The Secret Podcast

Jan 31 2025 102 ep. 20 mins 97

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Each Friday best friends, Sarah Longwell and JVL, go off-leash and uncensored in this intimate podcast. Only for Bulwark+ members.

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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.

Captain EO's

Jan 24 2025 12 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJVL and Bill take a philosophical journey across the first five days of the Trump administration. How did Trump get stronger post-coup? Was there a single institutional failure which brought us to this point? What is “law”?Content warning: We get extra dark today. Sorry.

End of an Era

Jan 17 2025 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL watch the lamps go out all across America. And also talk about the linguistics of body-part slang. The Secret Podcast is exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featuring Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwell. To listen to this episode and join the conversation in the comments become a Bulwark+

Alone

Jan 10 2025 10 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL talk about modern society, social connection, technology, and what all of this is doing to us, but individually and collectivey.Also: JVL has some life news.

The Ghost of Politics Past

Dec 23 2024 5 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comIt’s a giant, super-sized Monday edition—a Christmas miracle!Sarah and JVL talk about John Fetterman’s heel turn. Then JVL pushes Sarah on the death penalty and Sarah pushes JVL on gay marriage. And finally they talk about Elon Musk’s embrace of Germany’s AfD party. How could he not-see what t

The Big Debate

Dec 20 2024 6 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comThere’s a special guest this week!George Conway joins to talk about whether or not Liz Cheney has legal vulnerabilities. After he takes off, Sarah and JVL talk about President Elon, Matt Gaetz, and The Bulwark’s thrashing of the libertarians at Reason.Finally we talk about fake vs. real trees and Ch

This Is How They Get Away with It

Dec 13 2024 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL have a loooong talk about RFK and vaccines and collateral damage. One of them might be a heartless monster and you’ll never guess which one!Then they do a full after-action report on Sarah’s DealBook panel. You do not want to miss this part. It’s solid gold. And we’d like your thou

What to Watch to Get Your Mind Off Politics

Dec 06 2024 16 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comIn a break from the doom and gloom of our current political hell, Sarah is joined by Sonny Bunch to break down their favorite television shows across the streaming landscape, such as Hacks, Severance, The Morning Show and more!show notes:Sonny’s Streaming Churn GuideStreaming Churn Guide, Part TwoThe

Pardon: The Interruption

Dec 02 2024 6 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL have a special bonus pod and they are coming in hot. Neither of them likes the Hunter pardon and Sarah has a larger indictment of Biden as president which World’s #1 Biden-stan JVL . . . kind of agrees with?It’s a wild ride. And we haven’t even made it to the inauguration.The Secret

Truth or Consequences

Nov 26 2024 13 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL are here before the Thanksgiving break to talk turkey about tariffs, RFK, and whether or not deserve’s got anything to do with it.Thanks for you friendship and support.