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Debunking MAGA Myths about the Economy (w/ Catherine Rampell) Jan 05, 2026

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Trump promised a manufacturing comeback and cheaper prices. Instead, jobs are shrinking, costs are rising, and America’s economic credibility is taking a hit. Catherine Rampell joins Mona to discuss why the factory revival was always a myth, how tariffs backfired, and why chaos, favoritism, and attacks on rule of law are making the U.S. a riskier place to do business.
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MAGA Intellectuals Under the Microscope Dec 29, 2025

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Laura K. Field discusses her book, Furious Minds, which dissects the thought of MAGA intellectuals (yes, there are some). Anti-enlightenment, theocratic, racist, misogynistic and yet, claiming to be for the general good.
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A Holiday Greeting from Mona Dec 22, 2025

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While there won’t be an episode of the Mona Charen Show this week, Mona sends along this holiday greeting. She will return next Monday, December 29.

Forget ‘Double Tap.’ The First Strike Was a Crime (w/ Rosa Brooks) Dec 15, 2025

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Georgetown professor Rosa Brooks discusses the legality (or the lack) of Trump’s drug boat attacks as well as the bonkers National Security Strategy document.
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Grift, Graft, and Groveling: Life in Trump 2.0 (w/ John Prideaux) Dec 08, 2025

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The Economist’s John Prideaux discusses the lavish gifts and other forms of corruption in Trump’s Washington.

Trump Keeps Overreaching—And Losing Dec 01, 2025

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Mona Charen and Will Saletan discuss the growing resistance to Trump’s agenda—grand juries rejecting his charges, the DOJ stumbling, senators warning troops against illegal orders, and his tariffs and deportations driving prices even higher.
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Lindsey Halligan is Malevolence Meets Total Incompetence (w/ Ben Wittes) Nov 21, 2025

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Lawfare’s Ben Wittes discusses Lindsay Halligan’s incompetence and malevolence and the importance of grand juries to our liberties.

The Internet's Attack on Reality (w/ Francis Fukuyama) Nov 17, 2025

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Francis Fukuyama discusses his theory that the internet, and not economic distress, the Democratic party’s problems, or other things have given rise to populism.
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The New McCarthyism Comes from the Top (w/ Nico Perrino) Nov 10, 2025

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This week on the Mona Charen Show, Mona is joined by Nico Perrino, Executive Vice President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), for a crucial conversation about the unprecedented assault on the First Amendment under the Trump 2.0 administration.
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Is American Education Getting Dumber? Nov 03, 2025

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The Atlantic’s Idrees Kahloon discusses the worrying learning losses of the past decade and some signs of hope.
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