Beg to Differ with Mona Charen
Beg to Differ with Mona Charen

Beg to Differ with Mona Charen

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Beg to Differ is a weekly roundtable podcast brought to you by http://TheBulwark.com. Host Mona Charen is joined by Linda Chavez of the Niskanen Center, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution, and Damon Linker, who writes "Notes from the Middleground," to discuss the news of the week in a respectful, rational forum.

Recent Episodes

Kleptocracy Cometh
NOV 8, 2024
Kleptocracy Cometh
<div> <em>The Atlantic</em>'s David Frum joins the group to analyze the election and consider the implications for domestic and foreign policy.<br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights:<br> <br> Damon: </strong>The work of <a href="https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-shattering-of-the-democratic">Ruy Texiera</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/podcasts/the-daily/donald-trump-america.html">Nate Cohn </a><br> <br> <strong>Linda: </strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion/trump-democrats-loss.html">My Manifesto for Despairing Democrats by Nick Kristof</a><br> <br> <strong>Bill:</strong> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/05/harris-older-women-voters-2024/">‘Invisible’ older women speak up at the ballot box </a>by Karen Tumulty<br> <br> <strong>Mona: </strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/howard-lutnick-robert-f-kennedy-jr-vaccines-cnntv/index.html">Trump transition team co-chair endorses Kennedy anti-vax theories and says he would be able to access health data</a><br> <br> <strong>David: </strong><a href="https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/earth-warmest-year-record-2024">Earth experiencing warmest year on record – again, scientists say</a> </div>
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75 MIN
Who Are You Calling Garbage?
NOV 1, 2024
Who Are You Calling Garbage?
<div>Tim Miller joins to discuss the big picture about 2024, why Harris could not run as a change agent, and America's oligarchs.<br> <br> Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code BEGTODIFFER at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: <a href="http://incogni.com/begtodiffer">http://incogni.com/begtodiffer</a><br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights<br> <br> </strong>Linda Chavez: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Mirth"><em>The House of Mirth </em>by Edith Wharton</a> and the Dodgers World Series Victory (Highlights)  <strong><br> <br> </strong>Tim Miller: Trump wearing an orange vest and driving a trash truck. (Both) <br> <br> Mona Charen:<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/10/28/derrick-anderson-congress-virginia-7th-district-vindman/"> Derrick Anderson's Fake Family</a> (Lowlight)<br> <br> Bill Galston: The Dodgers (Highlight) <br> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4963720-nikki-haley-emotion-voters-pennsylvania/">Nikki Haley's Get Out the Vote Closing Argument</a> (Lowlight)<br> <br> Damon Linker:<a href="https://meidasnews.com/news/charlie-kirk-harris-wants-women-to-lie-to-their-husbands"> Charlie Kirk: Harris Wants Women to Lie to Their Husbands</a> (Lowlight)<br> <br> </div>
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76 MIN
Why One Never Trumper Can't Endorse Kamala Harris
OCT 25, 2024
Why One Never Trumper Can't Endorse Kamala Harris
<div> <em>New York Times</em> columnist Ross Douthat joins the regular group to discuss his objections to Harris, the likelihood of a Trump fascistic reign, and which party has gone crazier.<br> <br> Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code BEGTODIFFER at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: <a href="http://incogni.com/begtodiffer">http://incogni.com/begtodiffer</a><br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights<br> </strong><br> Ross: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html">Can AI be blamed for a teen’s suicide? <em>(NYT)<br> </em></a><br> Damon: <a href="https://play.max.com/show/7fe42870-0ca3-43d1-81bf-90bea0411f2a">Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos (<em>MAX)<br> </em></a><br> Linda:<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/john-tanton-far-right-extremism-environmentalism-climate-change"> The Ghosts of John Tanton (<em>ProPublica)<br> </em></a><br> Mona: <a href="https://www.economist.com/weeklyedition/2024-10-19?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&amp;utm_source=google&amp;ppccampaignID=17210591673&amp;ppcadID=&amp;utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&amp;utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwg-24BhB_EiwA1ZOx8iKLckEY2c0ArRY9gg5A8jjezS2-7_Zuq8hfOgEP7D1aLjlolBeHWxoCNI4QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds">The Envy of the World (<em>The Economist</em>)<br> </a><br> Bill: <a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/fight-new-israel">The Fight for a New Israel (Dahlia Scheindlin, <em>Foreign Affairs</em>)<br> </a><br> </div>
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72 MIN
An Underrated Threat: The Trump Corruption
OCT 18, 2024
An Underrated Threat: The Trump Corruption
<div>The New Yorker's Susan Glasser joins the group (plus Philip Bump) to discuss Harris's Fox interview, Trump's spiraling mental state, and the oligarchy/corruption a second Trump term would usher in.<br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights<br> <br> </strong>Mona: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/opinion/harris-kamala-trump-election.html">Harris Needs a Closing Argument. Here's One. By Bret Stephens</a><br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/17/ftc-subscriptions-click-to-cancel-unsubscribe/">The FTC is making it easier to cancel subscriptions.</a><br> <br> Damon: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/10/trumpism-republican-party-exile-david-brooks/680243/?taid=670f760abc3c9e0001d4e289&amp;utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_content=true-anthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">Confessions of a Republican Exile by David Brooks</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.slowboring.com">A spate of recent content from Matthew Yglesias</a><br> <br> Susan: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Gaza-Betrayal-Survival-Borderlands-ebook/dp/B0CVH5V4HN"><em>The Gates of Gaza </em>by Amir Tibon</a><br> <br> Philip: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/how-to-read-this-chart/">A preview of this weekend's "How to Read This Chart" newsletter</a><br> <br> Linda: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/10/the-generals-warning/680279">The General's Warning by Tom Nichols</a><br> <br> </div>
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65 MIN
What Would a Second Trump Term Mean for US Leadership?
OCT 11, 2024
What Would a Second Trump Term Mean for US Leadership?
<div>NY Times columnist Bret Stephens joins to discuss the Iranian threat (to Israel and the US), the amazing Israeli penetrations of Hezbollah and Iran, and the fate of NATO, Ukraine, etc in a Trump 2.0 world.<br> <br> <strong>TV Recommendations of the panelists: <br> </strong>Mona: Call My Agent<br> Damon: Game of Thrones<br> Bill: Babylon Berlin<br> Linda:   Slow Horses / Pachinko</div>
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55 MIN