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

Beg to Differ with Mona Charen

The Bulwark

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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

Trump's Most Dangerous Nominee
DEC 13, 2024
Trump's Most Dangerous Nominee
<div>Noah Smith joins to discuss what Tulsi Gabbard could do to America, the other anti-qualified nominees, the Penny/Mangione cases, and what Syria should remind us of.<br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights <br> <br> </strong>Mona:<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rupert-murdoch-succession-fiasco"> Rupert Murdoch's Succession Fiasco, Clive Irving at <em>Vanity Fair</em></a> <br> <br> Linda: <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/pete-hegseth-warfighters-fox-news-trump">Why Does Pete Hegseth Keep Talking About ‘Warfighters’? Elliot Ackerman at <em>The Free Press</em>.</a><br> <br> Bill: His <em>WSJ </em>column: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/save-a-reagan-initiative-from-the-doge-national-endowment-for-democracy-funding-2b6cc072">Save a Reagan Initiative From Musk and Ramaswamy</a><br> <br> Damon: <a href="https://yaschamounk.substack.com/p/when-democracys-defenders-turn-into">When Democracy’s Defenders Turn Into Its Gravediggers, Yascha Mounck </a><br> <br> Noah makes his reasoned pitch as to why rabbits make excellent pets.</div>
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69 MIN
Is the Press Preemptively Caving to Trump?
DEC 6, 2024
Is the Press Preemptively Caving to Trump?
<div>Matt Bennett joins to discuss the most dangerous Trump appointments and the worrying signals of fear by MSNBC and others.<br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights<br> </strong><br> <strong>Mona: </strong><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/22/george-will-fifty-years-columnist/">The Iron Man of America’s op-ed pages</a> (David Von Drehle, WaPo) and Mona’s contribution to the George Will tribute symposium, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/24/george-will-conservative-intellectual-leadership/">‘Conservatism’s Vital Champion.’<br> </a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Happiness-Classical-Inspired-Founders/dp/1668002477">The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America</a> by Jeffrey Rosen<br> <br> <strong>Matt: </strong>The attempted Martial Law coup in South Korea (lowlight) and the response of South Korean politicians and citizens (highlight).<br> <br> <strong>Bill: </strong><a href="https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/the-doge-versus-the-ned/">The DOGE versus the NED by James Piereson</a> (<em>The New Criterion</em>)<br> <br> <strong>Linda: </strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/pete-hegseth-trump-pentagon.html">Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth See the Same Enemies </a>(Carlos Lozada, <em>NYT</em>)<br> <br> <strong>Damon: </strong>The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the perverse glee of some on the very online left. (Lowlights)<br> <br> </div>
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63 MIN
Humiliation Theater
NOV 22, 2024
Humiliation Theater
<div>Robert Tracinski joins to discuss Trump's attack on government, his execrable appointees, and what Dems should do going forward.<br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights<br> <br> Damon:</strong> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-russ-vought-office-of-management-budget/">Russ Vought's appointment to OMB</a> and the Nancy Mace / Sarah McBride performative cruelty.<br> <br> <strong>Linda: </strong>JD Vance appearing in all of those Senate meetings with Matt Gaetz, and <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/a-free-press-conversation-with-natan?r=1351y&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true%20%20">A Free Press Conversation with Natan Sharansky</a><br> <br> <strong>Mona: </strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-activists-jailed/">Hong Kong's jailing of 45 democracy activists sparks criticism from foreign governments, rights groups</a> (CBS)<br> <br> <br> <strong>Bill: </strong><a href="https://apnews.com/article/nonprofit-bill-terrorism-treasury-trump-aclu-ac88da656ea0d5cf8deb2e7bd045c1a4">House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism</a><br> <br> <strong>Robert:</strong><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-cabinet-robert-f-kennedy-jr-humiliation-rcna181026"><strong> </strong>The RFK Jr. McDonalds Photo</a><br> <strong><br> </strong><br> </div>
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72 MIN
As Bad As We Thought
NOV 15, 2024
As Bad As We Thought
<div>David French and Larry Diamond join the group to mull the nature of Trump's victory and the stupefying appointments to DOJ and DNI.<br> <br> <strong>Highlights / Lowlights<br> </strong><br> <strong>David French: </strong>Politics are terrible <em>and</em> sports are terrible, at least for David. Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Titans, and Ja Morant’s injury.<br> <br> <strong>Damon Linker: </strong><a href="https://x.com/DamonLinker/status/1856724060438475060">A viral tweet and the disappointing Republican whataboutism.<br> </a><br> <strong>Larry Diamond: </strong>A vignette about Matt Gaetz’s selection and surprising a prominent Republican with the news. <br> <br> <strong>Bill Galston: </strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/business/onion-alex-jones-infowars-auction/index.html">The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets<br> </a><br> <strong>Mona Charen:</strong> Season 2 of <em>Bad Sisters</em>.<br> <br> </div>
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60 MIN
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