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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.
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Episodes
  • What if What the Electorate Knows is Flat Wrong?
    May 24 2024
    Joe Klein joins the panel to discuss Haley's Trump support, Alito's freak flags, and polls showing Americans are deeply misinformed about the state of the economy.

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    Damon: Is the Biden Campaign Running on False Hope? (Isaac Chotiner, NYer)

    Linda: Three Books to Help You Understand Nations in Transit 2024 (Freedom House)

    Joseph: The U.S. assembles the pieces of a possible Gaza war endgame (David Ignatius, WaPo)

    Mona: The Birth of a MAGA Conspiracy Theory (Andrew Egger, The Bulwark)

    Bill: If Trump wins, what would hold him back? (Andrew Prokop, Vox)

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Will Debates Reset the Race?
    May 17 2024
    Sarah Longwell, Chris Cillizza, Will Saletan join Mona and Bill to discuss the upcoming debates, the polls (and Biden's response to them) and how to spend a record $61 million on a Senate primary and still get trounced.

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    Mona: Thousands sign petition urging canceled concerts by Israeli ensemble to go ahead in Amsterdam (Times of Israel)

    Sarah: GOP Sen. Mitt Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump (NBC)
    Biden killing the presidential debate commission.

    Chris: The beauty of no audience at the Presidential debate.

    Bill: Can the Declaration of Independence’s Ideals Hold America Together? (Colin Woodard, Washington Monthly)

    Lowlight: The reports from the battlefield in Ukraine, after the GOP delayed aid for so long.

    Will: RFK Jr.’s Rich Running Mate Just Added $8 Million to His Effort.
    The hypocrisy of Congressional Republicans who voted against aid to Ukraine and Israel but lectured Biden over withholding 2,000 pound bombs for Rafah.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Does This Make Me Look Weak?
    May 10 2024
    The Society for the Rule of Law's Gregg Nunziata joins to discuss the NY and other cases against Trump; Biden's pivot on weapons to Israel, and RFK, Jr's brain worm.

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    Mona: In Letter, 540 Jewish Columbia Students Defend Zionism, Condemn Protests

    Gregg: Highlight: This Is Peak College Admissions Insanity by Daniel Currell, Lowlight: Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election roll out voting 'integrity' bill

    Linda: The New Propaganda War by Anne Applebaum

    Bill: Liberland: Populism, Peronism, and Madness in Argentina by David Rieff

    Damon: The curse of presentism by Brink Lindsey
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    1 hr and 3 mins

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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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