David Frum
Special guest
David Frum is a senior editor at the Atlantic. From 2014 through 2017, he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush; in 2007-2008, as senior adviser to the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaigns. He is the author of nine books.
David Frum has been a guest on 11 episodes.
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David Frum: O Canada!
February 18th, 2022 | 46 mins 10 secs
With two Arctic powers in crisis, David Frum joins Charlie Sykes to cover the waterfront.
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David Frum: Big Macs, Russia, and Afghanistan
December 6th, 2021 | 46 mins 14 secs
afghanistan, anti-vax, biden administration, big mac, bob dole, chocolate shake, comey, corey lewandowski, corruption, covid, election, filet-o-fish, hacking, healthy eating, hospital, jeff sessions, mark levin, mark meadows, mcdonald's, michael flynn, michelle obama, obesity, penn & teller, republican party, russia, russian troops, sam nunberg, sanctions, sarah palin, south carolina, starvation, taliban, trump, trumpism, ukraine, wokeism
The build-up of Russian troops on the border is alarming. Afghanistan is facing mass starvation. Meanwhile, Trump country is not only anti-vax, it's pro-obesity. Get fat to own the libs. David Frum joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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David Frum on What Never Trump Wants Now
September 20th, 2021 | 50 mins 43 secs
bob woodward, david frum, democrats, gop, never trump voters, the atlantic, trump, vaccine mandates
On today's podcast, David Frum joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss The Former Guy riding Velociraptors; the debate over vaccines; how Democrats can keep Never Trump voters - and the problem with Bob Woodward's books.
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David Frum: Should We Call It Fascism?
July 19th, 2021 | 44 mins 1 sec
china threat, covid disinformation, david frum, fascism, gop republicans, jd vance, trumpism
On today's podcast, David Frum and Charlie Sykes discuss the evolution of Trumpism, COVID disinformation, JD Vance, and the danger of exaggerating the China threat.
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David Frum on The Phoniness of Tucker Carlson
May 7th, 2021 | 44 mins 9 secs
covid, elise stefanik, fanatics, fox news, liz cheney, loyalty tests, redistricting, risk, small dollar donors, trumpism, tucker carlson
On today’s Bulwark podcast, David Frum joins Charlie Sykes to talk about why Tucker Carlson is a phony, COVID-19 and risk, Liz Cheney, the GOP and moving on from Trumpism, and why the ever-changing loyalty tests aren’t going to stop any time soon.
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David Frum on the GOP's Strange New Doctrine
April 2nd, 2021 | 46 mins 51 secs
donald trump, georgia elections, gop, matt gaetz, politics, private property rights, race, religion, secularization, vaccine passports
On today’s Bulwark podcast, David Frum joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent column on the GOP’s strange new doctrine, the Matt Gaetz controversy, and how secularization has caused race to replace religion as an organizing principle.
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David Frum and Sarah Longwell on What Voters Don't Care About
August 27th, 2020 | 54 mins 7 secs
2020, convention, coronavirus, donald trump, kenosha, politics, rnc, tucker carlson, voters
On a special RNC Convention episode of the Bulwark Podcast, David Frum and Sarah Longwell join Charlie Sykes to discuss the convention, the unrest in Kenosha and the right's response, and what voters do and don't care about.
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David Frum on Trumpocalypse Now
June 1st, 2020 | 45 mins 59 secs
2020, autocracy, coronavirus, donald trump, elections, george floyd, joe biden, protests, riots
On today's Bulwark Podcast, David Frum joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his new book "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy", the protests over the death of George Floyd, and how the Coronavirus response will factor into the 2020 elections.
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David Frum on the Trumpocalypse
April 2nd, 2020 | 43 mins 30 secs
america, coronavirus, covid-19, donald trump, globalization, trade
On today's Bulwark Podcast, David Frum joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the everchanging defenses and rationalization of President Trump's poor handling of COVID-19, America's status in the world, and his new book.
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David Frum on the New Nationalism
July 22nd, 2019 | 46 mins 9 secs
2020, democrats, donald trump, immigration, nationalism
David Frum from The Atlantic joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about the "new nationalism" and how it could change the future of the GOP, the 2020 elections, and advice for Democrats (if they'll listen.)
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David Frum and the Long View
February 22nd, 2019 | 33 mins 40 secs
conservatism, david frum, donald trump, economy, gop, healthcare, taxes, tea party
David Frum from The Atlantic joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about his path from presidential speechwriter to party pariah, where the GOP has dropped the ball on everything from financial crisis to Obamacare, and what the future may hold in the era of Trump.