The Bulwark Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
802 episodes of The Bulwark Podcast since the first episode, which aired on December 21st, 2018.
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Ben Collins: Why We Should Be Alarmed
January 12th, 2021 | 52 mins 30 secs
capitol siege, disinformation, donald trump, fox news, isis, january 6, maga, parler, qanon, sec. 230, social media
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Ben Collins from NBC News joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the destructive web of disinformation that led to the January 6th siege of the Capitol, why there's more to be concerned about, and what we can do about it.
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Kim Wehle: Why We Must Impeach Trump
January 11th, 2021 | 45 mins 59 secs
congress, democrats, donald trump, impeachment, politics
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Kim Wehle joins Charlie Sykes to break down Trump’s forthcoming second impeachment, and why it’s important.
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Tim Miller on Days of Rage
January 8th, 2021 | 59 mins 45 secs
2020, congress, elections, insurrection, riots, trump
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to discuss insurrection week, a potential second impeachment, and the GOP's crazy vs. evil paradigm.
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A Day of Infamy
January 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
2021, bill barr, capitol, congress, electoral college, infamy, merrick garland, mike pence, protests
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Adam J. White and Amanda Carpenter join Charlie Sykes to break down January 6, 2021, a day that will live in infamy.
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Tom Nichols: Burn It All Down?
January 6th, 2021 | 57 mins 56 secs
#ettd, 2020, burn it down, challenge, elections, georgia, gop, pence, sedition, senate
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tom Nichols joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent item on the GOP’s sedition caucus, and what that means for the future of the GOP in a time where Trump is no longer President.
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Eric Edelman on How the SecDef Letter Happened
January 5th, 2021 | 49 mins 23 secs
disputes, dod, election, eric edelman, letter, military, pentagon, secdef
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Ambassador Eric Edelman joins Charlie Sykes to talk about how the open letter from all living Secretaries of Defense about involving the military in election disputes came to be.
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Quinta Jurecic on What Happens on January 6th
January 4th, 2021 | 50 mins 35 secs
biden, brad raffensperger, election, electoral college, georgia, self pardon, trump
On today’s Bulwark Podcast, Quinta Jurecic from Lawfare joins Charlie Sykes to talk about the Trump/Raffensperger tape, the GOP’s response, and whether Trump considering a self-pardon is a way of daring the Biden administration and others to charge him with crimes.
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F*ck 2020
December 31st, 2020 | 58 mins 4 secs
2020, politics, year in review
On the last Bulwark podcast of 2020, Tim Miller, Jonathan V. Last, Sarah Longwell, and Bill Kristol join Charlie Sykes to take a look back at what the heck happened this year.
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump is Undermining Democracy
December 30th, 2020 | 39 mins 54 secs
adam kinzinger, congress, conspiracy theories, donald trump, electoral college, gop, january 6, mike pence, policy, republican party, republicanism
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois joins Charlie Sykes to discuss how President Trump is undermining democracy, how Republicanism has divorced itself from policy, and the future of the party after Trump leaves office.
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Kevin Kruse on 2020 as the Year of Disaster Voltron
December 29th, 2020 | 41 mins 22 secs
2020, biden, covid, covid-19, cruz, graham, grift, pandemic, racial unrest, rasmussen, rubio, trump, trump kids
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Kevin Kruse joins Charlie Sykes to discuss why 2020 was the year of Disaster Voltron, plus some backstory on his relationship with Dinesh D’Souza.
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A.B. Stoddard on Explosions Within the Storm
December 28th, 2020 | 45 mins 10 secs
appropriations, budget, covid, fauci, georgia senate elections, january 6, manafort, mueller report, obstruction, omnibus, pardons, rubio, russia, spending, stone
On today’s Bulwark podcast, A.B. Stoddard joins Charlie Sykes to discuss why President Trump’s obstruction of justice with regard to the Mueller investigation worked, Trump’s confusion about the COVID-19 Omnibus bill, and what to expect on January 6th.
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Bill Kristol: Why I'm Still Alarmed
December 23rd, 2020 | 45 mins 37 secs
bill barr, doj, jeffrey rosen, pardons, rule of law, trump
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss why we should be alarmed about Trump’s 11th hour pardons, and why Jeffrey Rosen taking over for Bill Barr at DOJ concerns him.
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Robert Tracinski on the GOP’s Flying Monkey Problem
December 22nd, 2020 | 53 mins 31 secs
coalitions, democrats, donald trump, joe biden, libertarians, politics, republicans, tea party
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Robert Tracisnki joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the corrupting influence of coalitions and our coming political dealignment.
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Molly Jong-Fast on the Dark Political Winter of 2020
December 21st, 2020 | 46 mins 41 secs
coup, darkness, grift, hunter biden, joe biden, kelli ward, lin wood, maga, martial law, martin shkreli, pentagon, politics, republicans, sidney powell, special prosecutor, trumpism, winter
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Molly Jong-Fast joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the dark politics unfolding during the darkest time of the year.
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David French: The Dangerous Radicalism of the Christian Right
December 18th, 2020 | 57 mins 29 secs
2020, christianity, conservatism, elections, radicalism
On today's Bulwark Podcast, David French joins Charlie Sykes to discuss radicalism, Christianity, and the right.
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Tim Alberta on the Fear That Binds Us
December 17th, 2020 | 48 mins 53 secs
2020 election, democrats, disinformation, division, elections, fear, republicans
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tim Alberta joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent item about the 2020 election, and how Americans have “very little in common except our fear of each other.”