Mona Charen
Co-Host of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen
Mona Charen is Policy Editor of The Bulwark, a nationally syndicated columnist, and host of The Bulwark’s Beg to Differ podcast. She can be reached at monacharen@thebulwark.com.
Mona Charen has hosted 117 Episodes.
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Banana Republicans
November 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
biden, coup, covid, elections, gop, stability, trump
Megan McArdle of the Washington Post joins the crew to discuss the Keystone coup, how Biden should try to heal the nation, and what to do about Coronavirus.
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Decapitating the DOD and other cheery thoughts
November 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 14 mins
democracy, dod, elections, esper, joe biden, lawsuits, trump
Former under secretary of defense and ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman joins the regulars to discuss the Republican assault on democracy; the purge at DOD; and the messages voters sent in 2020.
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Nearly There
November 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
2020, donald trump, election, joe biden
Jon Fasman of The Economist joins all of the regulars to discuss what we know and what we don’t about the election. Deep breaths.
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RIP GOP?
October 30th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
2020, donald trump, electoral college, filibuster, gop
George F. Will and Jonathan V. Last join to discuss the state of the parties, the likely outcome, and whether the filibuster and Electoral College should stay.
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Closing Argument? What Closing Argument?
October 23rd, 2020 | 59 mins 7 secs
2020 election, border, child separation, donald trump, immigration, joe biden
Election guru Josh Kraushaar joins B2D to discuss the ragged end game, what to watch on Nov. 3, and the disgrace of orphaned children at the border.
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Home Stretch
October 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
2020 elections, growth, hunter biden, population, regulation
Matt Yglesias of Vox joins Mona Charen, Bill Galston, and Sarah Longwell to talk about whether the US should grow—a lot! The group also tackles the Hunter non-story and the why 2020 is not 2016.
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Roid Rage
October 9th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
covid, donald trump, gop, politics, vp debate
David Frum returns to B2D. He and the panel discuss the VP debate, the president’s mental state, abuse of power, and the future of the political parties.
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Debating a Drunk Gorilla
October 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
david french, debate, divided we fall, president trump, taxes, vice president biden
David French joins to discuss his book Divided We Fall as well as the debased debate, and the president’s taxes.
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Peaceful Transition?
September 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
2020 elections, durham report, obstruction, pardon power, power politics, rbg, scotus, supreme court
Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith discusses his new book, After Trump. The group then tackles the Supreme Court and Trump’s threat to election integrity.
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If Trump Loses, Should We Lock Him Up?
September 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
crimes, criminal justice, donald trump, electoral college, middle east, suburbs
Politico’s Tim Alberta joins the BTD panel to talk about changing suburbs, the Middle East breakthrough, Electoral College woes, and perp walking ex-presidents.
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Lordy, There Are Tapes
September 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
2020, article 2, bill barr, bob woodward, law, lawsuits, military, morality, persuasion, saudi arabia, the atlantic, trump, yascha mounk
On this week's Bulwark Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Yascha Mounk joins the usual cast to discuss Trump and the military, the Woodward tapes, and Attorney General Barr setting a bad new precedent.
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Escape from Partisanship
September 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
covid-19, decency, donald trump, joe biden, kenosha, partisanship
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Charlie Sykes joins the usual cast to discuss Biden in Kenosha, Trump and decency, the politicization of COVID-19, and an escape from partisanship.