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The Bulwark
The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell 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.
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Episodes
The BulwarkNorth Korea's New Nuclear Doctrine | Shield of the Republic
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Eric and Eliot dissect the latest jackassery before pivoting to the war with…
The Bulwark'Pressure' Is a Great Movie With the Wrong Eisenhower
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sonny Bunch and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) review Pressure, the new film…
The BulwarkTrump Completely Loses It During Bizarre NBC Interview
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller reacts to Donald Trump’s combative NBC interview, where the…
The BulwarkWill the Senate Confirm Thugs Like Bill Pulte & Todd Blanche? (w/ Tom Joscelyn)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tom Joscelyn joins Bill Kristol for Bulwark on Sunday. As always: Watch…
The BulwarkWhen He Swore an Oath, It Wasn’t to a Political Party. (w/ Seth Bodnar)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com John Avlon sits down with Seth Bodnar, independent candidate for U.S. Senate…
The BulwarkTrump's Tough-Guy Act Is Finally Falling Apart (w/ Will Saletan)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mona Charen and Will Saletan on Texas's political earthquake: Paxton's…
The BulwarkTrump’s AG Pick May Not Have the Votes to Get Confirmed (w/ Andrew Weissmann)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann return to discuss Todd Blanche’s growing…
The BulwarkAmy Walter: Everyone Is on the Take
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Summer’s here, and Sarah’s taking a break from primary election coverage to…
The BulwarkSam Stein Wrote a Hit Piece on Sarah?!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah and Sam take on the Graham Platner mess. Plus: is Susan Collins a fraud?…
The BulwarkThe Most Important Research Project in American Political Journalism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Brendan Hartnett take on the most important research project in…
The BulwarkBeef Prices Are Already Sky High. Now Comes Screwworm.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Jonathan Cohn give their takes on the return of the…
The BulwarkStephanie Ruhle: The Trump Family’s Massive Side Hustle
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The corruption in the Trump administration is so shameless and so abundant…
The BulwarkReceipts Live: Thom Tillis Said He Would Kill Trump’s Slush Fund. What Happened?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Sam Stein went live to cover the week's financial and…
The BulwarkAsk JVL: On SpaceX IPO, American Isolationism, Talarico's Odds and What Becomes of The Bulwark after Trump?
Jasmine poses Triad readers’ questions to JVL: How can retirement fund holders avoid Elon Musk’s monster SpaceX IPO? What in the world are Mikie Sherrill and…
The BulwarkBringing ‘Day of the Dead’ Back to Life
I’m super-excited about this week’s episode, as I’m getting to talk about one of my favorite zombie movies (Day of the Dead) with one of the creators of that…
The BulwarkHunter Biden Is Going Through It Online
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Hunter Biden is back online and he’s not just lurking. He’s posting, replying…
The BulwarkTrump Destroyed His Career. Why Is Cassidy Still Kissing His Butt?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on the Senate vote that kept Trump’s controversial $1.8…
The BulwarkNick Fuentes Saw His Fans on CNN and Immediately Disowned Them (w/ Donie O'Sullivan)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan joins Sam Stein and Will Sommer to discuss his new…
The BulwarkJonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Most of the multibillionaires are not only hoarding their money and failing to…
The BulwarkDemocrats Add 4 New Pickup Opportunities for 2026 (w/ Suzan DelBene)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com As House Democrats look to reclaim the majority in 2026, DCCC Chair Suzan…
The BulwarkThe Trio: Even Tim Miller Has a Line. We Crossed It.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Tim Miller, and Will Sommer are back to give their takes on Ivanka…
The BulwarkLuke Russert and Josh Turek: There Is a Vast Rightwing Conspiracy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com After "60 Minutes" veteran Scott Pelley was fired, he said that the new…
The BulwarkThe Stories From ICE’s Delaney Hall Are Stomach-Turning
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on the growing controversy surrounding Delaney Hall, the ICE…
The BulwarkCommand Post: Ebola Returned at the Worst Possible Time (w/ Eric Schoomaker)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (ret.) discuss Pete Hegseth’s…
The BulwarkNothing Could Put a Dent in Pancreatic Cancer. Until Now. (w/ Zeke Emanuel)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Cohn talks with oncologist and UPenn vice provost Zeke Emanuel about…
The BulwarkBREAKING: CBS Fires Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes (w/ Max Tani)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Semafor's Max Tani go live to react to CBS firing Scott Pelley…
The BulwarkEven TRUMP Thinks Netanyahu Went Too Far?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim, JVL and Sam discuss Bill Pulte’s jaw-dropping appointment as Acting…
The BulwarkDerek Thompson: The Party of Vicemaxxing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Republicans never defend Trump’s corruption on the merits. Their lot in life…
The BulwarkWhy Republicans Are Nervous About Iowa
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell gives her take on the state of the race in Iowa ahead of…
