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Oct 1, 2026 · 26:06
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos and national security reporter Michael Weiss take on the…
Sep 30, 2026 · 6:03
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com If sitting through 16 minutes of Hegseth talking about “fatties,” testosterone, and the wisdom of…
Sep 30, 2026 · 19:16
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Trio comes together on the daily pod for the first time to give a little taste of the…
Sep 30, 2026 · 5:49
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ken Paxton is caught on tape blaming Donald Trump for hurting his Senate campaign, telling a…
Sep 30, 2026 · 7:37
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) give their takes on Pete Hegseth’s reported plan to…
Sep 29, 2026 · 14:37
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim, Sarah, and JVL are all together in-studio. It turns out things are so bad for the GOP, even…
Sep 29, 2026 · 15:56
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Vigilance is still in order, but Trump’s efforts to rig the midterms have so far flopped. And…
Sep 29, 2026 · 8:40
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Andrew Egger give their takes on Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt’s disastrous attempt…
Sep 29, 2026 · 12:24
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol give their takes on Jack Smith’s testimony before the Senate…
Sep 29, 2026 · 10:31
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Why are we in a trade war with Canada, exactly? What was Canada’s alleged transgression? In the…
Sep 28, 2026 · 7:53
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Michael Weiss and Marc Polymeropoulos are back to give their takes on the latest allegations of…
Sep 28, 2026 · 17:35
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Trump administration stole our tax dollars to run a campaign ad during NFL games on Sunday.…
Sep 28, 2026 · 5:25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the latest drama on the online right, from a bizarre AI…
Sep 28, 2026 · 6:58
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump says he’s banning news organizations over negative coverage. Then his own officials go on…
Sep 27, 2026 · 7:41
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com This bonus episode of The Next Level was recorded during Bulwark LIVE: Benefit for Springfield on…
Sep 27, 2026 · 15:25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump’s White House is racking up losses, picking fights with the press, and increasingly…
Sep 27, 2026 · 14:28
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen talks with Casey Revkin of Each Step Home about what happens to children and families…
Sep 26, 2026 · 18:48
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Will Sommer take on Trump’s escalating war on the White House press, the…
Sep 26, 2026 · 17:25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ohio used to be the biggest swing state in the country. It's turned pretty red, (Trump won it by…
Sep 25, 2026 · 33:46
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL is already in Ohio. Sarah is about to run to the airport. It’s a wheels-off kind of show.…
Sep 25, 2026 · 13:55
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump pulled out all the stops at the state dinner to regale the guy who is working with our…
Sep 25, 2026 · 12:02
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Marc Polymeropoulos and Michael Weiss examine the growing Russian threat in Europe, separating…
Sep 25, 2026 · 44:34
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL break down the latest economic warning signs, from surging Treasury…
Sep 25, 2026 · 45:58
On this week’s episode, I’m joined by V for Vendetta director James McTeigue, whose film is returning to theaters on the first and fifth of November (“Remember, remember!”) via…
Sep 25, 2026 · 5:48
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jon Ossoff is running so far ahead in Georgia that his strength is starting to shape the races…
Sep 25, 2026 · 7:09
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on the Republican candidates who are suddenly calling for an end to the…
Sep 24, 2026 · 9:00
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: Your Bulwark membership makes journalism like this possible—and by “journalism,” we…
Sep 24, 2026 · 15:55
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com First, Sam Stein sits down with Tim to discuss the latest humiliation of our troops: Trump’s red…
Sep 24, 2026 · 11:49
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger is joined by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore to give his take on Maryland’s new AI…
Sep 23, 2026 · 6:17
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller steps outside the bubble for a conversation with Brandon Weichert, a former Trump…
Sep 23, 2026 · 10:27
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes take on the strange legal fight over Trump’s ballroom and…
Sep 23, 2026 · 18:07
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The cozy White House Correspondents' Dinner, where Trump joked around with reporters, was only in…
Sep 23, 2026 · 16:03
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah and Andrew cover Trump’s escalating war with the press, from his White House ban on CNN, MS…
