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 and Mona Charen on the Morning After
November 4th, 2020 | 43 mins 11 secs
2020, autopsy, biden, election, gop, trump
On today’s Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol and Mona Charen join host Charlie Sykes to discuss Tuesday’s election, the future of the GOP, and why Trumpism has not been refudiated.
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Bill Kristol on Our Three Possible Outcomes
October 28th, 2020 | 50 mins 47 secs
2020, covid-19, donald trump, election, joe biden
On today’s Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent item about the three possible election outcomes, and how the COVID-19 fiasco is impacting the race.
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Bill Kristol on Late Stage Trumpism
October 16th, 2020 | 46 mins 45 secs
ben sasse, biden, bin laden, conspiracies, debate, gop, navy seals, q anon, rupert murdoch, town hall, trump, trumpism, voter suppression
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to break down the dueling town halls, how some on the right are looking for the exits of Trumpism, and how actively suppressing the vote for the GOP is likely to backfire.
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Bill Kristol on Trump's End Game
October 9th, 2020 | 41 mins 21 secs
2020, coronavirus, donald trump, election, mike pence, stimulus
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the 2020 election, the down-ballot electoral woes of the GOP, and the Trumpification of Mike Pence.
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Bill Kristol on RBG and What is to Be Done
September 25th, 2020 | 42 mins 21 secs
2020, donald trump, election interference, elections, george bush, joe biden, olivia troye, ruth bader ginsburg
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the death of RBG, the 2020 elections, and what can be done as President Trump drags us closer to crisis.
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Bill Kristol on Churchill, COVID, and Fate of Conservatism
September 11th, 2020 | 43 mins 49 secs
2020, 9/11, bob woodward, churchill, covid-19, elections, joe biden, trump
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the anniversary of 9/11, Trump's bizarre comparison to Churchill, the 2020 election, and the fate of conservatism.
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Bill Kristol on God, Man, and Trump
August 7th, 2020 | 47 mins 14 secs
bill hagerty, congress, conservatism, covid-19, david brooks, donald trump, executive orders, god, gop, joe biden, mitt romney, religion, stimulus, taxes, tennessee primary, tnsen
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the President's new religious case against Joe Biden, the President's threats to use Obama-esque Executive Orders to circumvent Congress on the COVID-19 response, and Trump and his future in the GOP.
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Bill Kristol's Week in Review
July 24th, 2020 | 45 mins 26 secs
2020, coronavirus, covid-19, elections, ghislaine maxwell, gop, liz cheney, policy, politics, senate, stimulus
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the conventions, the debate on policy vs. punishment for Trumpism, Ghislaine Maxwell, and the latest debates about a stimulus bill.
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Women, Trump, and Biden.
July 10th, 2020 | 56 mins 9 secs
2020, alexander vindman, donald trump, joe biden, kanye, mary trump book, never trump, russian bounties, school, schools, veepstakes, women voters
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Sarah Longwell, Jonathan V. Last, and Bill Kristol join Charlie Sykes to discuss women voters and Trump, the resurgence of NeverTrump in 2020, Kanye West, and the Veepstakes, among other topics.
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Bill Kristol on Bolton, Biden, and Bin Laden
June 19th, 2020 | 42 mins 1 sec
2020, australia, bin laden, china, donald trump, joe biden, john bolton, scotus, steve bannon, tulsa rally, voa
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss President Trump labeling John Bolton a traitor, the Bin Laden ad, China and Australia, the attack on the Voice of America, and why the Supreme Court isn't the 2020 selling point Trump thought it was.
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Bill Kristol on Whistleblowers, Conspiracies, and Weaponizing Government
May 15th, 2020 | 47 mins 22 secs
2020, chris wray, congress, conspiracies, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, dr. bright, gop, n95 masks, obamagate, pandemic, sports, stimulus, weaponizing government, whistleblower
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Dr. Bright's whistleblower testimony, the role of conspiracies like "Obamagate" in Trump's 2020 campaign, COVID-19, Trump's mismanagement of the response, and the latest attempt by Congress to address it.
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Bill Kristol on The Trump Death Star
May 7th, 2020 | 43 mins 12 secs
#nevertrump, death star, economy, jobs numbers, joe biden, masks, populism, protests, reopen, title ix, trump, usps, vote by mail
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss populism in 2020, President Trump's campaign "death star", the economy and Coronavirus, voting by mail, and the President's attack on the USPS.
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Wisconsin is the Electoral COVID-19 Canary
April 6th, 2020 | 57 mins 59 secs
anthony fauci, anti-anti-trumpism, china, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, elections, hydroxychloroquine, masks, navy, peter navarro, white house, wisconsin
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol and Jonathan V. Last join host Charlie Sykes to discuss how the Wisconsin election is a preview of what we can expect in the coming months during the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House infighting over hydroxychloroquine, the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, and anti-anti-Trumpism.
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Bill Kristol on Our Extraordinary Moment
March 26th, 2020 | 46 mins 14 secs
2020, congress, covid-19, democrats, donald trump, joe biden
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Congress's response to COVID-19, how President Trump is handling the pandemic, and the coming recession.
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Bill Kristol on the Sanders vs. Trump Nightmare
February 24th, 2020 | 32 mins 14 secs
2020, bernie sanders, bloomberg, deep state, democrats, donald trump, elections, primaries
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent open letter to anti-Sanders Democrats and the bizarre "deep state" purge operation being run by far-right conservative activists.
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Bill Kristol on the Senate Impeachment Trial
December 17th, 2019 | 22 mins 34 secs
donald trump, house, impeachment, senate
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the impeachment of President Trump and what a Senate trial might look like.