The Bulwark Podcast

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.
S2 Ep1012: Sam Stein: Elon Is Toxic

S2 Ep1012: Sam Stein: Elon Is Toxic

Musk was so high on his own supply that he thought he and his money were magic—but Wisconsin voters turned out in droves to prove to him just how toxic his brand and DOGE are

2 abr 2025 - 58 min 40 s

 
S2 Ep1011: Susan Rice: This Is Bloody Serious

S2 Ep1011: Susan Rice: This Is Bloody Serious

The administration admits it mistakenly sent a Maryland father with protected status to the Salvadoran penal colony—but at the same time, it says the federal courts have no jurisdiction over him because he is now in a foreign country.

1 abr 2025 - 01 h 06 min 43 s

 
S2 Ep1010: Bill Kristol: Stiffen Your Spines, Democrats

S2 Ep1010: Bill Kristol: Stiffen Your Spines, Democrats

If Joe Rogan is the voice in the wilderness on the disappearing of migrants to El Salvador, then the Democratic leadership really needs to rethink its cautiousness.

31 mar 2025 - 54 min 03 s

 
S2 Ep1009: Amanda Carpenter: Daddy? No, Manny Trump

S2 Ep1009: Amanda Carpenter: Daddy? No, Manny Trump

Trump is siccing the thought police on the Smithsonian, he's got an FBI task force set up to protect Elon's car company, and he's turning random tattoos into gang insignia—unless they're on Pete Hegseth.

28 mar 2025 - 01 h 02 min 53 s

 
S2 Ep1008: Jon Lovett: A Worst Case Scenario Comes Into View

S2 Ep1008: Jon Lovett: A Worst Case Scenario Comes Into View

Trump is creating a permission structure where we lock up people without due process in a foreign gulag—and where masked, plainclothes officers in unmarked cars can grab an international student off the street because of her speech.

27 mar 2025 - 01 h 07 min 17 s

 
S2 Ep1008: Michael Weiss, Ben Smith, and Annie Karni: Radioactively Stupid

S2 Ep1008: Michael Weiss, Ben Smith, and Annie Karni: Radioactively Stupid

No matter how hard Republicans try to spin the sharing of top secret military attack plans on an insecure app, the colossal f***up of an administration that claimed it was rooting out incompetence is plain on its face.

26 mar 2025 - 01 h 02 min 13 s

 
S2 Ep1007: Jeffrey Goldberg and Peter Wehner: What's Going on with Our National Security?

S2 Ep1007: Jeffrey Goldberg and Peter Wehner: What's Going on with Our National Security?

Members of Trump's Cabinet got caught sharing attack plans—down to details of who they were planning to kill, and with what kind of weapons—and now they'll say anything to get out of the jam they put themselves in.

25 mar 2025 - 01 h 06 min 07 s

 
S2 Ep1006: Live from Phoenix

S2 Ep1006: Live from Phoenix

Bill Kristol joined Tim Saturday in Arizona to rip the behavior of our government—depriving even lawful Venezuelan migrants of due process, and shipping them off to a mega-prison in San Salvador where they may be being tortured.

24 mar 2025 - 47 min 57 s

 
S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren't the Corrupt Ones

Trump loves to complain about the deep state while Elon claims he's rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse. But government workers are mainly mission-driven and they're not in it for the money.

21 mar 2025 - 01 h 04 min 47 s

 
S2 Ep1004: Wes Moore: The System Doesn't Work for a Lot of People

S2 Ep1004: Wes Moore: The System Doesn't Work for a Lot of People

Trump is a vessel for frustration over the status quo, but he is not a vehicle for a solution—since he has no idea about how to make things better for anyone besides himself.

20 mar 2025 - 53 min 48 s