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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 TakesSam Stein and Brian Tyler Cohen
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Brian Tyler Cohen cover the day's news and discuss BTC's new…
Bulwark TakesGOP Senator Cassidy Nukes Trump, RFK Jr, and Pulte
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan gives his take on Sen. Bill Cassidy's remarkable CBS interview…
Bulwark TakesRepublicans Could Have Stopped Trump. They Didn’t. (w/ Jeff Flake)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake joins Sarah Longwell for his take on the…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: SCOTUS Hands Trump Two Major Losses, One Win (w/ Kyle Cheney)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Andrew Egger, and Politico's Kyle Cheney go live to break down the…
Bulwark TakesIran Threatens Nukes. Trump Posts About Statues and Fountains.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan takes on Trump's unraveling Iran war—drone strikes on U.S…
Bulwark TakesLiz Oyer on Todd Blanche, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Former Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer joins Bill Kristol to discuss Todd Blanche…
Bulwark TakesMel Brooks: 100 Year Old Legend
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sonny Bunch and Catherine Rampell take on Mel Brooks' 100th birthday and AFI's…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Influencer Accused of Doing the Unthinkable at Trump’s State Fair | The Trio (Minus One)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and Will Sommer to give their takes on one of the strangest weeks…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump’s Ceasefire May Already Be Dead
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller takes on the collapsing Iran ceasefire—Iranian drones hitting ships…
Bulwark TakesSomeone Did an Awful Thing to Pete Buttigieg's Family
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller went on MS Now to talk to Nicolle Wallace to give his take on one…
Bulwark TakesTrump Lied About His Crowd Size—Again
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Will Sommer give their takes on Trump’s kickoff event for the America…
Bulwark TakesTrump Isn’t Policing the World—He’s Looting It
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan takes on Donald Trump’s vision of American power, arguing that…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: SCOTUS Allows Trump to Deport Hundreds of Thousands of Haitian and Syrian Refugees
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn discuss the major SCOTUS decision that would allow…
Bulwark TakesLive Coverage of Trump's Freedom 250 Rally
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join Sam Stein, Will Sommer, Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol as they cover…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump Suddenly Cancels Plans to Sign Bipartisan Housing Bill
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger, Catherine Rampell and Joe Perticone went live to cover Trump's…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: Republicans Rebuke Trump Over Iran, Vote to End War
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker as they cover the week’s…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s Deportation Agenda Awaits SCOTUS—With Grandma at Risk
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Cohn takes on Trump's push to end temporary protected status for…
Bulwark TakesTrump's Intel Pick Wanted to Take America's Secrets Home (w/ Sen. Mark Warner)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sen. Mark Warner joins Sam Stein for his take on the chaos surrounding acting…
Bulwark TakesDeSantis Picked the Wrong Fight in Miami Beach
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Jonathan Cohn reports from South Beach on the fight over a beloved LGBTQ…
Bulwark TakesTrump Just Hung Scott Jennings Out to Dry
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and JVL take a victory lap through some of the most confident…
Bulwark TakesDid JD Vance Get Publicly Humiliated in Switzerland?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Saletan take on the messy first day of U.S.-Iran…
Bulwark TakesTrump Is Hijacking America’s 250th Birthday (w/ Kevin Levin)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol sits down with Civil War historian Kevin Levin to examine Trump’s…
Bulwark TakesTrump's Reflecting Pool Guy Looks like a Cartoon Mobster
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Sonny Bunch take on the bizarre saga of Washington’s algae-filled…
Bulwark TakesReceipts Live: Convicted Grifters from SBF to Elizabeth Holmes Are Betting on Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL and Catherine Rampell take on the bizarre saga of Trump’s Reflecting Pool…
Bulwark TakesThe Staggering Dishonesty of JD Vance's Iran Deal Spin
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan takes on JD Vance's TV blitz defending the Iran nuclear deal—and…
Bulwark TakesFake Badges. A Strip Club. Iran Airstrikes. Two MAGA Weirdos.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Tim Miller and Will Sommer take on an insane MAGA scandal in…
Bulwark TakesLIVE VIDEO: Reflecting Pool Disaster—Peeling Paint & Green Water
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Brendan Hartnett and Sarah Matthews are going live to cover the…
Bulwark TakesA Dramatic Reading of JD Vance’s Awful Book
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and JVL attempt to read JD Vance’s new memoir 'Communion' and…
Bulwark TakesU.S. Intelligence is Winning the War in Ukraine (w/ Michael Weiss & Marc Polymeropoulos)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Journalist Michael Weiss, editor of The Insider, and retired CIA veteran Marc…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Exhausted Trump Rambles Through Parade of Grievances On G7 Stage
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Andrew Egger, and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.), went live to cover…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: Trump Doesn't Understand the War He Just Lost (w/ Tom Nichols)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker are joined by Tom Nichols to…
Bulwark TakesBOMBSHELL: Trump’s Ballroom to Cost Taxpayers $300 Million
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and JVL give their takes on a bombshell new report from the…
Bulwark TakesMorning Shots Live: Trump Loses War Against Reflecting Pool Algae (and Iran)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live to cover the week's biggest news.
