discusses his book on the rot within white evangelical Protestantism. The panel then considers Christie's exit, Haley's chances, and what the GOP base really wants.
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Mona Charen- Don Scott, sworn in as first Black speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates, was once a federal prison inmate
Bill Galston- Haley’s strong bid for second place in the Iowa debate
Linda Chavez- Lowlight: 'Flight 93 Election' Anti-Trumpers Imperil the Rule of Law by Peter Berkowitz
Highlight: Anti-Trump Means Anti-Democracy? You Can’t Be Serious by Ronald Radosh and Gabriel Schoenfeld
Damon Linker- The Case for Trump … by Someone Who Wants Him to Lose by Bret Stephens

"Harvard Shmarvard" Jan 05, 2024

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Nick Grossman of Arc Digital joins to discuss plagiarism, double standards, DEI, Israel, Iran, and Hamas.
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Mona: Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid, study finds and Florida surgeon general calls for halt on mRNA covid vaccines, citing debunked claim
Damon: The Law and High Politics of Disqualifying President Trump by Steve Vladeck
Nick: Slow Horses on Apple+ and Why the GOP Doesn’t Really Want a Deal on Ukraine and the Border by David Frum.
Linda: ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

Bill: Fed Minutes Suggest Rate Hikes Are Over, but Offer No Timetable on Cuts and Kyiv Issues Dire Warning After 'Record' US Patriot Sweep

"Will Haley's Stumble Matter?" Dec 29, 2023

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Guest host A.B. Stoddard and special guest Jim Swift join the panel to discuss Nikki Haley's Civil War / slavery stumble in New Hampshire.
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A.B. Stoddard: What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate by McKay Coppins (The Atlantic) and My Father, My Faith, and Donald Trump by Tim Alberta (The Atlantic)
Jim Swift: The Day After: The Night My Father Scared America, read by A.B. Stoddard (The Bulwark)

Damon Linker: The Rise of Narrative and The Fall of Persuasion by Leon Wieseltier (Liberties)
Linda Chavez: Here’s the Civil War history they didn’t want you to know by Howell Raines (WaPo)
Bill Galston: Ukraine Doesn’t Need All Its Territory to Defeat Putin By Serge Schmemann (NYT)

Did Colorado's Supreme Court Do the Right Thing? Dec 22, 2023

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Eric Edelman joins the group to consider whether Trump should be barred by 14th amendment, prospects for Ukraine, and whether Americans' sour views on the economy are right or wrong.
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Mona: Right-wing pundits tremble in fear of … tap-dancing, by Catherine Rampell (WaPo)
Eric: The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump (CNN) / Trump repeats 'poisoning the blood' anti-immigrant remark (Reuters)
Damon: Rudy Giuliani's descent into bankruptcy, a personal story.
Linda: Florida Republican Party censures chairman Christian Ziegler, by Lori Rozsa (WaPo)
Bill: Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy following $146 million defamation suit judgment

America Retreating from World Leadership Dec 15, 2023

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The GOP House moves toward impeaching Biden and stiff-arms Zelensky. Plus, the Supreme Court may act fast on Trump's "immunity" and poll of Palestinians gives little hope.
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Megan McArdle: Shutting a freeway in traffic-clogged L.A. gets attention. But is it effective activism? by Rachel Uranga and Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times
Damon Linker: Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO by Laura Kelly, The Hill
Bill Galston: A five-point plan to save Harvard from itself, by Steven Pinker Boston Globe and In GOP Contest, Trump Supporters Stand Out for Dislike of Compromise, Pew Research Center
Mona Charen: How to Fix the Insurrection Act and a PSA: Be careful about legal marijuana in public regarding your pets!
Linda Chavez: André Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61, by Mike Fleming, Jr. Deadline... [Buy the box set, Linda suggests!]

"Dictator on Day One" Dec 08, 2023

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Democracy scholar Rachel Kleinfeld joins Beg to Differ to discuss polarization, violence, the GOP, the rule of law, Ivy League hypocrites, and more.
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Mona Charen: What Is Happening at the Columbia School of Social Work? by Pamela Paul
Damon Linker: A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. and The Trump dictatorship: How to stop it, both by Robert Kagan
Bill Galston: The troubling testimony of Ivy League professors before the House on anti-semitism on campus.
Linda Chavez: Why Dostoevsky Loved Humanity and Hated the Jews by Gary Saul Morson

The Immigration Threat to Biden's Reelection Dec 01, 2023

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Noah Smith joins to talk about the border crisis and its political implications as well as Haley's surge (if it is one).
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Mona Charen: An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth by Matti Friedman (Tablet) and What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel by Matti Friedman (The Atlantic)
Noah Smith: People are realizing that the Arsenal of Democracy is gone
Damon Linker: The global demographics Twitter / X account @nonebusinesshey
Bill Galston: Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago by Ronen Bergman and Adam Goldman (NYTimes)
Linda Chavez: Once again: Speaking freely doesn’t mean speaking without consequence, by Philip Bump (WAPO)

"Terrible Choices for Israel" Nov 24, 2023

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Hamas triggered the Gaza war—and signed the death warrants of thousands of Palestinians—when it purposefully targeted civilians on 10/7. Israeli journalist Amir Tibon joins Mona Charen to discuss how his family survived the terror attack, Netanyahu’s failures, Biden’s support, and the bad options for post-war rule in Gaza.

Can Biden Turn This Around? Nov 17, 2023

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The Economist's Idrees Kahloon joins to discuss whether Israel is losing the propaganda war; Biden's chances to revive his popularity, and Nikki Haley's narrow shot at the brass ring.

highlights / lowlights
Linda Chavez: Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans (NYT)
Idrees Khaloon: The George Santos House Ethics Committee Report.
Damon Linker: Some young Americans on TikTok say they sympathize with Osama bin Laden (CNN)
Mona Charen: Ukraine Indicts Officials Linked to Efforts to Investigate the Bidens
Bill Galston: Senator Mullin's Senate Fight Club

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