web01.fireside.fm Fri, 08 May 2026 11:27:48 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Democracy” https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/tags/democracy Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:45:00 -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 Putin Wants to Turn Back the Clock https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/is-ukraine-crisis-about-democracy b791d3ef-25b2-4234-b1e7-e04177c005ad Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:45:00 -0500 The Bulwark full The Bulwark Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama joins the group to discuss Ukraine and the impact of a new Supreme Court justice on politics and jurisprudence. 52:32 no <p>Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama joins the group to discuss Ukraine and the impact of a new Supreme Court justice on politics and jurisprudence.</p> <p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/prchovanec/status/1485622322799255553?s=20&amp;t=a9dVZafEdqi8nszn5EenFQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/prchovanec/status/1485622322799255553?s=20&amp;amp;t=a9dVZafEdqi8nszn5EenFQ</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/the-pursuits-of-liberty" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/the-pursuits-of-liberty</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/texas-synagogue-antisemitism.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/texas-synagogue-antisemitism.html</a> Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Francis Fukuyama, and Linda Chavez.</p> manchin, sinema, senate, democrats, confirmation, breyer, supreme court, scotus, belarus, georgia, soviet union, france, germany, qatar, gerhard schroder, nord stream, olaf scholz, merkel, nuclear power, energy, tucker carlson, republican base, pew, defensive weapons, Biden, democracy, russia, putin, ukraine Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama joins the group to discuss Ukraine and the impact of a new Supreme Court justice on politics and jurisprudence.

Highlights/Lowlights:

https://twitter.com/prchovanec/status/1485622322799255553?s=20&t=a9dVZafEdqi8nszn5EenFQ

https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/the-pursuits-of-liberty

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/texas-synagogue-antisemitism.html

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

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Highlights/Lowlights:

https://twitter.com/prchovanec/status/1485622322799255553?s=20&t=a9dVZafEdqi8nszn5EenFQ

https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/the-pursuits-of-liberty

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/texas-synagogue-antisemitism.html

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

]]> 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 <p>Peter Wehner joins the group to discuss threats to democracy, the GOP's gun fetish, and more.</p> <p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/democrats-lose-culture-war/620887/</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853</a></strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/11/about-one-in-four-u-s-hispanics-have-heard-of-latinx-but-just-3-use-it/</a></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-collapse-of-liberal-internationalism</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://gideons.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-liberal-internationalism?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjY2NTU0MCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDUxODMyMTMsIl8iOiJxSVFoZyIsImlhdCI6MTYzOTA1MjEwNiwiZXhwIjoxNjM5MDU1NzA2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzA3MTc2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Yvnvwn67CNxzhSLJv3KCIQI_GkT-8M4wc4x6h5YrISM</a></strong> Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Peter Wehner.</p> 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 <p>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</p> <p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a><br> Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p> 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Are Things Normal Yet? No. https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/are-things-normal-yet-no 3c9c9357-8344-4236-aebc-5ec30ee1d577 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:45:00 -0500 The Bulwark full The Bulwark 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. 1:08:31 no <p><em>Bulwark</em> 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. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Sarah Longwell.</p> COVID, Relief, Trump, Taxes, Omnibus, Democracy, Executive Power 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.

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

]]> 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.

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

]]> Beg to Agree https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/beg-to-agree b1294d9b-99be-4333-82d9-1696d7a2f7a8 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:30:00 -0500 The Bulwark full The Bulwark Author and foreign correspondent Michael J. Totten joins the group to discuss conspiracy thinking at home and abroad, the Biden cabinet so far, and Stop the Steal. 1:04:47 no <p>Author and foreign correspondent Michael J. Totten joins the group to discuss conspiracy thinking at home and abroad, the Biden cabinet so far, and Stop the Steal. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Michael J. Totten.</p> Conspiracy Theories, 2020, Elections, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Cabinet, Elections, Democracy Author and foreign correspondent Michael J. Totten joins the group to discuss conspiracy thinking at home and abroad, the Biden cabinet so far, and Stop the Steal.

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

]]> Author and foreign correspondent Michael J. Totten joins the group to discuss conspiracy thinking at home and abroad, the Biden cabinet so far, and Stop the Steal.

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

]]> Decapitating the DOD and other cheery thoughts https://begtodiffer.thebulwark.com/decapitating-the-dod-and-other-cheery-thoughts 816bc159-b4ae-48d5-9f5c-06ef27de240f Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0500 The Bulwark full The Bulwark 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. 1:14:05 no <p>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. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p> DOD, trump, esper, elections, joe biden, democracy, lawsuits 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.

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

]]> 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.

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

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