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 so...
In this show before a live audience, Mona talks with Stephen Richer about standing up for reality, tangling with Kari Lake, and his political future.
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34:03
Crooks, Crackpots, Extremists, and Putinists
David Frum joins Mona to discuss Trump's Canada gripes, how tariffs will/are sabotaging America, NATO, defying court orders, and how best to counter all of it.
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REFERENCES:
Why Cede the Flag to Trump? by David Frum in The Atlantic (2017)
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56:32
An Insider's View of RFK, Jr. and the Risks to Public Health
Famed virologist Dr. Paul Offit describes his encounters with RFK, Jr., vaccine misinformation, trust in medicine, and what he fears most.
REFERENCES:
Dr. Paul Offit’s Books:
Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All
The Cutter Incident(about a polio vaccine gone wrong)
Historical Vaccine References:
The Cutter Incident (1950s polio vaccine failure)
The history of polio, iron lungs, and the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
The impact of vaccines on childhood diseases like diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, and rotavirus.
Andrew Wakefield and Vaccine-Autism Misinformation:
Wakefield’s 1998 Lancet paper (later retracted) linking MMR vaccines to autism.
The role of The Lancet and editor Richard Horton.
The legal and financial conflicts of interest that led to Wakefield’s discrediting.
Anti-Vaccine Movement History:
The Anti-Vaccination League (1800s opposition to smallpox vaccine).
NBC’s DPT Vaccine Roulette (1980s), which fueled fears about the whooping cough vaccine.
RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine activism and misinformation campaigns.
The impact of anti-vaccine movements in places like Samoa, leading to deadly measles outbreaks.
Current Vaccine Issues and Policy Changes:
RFK Jr.'s role in the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) and vaccine policy.
The cancellation of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting.
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47:03
DOGE'S Bogus Cost Cutting
The Manhattan Institute's Jessica Reidl explains the fake fiscal posturing of DOGE as well as the ground truths about deficits and national debt. Predictions: More inflation, lower growth, less prosperity.
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42:44
Some Tough Love for Democrats
Josh Barro joins Mona to discuss where the party needs to change, refocus on practical governance, and how to broaden its appeal to win elections against a rising Republican authoritarian threat.
References
Josh Barro's Substack – Very Serious
Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge by Josh Barro
Josh Barro's Podcast – Serious Trouble (with Ken White)
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.
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