Bill Kristol
Special guest
William Kristol was the editor at large of The Weekly Standard, is a regular on ABC’s This Week and on ABC’s special events and election coverage, and appears frequently on other leading political commentary shows. Before starting The Weekly Standard in 1995, Mr. Kristol led the Project for the Republican Future, where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican congressional victory. He served as editor for 21 years.
Bill Kristol has been a guest on 61 episodes.
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Bill Kristol: MAGA Turns Anti Anti-Putin
February 23rd, 2022 | 43 mins 43 secs
In the middle of an international crisis, Trump is fawning over Putin, and the entertainment wing of the GOP loves it. But how will the elected wing respond? Is a pro-Putin party a bridge too far? Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: The Dysfunction Is a Pre-Existing Condition
January 24th, 2022 | 43 mins 16 secs
anti-vax rally, bannon, barr, biden, border, democracy, desantis, draft findings, esper, gingrich, impeach, jan. 6, jeffrey clark, jr. anne frank, kash patel, midterms, partisanship, podcast, presidential, rfk, senate, the holocaust, trump, voting machines, weekly standard, youngkin
Newt Gingrich's recklessness with partisanship was a precursor of where we are today, and now Trump's followers, like Steve Bannon and Ron DeSantis, are trying to one-up Trump. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: New Year, New Chance for Democrats to Lead
January 3rd, 2022 | 45 mins 35 secs
biden, buttigieg, cdc, centrists, child tax credit, democrats, electoral count act, elites, experts, fda, gop, jan. 6, janet yellin, liz cheney, meijar, polling, republicans
Democrats say they're the party of government. Why not make it run more effectively — so the FDA isn't so ham-fisted and the CDC isn't so slow? Also, one year after Jan.6, how have our electoral guardrails still not been fixed? Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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We're Not All Crying Karens
December 30th, 2021 | 54 mins 15 secs
afghanistan, biden, bill clinton, boston globe, carter, covid, democracy, dershowitz, elections, epstein, foreign policy, julie k brown, jury trials, masks, miami herald, midterms, national review, refugees, regional papers, republicans, rich lowry, soviet union, trump, vaccinations. ghislaine maxwell, voter registration drives
A panel of Bulwark favorites share their predictions (AKA warnings) for 2022. They also take time to give a shout-out to the people who aren't shouting — the people on the ground helping others and working to save democracy. Bill Kristol, Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, and JVL join guest host Mona Charen on today's episode.
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Trump's Dereliction of Duty on Covid
December 23rd, 2021 | 43 mins 2 secs
2020, authoritarianism, biden administration, child tax credit, churchill, conspiracies, covid deaths, d-day, deborah birx, dunkirk, fda, foreign policy, house select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis, jim mattis, john bolton, john kelly, putin, rapid tests, russia, trump adminisration, ukraine, wwii
The Trump administration's malfeasance in responding to Covid demands a 9/11 commission-style investigation. Plus, Biden's 2020 victory was more Dunkirk, and less D-Day. Churchill fan Bill Kristol joins guest host JVL on today's episode.
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Bill Kristol: It's Still the Economy, Stupid
December 3rd, 2021 | 44 mins 22 secs
abortion, build back better, dan quayle, economy, europe, governors, inflation, kamala harris, kevin mccarthy, marjorie taylor greene, midterms, nancy mace, rapid covd test, roe, ron klain, social spending bill, spending bill, symone sanders, tony evers, trump, vice president, white house chief of staff, wisconsin, working americans
It's not just The Bulwark saying the Democrats have a branding problem — Democrats are saying it too. So, cool it with the culture talk, control inflation, and as Bill Kristol has been telling the White House: Make Covid tests cheap and plentiful. Kristol joins Charlie Sykes today.
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Bill Kristol: Fetishizing Political Violence
November 22nd, 2021 | 47 mins 14 secs
ambassadors, assassination, big lie, bret baier, congress, disinformation, fox news, jfk, jonah goldberg, kennedy, kenosha, kyle rittenhouse, november 22, racism, second amendment, senate, stephen hayes, tucker, waukesha
We are in a dangerous moment when members of the political class celebrate violence and fetishize guns. Plus, contemplating an America if JFK had not been assassinated. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: The Party Gets Defined by the President
November 5th, 2021 | 50 mins 3 secs
After this week's drubbing at the polls, Democrats have to get some stuff done, improve their messaging, and they need to tell voters, "We hear you." Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: Democrats, Please Don't Let a Political Meteor Hit Us Again
October 21st, 2021 | 48 mins 47 secs
2020, biden, colin powell, community college, democrats, irs, manchin, mcauliffe, pre-k, progressives, republicans, sinema, virginia, voting rights, white house, youngkin
Republicans have no agenda beyond denying the truth about 2020, and changing election rules. But if the Democrats can't get it together, there could be a Trumpian restoration. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right
October 15th, 2021 | 48 mins 40 secs
abbott, biden, classrooms, democrats, desantis, hb 3979, holocaust, independents, jan. 6, josh mandel, kevin mccarthy, maga, mask mandates, mcauliffe, pledge of allegiance, republicans, schools, southlake, texas, virginia governor's race, youngkin
When you can't align with the people who equate mask mandates to Nazi Germany — or with people who get triggered by the Federalist Society — where does the Rational Center belong? BIll Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: How Alarmed Should We Be?
September 28th, 2021 | 44 mins 28 secs
bill kristol, bulwark podcast, charlie sykes, constitutional crisis, infrastructure spending, trump 2024
On today's podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the dangers of a constitutional crisis, the prospects of a Trumpian Restoration, and the fight over infrastructure spending.
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Bill Kristol on 9/11, Twenty Years Later
September 9th, 2021 | 51 mins 56 secs
20th anniversary, 9/11, bill kristol, normalization of political violence, politics of abortion, robert e. lee, september 11th
On today's podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the 20th anniversary of 9/11; TFG's thoughts on Robert E. Lee; the new politics of abortion; and the normalization of political violence.
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Bill Kristol: How Bad Will It Be?
August 20th, 2021 | 46 mins 37 secs
biden speech 8/20, bill kristol, fall of afghanistan
On today's podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to react to President Biden's Friday afternoon statement, and to discuss the possible outcomes of the fall of Afghanistan.
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Bill Kristol: On The 1/6 Testimony
July 28th, 2021 | 40 mins 18 secs
biden administration, bill kristol, charlie kirk, covid 19, delta variant, january 6 committee hearing, liz cheney, officer fanone, officer gonell, officer hodges, rep kinzinger, simone biles
On today's podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Wednesday's January 6 committee hearing, the Biden Administration's response to the delta variant, and Charlie Kirk's attack on Simone Biles.
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Bill Kristol on Vilification and the 'Old Rules' of Politics
July 21st, 2021 | 40 mins 17 secs
bill kristol, covid 19, delta variant, dr. anthony fauci, gop, infrastructure bill, january 6 commission, milwaukee bucks, nba, trump
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the Milwaukee Bucks, Trump's worst day since leaving office, the 1/6 commission, and how Dr. Anthony Fauci broke free from following the 'old rules' of politics.
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Bill Kristol: On Why Politics Remains Dangerous
June 25th, 2021 | 46 mins 25 secs
biden, bill kristol, covid, fox news, gop, infrastructure deal, mike pence, nikki haley, ron johnson, tucker carlson, vaccine
Bill Kristol and Charlie Sykes discuss the fragility of Biden's infrastructure deal; Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and the vaccine demagoguery of Ron Johnson.