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    <title>Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Protests”</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:45:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <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>If Roe Goes</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Slate's Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden's opportunities to recover.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Slate's Will Saletan joins the group, including Bill Kristol, to discuss the implications of a possible reversal of Roe and Biden's opportunities to recover.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Highlights/Lowlights:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans</a></p>

<p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/" rel="nofollow">https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.</p>]]>
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<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans" rel="nofollow">https://www.vox.com/22814386/lauren-boebert-islamophobic-comments-omar-house-republicans</a></p>

<p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/" rel="nofollow">https://harpers.org/archive/2021/12/a-posthumous-shock-trauma-studies-modernity-how-everything-became-trauma/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Bill Kristol, Damon Linker, and Will Saletan.</p>]]>
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  <title>Swan Song</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week’s Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes describes his disturbing experience with DHS. The group also discusses the Swan/Trump interview and the lessons of Beirut.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>"Battlespace"</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen podcast, Anne Applebaum joins the usual cast to discuss how history will judge those complicit with Trumpism, the protests and unrest as a result of the death of George Floyd, and the criticism of President Trump by former military leaders.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:03:21</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Reality TV Meets Reality</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>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.</itunes:subtitle>
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