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.
Episodes
May 12, 2025 • 86 mins
Columnist and music critic Jay Nordlinger joins Mona for an excursion into classical music. No coat or tie required.
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Here’s a list of every musical piece played in the episode.
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Here’s a list of every musical piece played in the episode.
- Thomas Tallis – Motet from the Gospel of John
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Preludio from Partita in E major for solo violin
- J.S. Bach (arr. Rachmaninoff) – Preludio (Bach/Rachmaninoff transcription)
- Ludwig...
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May 5, 2025 • 65 mins
The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins Mona to discuss Trump's big beautiful deals, the cowardice of the press, and more.
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- The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Susan Glasser and Peter Baker
- "Letter from Trump’s Washington" (Glasser's New Yorker column)
- Donald Trump’s f...
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April 28, 2025 • 46 mins
Mona talks with Richard Kahlenberg about a proposal to make college admissions more fair in a post race preferences world.
The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. Add the show to your player of choice, here.
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The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. Add the show to your player of choice, here.
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April 21, 2025 • 66 mins
The Atlantic's Peter Wehner offers insights into the transformation of the GOP from the party that passed PEPFAR to the MAGA warriors of today.
The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube.
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The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. New shows drop Mondays. Find this show wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube.
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April 14, 2025 • 67 mins
Greg Lukianoff of FIRE joins Mona to discuss why free speech matters (hint, it's not for the powerful) and how left and right are attempting to destroy it.
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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us A...
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April 7, 2025 • 65 mins
The Atlantic's Helen Lewis joins Mona to talk about Andrew Tate, backlash to MAGA in Europe, and how polarization suppresses reasonable doubts about treatment of trans kids.
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When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It... Why Trumpworld is just fine with Andrew Tate’s violent misogyny, by Helen Lewis
The Global Populist Right Has a MAGA Problem... In Europe, Trump looks too extreme even for man...
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When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It... Why Trumpworld is just fine with Andrew Tate’s violent misogyny, by Helen Lewis
The Global Populist Right Has a MAGA Problem... In Europe, Trump looks too extreme even for man...
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March 31, 2025 • 34 mins
In this show before a live audience, Mona talks with Stephen Richer about standing up for reality, tangling with Kari Lake, and his political future.
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March 24, 2025 • 56 mins
David Frum joins Mona to discuss Trump's Canada gripes, how tariffs will/are sabotaging America, NATO, defying court orders, and how best to counter all of it.
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Why Cede the Flag to Trump? by David Frum in The Atlantic (2017)
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Why Cede the Flag to Trump? by David Frum in The Atlantic (2017)
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March 17, 2025 • 47 mins
Famed virologist Dr. Paul Offit describes his encounters with RFK, Jr., vaccine misinformation, trust in medicine, and what he fears most.
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Dr. Paul Offit’s Books:
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Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
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The Cutter Incident(about a polio vaccine gone wrong)
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Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
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March 10, 2025 • 42 mins
The Manhattan Institute's Jessica Reidl explains the fake fiscal posturing of DOGE as well as the ground truths about deficits and national debt. Predictions: More inflation, lower growth, less prosperity.
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March 8, 2025 • 52 mins
Josh Barro joins Mona to discuss where the party needs to change, refocus on practical governance, and how to broaden its appeal to win elections against a rising Republican authoritarian threat.
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Josh Barro's Substack – Very Serious
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Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge by Josh Barro
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Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge by Josh Barro
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Josh Barro's Podcast – Serious Trouble (with Ken White)
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March 3, 2025 • 54 mins
The Bulwark's Cathy Young joins Mona to discuss where DEI went wrong and also the unfathomable racism of the Trump Administration.
Referenced Works and Sources
Referenced Works and Sources
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Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby by Steven Carter
- Discusses the complexities and unintended consequences of affirmative action from a personal and academic perspective.
- Discusses the complexities and unintended consequences of affirmative action from a personal and academic perspective.
- The Bakke Case (Regents of ...
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February 24, 2025 • 62 mins
David French joins to discuss upending the NATO alliance, attacks on the rule of law, and how the pardon power was one of the Founders' worst mistakes.
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February 17, 2025 • 64 mins
AEI's Michael Strain analyzes the mistakes left and right make about middle class stagnation, quality of life, and other matters. Plus, what is risked when Trump/Musk attack foundational institutions.
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February 10, 2025 • 76 mins
Mona welcomes Renée DiResta to discuss how social media has distorted our perceptions and how to navigates the world of influencers, online mobs, and lairs.
The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. Ad-free editions are exclusively available for Bulwark+ members. Add the show to your player of choice, here, or find it wherever you get your podcasts and...
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February 3, 2025 • 65 mins
In this episode of The Mona Charen Podcast, Mona Charen speaks with author Jonathan Rauch about his new book, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy. They explore the decline of Christianity in America, its impact on democracy, and whether faith can be depoliticized. Rauch, a self-described “atheistic homosexual Jew,” makes the case that Christianity has been a vital “load-bearing wall” for American democ...
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January 27, 2025 • 37 mins
Mona interviews Georgetown law professor Stephen Vladeck on executive orders, birthright citizenship, Congress not doing its job, and whether Trump will defy the Supreme Court.
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Referenced Cases:
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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) – Commonly referred to as the "Steel Seizure Case," it involved President Truman's attempt to take control of steel mills during the Korean War.
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January 20, 2025 • 69 mins
Mona welcomes Richard Reeves to discuss the struggles of boys and men, including a debate about whether marriage promotion is good or obsolete in this day and age.
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January 13, 2025 • 64 mins
In the inaugural episode of The Mona Charen Show, Mona welcomes New York Times columnist Pamela Paul to discuss why girls are getting negative messages about womanhood. Also: sex differences, social media, motherhood, and men's struggles.
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