The BulwarkScott Pelley: Bari Weiss is “Murdering 60 Minutes"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Will Sommer give their takes on the explosive showdown inside CBS News…
The BulwarkBREAKING: DOJ Will Follow Order To Pause $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
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 the breaking news that the…
The BulwarkBill Kristol: Trump Is All-In on Authoritarianism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Another weekend passed without a promised Iran deal. Despite reporting to the…
The BulwarkEven Republicans Hate Trump’s America 250 Lineup
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sam Stein went live on Monday at 10am to cover the outrage…
The BulwarkThe Never-ending Iran Negotiations
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Eliot joins Eric from the shores of Lake Champlain to break down the latest…
The BulwarkThis Senate Race Just Got VERY Strange
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell and Will Sommer take on one of the strangest stories in…
The BulwarkTrump vs. The Courts (w/ Nathaniel Zelinsky)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Nathaniel Zelinsky, lead counsel in the Kennedy Center case against Trump…
The BulwarkWill Trumpism Die With Trump? (w/ Margaret Hoover)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com John Avlon welcomes his wife Margaret Hoover—host of Firing Line and…
The BulwarkTrump's Staggering Corruption Is Finally Catching Up to Him
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Chait of The Atlantic joins Mona to discuss the incredible scope and…
The BulwarkSports Were America’s Last Politics-Free Safe Space (w/ Pablo Torre)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Pablo Torre take on the White House calling Tim an Iranian…
The BulwarkAn Epstein Survivor Grades Pam Bondi’s Testimony (w/ Annie Farmer)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine Rampell welcomes Epstein survivor Annie Farmer to discuss Pam…
The BulwarkPeter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Everyone loves to complain about how California is governed...even some of the…
The BulwarkJudge Orders Trump’s Name Removed From Kennedy Center
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker and Sonny Bunch give their takes on the news that a federal judge's…
The BulwarkLis Smith: A Very Vengeful President
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim just happened to quote from an official Iranian news agency about how the…
The BulwarkA Cage Fight for America
Sarah and JVL talk about the ongoing meltdown of Trump’s Freedom 250 event; the inappropriateness of putting a UFC cage fight on the White House lawn; John…
The BulwarkTrump Admin Threatens to Disrupt Air Travel Over "Sanctuary" Policies | Receipts LIVE
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Catherine and JVL went LIVE at 12:30pm on Friday.Read Catherine Rampell's…
The BulwarkThree Movies to Prep For Our Viral Apocalypse
Just as a heads up: This episode was posted on the Takes feed over the weekend, but I wanted to make sure and share it with y’all because a.) it was a lot of…
The BulwarkThe White House Accused Me of Being a Foreign Agent. Seriously.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller reacts after the official White House account suggested he should…
The BulwarkCBS Fires Top Staffers from 60 Minutes In Newsroom Purge
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Sam Stein give their takes on CBS News firing Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecilia…
The BulwarkKara Swisher: The Tech Bros Should Just Shut Up
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bezos, Elon, Andreessen and the whole lot are such terrible, tiny, greedy…
The BulwarkTrump’s Pitiful America 250 Event Is Already an Embarrassment
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Sonny Bunch take on Trump's "Freedom 250" disaster—the washed-up acts…
The BulwarkTrump Wants To Put His OWN Face on a $250 Bill | MAGA Thursdays LIVE
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam and Will went live at 11am ET to cover the week’s biggest developments in…
The BulwarkTrump Threatens To Blow Up Oman Amid Negotiations With Iran
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Will Saletan give their takes on Trump’s latest cabinet…
The BulwarkRobert Kagan: A Total and Complete Shutdown of Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The United States lost the Iran war back in March when Trump chickened out and…
The BulwarkJudge Nukes Trump DOJ’s “Vindictive” Prosecution (w/ Mary McCord)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell welcomes Mary McCord—former DOJ prosecutor and co-host of the…
The BulwarkBreaking Down Hegseth’s West Point Address | Command Post
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker went live on Wednesday at 10:30am…
The BulwarkTexas Primary Results! Megyn Kelly Turns on Trump?!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah, Tim and JVL went live to cover the Texas primary runoff election, Megyn…
The BulwarkTrump Is Not Being Honest About His Health
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Saletan give their takes on Donald Trump’s latest visit to…
The BulwarkEddie Glaude: Don't Let MAGA Own America's 250th Anniversary
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com As we barrel towards July 4th, Trump wants the celebration of our country's…
The BulwarkA Few GOP Senators Tell the Truth About Trump’s Iran Mess (Briefly) | Morning Shots Live
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew and Bill went live at 10am ET on Tuesday to cover the notable…
The BulwarkBill Kristol: Trump's Iran Disaster Is Also a Defeat for the U.S.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The master negotiator couldn't have been more clear how badly he wants out of…