The Secret Podcast

Mar 07 2025 107 ep. 20 mins 102

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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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Across the Universe

Mar 07 2025 15 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL went to a lot of trouble to make this show happen and end result is a little wheels-off. Elon! Little Marco! Scott Jennings! Magic the Gathering!It’s a show full of wonders and surprises. Seriously, this thing was a b***h to put together. Give it a listen.The Secret Podcast is exclusivel

Worse Than We Feared

Feb 28 2025 27 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comWill Saletan was in for Sarah today and we did a giant, super-sized show. It’s a great conservation, the through-line of which is basically: We are living in something close to the worst-case scenario.The Secret Podcast is exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featuring Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwe

The Ballad of Barry Zuckerkorn

Feb 21 2025 11 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL talk about Elon Musk’s chainsaw, Chainsaw Al Dunlap, Mitch McConnell’s pathetic legacy, the uselessness of moderate Republicans, good wolves, bad wolves, and Matt Schlapp.It’s a super-sized show and an instant classic.The Secret Podcast is exclusively for members of Bulwark+ featurin

The Hero We Need

Feb 14 2025 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL talk about Danielle Sassoon, impeachment, soft power, and Survivor.

Fight Club

Feb 07 2025 8 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah and JVL fight about fear, bleakness, USAID, Democrats, Hadestown, and Dogman.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+ member today.

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