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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.
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- 4 days ago41 min
How Democrats Can Win Big (w/ Thomas Edsall)
Thomas Edsall tells Mona Charen Democrats can recover from Trump's bad ratings by moderating on three fronts: transgender policy (affirm two sexes, restrict sports/prisons/youth surgery), immigration (pro-legal, pro-enforcement), and crime (oppose lenient DAs and no-bail policies). His diagnosis: the party's become too elitist and needs working-class voters back to beat MAGA.If the Democrats Actually Want to Win, This Is What They Have to Do
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
How Badly Has Trump Botched the Iran War? (w/ Eric Edelman)
Mona Charen and Eric Edelman examine how Trump stumbled into the Iran war without a clear plan, alienated allies, strengthened Tehran's position, and left the United States looking weaker.Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN#oneskinpodLinks mentioned in this episode:Inside Israel’s Secret Operation to Cultivate Ahmadinejadhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/us/politics/israel-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-iran.htmlUS lacks scores of ambassadors in Africahttps://www.semafor.com/article/07/10/2026/us-lacks-scores-of-ambassadors-in-africa
- 2 weeks ago56 min
Trump, Platner, and the Mistake America Keeps Making (w/ Will Saletan)
Democrats swore they'd never do what Republicans did with Trump. Then came Graham Platner. Mona Charen and Will Saletan on the fake oysterman, the vetting failure, and the death of shame—plus Trump's World Cup meddling and the loss Mona says America needed.Make your summer wardrobe feel easier. Go to https://Quince.com/mona for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too.
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
A Belated Appreciation of John Adams
Mona Charen is joined by historian Lindsay Chervinsky—executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library—for the Bulwark Book Club, discussing her book Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic. They cover Adams's besieged first days in office, a cabinet secretly loyal to Alexander Hamilton, the mob of 10,000 outside the president's house, the Alien and Sedition Acts, Hamilton's plot to change the rules of the election of 1800—and how Adams invented the peaceful transfer of power by simply going home.Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Presidency-Precedents-Forged-Republic/dp/0197653847
- Jun 28, 202648 min
This Reporter Calls Trump—And He Answers! (w/ Ed Luce)
Mona Charen and FT columnist Ed Luce dig into Giorgia Meloni's public dressing down of Trump, the UK's political chaos, and the fallout from Trump's Iran war—including the case that the U.S. is now paying Iran reparations and Israel is boxed into an impossible corner. Plus: Luce's surreal Sunday phone calls with Trump himself.Upcoming: Mona will interview presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky about her book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.
- Jun 21, 202656 min
Trump Bombed Iran—Then Gave It Everything It Wanted (w/ Andrew Fox) | Mona Charen Show
Mona Charen welcomes military analyst Andrew Fox for a conversation on Trump’s Iran ceasefire, whether America squandered its leverage against Tehran, the growing influence of Qatar and Turkey, Israel’s military and political mistakes, Hamas’s strategy in Gaza, and the battle over public opinion that could shape the future of the Middle East.show notes:Bulwark Book Club: Mona will interview presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky about her book, “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.”
- Jun 14, 20261h 5m
Book Club: “If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal” (w/ Mark Hertling)
On the inaugural Bulwark Book Club, Mark Hertling joins Mona Charen to discuss his new book—If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal—a journal he began during the Gulf War for his young sons in case he never returned home. Their conversation explores combat, leadership, moral injury, fatherhood, friendship, military culture, and what it means to live a life worthy of the sacrifices made by those who serve.Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN #oneskinpodBuy Mark's book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1966786727/?tag=bulwark08-20Get a signed copy: https://www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-bookstore/if-i-dont-return
- Jun 7, 202645 min
Trump's Tough-Guy Act Is Finally Falling Apart (w/ Will Saletan)
Mona Charon and Will Saletan on Texas's political earthquake: Paxton's shocking primary win, whether Democrat James Talarico can actually flip the state, the YOLO Republicans finally speaking up too late, and what Bill Cassidy's post-loss laugh tells you about everything.Elevate your summer wardrobe: go to https://Quince.com/mona for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too.
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