Philip Bump: A Reminder that the "Russia Hoax" Is a Hoax
Trump may have been giddy thinking the raid would boost his numbers, but that's not showing up yet, and DeSantis fandom lives. Plus, Cheney won't go quietly, something has changed in the polls since Dobbs, and a reminder that the 'Russia Hoax' is a hoax. Philip Bump joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43m Aug 18, 2022
43m
Tom Nichols: She's Daring Them to Pick Sides
When Liz Cheney invoked history in her concession speech, Trumpers and anti-anti-Trumpers sneered. But they know the truth of her stance on the Constitution and the rule of law, and they know everything about Donald Trump is a lie. Tom Nichols joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
51m Aug 17, 2022
51m
Charlie Warzel: Alex Jones' Footprint of Misery
From Trump to Tucker, figures on the far-right are cribbing from the Alex Jones' playbook — using outrageous antics to spread their message and creating their own information networks to inoculate themselves from any consequences. Charlie Warzel joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
40m Aug 16, 2022
40m
Will Saletan: They Keep Negotiating with Their Own Hostage-Takers
Magic declassification wand or feds planted the docs? And after a week of attacks on the FBI, will the game now be 'Blame Merrick Garland?' Plus, Dominion's suit vs Fox, Afghanistan one year later, and Cheney's closing argument. Amanda Carpenter & Will Saletan are back for Summer Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
51m Aug 15, 2022
51m
Jonathan Martin: Liz Cheney's Political Awakening
Liz Cheney is sacrificing her seat to get charges brought against Trump, the smoke's clearing on the Mar-a-Lago search, and Democrats should hand in their politician cards if they can't capitalize on the GOP attacking law enforcement. Jonathan Martin joins Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
38m Aug 12, 2022
38m
Dana Milbank: The 25-Year Crack-Up of the GOP
The lies, conspiracies, demonizing, and sedition didn't start with Trump. The Newt Gingrich era set the ball in motion — and Trump stood on the sidelines, waiting and watching for his shot. Dana Milbank joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
39m Aug 11, 2022
39m
James Wigderson: From Paul Ryan to Paranoia
Ron Johnson keeps doubling down on all his crackpot ideas, but he couldn't have been handed a more ideal challenger — progressive Mandela Barnes. And the Wisconsin GOP goes MAGA in the governors' race. James Wigderson joins Charlie Sykes for a deep dive on Wisconsin politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43m Aug 10, 2022
43m
Peter Wehner: The GOP Thinks Trump Is above the Law
Trump supporters who slammed the left for Defund the Police now want to Defund the FBI because whatever the "Lock Her Up" guy was doing to justify a search warrant couldn't possibly be illegal. Peter Wehner joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
45m Aug 09, 2022
45m
Will Saletan: It's Not Just Trump, It's Party-Wide
Republicans may love Trump because "he fights," but CPAC showed that a lust for violence has extended to the whole party. Plus, Doug Ducey gets no props, and are Democrats afraid to be happy with their policy wins? Will Saletan and Amanda Carpenter are back for Summer Mondays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
50m Aug 08, 2022
50m
Tim Miller: When Bad Things Happen to Bad People
On the weekend pod: Alex Jones' bad week was cathartic, Orban's a troll, and Biden delivers on bipartisanship. Plus, Tim issues a correction for overstating Hawley's manliness, and even Trump thinks Kari Lake takes the election stuff too far. Tim Miller's back with Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
59m Aug 05, 2022
59m
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Yang: Who's up for a Third Party?
