The Bulwark Podcast
Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy. Bulwark+ members can get a totally ad-free version of the show delivered right to their favorite podcast player.
Episodes
May 17, 2024 • 46 mins
Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy everywhere in the world. It's a theme so heartily embraced by MAGA, their messaging is often the same. Plus, coup sympathizer Samuel Alito, Ukraine's high-tech gains and low-tech losses, and our risk of being outflanked by foreign influence in 2024.
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Anne's Atlantic cover story
Anne's forthcoming ...
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Anne's Atlantic cover story
Anne's forthcoming ...
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May 16, 2024 • 53 mins
This election is about being a grownup and making a choice. One candidate is clearly preferable, and a protest vote sends a message to no one. Meanwhile, Biden is not waiting to take the fight to Trump, and Democrats have to call out culture war ugliness. Plus, another installment of "The Right Stuff." Joe Walsh joins Tim Miller today.
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May 15, 2024 • 48 mins
Michael Cohen substantiated 99% of what's needed to prove Trump's hush money reimbursement scheme—and so far, Cohen held his own under the weak defense counsel's cross-exam. Plus, are we past the peak power of the corporate lobbying world? Ben Wittes and the WSJ's Brody Mullins join Tim Miller today.
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Brody Mulllins' book, "“The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Gover...
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Brody Mulllins' book, "“The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Gover...
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May 14, 2024 • 53 mins
Joe has to tell campus protesters it's OK to disagree with him—and that they can hold him to account. But if they want to keep the ability to protest, they can't let the knuckle-dragging troglodyte back into power. Plus, pressuring Cornel West, white people are losing their damn minds, again—and is Gen Z really the catastrophic generation? Eddie Glaude joins Tim Miller.
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Eddie's latest book, "We Ar...
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Eddie's latest book, "We Ar...
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May 13, 2024 • 47 mins
Today's GOP is not a governing party—it's a grievance and trolling party, and Trump has the nihilist vote all locked up. Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham and others are pushing a Hiroshima model in response to Gaza. And because we all still need to laugh, the pod now has a new segment, "The Right Stuff." Will Saletan joins Tim Miller today.
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Jonathan Karl on Johnny McEntee
CBS News segment on the moth...
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Jonathan Karl on Johnny McEntee
CBS News segment on the moth...
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May 10, 2024 • 53 mins
Mike Johnson may have seen the light in the SCIF, but is he scheming with Trump for Jan 6, 2025? Plus, imagining Gavin Newsom 2028 if we get to keep our elections, Biden's age still makes every supporter nervous, Kevin McCarthy's vendetta, and Nikki, the wild card. Mark Leibovich joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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Mark's "Thank You for Your Servitude"
Mark's "This Town"
Tim's playlist
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Mark's "Thank You for Your Servitude"
Mark's "This Town"
Tim's playlist
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May 9, 2024 • 71 mins
In New York, we are getting the trial we deserve: It's not about high principles and democracy, but the trashy celebrity culture America let into the White House. Meanwhile, Biden grows more impatient over Israel's plans for Rafah. Plus, the dark overlords of Silicon Valley, and a "new economic patriotism.” Rep. Ro Khanna and Ben Wittes join Tim Miller.
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Lawfare Daily podcast episode on Israel/Gaza...
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Lawfare Daily podcast episode on Israel/Gaza...
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May 8, 2024 • 43 mins
The ex-POTUS who claims he was taken down by the deep state is looking even smaller in court, getting scolded by the judge and sitting through testimony about how he and Melania don't sleep in the same bed. Plus, RFK Jr.'s brain worm, winning over the still-going Haley voters, and the plan to ban porn. Adam Kinzinger joins Tim Miller.
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Tim's interview with Tammy Baldwin
Tim's interview with Col...
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Tim's interview with Tammy Baldwin
Tim's interview with Col...
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May 7, 2024 • 49 mins
Two conservatives describe their break with Trump. Former DHS official Elizabeth Neumann saw both the mafia culture up close and Trump's disinterest in doing the work of being president. He also exploits the rising extremism in the evangelical church. And former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he's voting for Biden, and tells Tim Miller that "doing the right thing will never be the wrong thing."
