web01.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:28:50 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “China” https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/tags/china Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0500 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. en-us episodic Mona Charen hosts a roundtable with Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker discussing the news of the week. The Bulwark 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. no The Bulwark info@thebulwark.com Resentful Animosities https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/resentful-animosities 451bdf78-13d1-470b-84cb-aa4c948ccf1c Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0500 The Bulwark full The Bulwark Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss threats to democracy, the GOP's gun fetish, and more. 1:01:41 no Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss threats to democracy, the GOP's gun fetish, and more. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853 https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/ https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner. Ron Brownstein, culture war, David Brooks, American conservatism, Hispanics, Latinos, Latinx, Pew, Bob Dole, gun safes, involuntary manslaughter, parental responsibilities, parental rights, school shootings, Michigan, guns, gun fetishism, rural living, police, government benefits, government spending, infrastructure, cold war, realism, Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, war, aggression US, United States, Biden, democracy summit, democracy, peter wehner, mona charen, damon linker, linda chavez, william galston Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss threats to democracy, the GOP's gun fetish, and more.

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853

https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism

https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.

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Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853

https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/

https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism

https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.

]]> The Democrats’ Sinking Poll Numbers https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/the-democrats-sinking-poll-numbers 397d97c5-e0d7-4495-978b-7d49965adcb4 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:30:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness. 56:24 no Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness. Highlights/Lowlights: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378 Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez. eric edelman, mona charen, damon linker, William galston, linda chavez, Democrats, Trump, democracy, Republicans, Democratic Party, progressives, woke, CRT, schools, race, Virginia, McCauliffe, Youngkin, midterms, Congress, China, hypersonic, nuclear arsenal, Afghanistan, Biden, polls Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.

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Highlights/Lowlights:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.

]]> Labs, Cults, and Votes https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/labs-cults-and-votes de3fdfe8-5981-4a36-9fa0-ac44b79dbfb8 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:15:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark NY Times contributor Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss the coronavirus lab leak theory, Qanon's status as a new religion, and voting rights and wrongs. 1:04:57 no NY Times contributor Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss the coronavirus lab leak theory, Qanon's status as a new religion, and voting rights and wrongs. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner. COVID-19, China, Wuhan, Qanon, Conspiracies, GOP, Voting Rights, Election Law NY Times contributor Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss the coronavirus lab leak theory, Qanon's status as a new religion, and voting rights and wrongs.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.

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Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.

]]> Manchin's Ultimatum https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/manchins-ultimatum bb288af7-3438-432a-8987-b0c3749ec391 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:30:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics. 1:03:52 no On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell. Filibuster, Joe Manchin, Senate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Fundraising, GOP, Politics, MLB, Boycott Culture, H.R. 1, Election Law, Georgia, SB 202, China, Olympics, Human Rights On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.

]]> On this week’s Beg to Differ, Sarah Longwell sits in for Mona Charen, and discusses with the panel the future of the filibuster, GOP fundraising tactics and their new embrace of boycott culture, H.R. 1 and election law, and China and the Olympics.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.

]]> Report Card https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/report-card 10fffeee-355e-4d76-b3a3-1311bce0a9f6 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China. 1:00:37 no George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China. Special Guests: Damon Linker, George F. Will, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell. Pandemic, President Biden, China, New Deal, Economics George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China.

Special Guests: Damon Linker, George F. Will, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.

]]> George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China.

Special Guests: Damon Linker, George F. Will, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.

]]> Should Never-Trump Republicans Vote Straight Democrat in November? https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/should-never-trump-republicans-vote-straight-democrat-in-november 3843ccd2-6c00-428f-bc83-32355d9f1e91 Fri, 24 Jul 2020 11:30:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bret Stephens joins the usual crew to address the federal invasion of Portland and other cities, Trump's saber-rattling toward China, and how to punish the GOP for its descent into Trumpism. 1:10:17 no On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bret Stephens joins the usual crew to address the federal invasion of Portland and other cities, Trump's saber-rattling toward China, and how to punish the GOP for its descent into Trumpism. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bret Stephens, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez. Donald Trump, China, 2020, Portland, DHS, Policing, Riots On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bret Stephens joins the usual crew to address the federal invasion of Portland and other cities, Trump's saber-rattling toward China, and how to punish the GOP for its descent into Trumpism.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bret Stephens, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.

