Charlie Sykes
Co-Host of The Bulwark Podcast
Charles Sykes was a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, the host of the magazine’s Daily Standard podcast, and an NBC/MSNBC contributor. He is an outspoken critic of the Trump Administration and of what he calls the conservative “alternative reality” media.
Charlie Sykes has hosted 762 Episodes.
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Tim Miller Explains It All
April 30th, 2021 | 56 mins 22 secs
interview, joe biden, lin wood, matt gaetz, mike pence, race, ron johnson, rudy giuliani, speech, ukraine
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to talk about Mike Pence’s rehab tour, Gaetzgate, Rudy Giuliani’s and Ron Johnson’s Ukraine problem, Lin Wood and the South Carolina Convention of Crazy, and Joe Biden on race.
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Bill Kristol on Biden and Big Government
April 29th, 2021 | 43 mins 1 sec
big government, congress, economics, economy, first 100 days, joe biden, president, rudy giuliani, speech, spending, ukraine
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about President Biden’s address to Congress, his first 100 days, the economy, and Rudy Giuliani's bad day.
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Amanda Carpenter on How Donald Trump Killed the Tea Party
April 28th, 2021 | 52 mins 44 secs
biden speech, big tech, covid-19, dc police, donald trump, fake news, gop response, insurrection, january 6, jim demint, joe biden, josh hawley, liz cheney, michael fanone, punitive populism, spending, tea party, tim scott, tucker carlson
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Amanda Carpenter joins Charlie Sykes to discuss how Donald Trump killed the Tea Party, Biden’s address to Congress and the GOP response, and how punitive populism and obsessing over fake news is defining the GOP.
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Tom Nichols on the Right's Circling the Drain of Crazy
April 27th, 2021 | 58 mins 28 secs
2020 election, arizona audit, gop, kevin mccarthy, lawyers, liz cheney, maricopa county, masks, rick santorum, stephen miller, tucker carlson, yaf
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tom Nichols joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss why the right has become addicted to crazy controversies, Liz Cheney and Kevin McCarthy’s showdown, and how the 2020 election was saved by lawyers.
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Olivia Troye on How Trump's Legacy of Crazy Lives On
April 26th, 2021 | 42 mins 52 secs
covid-19, crazy, democracy report card, disinfectant, extremism, gop, light, republican accountability project, trump
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Olivia Troye joins Charlie Sykes to talk about the Republican Accountability Project’s new Democracy Report Card, the anniversary of Trump’s disastrous disinfectant press conference, and how the GOP has absorbed crazy far-right extremists.
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Bill Kristol on Why the GOP is Getting Worse
April 23rd, 2021 | 40 mins 16 secs
biden, covid, gop, police, qualified immunity, shootings, trump
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about policing, COVID-19, Biden’s first 100 days, and why the GOP is getting worse.
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Kim Wehle on Chauvin, Protests, and Police Reform
April 22nd, 2021 | 47 mins 16 secs
cancel culture, derek chauvin, election reform, first amendment, george floyd, gop, police reform, protest laws
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Kim Wehle joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the Chauvin trial and verdict, the GOP’s state-level push against protesters, the first amendment and cancel culture, as well as a discussion about police and election reform.
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Clarence Thomas Attacks Big Tech and Anti-Anti-Chauvinism
April 21st, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
cda, courts, derek chauvin, donald trump, george floyd, joe biden, justice, minneapolis, scotus, section 230, social media
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Benjamin Parker joins Charlie Sykes to discuss anti-anti-Chauvinism, and Berin Szóka joins to talk about Justice Thomas’s bizarre concurrence in a case that SCOTUS deemed moot.
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Olivier Knox on Biden's Challenges, Boehner, and Trump
April 20th, 2021 | 44 mins 3 secs
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Stephen Fowler: Georgia as Ground Zero
April 19th, 2021 | 49 mins 30 secs
#gasen, anglo saxons, brian kemp, election law, georgia, marjorie taylor-greene, sb 202, stacey abrams, white nationalism
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Stephen Fowler joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss SB 202, the new Georgia voting law, Marjorie Taylor-Greene and the Anglo Saxons, and how white nationalism and “America First” have seemingly become synonymous.
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Bill Kristol on the GOP's Fundraising Scams
April 9th, 2021 | 44 mins 45 secs
appropriations, book, congress, fundraising, gop, infrastructure, john boehner, legislation, nrcc, president biden, rnc, winred
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the GOP’s fundraising scams, John Boehner’s new book, and President Biden’s infrastructure bill.
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Joshua Tait on the Failure of the New Conservatives
April 8th, 2021 | 45 mins 54 secs
buckley, conservatism, eisenhower, goldwater, gop, mccarthy, never trump, new conservatism, right wing politics
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Joshua Tait joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent story The Long History of Fighting Over the Term ‘Conservative’.
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Josh Kraushaar on Why It Pays to Be Crazy
April 7th, 2021 | 46 mins 46 secs
60 minutes, corporate donations, covid-19, election law, elections, fundraising, fundraising scam, georgia, gop, infrastructure, marjorie taylor greene, ron desantis, schools, teachers unions, trump
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Josh Kraushaar joins Charlie Sykes to discuss why, when it comes to GOP politicians, it pays to be crazy. Plus, discussion of the Georgia election law, infrastructure week, and schools and COVID-19.
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Albert Samaha: My Mom Believes in QAnon
April 6th, 2021 | 42 mins 13 secs
conspiracy theories, elections, electorate, family, gop, parents, qanon, society
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Albert Samaha joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his BuzzFeed story: My Mom Believes In QAnon. I’ve Been Trying To Get Her Out.
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Tim Miller on Making Sense of Georgia
April 5th, 2021 | 56 mins 39 secs
boycotts, cancel culture, culture wars, final four, fundraising, georgia, gop, matt gaetz, ncaa, sb 202, trump
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the Georgia voting law, Trump’s apparent election fundraising scam, the Matt Gaetz allegations, and the GOP’s growing obsession with the culture war. Plus, the NCAA finals!
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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.