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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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.
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Donald Ayer on Bill Barr's Twisted Vision
December 16th, 2019 | 39 mins 50 secs
bill barr, democracy, department of justice, donald ayer, executive power, mueller report, unitary executive
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Donald Ayer joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Bill Barr's twisted vision of executive power, the latest with impeachment, and the damage that destruction of norms can do to democracy.
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David Jolly on the Rule of 51
December 13th, 2019 | 42 mins 46 secs
On today's Bulwark Podcast, former Congressman David Jolly joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the House Impeachment efforts and hyperpartisanship.
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Jonathan Allen on the Math and Timing of Impeachment
December 12th, 2019 | 49 mins 31 secs
2020, brexit, donald trump, elections, greta thunberg, impeachment, joe biden, kamala harris, mayor pete, mike bloomberg
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Jonathan Allen joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the math and timing of the House's impeachment vote, whether a targeted impeachment approach is a blessing or a curse, the nature of children in public discourse, and a look at the 2020 Democratic primaries.
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Molly Jong-Fast on the Human Cost of Trumpism
December 11th, 2019 | 52 mins 4 secs
2020, democrats, doj, elections, fbi, jeff bezos, joe biden, katie hill, lisa page, trumpism
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Molly Jong-Fast joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about her interviews with Lisa Page and Katie Hill, the human cost of Trumpism, the latest with impeachment, and the 2020 Democratic primary.
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David Priess on the Articles of Impeachment
December 10th, 2019 | 46 mins 40 secs
bill barr, christopher wray, durham, impeachment, nafta, narrow impeachment, trade, usmca
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Lawfare's David Priess joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the articles of impeachment, the USMCA "new NAFTA" agreement, and the DOJ IG Report and whether or not President Trump will fire Christopher Wray.
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Tim Miller on the Left's War with Mayor Pete & the GOP's Stockholm Syndrome
December 9th, 2019 | 52 mins 24 secs
2020, disinformation, donald trump, gop, israel, pete buttigieg, primaries, racism, russia, saudi arabia, ted cruz, terrorism, toilets
On today's Bulwark Podcast, contributor Tim Miller joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his item on the problematic Mayor Pete wars, Trump's Saudi defenses, the bizarre toilet screed, the Republicans' problem with repeating misinformation, and why killing primaries is a bad idea.
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Norman Ornstein on Impeachment and Republican Integrity
December 6th, 2019 | 49 mins 56 secs
2020, elections, impeachment, integrity, joe biden, kamala harris, republicans
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Norman J. Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the impeachment inquiry and the failure of the Kamala Harris campaign.
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Stuart Stevens on Donald Trump as a Moral Test
December 5th, 2019 | 48 mins 41 secs
2020, donald trump, elections, gop, stuart stevens
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Stuart Stevens joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his forthcoming book "It Was All a Lie:
How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump" and how President Trump poses a moral choice for Republicans in 2020. -
Bret Stephens on Why Ukraine is a Scandal by any Measure
December 4th, 2019 | 39 mins 54 secs
american exceptionalism, congress, donald trump, house, impeachment, moral relativism, nato, never trump, russia, senate, ukraine
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bret Stephens from the New York Times joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the impeachment hearings, President Trump at the NATO summit, and how Republicans have flipped on moral relativism and American exceptionalism to accommodate President Trump.
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A.B. Stoddard on the Dangers of Partisan Acquittal
December 3rd, 2019 | 40 mins 14 secs
appointments, brian kemp, congress, georgia, gop, impeachment, removal, russia, senate, shutdown, ukraine, usmca
On today's Bulwark Podcast, A.B. Stoddard joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss her recent story on the twelve senate republicans who might vote to remove Trump from office.
https://thebulwark.com/the-twelve-senate-republicans-who-might-vote-to-remove-trump-from-office/
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Monday Megacast
December 2nd, 2019 | 48 mins 22 secs
2020, beto o'rourke, charlie kirk, christianity, elections, elizabeth warren, falkirk center, gop, jerry falwell jr., joe biden, moral relativism, pete buttigieg, primaries, putin, senator kennedy, ukraine, untruth
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Jonathan V. Last and Jim Swift join host Charlie Sykes to discuss Elizabeth Warren following the Beto O'Rourke death spiral, the 2020 primaries, the Lisa Page interview, the Lincoln / Trump polling question, and the GOP adoption of Russian propaganda.
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Kim Wehle on Compassion and Cancel Culture
November 29th, 2019 | 43 mins 8 secs
2020, cancel culture, democrats, elections, impeachment, pete buttigieg, rudy giuliani
On today's Bulwark Podcast, contributor Kim Wehle joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss cancel culture and compassion, Thanksgiving, the 2020 elections, Rudy Giuliani and Ukraine, and the impeachment inquiry.
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John Harwood on the Comic Book Presidency
November 27th, 2019 | 32 mins 46 secs
2020, conspiracies, democratic primary, donald trump, impeachment, joe biden, pete buttigieg, polls, rudy giuliani, thanksgiving, ukraine
On today's Bulwark Podcast, CNBC's John Harwood joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the imaginary war on Thanksgiving, President Trump and the comic book presidency, the impeachment hearings, and the moderate surge in the 2020 Democratic primaries.
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Peter Wehner on the Politics of Demonization
November 26th, 2019 | 40 mins 1 sec
2020, christianity, demonization, donald trump, elections, evangelical christianity, free will, god, predestination, rick perry
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Peter Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent item in The Atlantic: "Are Trump’s Critics Demonically Possessed?"
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David Priess on the Timing of Impeachment
November 25th, 2019 | 44 mins 40 secs
2020, democrats, disinformation, gop, hearings, impeachment, navy, navy seals, richard spencer, russia, trident, war crimes
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Lawfare's David Priess joins host Charlie Sykes to discussing the timing of impeachment, from hearings to potential votes, the role of Russian disinformation and the GOP rebuttal, and the firing of Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer.