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The Mona Charen Show

The Mona Charen Show

The Bulwark

293 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Mona Charen Show has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 293 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 290 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 55 min and 1h 7m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 36 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 52 episodes published. Published by The Bulwark.

Episodes
293
Running
2019–2026 · 7y
Median length
1h 1m
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

After a great five year run on Beg to Differ, Mona Charen brings you a new show dedicated to deepening your understanding of complex issues and trends facing society. Each week she'll engage an expert for a probing discussion that goes past the day's headlines.

Latest Episodes

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Trump’s Iran War Blew Up His “America First” Promise (w/ Will Saletan) | Mona Charen Show

Aug 23, 202645 min

Bulwark Book Club: ‘Pudd’nhead Wilson’—Was Twain Ahead of His Time? (w/ Mona Charen & Bill Kristol)

Aug 16, 202650 min

America Didn’t Lower the Bar for Character. We Buried It.

Aug 9, 202643 min

Trump is Making America Third World (w/ Idrees Kahloon)

Aug 2, 202650 min

How Democrats Can Win Big (w/ Thomas Edsall)

Jul 26, 202641 min

How Badly Has Trump Botched the Iran War? (w/ Eric Edelman)

Jul 19, 20261h 4m

Trump, Platner, and the Mistake America Keeps Making (w/ Will Saletan)

Jul 9, 202656 min

A Belated Appreciation of John Adams

Jul 5, 20261h 1m

This Reporter Calls Trump—And He Answers! (w/ Ed Luce)

Jun 28, 202648 min

Trump Bombed Iran—Then Gave It Everything It Wanted (w/ Andrew Fox) | Mona Charen Show

Jun 21, 202656 min

Book Club: “If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal” (w/ Mark Hertling)

Jun 14, 20261h 5m

Trump's Tough-Guy Act Is Finally Falling Apart (w/ Will Saletan)

Jun 7, 202645 min

Trump's Staggering Corruption Is Finally Catching Up to Him (w/ Jonathan Chait)

May 31, 202655 min

Danielle Crittenden on Losing Her Daughter

May 24, 202658 min

What Can 'A Man for All Seasons' Tell Us About Today?

May 16, 202658 min

Trump's Tariffs Trashed the Economy. Why Won't We Say That? (w/ Matt Bennett)

May 9, 202647 min

Trump's War on the Enlightenment (w/ Steven Pinker) | Mona Charen Show

May 4, 202659 min

Orbán Rigged the Game—and Still Lost! (w/ Dalibor Rohac)

Apr 27, 202649 min

A Beautiful Victory in Hungary

Apr 20, 20261h 25m

A 250-Foot Monument to Trump's Ego (w/ Philip Kennicott)

Apr 13, 202652 min
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