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 Jan 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 Jan 35min
Venezuela Was Not Liberated (w/ Quico Toro)
Quico Toro offers an insider’s perspective on his lost homeland and the American raid.Wildgrain is offering our listeners $30 off your first box - PLUS free croissants for life - when you go to https:...
12 Jan 30min
Debunking MAGA Myths about the Economy (w/ Catherine Rampell)
Trump 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 w...
5 Jan 1h 8min
MAGA Intellectuals Under the Microscope
Laura 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 f...
29 Dec 202550min
A Holiday Greeting from Mona
While 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.
22 Dec 202530s
Forget ‘Double Tap.’ The First Strike Was a Crime (w/ Rosa Brooks)
Georgetown professor Rosa Brooks discusses the legality (or the lack) of Trump’s drug boat attacks as well as the bonkers National Security Strategy document.Head to https://GhostBed.com/mona and use ...
15 Dec 202554min
Grift, Graft, and Groveling: Life in Trump 2.0 (w/ John Prideaux)
The Economist’s John Prideaux discusses the lavish gifts and other forms of corruption in Trump’s Washington.
8 Dec 202550min