Sep 23, 2026 · 5:43
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down President Trump’s extraordinary comments…
Sep 22, 2026 · 13:21
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah's back from the book tour! The gang discusses Sarah's Focus Group Newsletter , George W.…
Sep 22, 2026 · 13:46
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The party has been busy playing defense in Trump states, and now comes the news that Susan…
Sep 22, 2026 · 5:25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, joins Marc Polymeropoulos and…
Sep 22, 2026 · 25:31
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live to react to Trump’s address to the United Nations,…
Sep 22, 2026 · 12:17
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell welcomes former Obama economic adviser Jason Furman to make sense of an economy…
Sep 21, 2026 · 6:29
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and David Pakman take on Trump’s plummeting poll numbers, the White House putting…
Sep 21, 2026 · 6:35
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The White House is trying to defend Donald Trump’s decision to ban major news organizations from…
Sep 21, 2026 · 17:44
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com As Trump’s war of choice continues to expand in the Middle East, it’s clear that the president is…
Sep 21, 2026 · 23:33
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sonny Bunch (filling in for Sam) take on Trump’s escalating war on the press, the…
Sep 21, 2026 · 5:16
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Saletan take a look at Donald Trump’s latest architectural fever dream: a…
Sep 20, 2026 · 2:59
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos give their takes on the flurry of…
Sep 20, 2026 · 15:38
Tim Miller is back with another installment in his continuing series on the Republican candidates running in key races across the country. This time it’s Michael Whatley, Trump’s…
Sep 20, 2026 · 13:00
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol talks with Robert Kagan about how Trump’s Iran war is accelerating America’s retreat…
Sep 19, 2026 · 6:22
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, and this time, he followed…
Sep 19, 2026 · 11:00
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the latest developments in the Iran war,…
Sep 19, 2026 · 25:59
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Recorded on Monday, Sept. 14 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Sarah and Pod Save…
Sep 19, 2026 · 16:16
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL is joined by Alex Wagner to trace how four conservative power brokers built the legal machine…
Sep 19, 2026 · 14:08
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join George Conway, Andrew Egger and Catherine Rampell as they cover the protests at the Kennedy…
Sep 18, 2026 · 11:19
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol talks with Nathaniel Zelinsky, the lead counsel challenging Trump’s efforts at the…
Sep 18, 2026 · 12:39
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com In Greenland, the Trump administration has got tech bros and hedge fund guys running an influence…
Sep 18, 2026 · 11:50
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah and JVL are together again and JVL is raging. * The president of the United States accused…
Sep 18, 2026 · 56:28
On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by the one and only Chris McKenna who, alongside writing partner Erik Sommers, co-wrote the highest-grossing film of all time, domestically:…
Sep 17, 2026 · 7:44
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes to The Daily Wire’s bizarre new movie, Run Hide Fight:…
Sep 17, 2026 · 5:12
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Republicans are reeling, the vibes are shifting, and the wave is building. Jesse serves up a…
Sep 17, 2026 · 35:13
Trump is threatening the future of the Kennedy Center if he doesn’t get the recognition he wants. Andrew Egger and George Conway give their takes on Trump’s push to put his name…
Sep 17, 2026 · 8:11
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A quick note: Bulwark+ members make shows like the Trio possible, including the substantial…
Sep 16, 2026 · 6:46
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Gas prices are surging and this time, the outlook is getting even uglier. Tim Miller is joined by…
Sep 16, 2026 · 11:32
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Fed raised interest rates to curb inflation, as expected, but mortgage rates are surging and…
Sep 16, 2026 · 19:13
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen is joined by Sonny Bunch to talk about The Odyssey for the September edition of The…
Sep 16, 2026 · 9:25
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) give their takes on the rapidly expanding Iran war,…
Sep 16, 2026 · 7:27
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein is joined by Chris Whipple, who wrote in Vanity Fair about the remarkable political…
Sep 15, 2026 · 17:30
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL's on the west coast for Sarah's book event, and he, Tim, and Andrew Egger discuss Mitch…
Sep 15, 2026 · 14:04
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump is raging at the Supreme Court after his own appointees helped block his administration’s…