]]> On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bret Stephens joins the usual crew to address the federal invasion of Portland and other cities, Trump's saber-rattling toward China, and how to punish the GOP for its descent into Trumpism.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bret Stephens, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.

]]> Hong Kong Squeezed. Minneapolis Burns. https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/hong-kong-squeezed-minneapolis-burned 489d8b64-8c8a-4c28-97e5-15c28b038f9c Fri, 29 May 2020 12:15:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Patrick Chovanec joins the usual cast to discuss China’s crackdown on Hong Kong, the agony of Minneapolis and the veepstakes. 1:14:08 no On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Patrick Chovanec joins the usual cast to discuss China’s crackdown on Hong Kong, the agony of Minneapolis and the veepstakes. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Patrick Chovanec. Minneapolis, Hong Kong, China, 2020, Veepstakes On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Patrick Chovanec joins the usual cast to discuss China’s crackdown on Hong Kong, the agony of Minneapolis and the veepstakes.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Patrick Chovanec.

]]> On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Patrick Chovanec joins the usual cast to discuss China’s crackdown on Hong Kong, the agony of Minneapolis and the veepstakes.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Patrick Chovanec.

]]> Reality TV Meets Reality https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/tv-meets-reality b126d01a-fa3a-4edc-9861-acbe03143474 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:30:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, Rachel Kleinfeld and Jim Swift join regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss remote voting, COVID-19, the conservative protests about the precautions, and how President Trump carried water for China for 50 days. Also, how to save the November election. 1:09:48 no On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, Rachel Kleinfeld and Jim Swift join regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss remote voting, COVID-19, the conservative protests about the precautions, and how President Trump carried water for China for 50 days. Also, how to save the November election. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jim Swift, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Kleinfeld. Voting, 2020, China, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Protests, Biden, Tara Reade, Elections, Press Conferences, Donald Trump On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, Rachel Kleinfeld and Jim Swift join regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss remote voting, COVID-19, the conservative protests about the precautions, and how President Trump carried water for China for 50 days. Also, how to save the November election.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jim Swift, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Kleinfeld.

]]> On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, Rachel Kleinfeld and Jim Swift join regular panelists Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Bill Galston to discuss remote voting, COVID-19, the conservative protests about the precautions, and how President Trump carried water for China for 50 days. Also, how to save the November election.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jim Swift, Linda Chavez, and Rachel Kleinfeld.

]]> What Should We Fear? https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/what-should-we-fear 63729efe-99b9-48c9-bde9-0c08cf9e37ce Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:00:00 -0500 The Bulwark full The Bulwark On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest David Frum to discuss Iran and President Trump's "maximum pressure" foreign policy, the role of oil in the Middle East, the trade war with China, global warming, and what to do to combat anti-Semitism. 1:02:35 no On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest David Frum to discuss Iran and President Trump's "maximum pressure" foreign policy, the role of oil in the Middle East, the trade war with China, global warming, and what to do to combat anti-Semitism. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez. Anti Semitism, Iran, China, Foreign Policy, North Korea, Oil, Peace, Middle East, Trade War, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Global Warming, Impeachment On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest David Frum to discuss Iran and President Trump's "maximum pressure" foreign policy, the role of oil in the Middle East, the trade war with China, global warming, and what to do to combat anti-Semitism.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.

]]> On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Damon Linker, Bill Galston, and Linda Chavez are joined by special guest David Frum to discuss Iran and President Trump's "maximum pressure" foreign policy, the role of oil in the Middle East, the trade war with China, global warming, and what to do to combat anti-Semitism.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.

]]> Impeachment: Will Any Minds Change? https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/impeachment-will-any-minds-change 95d7fb3c-7ce3-43d7-86a4-95287d33f80d Fri, 01 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0400 The Bulwark full The Bulwark On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, she is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss the House impeachment inquiry vote, the World Series, the slowing economy and growing debt, and the 2020 elections. 1:03:46 no On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, she is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss the House impeachment inquiry vote, the World Series, the slowing economy and growing debt, and the 2020 elections. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez. Impeachment, Ukraine, Vindman, Bill Taylor, Public Opinion, 2020 Elections, China, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard, Nationals, World Series On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, she is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss the House impeachment inquiry vote, the World Series, the slowing economy and growing debt, and the 2020 elections.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.

]]> On this week's episode of Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, she is joined by regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker to discuss the House impeachment inquiry vote, the World Series, the slowing economy and growing debt, and the 2020 elections.

Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez.

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