Episodios

  • Congress Let Trump Off the Leash (w/ Kori Schake)

    Congress Let Trump Off the Leash (w/ Kori Schake)
    Oct 20 2025
    Mona Charen sits down with defense expert Kori Schake to unpack Donald Trump’s latest stunt with the military, the danger of turning U.S. troops into political props, and how Congress has let civilian control slip away. They also discuss Trump’s foreign-policy “own goals,” America’s fraying alliances, and why China and Putin are cheering him on.

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    50 m
  • The Dark Passions and How to Counter Them (w/ Bill Galston)

    The Dark Passions and How to Counter Them (w/ Bill Galston)
    Oct 13 2025
    Bill Galston joins Mona to discuss his new book about the vulnerabilities of liberal democracies and how to relearn the importance of rhetoric.

    Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech: https://a.co/d/9OPWkKP
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    59 m
  • How Bad Is It and How Can We Recover?

    How Bad Is It and How Can We Recover?
    Oct 6 2025
    Damon Linker on just how crazy awful things are, but with some optimism for climbing out of the abyss.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • How Trump is Using Kirk's 'Martyrdom' to Create a Fake Emergency

    How Trump is Using Kirk's 'Martyrdom' to Create a Fake Emergency
    Sep 29 2025
    The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait discusses how MAGA is using Kirk's tragic death as a pretext for full-on authoritarian repression of dissent.


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    44 m
  • Just How Much Damage Can RFK Jr. Do?

    Just How Much Damage Can RFK Jr. Do?
    Sep 22 2025
    The Bulwark's Jonathan Cohn discusses the harm RFK has already done, and what he's planning, which may be worse.

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    56 m
  • The Religious Impulse Behind Trumpism

    The Religious Impulse Behind Trumpism
    Sep 15 2025
    Holly Berkley Fletcher explains the mindset of white evangelicals from a unique perspective—that of missionary kids. She was one. Her new book sheds light on a key MAGA constituency.
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    54 m
  • More Marriage = More Happiness

    More Marriage = More Happiness
    Sep 8 2025
    Mona welcomes UVA's Brad Wilcox to discuss the latest stats on marriage, what singlehood means for kids, men, and women, and marriage's new alt-Right foes.

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    REFERENCES:

    • Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization — W. Bradford Wilcox (HarperCollins, 2024)
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    34 m
  • Can Democrats Stop Bleeding Voters?

    Can Democrats Stop Bleeding Voters?
    Sep 1 2025
    Third Way's Matt Bennett and Sarah Longwell join Mona to talk about tanking Democratic voter registration numbers, words you should never say, the working class, the donors, and more.

    REFERENCES:

    Was It Something I Said? A memo to All Who Wish to Stop Donald Trump and MAGA from Third Way.
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    57 m