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The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith. www.thebulwark.com

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6:39

Will the Shutdown Deal Actually Hold?

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2025/11/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Joe Perticone discuss the breaking news that it appears the Senate has enough votes to approve a budget and end the government shutdown, moving the pressure over to Mike Johnson and the House of Representatives.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the

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30:52

Why MAGA Loves Illiberalism

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2025/11/10

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comEric and Eliot pay their respects to the late Vice President Dick Cheney before welcoming their guest Laura Field to discuss her book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right. They explore the origins of the effort to create an intellectual ecosystem for Trumpism starting with the Claremont Institute and Michael Anton’s infamous “Flight 93” article in the Claremont Review of Books. Laura explains the influence of

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6:08

Trump Posts, His Staff Panics—Again

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2025/11/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jack Cocchiarella take on Scott Bessent’s walk-back of Trump’s bleated announcement of “$2,000 checks” amid the government shutdown that continues to rock the economy.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to

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19:16

Ken Burns: The Revolutionaries Were Exactly Like Us

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2025/11/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comKen Burns joins John Avlon for a conversation that feels like a pep talk America desperately needs. From the messy, human story of the Revolution to the warning signs we’re ignoring today, Burns makes the case that our past isn’t a museum piece, it’s a manual for saving the country. With wisdom, humor, and a few hard truths, he shows how storytelling, civics, and shared ideals can pull us out of the chaos. Watch, listen

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8:39

James Talarico's "Scandal" Makes Me Like Him More

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2025/11/09

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller takes on James Talarico’s spicy Instagram follows, Candace Owens leaking texts with Charlie Kirk, and Tim’s heated panel at Crooked Con.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your

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6:29

Consumers Absolutely Hate Trump's Economy

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2025/11/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah Longwell and Catherine Rampell take on consumer sentiment reaching its lowest levels ever, the impending Supreme Court rulings on tariffs, and rising job losses creating even more uncertainty amid a shaken economy.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left

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7:33

Tim Falls For New Dutch PM? (w/ Stan Veuger)

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2025/11/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTim Miller brings on Dutch economist Stan Veuger for some good news. The Netherlands just elected a young, upbeat, openly gay prime minister who’s talking optimism, growth, and even building new cities, and somehow, it’s working.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on

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11:42

Gen Z: They're Zooming Apart (with Rachel Janfaza)

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2025/11/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comWe’ve heard a lot about how young men have shifted to the right...but this week’s election showed young women moving to the left as well. Gen Z expert Rachel Janfaza, founder of The Up and Up, joins Sarah to discuss why young women have shifted to the left, why their male peers have shifted to the right, and why their life priorities are so different. They also discuss Gen Z’s relationship with technology like AI, why

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25:41

Tom Nichols: This Is What the End of the World Sounds...

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2025/11/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSonny Bunch talks with Atlantic writer and national security expert Tom Nichols about the new Netflix thriller A House of Dynamite—the most realistic nuclear movie in decades.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add

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55:20

Substack Live with Steven Beschloss and JVL

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2025/11/07

Steven Beschloss and Jonathan V. Last talk about Trump’s sociopathic indifference, his war on the poor, and the rise of authoritarianism inside the GOP. They also get into the fallout from the latest elections, the deportation state, and how America’s billionaires now wield power rivaling governments. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebulwark.com/subscribe

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11:31

Jessica Tarlov: Republicans Are in the Barrel

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2025/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comOur economy may be in the early days of stagflation, Democrats are winning the shutdown fight, and Republicans aren’t getting help from the tariff king—who is just sticking his fingers in his ears and lying about the price of Thanksgiving dinner going down. Maybe it’s time for the Dems to declare victory and let them reopen the government. Plus, Jeanine Pirro’s complete humiliation over the sandwich guy case, and Rep

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8:32

RFK Jr. Is the Biggest Public-Health Threat in U.S....

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2025/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJonathan Cohn talks with former White House chef and Obama nutrition advisor Sam Kass about RFK Jr.’s phony “health revolution.” Kass explains how the administration’s obsession with seed oils and food dyes is a smokescreen for dismantling the CDC, FDA, and USDA—and why RFK Jr. has become the biggest threat to public health in modern U.S. history.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to

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10:48

Jason Crow: Voters Want Normal Government, Not...

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2025/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO-06) take on the growing backlash to Trump’s chaos politics—and why voters are sending a clear message that they’ve had enough.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add Bulwark+ Takes

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42:35

The Eternal Relevance of 'Network'

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2025/11/07

I’m joined by Dave Itzkoff on this week’s episode to discuss Paddy Chayefsky’s classic film, Network. Dave literally wrote the book on Network in his history of the film, Mad As Hell, and had lots to say about the making of the movie, the minds behind it, and its ongoing relevance to our daily lives. I know what you’re thinking, I can practically hear your thoughts: A movie about corporations taking over news divisions and fearing problems from the FCC holding up mergers because they don’t like

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5:06

Jury Acquits “Sandwich Guy” in Ridiculous Trial

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2025/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJVL and Sarah Longwell take on the absurd “Sandwich Guy” trial—where prosecutors literally made a federal case out of a thrown sandwich.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add Bulwark+ Takes feed to your player of

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7:45

The Jobs Report Trump Doesn’t Want You to See

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2025/11/07

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah Longwell and JVL take on Donald Trump’s hidden unemployment crisis—the million jobs lost, the vanishing economic data, and the chaos of his tariff-driven “businessman” presidency.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to

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12:53

What It Was Like To Face Off Against Nancy Pelosi (w/...

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2025/11/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein, Jonathan Cohn, and former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock take on Nancy Pelosi’s retirement—her unmatched record as Speaker, her behind-the-scenes power, and what her exit means for the Democratic Party.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of

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12:06

Jonathan V. Last and Carol Leonnig: The Danger of a...

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2025/11/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comTrump took it on the chin in Tuesday’s elections, SCOTUS sounds skeptical about his tariffs, and his plan to ‘gerry-rig’ the midterms looks like it is slipping away—but he is still the most powerful president since FDR. And murmurs about a lame duck may prompt him to take even more extreme actions. Plus, the still infuriating inability to hold Trump accountable for trying to steal the 2020 election, and the long-term

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9:06

Pat Ryan’s Plan to End Sports Blackouts

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2025/11/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comRep. Pat Ryan joins Tim to talk takeaways from big wins in New York, New Jersey and Virginia, the path to the House, and why costs still dominate. They also look at sports streaming chaos and why blackouts need fixing.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left

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4:05

Sam Stein: Democrats’ Big Wins May Redraw the 2026...

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2025/11/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comDemocrats notch big wins from New Jersey to Virginia, including a historic first woman governor. Sam Stein joins Nicole Wallace to explain how affordability, real-world prices, and a fading culture war reshaped the map. As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left

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