Beg to Differ with Mona Charen

Mona Charen hosts a roundtable with Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker discussing the news of the week.

About the show

Beg to Differ is a weekly roundtable podcast brought to you by TheBulwark.com. Host Mona Charen is joined by Linda Chavez of the Niskanen Center, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution, and Damon Linker of The Week to discuss the news of the week in a respectful, rational forum.

Episodes

  • 2020 Warnings for Democrats

    March 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins
    democrats, elections, foreign policy, hr1, iran, middle east, republicans, voting laws

    AEI’s Kori Schake joins to discuss Biden’s Iran policy, non-white voters’ move right, and whether HR1 can solve the Democratic party’s geography problem.

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    Is the Stimulus a Clunker?

    February 26th, 2021  |  58 mins 39 secs
    budget, europe, insurrection, january 6, joe biden, stimulus

    Maya MacGuineas of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget offers her insights. The group also discusses prospects for a Jan 6 commission, and Europe's response to Biden.

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    Powerless Texas

    February 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins
    gop, ice, mcconnell, rush limbaugh, ted cruz, texas, trump

    Slate's Will Saletan returns to consider the McConnell/Trump GOP, Texas's woes, and Limbaugh's legacy.

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    Convict Him

    February 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
    cancel culture, covid, democrats, don mcneill, impeachment, new york times, relief, romney, trump

    Jay Nordlinger joins to discuss the impeachment trial, the Romney plan for families, and the firing of Don McNeill from the NYTimes.

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    Is Compromise Alive?

    February 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 10 mins
    gop, self governing

    Tom Nichols joins to consider the state of governance and GOP self-policing.

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    Can We Live Together in Peace?

    January 29th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
    alexei navalny, democrats, joe biden, putin, reconciliation, republicans, russia

    Anne Applebaum joins to discuss options for reconciliation. Also, brave Navalny and cowardly Republicans.

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    Unity?

    January 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 10 mins
    impeachment, inauguration, joe biden

    EPPC's Peter Wehner joins this week to review the inauguration and look forward to the first priorities of the Biden administration. Also impeachment 2.0.

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    The Biggest Lie

    January 14th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins
    biden administration, deplatforming, impeachment, social media, trump

    Jonathan V. Last and Catherine Rampell join the group to discuss impeachment 2.0, deplatforming (pro and con), and prospects for Biden.

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    Crisis

    January 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins
    capitol, election, electoral college, insurrection, riot, siege

    Eric Edelman joins to discuss the Trump mob’s storming of the Capitol.

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    Farewell to All That

    January 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 18 mins
    2020, biden, election, politics, trump, year in review

    A.B. Stoddard joins the group on New Year's Eve to discuss the lows (many) and highs (there were some) of 2020.

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    Are Things Normal Yet? No.

    December 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins
    covid, democracy, executive power, omnibus, relief, taxes, trump

    Bulwark founder Sarah Longwell joins the group to discuss Trump’s sabotage of the relief bill, reforms to Trump-proof the presidency, and recommendations for holiday viewing/listening.

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    GOP Crack-Up

    December 18th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins
    budget, debt, deficit, georgia, gop, government, spending, trump

    Charles Lane joins this week to discuss how Biden is doing. Is GOP terminally Trumpy? A look at the Georgia run-off. Plus, is huge gov’t debt actually ok?