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    <title>Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Polls”</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>How Scary Is Inflation?</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats.
Highlights/Lowlights:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utmcampaign=wpmain&amp;amp;utmmedium=social&amp;amp;utmsource=twitter
https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/
https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&amp;amp;utmcampaign=post&amp;amp;utmmedium=web&amp;amp;utm_source=
https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&amp;amp;utmcampaign=post&amp;amp;utmmedium=web&amp;amp;utm_source=
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Noah Smith.
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    <![CDATA[<p>Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats.</p>

<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=" rel="nofollow">https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=</a></p>

<p><a href="https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=" rel="nofollow">https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true" rel="nofollow">https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Noah Smith.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Noah Smith helps the panel diagnose the inflation threat as well as the political peril for Democrats.</p>

<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/17/overdose-deaths-pandemic-fentanyl/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thebulwark.com/steve-bannon-and-maga-martyrdom/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=" rel="nofollow">https://gfile.thedispatch.com/p/mugged-by-fallacy?r=2jt0v&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=</a></p>

<p><a href="https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=" rel="nofollow">https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/metoo-is-different-in-china?r=2jt0v&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/11/18/what-makes-life-meaningful-views-from-17-advanced-economies/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true" rel="nofollow">https://www.netflix.com/title/81086631?preventIntent=true</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Linda Chavez, and Noah Smith.</p>]]>
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  <title>The Democrats’ Sinking Poll Numbers</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>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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    <![CDATA[<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/" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<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/" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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