Sep 15, 2026 · 15:04
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The co-author of the signature book inside Trump 2.0 says the media only knows 5% of what is…
Sep 15, 2026 · 19:03
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol and guest host Ben Parker break down the latest New York Times/Siena polling showing…
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:15
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Republicans spent their midterm convention warning that communists are coming for America. Will…
Sep 15, 2026 · 31:58
Sam Stein and Andrew Egger cover the breaking news that the Supreme Court has blocked Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots. This is a public episode. If you'd like to…
Sep 14, 2026 · 7:22
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger take on the pure Trumpian madness engulfing the Kennedy…
Sep 14, 2026 · 11:38
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com A Putin bestie who's involved with the kidnapping of Ukrainian children bankrolled Don Jr.'s…
Sep 14, 2026 · 5:16
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Marc Polymeropoulos and Michael Weiss give their takes on the ProPublica report that a Russian…
Sep 14, 2026 · 5:49
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer dig into the bombshell ProPublica report that a Russian oligarch close…
Sep 14, 2026 · 9:38
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on Mike Johnson’s defense of Republican congressional candidate…
Sep 13, 2026 · 10:23
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on two political moments from the weekend that caught his attention. First, he…
Sep 13, 2026 · 15:08
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol and Richard North Patterson trace how America went from a seemingly conventional…
Sep 12, 2026 · 9:00
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona talks with Adam Isacson and John Walsh of the Washington Office on Latin America about…
Sep 12, 2026 · 4:44
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes a closer look at Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, whose record as a doctor is under…
Sep 12, 2026 · 5:28
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Sonny Bunch unpack Sonny’s experience covering the Republican Party’s bizarre…
Sep 12, 2026 · 9:23
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Against all odds, Democrats still have a chance in the Texas Senate race. So, is it because Ken…
Sep 12, 2026 · 7:39
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) break down the latest escalation across the Middle…
Sep 11, 2026 · 11:11
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Rudy Giuliani and others who purport to represent the families of 9/11 victims ginned up the idea…
Sep 11, 2026 · 16:32
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol sat in for Sarah today and JVL wore a little treat for everyone to mark the…
Sep 11, 2026 · 5:13
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and JVL break down the latest inflation numbers and why the Trump…
Sep 11, 2026 · 6:30
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Andrew Egger dig into Katie Miller’s previously undisclosed financial stake in…
Sep 11, 2026 · 25:10
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join Tim Miller, Sonny Bunch, Lauren Egan and Andrew Egger as they cover JD Vance's midterm…
Sep 10, 2026 · 4:35
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com As Sarah explains in her new book, Trump has been so successful teaching a new generation of…
Sep 10, 2026 · 7:03
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger take on the increasingly hard-to-dismiss warnings about…
Sep 10, 2026 · 6:37
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sam Stein went live for a special Thursday edition of MAGA Mondays. They give…
Sep 10, 2026 · 18:42
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Weissmann turns the tables on Sarah Longwell for a conversation about her new book, How to…
Sep 10, 2026 · 22:24
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com This is a long one, folks! If you’re not strong enough to endure Trump’s speech, skip to 2:07:00…
Sep 9, 2026 · 8:45
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Michael Weiss take on Steve Witkoff’s groveling meeting with Vladimir Putin, the…
Sep 9, 2026 · 15:21
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com With Republicans in tight races stripping Trump’s name off their campaign websites, the president…
Sep 9, 2026 · 19:29
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) look back at 9/11, Trump’s bizarre remarks at a…
Sep 9, 2026 · 8:19
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer preview Trump’s strangely low-energy midterm convention, where…
Sep 8, 2026 · 9:54
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim, Sarah, and JVL discuss Trump's Labor Day Weekend with his favorite person, Corey…
Sep 8, 2026 · 9:22
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com From politics to sports, business, and tech, the rich are breaking the rules, looking out for…
Sep 8, 2026 · 21:23
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol discuss Donald Trump’s increasingly erratic social media posts, his…
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