Leaders of Forward — the new national third party — think they have the answers to move us past our divisiveness and extremism. Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Yang join Charlie Sykes to make the case for systemic change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
39m Aug 04, 2022
39m
Josh Kraushaar: If Only You'd Been Warned
Arizona Republicans doubled down on the crazy, voters in very red Kansas turned out in huge numbers to protect abortion rights, and Democrats played with fire in Michigan. Josh Kraushaar joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
46m Aug 03, 2022
46m
Rachel Kleinfeld: Republicans Have a Militia Problem
Trump created a permission structure for militia groups starting in 2016, and now those groups are infiltrating state and local Republican parties around the country. The Carnegie Endowment's Rachel Kleinfeld joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the growing threat from the mainstreaming of political violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43m Aug 02, 2022
43m
Will Saletan: Hot Joe Summer
Biden's getting a lot done, the Dems are finding their footing, and Joe Manchin is the face of the climate bill. Plus, the tactical perspectives of a third party, a preview of Tuesday's primaries, and the gaudy and gross LIV. Will Saletan's back with Amanda Carpenter for Summer Mondays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
50m Aug 01, 2022
50m
Tim Miller: The Politics of Petulance
Republicans are so pissed about the Manchin deal that they talked themselves into voting against wounded veterans. Meanwhile, the Dems have the wind at their backs for the first time in a year. Tim Miller joins Charlie Sykes for a jam-packed weekend pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
59m Jul 29, 2022
59m
Adm. James Stavridis: An Endgame in the Russia-Ukraine War?
Putin's mission has failed — he controls only slightly more stolen Ukraine land than he did in 2014. And the war may be headed to a conclusion much like the end of the Korean War, a "frozen conflict." Adm. James Stavridis joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
26m Jul 28, 2022
26m
James Poniewozik: They Knew They Had a Thriller on Their Hands
The Jan 6 committee hearings are like a well-produced true crime doc. Using TV tropes and popcorn elements, the committee is the telling the very serious story of how Trump & co tried to steal the election. Yes, the ketchup does matter. James Poniewozik joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
41m Jul 27, 2022
41m
Andrew Weissmann: Trump Acted with Premeditation
Trump lied when he said on Jan 5 that Pence was on board with his plan, and he lied when he said he immediately sent in the National Guard. The committee has given the DOJ political cover, but the time to bring charges against him is limited. Andrew Weissmann joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
37m Jul 26, 2022
37m
Will Saletan: What Happens to Jan. 6th Investigations Now?
What should Congress and the Department of Justice do with all the shocking new details presented by the Jan. 6th Committee, and how is it changing conservative media? Will Saletan's back with Amanda Carpenter for Summer Mondays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49m Jul 25, 2022
49m
Tim Miller: These Guys Are Worse than Whores
The political operatives who felt "white hot rage" at Trump after Jan 6 are back to being tribalist trolls, Josh Hawley is a prissy little wuss, and Liz Cheney is going to follow Trump to the gates of hell. Tim Miller's back with Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
58m Jul 22, 2022
58m
Adam Kinzinger: We're Going to Prove What Trump Knew during Those 187 Minutes
Trump was aware of what was happening in real time on January 6 and the committee is going to prove it. And while Rome burned, he sat there and did nothing in violation of his oath of office. Adam Kinzinger joins Charlie Sykes to preview tonight's committee hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
37m Jul 21, 2022
37m
Bill Kristol: Trumpism Is on the Ballot
The list of election deniers on the ballot keeps growing, and now includes the GOP nominee for governor of Maryland. Plus, Trump is still trying to win Wisconsin in 2020, and the Dems' shrewd move on same-sex marriage. Bill Kristol's back with Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
38m Jul 20, 2022
38m
Michael Steele: Fighting the GOP Crazification
From Supreme Court rulings, to the candidate crazification, and the impact of the Jan 6 hearings, Republicans have handed Democrats a real chance in the fall. Plus, the case for why Trump may not run. Michael Steele joins Charlie Sykes on today's pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43m Jul 19, 2022
43m
Will Saletan: Are Democrats Going to Fight?
The base is in a fighting mood ahead of the midterms, but the party may get in the way. Plus, the Secret Service's deleted texts and the potential benefits of Biden's Saudi trip. Amanda Carpenter and Will Saletan are back for Summer Mondays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
57m Jul 18, 2022
57m
David Jolly: DeSantis Has the Hottest Hand in Politics Right Now
Of course Trump's grift is driving him to run again — and DeSantis is the only one who's got a shot. Plus, the political class gets a pass on crime, and the millions of voters who don't identify as pro-choice, but are pro-Roe. David Jolly joins Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
45m Jul 15, 2022
45m
Bart Gellman: What the Hell Happened to Michael Flynn?
