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The Focus Group Podcast

The Focus Group Podcast

By: The Bulwark
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 Unfiltered, uncompromising, unexpected—The Focus Group is a look into what the average voter thinks about politics, policy, and current events. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, has conducted hundreds of hours of focus groups all across the country. She and a series of special guests will take you behind the glass to hear what real focus group participants have to say. https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/focus-group/Bulwark Media Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • S6 Ep3: 'Secure Borders...At What Cost?' (with Adrian Carrasquillo)

    S6 Ep3: 'Secure Borders...At What Cost?' (with Adrian Carrasquillo)
    Sep 20 2025
    Donald Trump is bleeding support from Hispanic voters, including from some who voted for him. So, we found some former Trump voters who are souring on him, and asked them why. Adrian Carrasquillo, author of The Bulwark's Huddled Masses newsletter, joins the show to discuss voter sentiments on immigration, the future of the immigration debate (especially among Democrats), and his on-the-ground reporting in cities around the country.

    By Adrian Carrasquillo:
    Trump Hasn’t Invaded Chicago, But the City Is Still Rattled

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    For our friends in Canada, we added a second live show with Sarah, Tim and Sam to the schedule. Tickets are on sale now for our bonus Bulwark Live Q&A Matinee show on Saturday, September 27, here.
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    55 mins
  • S6 Ep2: You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld

    S6 Ep2: You Can Ramp It Up or Ramp It Down (with Rachel Kleinfeld
    Sep 13 2025
    The murder of Charlie Kirk was the culmination of Americans' long-brewing fear of political violence. First, political violence expert Rachel Kleinfeld joins Sarah to discuss the ramifications of Kirk's death on the American body politic, and then Sarah discusses voters' fears of political violence that we've heard through the years.
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    42 mins
  • S6 Ep1: Swing Voters Say Trump is "Meh" (with Ashley Parker)

    S6 Ep1: Swing Voters Say Trump is "Meh" (with Ashley Parker)
    Sep 6 2025
    Donald Trump has run into some summer doldrums...from the uncertainty in the economy, to his Big Beautiful Bill, to his refusal to come clean about Jeffrey Epstein. We're wondering how voters are processing the last couple of months. Atlantic staff writer Ashley Parker, who's covered Trump for over a decade, joins Sarah for our season premiere.

    By Ashley Parker:

    'I Run the Country and the World'
    Flattery, Firmness, and Flourishes
    Why Is the National Guard in D.C.? Even They Don’t Know.
    Inside the White House’s Epstein Strategy
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    1 hr
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