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Bulwark Takes
Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team. This is the home to ad-free video shorts, Bulwark+ member-only livestreams, and live event archives. The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither do we.
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Episodes
Bulwark TakesAmerica’s Wars Shouldn't Be a Casino (w/ Rep. Ritchie Torres)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein talks with Rep. Ritchie Torres about the explosive rise of political…
Bulwark TakesCounterprotesters Confront Rioters & Insurrectionists
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Five years after January 6th, the diehards came back to the scene of the…
Bulwark TakesShe Watched January 6 From Trump’s White House
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Matthews was inside Trump’s White House on January 6. Matthews, the…
Bulwark TakesSen. Gallego: Trump Wants Venezuelan Oil and a Place to Deport Migrants
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joins Sam Stein and Lauren Egan to give his take on…
Bulwark TakesJanuary 6th Was a Dress Rehearsal for Trump, Not a Finale (w/ Tom Joscelyn)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Five years after January 6, Bill Kristol sits down with Tom Joscelyn, the lead…
Bulwark TakesRFK Jr. Cuts America’s Childhood Vaccine Schedule
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Jonathan Cohn give their take on the shocking changes coming from…
Bulwark TakesSen. Mark Warner: Trump Is Talking About Invading U.S. Allies
Senator Mark Warner joins Sam Stein to give his take on the Trump administration’s dramatic actions in Venezuela, congressional oversight, and what comes next…
Bulwark TakesTim Walz Drops Out of MN Governor’s Race
A recording from The Bulwark’s live video reacting to the news that Tim Walz is dropping out of the MN Gov race. This is a public episode. If you'd like to…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Venezuela Logic Turned America Into a Villain
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan takes on Donald Trump’s post-invasion claims about Venezuela and…
Bulwark TakesBill and Sarah Ask: How Bad Can It Get? | Bulwark on Sunday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell discuss Bill's thoughts on possible paths 2026…
Bulwark TakesThe Oldest Elected President in History Is Acting His Age
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Sonny Bunch take on new reporting on Donald Trump’s health—from…
Bulwark TakesLIVE: Trump Addresses Nation on Venezuela Regime Change Operation
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Mark Hertling, Sarah Longwell, Ben Parker and Joe Perticone cover…
Bulwark TakesDark Horse Predictions for 2026! Is Kash Patel on Borrowed Time?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Bulwark team makes their predictions for 2026—from MAGA infighting and…
Bulwark TakesYes, These Things All Happened in 2025
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com From the Trump–Elon Musk Twitter war that briefly melted everyone’s brain, to…
Bulwark TakesWhy is Mark Cuban Working To Cut Drug Prices?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Mark Cuban joins Jonathan Cohn to give his take on why America’s healthcare…
Bulwark TakesTim and Sam Rank Trump’s Cabinet From Hell
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Sam Stein give their takes on the Trump cabinet after a full…
Bulwark TakesStephen Miller’s Christmas Rants Were Revolting–and Revealing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell take on Stephen Miller’s string of Christmas…
Bulwark TakesNorman Rockwell’s Granddaughter Rips Into DHS for Hijacking His Legacy (w/ Daisy Rockwell)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com DHS is using Norman Rockwell’s art to sell an anti-immigrant message and his…
Bulwark TakesIs DOJ Playing Games With the Epstein Investigation? (w/ Ryan Goodman)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol sits down with Ryan Goodman to discuss new and upcoming Epstein…
Bulwark TakesKash Patel Is Dismantling FBI Counterintelligence (w/ Derek Owen & R.M. Schneiderman)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Parker is joined by Derek Owen and R.M. Schneiderman to discuss their…
Bulwark TakesDoes Trump’s Bruised Hand Story Make Sense?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Jared Poland give their takes on a curious White House claim…
Bulwark TakesThe 12 Days of Grift-mas
A holiday classic, Bulwark-style. From foreign jets to fake honors, we rewrote The 12 Days of Christmas to keep track of Trump’s greatest hits in 2025.The 12…
Bulwark TakesThe Bulwark’s 2025 Predictions Are Put On Trial
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Donald Trump’s first year back in office is in the books, but how accurate…
Bulwark TakesTrump Spent the Holidays Yelling at the TV
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com While most Americans were with family, Trump spent the night before Christmas…
Bulwark TakesSam & Sarah Read Their Own Hate Mail
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Sarah Longwell made a mistake.They decided to take on their…
Bulwark TakesHoly Cow, Young Conservatives Are Not Okay
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and JVL take on a Manhattan Institute focus group that exposed open…
Bulwark TakesCan ‘60 Minutes’ Survive Bari Weiss? (w/ Max Tani)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bari Weiss just spiked a 60 Minutes story on the notorious CECOT prison…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Trade Wars Are Crushing America’s Bourbon Industry
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell and Sonny Bunch take on Trump’s trade wars, the…
Bulwark TakesTodd Blanche Struggled to Justify Disappearing Epstein Photos
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Jack Cocchiarella take on US Deputy Attorney General Todd…
Bulwark TakesRep. Ro Khanna on Trump’s Endless Epstein Stonewalling