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May 6, 2024 • 44 mins
Any apprentice who wants to join Trump's ticket has to prove they won't accept the election results unless Trump wins—and Tim Scott shows he is a willing collaborator. Plus, most students aren't on the side of the protesters, the threat to Biden from the sense of disorder, and the pathology of Kristi Noem. Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger join Tim Miller.
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Politico story on nonprofits funding Gaza protests...
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Politico story on nonprofits funding Gaza protests...
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May 3, 2024 • 52 mins
Will Saletan and (Hubert Humphrey alum) Bill Kristol join Tim Miller before a live audience in Philadelphia to discuss the uncanny parallels to 1968, the big 420 news, and the South now living back in pre-Roe days. Will there be a monster backlash?
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Tim's playlist
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Tim's playlist
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May 2, 2024 • 33 mins
The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, sits down with Tim Miller in Philly to talk about the kind of language that wins over voters, the campus protests, finding the sweet spot on public safety and crime, and getting sh*t done.
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This interview was recorded late Wednesday afternoon.
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This interview was recorded late Wednesday afternoon.
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May 1, 2024 • 42 mins
Trump went on the record, explaining how in a second term, his staff would only be (election denying) loyalists, he'd run a massive deportation operation, and states could freely monitor women's pregnancies. Meanwhile, evidence of his election interference in 2016 piles up in New York. Ben Wittes and Eric Cortellessa join Tim Miller.
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Trump Makes the Cover of Time magazine
Trump interview trans...
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Trump Makes the Cover of Time magazine
Trump interview trans...
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April 30, 2024 • 41 mins
In the very hot summer of George, Breonna, and Ahmaud, we seemed to be on the brink of a third Reconstruction. But that moment from 2020 was lost. Now, we're in a time when people like Tucker and Charlie Kirk talk about racial equality as white oppression. Bakari Sellers joins Tim Miller today.
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Bakari's new book, "The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forwa...
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Bakari's new book, "The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forwa...
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April 29, 2024 • 37 mins
Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glaring example is the damage Trump has done to the credibility of the white evangelical world. Plus, Bill Barr is a liar, and the evolution of Mike Johnson. Peter Wehner joins Tim Miller.
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AP story on Bill Barr and the Mueller Report
Pete's piece on the forgotten radicalism of Jesus Christ
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AP story on Bill Barr and the Mueller Report
Pete's piece on the forgotten radicalism of Jesus Christ
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April 26, 2024 • 55 mins
The polling isn't there yet, but Biden is delivering on the job, MAGA is extreme and dangerous, the GOP is a dumpster fire, and Trump is the ugliest political figure in our lifetimes. After a hellish week at SCOTUS, some hopium for the weekend pod from Simon Rosenberg. Plus, Tim Miller reads from the mailbag.
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April 25, 2024 • 47 mins
To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to steal the election—but the DOJ's effort to hold him accountable. Plus, the story behind the protesters' masks, activists v Biden, and reading the tea leaves from the Pennsylvania primary. Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel join Tim Miller.
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Weigel's mask story
Marc Caputo on the Jan 6 case
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Weigel's mask story
Marc Caputo on the Jan 6 case
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April 24, 2024 • 45 mins
The one-time most powerful man in the world is now being told when to sit, when to stand, and what he's permitted to say. Scenes from the New York courthouse, with Olivia Nuzzi. Plus, Dana Mattioli discusses her book on Amazon, a modern-day Standard Oil, with huge power across numerous industries—but which is also on the outs in DC.
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Dana's book, "The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own ...
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Dana's book, "The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own ...
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April 23, 2024 • 49 mins
Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grievance culture has run amok. From the aggrieved-in-chief, Trump, who just can't catch a break, to the social justice warriors who apply the same lens to every situation, we're losing the line between what is righteous and what is bratty. Frank Bruni joins Tim Miller today.
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Frank's book, "The Age of G...
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Frank's book, "The Age of G...
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April 22, 2024 • 45 mins
Tom Mauser lost his son, Daniel, in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. He joins Tim Miller to discuss his long fight against gun violence, small victories over the NRA, and the continuing inspiration of his son. Plus, Bill Kristol on marginalizing Trump over Ukraine, how Biden could use some FDR, and the Columbia protests.
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https://danielmauser.com/
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https://danielmauser.com/
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