Bulwark TakesTrump’s DOJ Has A New Target: Gavin Newsom
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and POLITICO’s Chris Cadelago take on reports that the Trump Justice…
Bulwark TakesI Watched Kyiv Burn Last Night (w/ Caolan Robertson)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller is joined by journalist and YouTuber Caolan Robertson, reporting…
Bulwark TakesUFC Fighter Calls Michelle Obama a Man at Trump’s Birthday Party
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Sommer and Sam Stein are going live to cover all the news in the right…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump Announces Deal With Iran, To Be Signed Friday
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and JVL give their takes on Trump's announcement that he's reached…
Bulwark TakesTrump’s “New Iran Deal” Sounds A Lot Like Obama’s
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Will Saletan gives his take on the Trump administration’s victory lap over a…
Bulwark TakesThe Congresswoman Who Forced Trump's Name Off the Kennedy Center
The Bulwark's Brendan Hartnett reported live from the Kennedy Center at 2:30 AM on Saturday morning, where Rep. Joyce Beatty—who sued Trump in December after…
Bulwark TakesThe People Running America Are So Much DUMBER Than You Think (w/ Destiny)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller and political streamer Destiny take on Bulwark Podcast clip that…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Workers To Remove Trump’s Name from Kennedy Center
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com The Bulwark crew was live on the ground at The Kennedy Center for the…
Bulwark TakesPride Changed My Life. Here’s Why.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller recaps his appearance on Deadline: White House with Nicole Wallace…
Bulwark TakesPete Hegseth's Bench Press Is Embarrassing
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Pete Hegseth's latest workout video was supposed to showcase strength…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Judge Denies Trump Request for Stay on Removing Name from Kennedy Center
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Bill Kristol, Sonny Bunch and Brendan Hartnett went live to cover the court…
Bulwark TakesThe Trio: RFK Jr.'s Podcast Guest Injected Stem Cells Into His Penis
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Will Sommer are back and the FBI is coming after…
Bulwark TakesBREAKING: Trump Threatens Iran Invasion
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker cover President Trump's post…
Bulwark TakesNYT: Dan Bongino SCREAMED at Pam Bondi Over Epstein Files
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein, Tim Miller, and Sonny Bunch give their takes on the New York Times…
Bulwark TakesTrump Says He "Loves" Inflation, Claims to Reveal Military Secrets During Bizarre Press Event
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com JVL, Andrew Egger and Ben Parker went live to discuss Trump's June 10th press…
Bulwark TakesCommand Post: US & Iran Restart Attacks, Army Helicopter Downed, Trump Threatens War Crimes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker are discussing the week's major…
Bulwark TakesLive Election Coverage for Maine, South Carolina, and More
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Join Sam Stein and Bill Kristol as they cover the evening's primary elections…
Bulwark TakesMorning Shots: Trump Snoozes as Knicks Lose, GOP's Craziest Election-Fraud Conspiracy Yet
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger and Bill Kristol went live to cover the week's news. As always…
Bulwark TakesTrump Crashed the NBA Finals and Got Exactly What He Deserved
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Tim Miller gives his take on Donald Trump's appearance at Madison Square…
Bulwark TakesJared Kushner Makes Hunter Biden Look Like a Boy Scout (w/ Casey Michel)
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Andrew Egger is joined by Casey Michel, author of the forthcoming book United…
Bulwark TakesMAGA Mondays: MAJOR MAGA on MAGA Fights
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sam Stein and Will Sommer went live to give their takes on the flurry of…
Bulwark Takes'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…
Bulwark TakesTrump 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…
Bulwark TakesWill 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…
Bulwark TakesThe 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…
Bulwark TakesBeef 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…
Bulwark TakesReceipts 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…