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Trump Bombed Iran—Then Gave It Everything It Wanted (w/ Andrew Fox) | Mona Charen Show
Jun 21, 2026
56m 21s
Book Club: “If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal” (w/ Mark Hertling)
Jun 14, 2026
1h 05m 47s
Trump's Tough-Guy Act Is Finally Falling Apart (w/ Will Saletan)
Jun 7, 2026
45m 59s
Trump's Staggering Corruption Is Finally Catching Up to Him (w/ Jonathan Chait)
May 31, 2026
55m 45s
Danielle Crittenden on Losing Her Daughter
May 24, 2026
58m 26s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/21/26 | Trump Bombed Iran—Then Gave It Everything It Wanted (w/ Andrew Fox) | Mona Charen Show | Mona Charen welcomes military analyst Andrew Fox for a conversation on Trump’s Iran ceasefire, whether America squandered its leverage against Tehran, the growing influence of Qatar and Turkey, Israel’s military and political mistakes, Hamas’s strategy in Gaza, and the battle over public opinion that could shape the future of the Middle East.show notes:Bulwark Book Club: Mona will interview presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky about her book, “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.” | 56m 21s | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | Book Club: “If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal” (w/ Mark Hertling) | On the inaugural Bulwark Book Club, Mark Hertling joins Mona Charen to discuss his new book—If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal—a journal he began during the Gulf War for his young sons in case he never returned home. Their conversation explores combat, leadership, moral injury, fatherhood, friendship, military culture, and what it means to live a life worthy of the sacrifices made by those who serve.Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN #oneskinpodBuy Mark's book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1966786727/?tag=bulwark08-20Get a signed copy: https://www.ballastbooks.com/ballast-bookstore/if-i-dont-return | 1h 05m 47s | ||||||
| 6/7/26 | Trump's Tough-Guy Act Is Finally Falling Apart (w/ Will Saletan)✨ | Texas politicsprimary elections+3 | Will Saletan | Texas | — | TrumpTexas+6 | Quince | 45m 59s | |
| 5/31/26 | Trump's Staggering Corruption Is Finally Catching Up to Him (w/ Jonathan Chait)✨ | Trump's corruptionfederal law enforcement+4 | Jonathan Chait | The AtlanticDOJ+3 | — | Trumpcorruption+5 | LaundrySauceMONA | 55m 45s | |
| 5/24/26 | Danielle Crittenden on Losing Her Daughter✨ | griefloss+5 | Danielle Crittenden | Dispatches from GriefIf I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal | — | griefloss of a child+5 | — | 58m 26s | |
| 5/16/26 | What Can 'A Man for All Seasons' Tell Us About Today?✨ | moral argumentsconscience+4 | Sonny Bunch | The Roku ChannelYouTube+1 | — | A Man for All SeasonsMona Charen+5 | OneSkinMONACHAREN | 58m 00s | |
| 5/9/26 | Trump's Tariffs Trashed the Economy. Why Won't We Say That? (w/ Matt Bennett)✨ | Democratic Partytariffs+4 | Matt Bennett | Third WayThe Bulwark | CanadaSan Diego+1 | tariffsDemocratic Party+5 | QuinceMONA | 47m 42s | |
| 5/4/26 | Trump's War on the Enlightenment (w/ Steven Pinker) | Mona Charen Show✨ | Enlightenment valuesmedia pessimism+5 | Steven Pinker | — | — | Enlightenmentpessimism+5 | QuinceMONA | 59m 43s | |
| 4/27/26 | Orbán Rigged the Game—and Still Lost! (w/ Dalibor Rohac)✨ | Hungarydemocracy+4 | Dalibor Rohac | AEI | Hungary | HungaryOrbán+5 | — | 49m 23s | |
| 4/20/26 | A Beautiful Victory in Hungary✨ | HungaryOrban+3 | — | — | HungaryIran | — | — | 1h 25m 44s | |
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| 4/13/26 | A 250-Foot Monument to Trump's Ego (w/ Philip Kennicott)✨ | TrumpWashington DC+2 | Philip Kennicott | Washington Post | Washington DC | desecrationmonument+1 | — | 52m 48s | |
| 4/6/26 | Confronting Anti-Semitism, Left and Right (w/ David Frum)✨ | anti-Semitismliberal democracy+1 | David Frum | Confronting Anti-Semitism, Left | Canada | — | Quince | 1h 00m 19s | |
| 3/30/26 | RFK's War on Vaccines Is a Political Loser✨ | vaccinespublic health+3 | Jonathan Cohn | HHS | — | RFK Jr.HHS+3 | — | 58m 33s | |
| 3/23/26 | DOGE Dumbed Down the Nation (w/ Jessica Riedl)✨ | DOGEspending+2 | Jessica Riedl | Brookings | — | Brookingsdebacle+1 | — | 43m 54s | |
| 3/16/26 | Candace Owens Is Tearing MAGA Apart (w/ Will Sommer)✨ | Candace OwensMAGA+2 | Will Sommer | MAGA | — | — | OneSkinMONA | 46m 11s | |
| 3/9/26 | Why Primaries Reward The Most Extreme Candidates (w/ Nick Troiano)✨ | political polarizationprimary system+1 | Nick Troiano | Unite America’s | America | politicselections+1 | — | 41m 47s | |
| 3/3/26 | Tom Nichols: There Are 500 Ways This War Goes Wrong✨ | Iran warTrump+1 | Tom Nichols | The Mona Charen Show | Iran | emergency episodepolitics+1 | Quince | 54m 11s | |
| 3/1/26 | Kleptocrat-in-Chief (w/ Alexander Cooley & Daniel Nexon)✨ | corruptionforeign policy+2 | Alexander CooleyDaniel Nexon | Foreign AffairsThe Mona Charen Show+1 | USIsrael+1 | Foreign AffairsThe Age of Kleptocracy | Quince | 1h 03m 14s | |
| 2/23/26 | Health in the Time of MAGA (w/ Atul Gawande)✨ | USAID cutsvulnerable populations+2 | Atul Gawande | USAID | — | healthcareMAGA+2 | — | 1h 00m 55s | |
| 2/16/26 | 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 #oneskinpod | 51m 52s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | 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 Croissantsfor life - when you go to https://Wildgrain.com/MONA to start your subscription today. | 57m 04s | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | 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 forward.Go to https://Quince.com/MONA for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. | 53m 22s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | 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. | 55m 38s | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | 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 society, and what we lose when human connection is replaced by screens, algorithms, and artificial companionship.How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652822/how-to-know-a-person-by-david-brooks/ | 41m 54s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | 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 made at all.Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN#oneskinpod #adFilms & References Mentioned:It Was Just an Accident (dir. Jafar Panahi)The film discussed throughout the episode — a clandestinely made Iranian dissident film that won the Palme d’Or at Cannes.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30841958/The Seed of the Sacred Fig (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof)Recommended by Sonny as further viewing; set during post–Mahsa Amini unrest in Iran.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29362290/The Lives of Others (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)Cited as a thematic comparison for life under a surveillance state.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/A Hero (dir. Asghar Farhadi)Mentioned as another standout contemporary Iranian film about truth, lies, and social pressure.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11777738/ | 35m 40s | ||||||
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