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    <title>Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Economics”</title>
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    <description>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.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Mona Charen hosts a roundtable with Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker discussing the news of the week.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>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.
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  <title>Report Card</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>George F. Will joins to discuss lessons of the pandemic, whether Biden is creating a new New Deal, and how to handle China.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Does it Matter if Tara Reade is Not Credible?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week’s Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Scott Lincicome rebuts some myths about the drug supply, and the whole crew addresses COVID, the economy, and those Tara Reade allegations.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, historian and author Tevi Troy joins the panel to discuss his new book  "Fight House." The panel also discusses COVID-19, the response by the Trump White House and the governors, the conflict between both, and why nationalists are seizing on Coronavirus to push their worldview.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>This is Not a Test</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen Podcast, Vox's Jane Coaston joins Bill Galston, Damon Linker, and Linda Chavez to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the level of trust in American institutions, and the bright side of working from home.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;(Editor's note: since this was an entirely remote podcast, there may be slight audio discrepancies.) Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Jane Coaston, and Linda Chavez.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>“It’s All Bulls - - t.”</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker are joined by AEI's Michael Strain to discuss his essay on the American dream being alive and well, the State of the Union, Impeachment, and Iowa and the 2020 Democratic primaries.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Trump, the Corruption Fighter!</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Bill Galston and Damon Linker are joined by Sarah Longwell and Maya MacGuineas to discuss a decade of trillion dollar deficits, the economy, the 2020 elections, and the impeachment of President Trump.</itunes:subtitle>
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