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Trump's War on the Enlightenment (w/ Steven Pinker) | Mona Charen Show
May 4, 2026
59m 43s
Orbán Rigged the Game—and Still Lost! (w/ Dalibor Rohac)
Apr 27, 2026
49m 23s
A Beautiful Victory in Hungary
Apr 20, 2026
1h 25m 44s
A 250-Foot Monument to Trump's Ego (w/ Philip Kennicott)
Apr 13, 2026
52m 48s
Confronting Anti-Semitism, Left and Right (w/ David Frum)
Apr 6, 2026
1h 00m 19s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/4/26 |  Trump's War on the Enlightenment (w/ Steven Pinker) | Mona Charen Show | Steven Pinker joins Mona Charen to discuss why the world is improving in ways most people don’t recognize—and why so many still believe everything is falling apart. They explore the case for Enlightenment values like reason, science, and liberal democracy, the growing backlash from both the left and MAGA world, and how media and human psychology fuel constant pessimism.Head to https://Quince.com/MONA for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. | 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| 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 | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | 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://Wildgrain.com/MONA to start your subscription today. | 30m 39s | ||||||
| 1/5/26 | 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 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.Go to https://Quince.com/MONA for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. | 1h 08m 19s | ||||||
| 12/29/25 | 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 for the general good.Get up to 30% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN athttps://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN #oneskinpod | 50m 29s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | 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. | 0m 30s | ||||||
| 12/15/25 | 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 promo code MONA at checkout to get an EXTRA 10% off—on top of their already-reduced prices. | 54m 43s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | 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. | 50m 34s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 | Trump Keeps Overreaching—And Losing | Mona Charen and Will Saletan discuss the growing resistance to Trump’s agenda—grand juries rejecting his charges, the DOJ stumbling, senators warning troops against illegal orders, and his tariffs and deportations driving prices even higher. Go to https://quince.com/MONA for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MONACHAREN at https://www.oneskin.co/MONACHAREN #oneskinpod During GhostBed’s Cyber Monday Sale, you can get 25% off sitewide for a limited time. Just go to https://GhostBed.com/mona and use promo code MONA at checkout. | 1h 13m 55s | ||||||
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