Kleptocrat-in-Chief (w/ Alexander Cooley & Daniel Nexon)
NOTE: 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 ...
1 Maalis 1h 3min
Health in the Time of MAGA (w/ Atul Gawande)
Dr. Atul Gawande reports on what cuts to USAID are doing to the world’s most vulnerable, as well as how that is coming home. Also a look back at Covid and reflections on end of life care.
23 Helmi 1h
The Real Conflict is Between Decent and Indecent (w/ David French)
David French discusses culture wars morphing into hot wars, partisanship, and the idiocy of threatening Greenland.Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN #one...
16 Helmi 51min
Why Minneapolis Gives Hope (w/ Peter Wehner)
Mona is joined by the Atlantic’s Peter Wehner to discuss the psychology of MAGA and why defeating them must be the precursor to depolarization.Wildgrain is offering $30 off your first box - PLUS free ...
9 Helmi 57min
How Can I Save Democracy? (w/ Ian Bassin)
Protect 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 fo...
2 Helmi 53min
Is a Blue Wave Coming in November? (w/ Dave Wasserman)
Dave Wasserman joins Mona to discuss what’s changed and what hasn’t since 2018, including electoral map, redistricting, public discontent, and likely turnout.
30 Tammi 55min
Loneliness Is Reshaping America (w/ David Brooks)
Mona 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 s...
26 Tammi 41min
A Brave and Interesting Film About Repression (w/ Sonny Bunch)
Sonny 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 m...
19 Tammi 35min
