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The Mona Charen Show

The Mona Charen Show

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 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.Bulwark Media Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Stop Making Excuses for Americans

    Stop Making Excuses for Americans
    Jun 9 2025
    Kevin D. Williamson of The Dispatch muses about the voters' culpability for Trump, socialism, and the "Abundance" agenda. They explore the cultural and economic decline of American civic virtue, the bipartisan slide into demagoguery, and Williamson’s disdain for both Trumpism and technocratic central planning.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Most Corrupt Ever

    Most Corrupt Ever
    Jun 2 2025
    The Atlantic's Jonathan Rauch joins Mona to talk about Trump's Achilles Heel.
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    45 mins
  • Conservatism RIP?

    Conservatism RIP?
    May 26 2025
    Jay Nordlinger returns to discuss whether conservatism remains valid in the MAGA era.

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    REFERENCES:

    • Against All Hope – Armando Valladares
      Memoir of a Cuban dissident imprisoned for his anti-Castro beliefs.

    • Children of Monsters – Jay Nordlinger
      Referenced indirectly by Mona as part of Jay’s dissident coverage; a book profiling the children of dictators.

    • Peace, They Say – Jay Nordlinger

    • JayNordlinger.com, Jay’s new Substack.
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    51 mins
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