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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Tom Nichols: Grow Up and Act like an Adult
December 2nd, 2021 | 55 mins 21 secs
abortion, biden, democrats, evangelicals, fox news, ilhan omar, illegal abortion, jan. 6, john adams, lauren boebert, liz cheney, name-calling, perjury, political violence, power, pro-democracy coalition, rhetoric, roe v wade, scotus, supreme court, the atlantic, travel restrictions, trump, voicemail
Republicans are blowing off the Jan. 6 investigation, and the Deplorable Squad is normalizing rhetoric that can lead to political violence. Can the pro-democracy coalition quit the name-calling and get down to business? Tom Nichols joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Amy Walter: Our Political Known Unknowns
December 1st, 2021 | 44 mins 44 secs
abortion, abortion rights, afghanistan, august, biden, congress, congressional districts, covid, democrats, governors, lockdown, mandates, midterms, poll numbers, pro-choice, pro-life, redistricting, republicans, roe v wade, school children, school kids, senate candidates, supreme court, travel bans, trump, vaccinated
Just as we thought we were turning the corner on Covid, a new variant is bringing travel restrictions and heightening anxiety about the future. Is Biden in a no-win situation? The Cook Political Report's Amy Walter joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Jonathan Karl: Trump Loved Jan. 6
November 30th, 2021 | 45 mins 21 secs
2024, biden, bill barr, brian stelter, constitutional crisis, debates, hearings, house select committee, inauguration, interviews, ivanka, jan. 6, jared, jay rosen, john adams, journalism, journalists, mar-a-lago, mccarthy, mcconnell, media, pence, press, rallies, reporters, shoot someone on 5th avenue, thomas jefferson, trump, tweet, twitter
Yes, there was a riot at the Capitol, but keep your eye on the ball: Trump tried to destroy American democracy. He literally tried to steal the election. Jonathan Karl joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Tim Miller: We're All Hostage to the Crazy
November 29th, 2021 | 47 mins 53 secs
anthony fauci, beto, brokeback mountain, denver, deplorable caucus, gop governors, guns, jake gyllenhaal, kamala harris, kevin mccarthy, kyle clark, lauren boebert, le creuset, marjorie taylor green, matt gaetz, matthew mcconaughey, omicron variant, owning the libs, taylor swift, texas governor, unemployment benefits, vaccinations, vaccine, washington free beacon
Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling the shots and owning Kevin McCarthy, while some Republican governors are paying people NOT to get vaccinated. Bonus content: Taylor v Jake. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Kristin Du Mez: Love Thy Neighbor Is for Wimps
November 24th, 2021 | 50 mins 33 secs
antiwar, big lie, braveheart, bullies, cawthorn, christianity, christians, civil rights movement, communism, counterculture, evangelical church, evangelicals, faith, family, femininity, feminism, gay rights, hawley, hippies, j.d.vance, john wayne, manhood, masculinity, patriarchy, protesters, protests, sore losers, testosterone, the left, trump, turn the other cheek, vietnam war, violence, william wallace
Militant hyper-masculinity is the ideal of Christian manhood in the white evangelical world, and it's part and parcel of Trumpism and today's Republican Party. Author Kristen Du Mez joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Donald Cohen: The Privatization of Everything
November 23rd, 2021 | 48 mins 31 secs
bill clinton, bridges, chicago, colleges, covid, democracy, for-profit universities, heads in beds, libraries, morgan stanley, parking meters, patent, prisons, private contractors, private prisons, privatizing public services, public employees, public goods, public sector, roads, ronald reagan, schools, student debt, transparency, vaccines, water, welfare
Should the government really be run like a business, or just be run really well? Author Donald Cohen debates Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Bill Kristol: Fetishizing Political Violence
November 22nd, 2021 | 47 mins 14 secs
ambassadors, assassination, big lie, bret baier, congress, disinformation, fox news, jfk, jonah goldberg, kennedy, kenosha, kyle rittenhouse, november 22, racism, second amendment, senate, stephen hayes, tucker, waukesha
We are in a dangerous moment when members of the political class celebrate violence and fetishize guns. Plus, contemplating an America if JFK had not been assassinated. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Greg Lukianoff: We Are Creating a Culture of Student Fragility
November 19th, 2021 | 52 mins 11 secs
berkeley, college campuses, college students, dorian abbot, first amendment, free speech, higher education, ideas, k-12 education, microaggression, milo, oppression, safety, schools, trauma, universities, university officials, violence, words
