The Bulwark Podcast

Peter Wehner on Threats to Democracy

May 3rd, 2021  |  49 mins 18 secs

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On today’s Bulwark podcast, Peter Wehner joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his most recent item: The GOP Is a Grave Threat to American Democracy.

Tim Miller Explains It All

April 30th, 2021  |  56 mins 22 secs

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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.

Bill Kristol on Biden and Big Government

April 29th, 2021  |  43 mins 1 sec

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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.

Amanda Carpenter on How Donald Trump Killed the Tea Party

April 28th, 2021  |  52 mins 44 secs

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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.

Tom Nichols on the Right's Circling the Drain of Crazy

April 27th, 2021  |  58 mins 28 secs

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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.

Olivia Troye on How Trump's Legacy of Crazy Lives On

April 26th, 2021  |  42 mins 52 secs

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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.

Bill Kristol on Why the GOP is Getting Worse

April 23rd, 2021  |  40 mins 16 secs

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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.

Kim Wehle on Chauvin, Protests, and Police Reform

April 22nd, 2021  |  47 mins 16 secs

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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.

Clarence Thomas Attacks Big Tech and Anti-Anti-Chauvinism

April 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins

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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.

Olivier Knox on Biden's Challenges, Boehner, and Trump

April 20th, 2021  |  44 mins 3 secs

Stephen Fowler: Georgia as Ground Zero

April 19th, 2021  |  49 mins 30 secs

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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.

Lis Smith on the Yang Gang and Future Former Republicans

April 16th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins

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On today’s Bulwark podcast, Lis Smith joins guest host Tim Miller to discuss her career in politics, the 2020 Buttigieg campaign, Andrew Yang’s mayoral bid, and the GOP’s stone cold sociopaths and the intra-party civil war.

Perry Bacon Jr. on Why the GOP Isn't Rebranding

April 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins

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On today’s Bulwark podcast, Perry Bacon Jr. joins Tim Miller to talk about the 2020 elections, and how the parties are preparing for 2024. Plus, a discussion about politics and race, and how voters and their standards have evolved (or devolved.)

Dems Love Corporations

April 14th, 2021  |  43 mins 22 secs

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On today’s Bulwark podcast, Mona Charen and Bill Kristol talk about the new money chase in campaign funding, the COVID-19 response, police shootings, and whether there are green shoots in Never Trump GOP candidates.

David Priess on the Worldwide Threat Briefing

April 13th, 2021  |  49 mins 24 secs

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On today’s Bulwark podcast, Amanda Carpenter sits in for Charlie Sykes to talk with David Priess about the Worldwide Threat Briefing and why it’s important, plus discuss about 2024 and the GOP’s institutional amnesia.

JVL and Sarah Dissect the GOP Donor Retreat

April 12th, 2021  |  47 mins 11 secs

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On today’s Bulwark podcast, JVL and Sarah Longwell, co-hosts of The Secret Podcast sit in for Charlie Sykes to break down the GOP Donor Retreat in Florida, how the GOP actually did an autopsy on 2020 (but not what you think), and the latest with Matt Gaetz.