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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David Shor on Why Hispanics Moved Right
March 10th, 2021 | 38 mins 1 sec
2020, coalitions, democrats, election, hispanics, republicans, suburban voters
On today’s Bulwark podcast, David Shor joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about the 2020 election and how our political coalitions have changed.
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Tim O'Brien on Donald Trump and His Legal Future
March 9th, 2021 | 41 mins 33 secs
financial troubles, legal troubles, trump
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Bloomberg’s Tim O’Brien joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about Donald Trump’s fiscal and legal future, now that he is a private citizen.
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Jonathan Allen on Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
March 8th, 2021 | 45 mins 55 secs
2020, donald trump, election, joe biden
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Jonathan Allen joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his new book, co-authored with Amie Parnes, Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency.
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Philip Rucker on The Future of the 'Very Stable Genius'
March 5th, 2021 | 38 mins 20 secs
2024, cuomo, donald trump, elections, gop, house, joe biden, loyalty, midterms, presidency, reality, senate, trump derangement syndrome, trumpism
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Philip Rucker of The Washington Post joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about the updates to his and Carol Leonnig’s book, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America, and the future of Trump and Trumpism in the midterms and in 2024.
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Mickey Edwards on Getting Mugged by Reality
March 4th, 2021 | 43 mins 47 secs
acu, congress, cpac, heritage foundation, mickey edwards, oklahoma, republican party
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Former Congressman Mickey Edwards joins Charlie Sykes to talk about his Republican journey and the rise and fall of CPAC and the American Conservative Union.
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Adam Kinzinger on Censure Frenzy and Strange New Respect
March 3rd, 2021 | 42 mins 21 secs
adam kinzinger, binary politics, cancel culture, compromise, congress, elections, gop, grift, spending, stimulus, strange new respect
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the GOP’s censure obsession, why he’s working to find conservatives who want to put country first and not Trump first and the future of legislating and compromise in what is increasingly a binary political culture.
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Tim Miller on CPAC and the Big Lie
March 1st, 2021 | 55 mins 34 secs
big lie, conservatism, cpac, donald trump, election, gop, insurrection, josh hawley, kristi noem, ron desantis, ted cruz, tom cotton
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to discuss 2021 CPAC, and how the big election lie was propagated (and cheered) and why the insurrection it fomented was ignored.
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Josh Kraushaar on the GOP’s Cancel Culture
February 26th, 2021 | 45 mins 10 secs
cancel culture, covid relief, cpac, gop, joe biden, reopening schools, trumpism
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Josh Kraushaaur joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss CPAC, school closures and the Biden campaign’s promise, COVID-19 relief, and the Trumpian cancel culture of the GOP.
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Tim Miller and Charlie Sykes Dunk on Andrew Cuomo
February 25th, 2021 | 51 mins 30 secs
american conservatism, andrew cuomo, liz cheney, marjorie taylor greene, taxes, the federalist, trump, white identity politics
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to talk about Andrew Cuomo, Trump’s taxes, Liz Cheney, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the right’s white identity problem.
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Karen Tumulty: RonJon, Tucker, and Nancy
February 24th, 2021 | 43 mins 44 secs
joe manchin, nancy reagan, neera tanden, ron johnson, tucker carlson
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Karen Tumulty from the Washington Post joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about Ron Johnson's conspiracy theories about the insurrection, Tucker's QAnon denialism, and the Triumph of Nancy Reagan.
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Matt Lewis on Ted, Rush, Neera, and the Tea Party
February 23rd, 2021 | 49 mins 17 secs
cancel culture, confirmations, cpac, gop, mexico, neera tanden, senate, tea party, ted cruz
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Matt Lewis joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss CPAC, cancel culture, the Senate and Neera Tanden, Ted Cruz’s Mexican jaunt, and the twelfth anniversary of the Tea Party.
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James Hohmann on Why the GOP is Back on the Juice
February 22nd, 2021 | 49 mins 30 secs
cancun, confirmations, covid, dominion, gop, joe biden, merrick garland, my pillow, neera tanden, scotus, steve scalise, ted cruz, trump, trump taxes, trumpism, vaccine
On today’s Bulwark podcast, James Hohmann of the Washington Post joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss why the GOP can’t quit Trump, the Biden confirmations, and how President Biden will govern with a razor-thin majority.
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Joe Walsh on Flyin' Ted and the Limbaugh Legacy
February 19th, 2021 | 46 mins 15 secs
donald trump, gop, nikki haley, politics, rush limbaugh, ted cruz
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Joe Walsh joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Flyin' Ted Cruz, Nikki Haley's repositioning, and the legacy of Rush Limbaugh.
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Andy Slavitt on The Biden COVID Response Plan
February 18th, 2021 | 35 mins 56 secs
andy slavitt, cancun, covid-19, joe biden, rush limbaugh, ted cruz, white house
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Charlie talks about the Limbaugh Legacy, Jim Swift joins to talk about Ted Cruz and Cancun, and Andy Slavitt comes on to discuss the Biden White House COVID response plan.
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David Priess on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Impeachment
February 17th, 2021 | 44 mins 21 secs
donald trump, impeachment, precedent, republicans, trial
On today’s Bulwark podcast, Lawfare’s David Priess joins Charlie Sykes to break down Impeachment 2.0, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and what precedents it might set.
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Sarah Longwell and JVL: How Deep is the Crazy?
February 16th, 2021 | 52 mins 47 secs
adam kinzinger, bill cassidy, cult, donald trump, future, gop, john kennedy, marco rubio, nikki haley, republican party, ron johnson, twitter
On today's Bulwark podcast, Sarah and JVL join Charlie Sykes to talk about the future of the Republican party. Just how deep does the crazy run? And, If it can be fixed, how long would that take?