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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
  • 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.

    highlights / lowlights:

    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
  • The Revolution Will Not Be Catered
    May 3 2024
    FT's Ed Luce joins the group to discuss campus protests and whether Biden is losing.

    highlights / lowlights:

    Mona: Country Music, a film by Ken Burns

    Ed: The Colombia student asking that the protestors be brought food in their encampment.

    Linda: MTG's bizarre defense of her anti-Semitism vote.

    Bill: Netanyahu: Israel will invade Rafah — regardless of hostage deal

    Damon: The new Steve Martin documentary.
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    55 mins
  • "Ukraine is anti-Christian" and other Russian Lies
    Apr 26 2024
    Anne Applebaum joins the panel (with Philip Bump) to discuss Ukraine's war effort, Russian disinformation, campus protests, and a change of pace for final segment.

    What would you have put on the Voyager Spacecraft?

    Mona:
    Images of human love: parents interacting with babies (joy), a dog reacting to being reunited, humans taking care of other humans with a handicap (compassion).

    Damon:
    Holy texts of major religions, Plato's Republic, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and the Beatles.

    Philip:
    The vessel itself is a message, and a Haiku by Issa.

    Linda:
    , a reproduction of Aphrodite of Knidos Sculpture by Praxiteles, Michelangelo's David, Gorecki and Beethoven.

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    1 hr and 1 min

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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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