The Bulwark Podcast
Smart, Conservative, Never Tribal
Episodes
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Elie Honig on Our Most Corrupt Attorney General
July 2nd, 2021 | 46 mins 45 secs
1/6, attorney general bill barr, book hatchet man: how bill barr broke the prosecutor's code and corrupted the justice department, elie honig, indictments, january 6 investigation, mike shields, trump org
Elie Honig joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the Trump Org. indictments, the 1/6 investigation, and his new book, "Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke The Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department"
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Tim Miller on the Cheney Pick
July 1st, 2021 | 52 mins 21 secs
blondie, gop, mccarthy, s&m cult, tim miller, trump
Tim Miller and Charlie Sykes discuss Blondie, 1/6, Ken McCarthy’s hypocrisy, Trump’s legal troubles, and the GOP’s new S&M cult.
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Episode 2021: Mona Charen: on our Electoral FUBARS
June 30th, 2021 | 50 mins 51 secs
gop, lizard brain, mon charen, nyc election governor, rank choice voting, republicans, steve bannon
Mona Charen and Charlie Sykes discuss New York's election mess, privatizing the national Guard, the racism of Paul Gosar, and the right's Lizard Brain.
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Adam Serwer on The Cruelty is the Point
June 29th, 2021 | 41 mins 59 secs
adam serwer, book the cruelty is the point: the past present and future of trump's america, gop, insurrection, republicans, trump, tucker carlson
On today's Bulwark podcast, Adam Serwer joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his new book, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America.
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Josh Kraushaar: Is Biden blowing a golden opportunity?
June 28th, 2021 | 44 mins 28 secs
biden, crime, gop, infrastructure bill, josh kraushaar, trump
On today's Bulwark podcast, Josh Kraushaar joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his article on Biden's stumbles on infrastructure and crime.
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Bill Kristol: On Why Politics Remains Dangerous
June 25th, 2021 | 46 mins 25 secs
biden, bill kristol, covid, fox news, gop, infrastructure deal, mike pence, nikki haley, ron johnson, tucker carlson, vaccine
Bill Kristol and Charlie Sykes discuss the fragility of Biden's infrastructure deal; Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, and the vaccine demagoguery of Ron Johnson.
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Anne Applebaum on the Twilight of Democracy
June 24th, 2021 | 33 mins 9 secs
anne applebaum, book twilight of democracy, gop, insurrection, laura ingraham, trump
On today's Bulwark podcast, Anne Applebaum joins Charlie Sykes to discuss her book, The The Twilight of Democracy, and the rise of authoritarianism.
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Jonathan Rauch: On the Defense of Truth
June 23rd, 2021 | 42 mins 14 secs
book the constitution of knowledge: a defense of truth, gop, jonathan rauch, mike lindell, trump
On today's Bulwark podcast, Jonathan Rauch joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his new book The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth.
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Tim Miller on CRT, NYC, Tucker, and the NCAA
June 22nd, 2021 | 53 mins 57 secs
critical race theory, crt, ncaa, nyc primary, supreme court, tim miller, tucker carlson
On today's Bulwark podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Critical Race Theory, the NYC Mayoral election, Tucker Carlson, and the Supreme Court ruling on college athletics.
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Eric Edelman on the G7 Summit and Contact Lunacy
June 21st, 2021 | 41 mins 8 secs
china, contact lunacy, eric edelman, g7 summit, pakistan, president biden, putin, russia
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Amb. Eric Edelman joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Biden's G7 summit, Pakistan's relationship with China and the United States, and how the current insanity might be a result of "contact lunacy."
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Mike Murphy: is bipartisanship back?
June 18th, 2021 | 51 mins 18 secs
biden, bipartisanship, gop, hollywood, infrastructure, joe manchin, mike murphy, rolex, trump, voting rights bill
Mike Murphy on the infrastructure deal, Manchin’s voting rights bill, Trump’s revenge tour, and more.
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George Packer on How America Fractured
June 17th, 2021 | 54 mins 7 secs
book: last best hope: america in crisis and renewal, boomers, four americas, george packer, gop, millennials, reagan, trump
On today's Bulwark podcast, George Packer joins Charlie Sykes to discuss his new book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, and describes the four different Americas.
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Joanne Lipman on the Great Reopening
June 16th, 2021 | 46 mins 32 secs
covid, joanne lipman, liz harrington, pandemic jobs, reinvent work, tucker carlson
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Joanne Lipman joins Charlie Sykes to discuss her recent item: "The Pandemic Revealed How Much We Hate Our Jobs. Now We Have a Chance to Reinvent Work."
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Tim Miller on the Arizona Recount Shit Storm
June 15th, 2021 | 48 mins 33 secs
arizona recount, gop, insurrection, mcconnell, merrick garland, tim miller, trump
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Arizona's recount shitshow, the insurrectionist running for higher office, norms, Mitch McConnell, and Merrick Garland.
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Brian Stelter: Tucker Can Do Whatever He Wants at Fox
June 14th, 2021 | 43 mins 12 secs
and the dangerous distortion of truth book, big lie, brian stelter, fox news, gop, hoax: donald trump, right, tucker carlson
On today's Bulwark podcast, Brian Stelter joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the revised edition of his New York Times best selling book Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth. Plus, how Fox ran to the right after the election, and why Tucker Carlson can do whatever he wants there.
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Bill Kristol on Biden v. Putin
June 11th, 2021 | 41 mins 14 secs
bill kristol, compromise, doj abuses, g7, infrastructure spending, police dramas, president biden, putin, secret dinners, trump, vindman
On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Biden's first G7 as President, the Putin problem, Trump's DOJ abuses, infrastructure spending and compromise, secret dinners, and police dramas.