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joins Bill Kristol to discuss the Trump administration’s…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Conspiracies Falsely Accused a Brown University Student
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on the MAGA conspiracies that falsely accused a Brown…
Bulwark TakesTrump Slaps His Name on the Kennedy Center
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Catherine Rampell take on the re-naming of the John F. Kennedy Center…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Epstein Files Released, Stefanik Quits
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah, JVL, and Tim are going live to discuss the HUGE news day. As always…
Bulwark TakesBen Shapiro Nuked His Own Allies at TPUSA
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Ben Shapiro slammed Candace Owens at TPUSA's AmericaFest and exposed a growing…
Bulwark TakesDr. Oz Speech Goes Off the Rails (w/ Keith Edwards)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller is joined by Keith Edwards to take on Trump Media’s head-scratching…
Bulwark TakesScott Bessent Loses It After Getting Heckled at a Wine Bar
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on the viral confrontation between Treasury Secretary Scott…
Bulwark TakesTim Miller, Andrew Egger and Will Saletan on Trump's White House Address
Tim Miller, Andrew Egger and Will Saletan react to Trump’s White House address. From grievance speedruns to tariff denial and whatever is going on with that…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Dan Bongino to Resign as FBI Deputy Director
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer give their takes on the news that Dan Bongino is on…
Bulwark TakesIs the FBI Director Even Doing His Job?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on Kash Patel using Katie Miller’s podcast to push…
Bulwark TakesSam Stein: No One Trashes Trump Like His Own Team
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein joins Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace to discuss the…
Bulwark TakesThe DOGE Job Cuts Finally Hit And The Jobs Report Is BAD
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Catherine Rampell take on a weak jobs report and why the topline…
Bulwark TakesAmerica Is About to Betray a Brave Man
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on the planned deportation of Uyghur whistleblower Heng Guan…
Bulwark TakesRemembering The Best of Rob Reiner (w/ Sonny Bunch, Bill Kristol, David Weigel & Richard Rushfield)
Celebrate the life and work of Rob Reiner with The Bulwark’s Bill Kristol and Sonny Bunch, who will be joined by The Ankler’s Richard Rushfield and Semafor’s…
Bulwark TakesTrump Completely Loses the Plot During a Press Conference
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim takes on Trump’s latest disaster of a press conference, including his…
Bulwark TakesTrump Responds to the Rob Reiner Family Tragedy With Cruelty
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Sarah Longwell give their takes on Donald Trump’s ghastly response to…
Bulwark TakesTrump Botched the Army–Navy Coin Flip
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Sam Stein run through a Sunday potpourri of news and the week’s…
Bulwark TakesThe Bulwark is on Trump’s Naughty List
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol is joined by Managing Editor Sam Stein to discuss the latest…
Bulwark TakesThe Epstein Story Is Bigger Than the Elites
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller joins Katy Tur on MSNOW to talk the complexities of the Epstein…
Bulwark TakesThe Pentagon Tried to Blackmail a Reporter—Just for Asking Questions
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim takes on a disturbing press-freedom story: after a Mother Jones reporter…
Bulwark TakesRNC Goes Feral Online After Disastrous Interview
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam and Andrew take on the GOP’s latest self-own. RNC chair Joe Gruters went…
Bulwark TakesMarco Rubio Got Triggered by a Font
JVL and Hannah Yoest break down the Department of State’s sudden font switch: goodbye ‘woke’ Calibri, hello Times New Roman. Why does this matter? Because…
Bulwark TakesTim Miller: I’ll Buy As Many Pencils As I Damn Well Please!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace to explain why Donald Trump suddenly looks…
Bulwark TakesTim is Sick of Tucker Carlson Playing Dumb
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on how Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson have turned…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Indiana REJECTS Trump's New Gerrymander
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam, Sonny, and Politico’s Adam Wren break down how Indiana Republicans defied…
Bulwark TakesMartina Navratilova: “I’m Pissed Off As Hell About People Capitulating to Trump.”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah Longwell joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNOW’s Deadline: White House to take…
Bulwark TakesSen. Shaheen: Trump Seizing Venezuelan Oil Tanker Puts Us At Risk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein speaks with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) for her take on the…
Bulwark TakesSam, JVL and Sonny Deconstruct Trump’s “Buy Less” Disaster
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Trump wants your kids to have fewer dolls and fewer pencils, but he’ll happily…
Bulwark TakesRepublicans Have No Answer For Trump’s Latest Pardon
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan breaks down Donald Trump’s shocking pardon of Juan Orlando…
Bulwark TakesTrump Rally’s Creep Factor Is Off the Charts
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Andrew Egger give their takes on Donald Trump’s rally at the…
Bulwark TakesUnearthed Fox Footage Blows Up Hegseth’s Court Martial Claims (w/ Andrew Kaczynski)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein sits down with CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski to discuss Pete Hegseth’s past…