The Bulwark Podcast

Bill Kristol on Our Extraordinary Moment

March 26th, 2020  |  46 mins 14 secs

2020, congress, covid-19, democrats, donald trump, joe biden

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Bill Kristol joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Congress's response to COVID-19, how President Trump is handling the pandemic, and the coming recession.

Amanda Carpenter on Trump’s Easter Surprise

March 25th, 2020  |  42 mins 9 secs

2020, congress, donald trump, elections, joe biden

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Amanda Carpenter joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the President's response to COVID-19, how it may impact the 2020 election, and what Congress might do to ease voters fears.

Benjamin Wittes on Trump’s Next Move

March 23rd, 2020  |  46 mins 55 secs

2020, absentee voting, congress, donald trump, economics, elections, joe biden, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi, richard burr, vote by mail, voting

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss President Trump's COVID-19 response, how Congress will react, the 2020 election, and why we are all Keynesians now.

A.B. Stoddard on the Congressional COVID-19 Panic

March 19th, 2020  |  48 mins 23 secs

2020, bailouts, bernie sanders, congress, coronavirus, covid-19, election reform, elections, joe biden, mitch mcconnell, president trump, richard burr, stimulus, vp picks

On today's Bulwark Podcast, A.B. Stoddard joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the political, cultural, and economic changes coming from Coronavirus, and how Congress is responding to it, and how voters will respond to Congress.

Edward Larson on Checks and Balances.

January 13th, 2020  |  37 mins 29 secs

congress, donald trump, executive power, founders, republican virtue, separation of powers, tribalism, war powers

On today's Bulwark podcast, Edward Larson joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss his recent item on the Trump administration's radical expansion of executive power and how it beckons what the founders called “the very definition of tyranny.”

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.

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/

Will Saletan on Impeachment and the Democratic Debate

November 21st, 2019  |  58 mins 22 secs

congress, democratic debate, devin nunes, fiona hill, impeachment inquiry

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Will Saletan joins host Charlie Sykes to break down Wednesday's Democratic debate, and the latest on the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.

Sondland Drops All the Dimes

November 20th, 2019  |  40 mins 46 secs

congress, donald trump, gordon sondland, hearings, house, impeachment inquiry

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwell join host Charlie Sykes to discuss Ambassador Gordon Sondland's bombshell testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.

Julian Zelizer on the Smear of Alexander Vindman

October 29th, 2019  |  41 mins 24 secs

al baghdadi, alexander vindman, anti-semitism, boogate, congress, dual loyalty, impeachment inquiry, john yoo, mccarthyism, newt gingrich, nsc, quid pro quo, sean duffy, trump, ukraine, washington nationals

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Julian Zelizer joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the Trumpworld smears of Alexander Vindman, the latest on the impeachment inquiry and Congress's fact gathering on the Ukraine quid pro quo, plus, a preview of Zelizer's new book on Newt Gingrich, Boo-gate, and the death of Al Baghdadi.