The Bulwark

Feb 03 2025 778 ep. 25 mins 724

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Analysis and reporting on politics and culture in America. Home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. No partisan loyalties. No tribal prejudices.

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Christianity’s Crossroads: Faith, Democracy, and America’s Future

Feb 03 2025 31 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comIn this episode of The Mona Charen Podcast, Mona Charen speaks with author Jonathan Rauch about his new book, Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy. They explore the decline of Christianity in America, its impact on democracy, and whether faith can be depoliticized. Rauch, a self-

Make Congress Work (with Yuval Levin)

Feb 02 2025 14 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comIn other democracies, when a party wins an election it wins all the power. But American democracy is different, and under the Constitution, members of Congress are supposed to engage in cross-partisan bargaining—yet they’re failing at this very basic job. What we’re left with are spending bills fi

Trump's Immigration Scare Tactics are a Huge Waste of Money

Feb 01 2025 6 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comRetired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling joins Ben Parker to discuss his latest piece in The Bulwark detailing the incredible expensive and wasteful spending on military jets for Donald Trump’s deportations, and how Trump’s extreme and unrealistic plan to send migrants to Guantanamo Bay would be bot

How Tariffs Will Make Movies More Expensive

Feb 01 2025 45 mins

On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch is rejoined by Jesse Nelson of DiabolikDVD and Cauldron Films to discuss the state of home video. We get to the tariff discussion around 32 minutes in, but before that, Jesse dispels some of the concerns about Sony’s recent announcement that they’re discontinuing recordable media like Blu-ray, what collectors are looking for from his store,

At Least He's Doing Something (with Sam Stein)

Feb 01 2025 6 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comDonald Trump's approval rating is sitting around 50 percent, which is as high as he's ever been, even though he started his term by pardoning January 6 rioters, causing mass confusion across the government, and claiming that DEI caused a plane crash. The voters we talked to in our focus groups are just

Trump’s Administration Is an Incompetent Mess

Jan 31 2025 5 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comMass firings, illegal freezes, and unhinged governance—George Conway & Sarah Longwell discuss why Trump’s administration is a complete disaster.Watch, listen and leave a comment. Follow George Conway Explains It All wherever you get your podcasts and YouTube.Ad-free editions are available exclusivel

Andrew Weissmann: A MAGAtocracy and a Babytocracy

Jan 31 2025 18 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comWhile Republican senators worked to protect Kash Patel from answering some ver-wee hard questions at his confirmation hearing, not one of them had the audacity to suggest that he is the best person to lead the FBI. Meanwhile, the new administration is clearing out some of the most seasoned and effective

Anatomy of a Scapegoating

Jan 31 2025 9 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL talk about Trump and the right’s move to blame the Reagan National crash on “DEI.” And how to fight back.

Post-Hearings Debrief: Well That Was Nuts

Jan 30 2025 4 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller, Sam Stein, Will Saletan, and Joe Perticone give their thoughts on the this week’s bombardment of Senate hearings with crackpot nominees. They also react to Donald Trump’s response to the plane crash in Washington, D.C.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+Live is home to

Tommy Vietor: Deniability Is All That Matters

Jan 30 2025 22 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comRepublican senators don't care that Trump's nominees are lying—like Kash pretending he didn't know a Nazi-adjacent podcaster whose show he's been on eight times—because the confirmation process to them is all a game and truth is irrelevant. And nominees are also mad-flipping on their signatures issu