People are actually quite resilient, but when young students are told they can be harmed by words, it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Greg Lukianoff from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Adam Schiff: The GOP Has Created a Monster
November 18th, 2021 | 35 mins 54 secs
adam kinzinger, battleground states, big lie, bill barr, carter page, collusion, devin nunes, fisa, george papadopoulos, hillary clinton, impeachment, jim jordan, june 2016, kevin mccarthy, kremlin, liz cheney, maga, manafort, midterms, mueller, paul ryan, polling data, qanon, republican party, russians, steele dossier, stolen emails, tea party, trump, trump tower, ukraine, wikileaks
"If you persuade people that we cannot rely on our elections to decide who should govern, then what is left but violence?" Rep. Adam Schiff joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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David Priess: It Wasn't a Hoax
November 17th, 2021 | 41 mins 23 secs
2016, censure, chris christie, collusion, ezra cohen, gina haspel, intelligence, jonathan karl, media, michael flynn, mueller, nicole wallace, paul gosar, russia, steele dossier, trump campaign
The findings of the Mueller report have been overshadowed by the discrediting of the Steele dossier, but the Russia-Trump campaign ties were a real thing. Lawfare's David Priess joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Brian Klaas: Why Are So Many Leaders Awful?
November 16th, 2021 | 44 mins 59 secs
authoritarians, bannon, boardrooms, central african republic, corruption, despots, dictators, job interviews, kids soccer teams, lauren boebert, leaders, leadership, marjorie taylor greene, middle management, narcissism, new zealand police, police officers, police recruitment, power, psychopaths, school boards, trump, university college london, youth soccer
Tyrants are good at obtaining power, but bad at wielding it. And no, Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time. Author and Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Tim Mak: Inside the Downfall of the NRA
November 15th, 2021 | 45 mins 6 secs
columbine, gun culture, gun laws, gun rights, las vegas shooting, mass shootings, national rifle association, obama, oiiver north, reese witherspoon, sandy hook, school shootings, second amendment, susan lapierre, taylor swift, the media
After years of pushing fear, the NRA is facing an existential crisis. Government investigations and the billionaire lifestyle of Wayne LaPierre may spell the end for one of the most powerful organizations in America. NPR's Tim Mak joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Tim Miller: Why Chris Christie Triggers Me
November 12th, 2021 | 45 mins 24 secs
1980s, 2016, aids, big bird, billionaires, catholicism, chris christie, college quarterback, dennis prager, hiv, jobs, john mcentee, mark esper, men in black, sesame street, taxes, transgender people, trump
It's The Bulwark's job to talk about Jan 6, Democrats need to talk about kitchen table issues, and Chris Christie: We remember what you did. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Donald Moynihan: Can We Still Govern?
November 11th, 2021 | 51 mins 55 secs
anti-wokeism, august wilson, bari weiss, ben shapiro, bret stephens, campus, covid, fences, free speech, gerrymandering, jan 6, john mcentee, kansas, kenosha, kyle rittenhouse, mark meadows, pandemic, pence, progressivism, redistricting, school boards, scott walker, tommy thompson, trump white house, universities, university of austin, welfare reform, wisconsin politics
Members of Congress are being threatened over infrastructure, the banning of books is back with a vengeance, and Americans are still paying the price for Trump's loyal lieutenants. Georgetown's Donald Moynihan joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Dana Milbank: McCarthy is All-in
November 10th, 2021 | 43 mins 42 secs
blake masters, chris sununu, democrats, gop, jan. 6, kevin mccarthy, liz cheney, mcconnell, new hampshire, partisanship, republican party, senate, tommy tuberville
When the Republican Party is only about enabling the Big Lie and fomenting outrage to get on Fox News, Kevin McCarthy doesn't get a pass for averting his gaze. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.
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Shannon Freshour: A View From Outside the Beltway
November 9th, 2021 | 43 mins 38 secs
culture war, democratic party messaging, dominion voting machines, infrastructure bill, j.d. vance, jane timken, jim jordan, josh mandel, midterms, mike gibbons, ohio, ohio gop senate primary, redistricting, rural broadband, sherrod brown, tim ryan, voters, working class
Republicans are in a purge mood, while Democrats are stumbling in the dark trying to figure out how to talk TO voters, rather than AT them. Former Ohio congressional candidate Shannon Freshour joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast.