<![CDATA[The Bulwark: The Mona Charen Show]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/s/monacharenshowhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QWq4!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7bdbd69-ae32-45de-8348-8913f6966d53_256x256.pngThe Bulwark: The Mona Charen Showhttps://www.thebulwark.com/s/monacharenshowSubstackMon, 20 Apr 2026 00:19:17 GMT<![CDATA[A 250-Foot Monument to Trump's Ego (w/ Philip Kennicott)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-250-foot-monument-to-trumps-egohttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-250-foot-monument-to-trumps-egoMon, 13 Apr 2026 14:03:50 GMTWashington Post architecture critic Philip Kennicott discusses Trump’s physical desecration of Washington DC.

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]]><![CDATA[Confronting Antisemitism, Left and Right (w/ David Frum)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/confronting-anti-semitism-left-andhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/confronting-anti-semitism-left-andMon, 06 Apr 2026 10:03:55 GMTDavid Frum analyzes the roots of both left and right-wing anti-Semitism and what it means for a liberal democracy.

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]]><![CDATA[Is RFK Jr. Being Defanged?]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-being-defangedhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-being-defangedMon, 30 Mar 2026 16:31:06 GMT Jonathan Cohn analyzes the first godawful year of MAHA, but are things changing for the better? Or slightly better?

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]]><![CDATA[DOGE Dumbed Down the Nation (w/ Jessica Riedl)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/doge-dumbed-down-the-nation-w-jessicahttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/doge-dumbed-down-the-nation-w-jessicaMon, 23 Mar 2026 10:03:24 GMTBrookings scholar Jessica Riedl analyzes the DOGE debacle and the failure of Americans to make grown up choices about spending and taxes.

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]]><![CDATA[MAGA’s Online Nutjobs (w/ Will Sommer)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-online-nutjobs-w-will-sommerhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/magas-online-nutjobs-w-will-sommerMon, 16 Mar 2026 16:58:57 GMTWill Sommer takes us on a tour of the groypers and other right wing influencers.

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]]><![CDATA[Why Primaries Reward The Most Extreme Candidates (w/ Nick Troiano)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-primaries-reward-the-most-extremehttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-primaries-reward-the-most-extremeMon, 09 Mar 2026 15:41:57 GMTMona Charen talks with Unite America’s Nick Troiano about the structural problem driving America’s political polarization: the primary system.

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]]><![CDATA[There Are 500 Ways This War Goes Wrong]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/there-are-500-ways-this-war-goeshttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/there-are-500-ways-this-war-goesTue, 03 Mar 2026 02:30:15 GMTIn this emergency episode of The Mona Charen Show, Tom Nichols lays out the tremendous risks Trump has taken with Iran war.

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]]><![CDATA[Kleptocrat-in-Chief (w/ Alexander Cooley & Daniel Nexon)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/kleptocrat-in-chief-w-alexander-cooleyhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/kleptocrat-in-chief-w-alexander-cooleyMon, 02 Mar 2026 11:02:15 GMTNOTE: This episode was recorded before the US/Israel attack on Iran.

Two professors describe the staggering corruption Trump is normalizing and how it is affecting foreign policy. Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon join The Mona Charen Show to discuss their Foreign Affairs piece “The Age of Kleptocracy.”

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]]><![CDATA[Health in the Time of MAGA (w/ Atul Gawande)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/health-in-the-time-of-maga-w-atulhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/health-in-the-time-of-maga-w-atulMon, 23 Feb 2026 11:03:06 GMTDoctor Atul Gawande joins Mona to take on the hardening myths about COVID, the collapse of USAID, and the dangerous assault on American science.

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]]><![CDATA[The Real Conflict is Between Decent and Indecent (w/ David French)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-conflict-is-between-decenthttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-conflict-is-between-decentMon, 16 Feb 2026 11:02:03 GMTDavid French discusses culture wars morphing into hot wars, partisanship, and the idiocy of threatening Greenland.

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]]><![CDATA[Why Minneapolis Gives Hope (w/ Peter Wehner)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-minneapolis-gives-hope-w-peterhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/why-minneapolis-gives-hope-w-peterMon, 09 Feb 2026 16:02:24 GMTMona is joined by the Atlantic’s Peter Wehner to discuss the psychology of MAGA and why defeating them must be the precursor to depolarization.

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]]><![CDATA[How Can I Save Democracy? (w/ Ian Bassin)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-can-i-save-democracy-w-ian-bassinhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-can-i-save-democracy-w-ian-bassinMon, 02 Feb 2026 11:03:00 GMTProtect Democracy founder Ian Bassin talks about victories and setbacks in the effort to thwart authoritarianism America-style, and what each person can do to preserve free and fair elections going forward.

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]]><![CDATA[Is a Blue Wave Coming in November? (w/ Dave Wasserman)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-a-blue-wave-coming-in-novemberhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-a-blue-wave-coming-in-novemberFri, 30 Jan 2026 04:17:42 GMTDave Wasserman discusses what’s changed and what hasn’t since 2018, including electoral map, redistricting, public discontent, and likely turnout.

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]]><![CDATA[Loneliness is Reshaping America (w/ David Brooks)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/loneliness-is-reshaping-america-whttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/loneliness-is-reshaping-america-wMon, 26 Jan 2026 16:07:57 GMTMona speaks with David Brooks (author, contributor to PBS NewsHour and opinion columnist for The New York Times) about why so many Americans feel unseen, how loneliness and moral drift are reshaping society, and what we lose when human connection is replaced by screens, algorithms, and artificial companionship.

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]]><![CDATA[A Brave and Interesting Film About Repression]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-brave-and-interesting-film-abouthttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-brave-and-interesting-film-aboutMon, 19 Jan 2026 16:56:56 GMTSonny Bunch joins to discuss “It Was Just an Accident” a film from dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi. It raises profound questions about guilt, judgment, and revenge. Also, amazing that it was made at all.

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]]><![CDATA[Venezuela Was Not Liberated (w/ Quico Toro)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/venezuela-was-not-liberated-w-quicohttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/venezuela-was-not-liberated-w-quicoMon, 12 Jan 2026 16:14:49 GMTQuico Toro offers an insider’s perspective on his lost homeland and the American raid.

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]]><![CDATA[Debunking MAGA Myths about the Economy (w/ Catherine Rampell)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/debunking-maga-myths-about-the-economyhttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/debunking-maga-myths-about-the-economyMon, 05 Jan 2026 16:03:12 GMTTrump promised a manufacturing comeback and cheaper prices. Instead, jobs are shrinking, costs are rising, and America’s economic credibility is taking a hit. Catherine Rampell joins Mona to discuss why the factory revival was always a myth, how tariffs backfired, and why chaos, favoritism, and attacks on rule of law are making the U.S. a riskier place to do business.

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]]><![CDATA[MAGA Intellectuals Under the Microscope]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-intellectuals-under-the-microscopehttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-intellectuals-under-the-microscopeMon, 29 Dec 2025 16:37:42 GMTLaura K. Field discusses her book, Furious Minds, which dissects the thought of MAGA intellectuals (yes, there are some). Anti-enlightenment, theocratic, racist, misogynistic and yet, claiming to be for the general good.

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]]><![CDATA[A Holiday Greeting from Mona]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-holiday-greeting-from-monahttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-holiday-greeting-from-monaMon, 22 Dec 2025 18:06:37 GMTWhile there won’t be an episode of the Mona Charen Show this week, Mona sends along this holiday greeting. She will return next Monday, December 29.

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]]><![CDATA[Forget ‘Double Tap.’ The First Strike Was a Crime (w/ Rosa Brooks)]]>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/forget-double-tap-the-first-strikehttps://www.thebulwark.com/p/forget-double-tap-the-first-strikeMon, 15 Dec 2025 16:09:03 GMTGeorgetown professor Rosa Brooks discusses the legality (or the lack) of Trump’s drug boat attacks as well as the bonkers National Security Strategy document.

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