The Mona Charen Show

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  • After a great five year run on Beg to Differ, Mona Charen brings you a new show dedicated to deepening your understanding of complex issues and trends facing society. Each week she'll engage an expert for a probing discussion that goes past the day's headlines.
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Episodes
  • Is Free Speech on Life Support?

    Is Free Speech on Life Support?
    Apr 14 2025

    Greg Lukianoff of FIRE joins Mona to discuss why free speech matters (hint, it's not for the powerful) and how left and right are attempting to destroy it.

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    REFERENCES:

    The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All―But There Is a Solution by Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Bad Politics Poisons Science

    Bad Politics Poisons Science
    Apr 7 2025
    The Atlantic's Helen Lewis joins Mona to talk about Andrew Tate, backlash to MAGA in Europe, and how polarization suppresses reasonable doubts about treatment of trans kids.

    References:

    When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It...     Why Trumpworld is just fine with Andrew Tate’s violent misogyny, by Helen Lewis

    The Global Populist Right Has a MAGA Problem... In Europe, Trump looks too extreme even for many right-wing insurgents, by Helen Lewis

    What the Left Refused to Understand About Women’s Sports... Female athletes said competing against trans women was an injustice, by Helen Lewis.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • A Small d Democratic Hero

    A Small d Democratic Hero
    Mar 31 2025
    In this show before a live audience, Mona talks with Stephen Richer about standing up for reality, tangling with Kari Lake, and his political future.

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    34 mins
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Calm analysis

I learned about immigration law and Democratic options for the election. Harris polls poorly, but why? Looking forward to the next episode.

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