Episodes

  • Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger: Lying Is the Price of Admission

    Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger: Lying Is the Price of Admission
    May 6 2024
    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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    44 mins
  • Live from Philly

    Live from Philly
    May 3 2024
    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?

    show notes
    Tim's playlist
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    53 mins
  • Gov. Josh Shapiro: We Can Do Big Things

    Gov. Josh Shapiro: We Can Do Big Things
    May 2 2024
    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.

    show note:
    This interview was recorded late Wednesday afternoon.
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    33 mins
  • Ben Wittes and Eric Cortellessa: Trump's Autocratic Agenda

    Ben Wittes and Eric Cortellessa: Trump's Autocratic Agenda
    May 1 2024
    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.

    show notes:

    Trump Makes the Cover of Time magazine
    Trump interview transcript
    Lawfare's NY Trial Dispatch, Week 2
    The Next Level episode mentioned by Ben

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    43 mins
  • Bakari Sellers: We Are in a Dark Moment

    Bakari Sellers: We Are in a Dark Moment
    Apr 30 2024
    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.

    show notes:

    Bakari's new book, "The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn't and How We All Can Move Forward Now."
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    42 mins
  • Christians and Political Power

    Christians and Political Power
    Apr 29 2024
    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.

    show notes:

    AP story on Bill Barr and the Mueller Report
    Pete's piece on the forgotten radicalism of Jesus Christ

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    38 mins
  • Simon Rosenberg: I Think We're Going to Kick His Ass

    Simon Rosenberg: I Think We're Going to Kick His Ass
    Apr 26 2024
    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.

    show notes:

    • Simon's Hopium newsletter

    • Tim's playlist

    • George Conway's hat

    • Tim on Dan Savage's pod

    • Send your mailbag questions here: BulwarkPodcast@TheBulwark.com
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    55 mins
  • Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel: A Bad Day for Jack Smith

    Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel: A Bad Day for Jack Smith
    Apr 25 2024
    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.

    show notes:

    Weigel's mask story
    Marc Caputo on the Jan 6 case
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    47 mins