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The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark Podcast

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 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.

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  • Bill Kristol: Where Is the $50,000?

    Bill Kristol: Where Is the $50,000?
    Sep 22 2025
    We thought Tom Homan was an extreme border hawk and ideologue. Now we know this powerful law enforcement official, who's depriving immigrants of their freedom, may also be a corrupt law-breaker—after he was reportedly recorded taking a $50,000 cash bribe during an FBI sting operation. And MAGA die-hards, like Megyn Kelly, have made clear they don't care. Meanwhile, Kash is having FBI agents pursue Q-Anon leads in the Kirk assassination. Plus, Tucker is a very sick person, Trump is demanding that Bondi file trumped-up charges against his enemies, and Democrats should absolutely not vote to fund this administration.

    Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Leonnig's and Dilanian's reporting on Homan taking a $50,000 bribe

    • Tim on Megyn Kelly's diatribe against him; or watch on YouTube

    • Monday's "Morning Shots"

    • Will Sommer's newsletter, "False Flag"

    Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) with special guest Rep. Sarah McBride
    On sale now at     TheBulwark.com/events.

    NEW show added to Toronto schedule: Bulwark Live Q&A Matinee show on Saturday, September 27 —tickets are on sale now, here.
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    43 mins
  • Thomas Chatterton Williams: How MAGA Learned to Love Cancel Culture

    Thomas Chatterton Williams: How MAGA Learned to Love Cancel Culture
    Sep 19 2025
    Cancel culture lives on, but it's taken new turns, especially among some of the loudest opponents of woke culture who simply can not abide one word of criticism about Charlie Kirk or Israel. Meanwhile, the vice president of the United States is actively encouraging his kind of Americans to rat out their neighbors. Plus, how authoritarianism and corruption go together, the challenge for academics who don't adhere to views on race they're 'supposed' to have, and Trump's talent for exploiting grievance will be studied for years.

    The Atlantic's Thomas Chatterton Williams joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

    show notes

    • Thomas's "Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse"

    • Thomas's recent Atlantic piece

    • The Harper's Letter

    • Tim's playlist

    • Bulwark Live in DC and NYC at TheBulwark.com/events.

    • Tix for a second Toronto show go on sale for members Tuesday at noon and for everyone else on Wednesday!
    • Go to https://zbiotics.com/THEBULWARK and use THEBULWARK at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Brian Stelter and Jonathan V. Last: Worst Case Scenario

    Brian Stelter and Jonathan V. Last: Worst Case Scenario
    Sep 18 2025
    The administration wants people to believe that Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air because he supposedly crossed a red line when it came to Charlie Kirk—yet at the same time, somehow totally ignore that this is naked government coercion of critics who embrace the time-honored tradition of skewering presidents. And because this is the Trump administration, there's also a corruption angle, namely a local TV station conglomerate trying to curry favor with Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr to get a $6.2 billion merger approved. Meanwhile, Vance is openly manufacturing a new, broader conspiracy behind the Kirk assassination, continuing his admitted pattern of just making things up out of whole cloth. It'd be nice if other members of the media noticed.

    JVL and Brian Stelter join Tim Miller.

    show notes

    • Brian's "Reliable Sources" newsletter

    • JVL's Thursday 'Triad'

    • Bulwark Live in DC (10/8) and NYC (10/11) with Sarah, Tim and JVL are on sale now at TheBulwark.com/events.

    • NEW show added to Toronto schedule: Bulwark Live Q&A Matinee show on Saturday, September 27 —tickets are on sale now, here.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
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