How did Flynn go from a successful military career to a conspiracy theorist talking about Italian satellites switching votes from Trump to Biden? Bart Gellman joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
44m Jul 14, 2022
44m
Bill Kristol: This Is Why We Were Never-Trump
When Trump refused to accept the outcome of the election, he cooked up a scheme to keep himself in office, unleashed the mob, and proved how dangerous an unprincipled demagogue in the White House can be. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
45m Jul 13, 2022
45m
Mark Leibovich: The Parasitic Suck-Ups of the Trump Era
If there were more Liz Cheneys, we wouldn't have to deal with Trump anymore. But Lindsey Graham has no life aside from the Senate and Kevin McCarthy "needs" to be Speaker, so we get potted plants and continued threats to our democracy. Mark Leibovich joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49m Jul 12, 2022
49m
Will Saletan: Biden Is Right - The Activists Are Out of Step
When the Supreme Court ended Roe, it handed voters, not Biden, an issue to resolve. Plus, the Jan. 6 committee broke Bannon, the day Team Crazy took over operation Big Lie, and the GOP thinks inflation alone will do the work for them. Amanda Carpenter and Will Saletan are back for Summer Mondays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
52m Jul 11, 2022
52m
Addicted to Rage Juice (with Tim Miller)
Tim Miller's book drills down all the ways people rationalized and enabled Trump — and No, Mick Mulvaney, you are not moving into the light. Plus, the train wreck in GOP Senate races, Biden's human rights record and Brittney Griner. Tim's back with Charlie for the weekend pod. Love the show but hate the ads? Bulwark+ members get access to an exclusive, ad-free version of the podcast. Sign up h...
57m Jul 08, 2022
57m
Boris Johnson Is More Bill Clinton, Less Donald Trump (with David Frum)
Boris Johnson is a charming and self-indulgent character, but fundamentally not sinister — he didn't attack the British constitutional order. Plus, the Fulton County investigation of Trump, and how Dobbs is like Prohibition. David Frum joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
40m Jul 07, 2022
40m
A.B. Stoddard: This Is a Different Election Now
When it comes to coups, guns, and abortion, Republicans have shown us just what they do when they have power. Now, Democrats have to get out and vote — and stop cannibalizing each other. A.B. Stoddard joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43m Jul 06, 2022
43m
Adam White: A Generational Turning Point at the High Court
The Supreme Court revealed itself as an aggressive, confident, and conservative court. But rulings this term have intensified the attacks on its legitimacy. Adam White joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
38m Jul 05, 2022
38m
Tom Nichols: You Don't Know What You're Talking About
We don't need to hear from any more tough guys talking about making babies have babies. Plus, Tom Nichols gets personal about a pre-Roe abortion, and compares the Cassidy Hutchinson testimony to a peek inside the Soviet archives. Your holiday weekend podcast from Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
47m Jul 01, 2022
47m
Tim O'Brien: Trump Has Always Been a Drama Queen
Trump doesn't care that Jan 6 was an assault on democracy and the Constitution. He was only irked that his own staff thwarted his made-for-TV coup. Plus, Liz Cheney's speech, SCOTUS' impact on the midterms, and the Democrats' missing street fighting gene. Tim O'Brien joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
44m Jun 30, 2022
44m
David Priess: A Damning Witness
A White House insider straight out of central casting took congressional testimony to a whole new level. It's no longer 'what did the president know and when did he know it?' It's now 'how many weapons was he directing to the Capitol for a coup?' David Priess joins Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
44m Jun 29, 2022
44m
Tim Miller: Mea culpa. Really.
"America never would have gotten into this mess if it weren't for me and my friends," Tim Miller writes in his new book. He joins Charlie Sykes today to discuss the GOP political culture that set the stage for Trump — a culture that was all about the thrill of winning at all costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
44m Jun 28, 2022
44m
The Post-Roe World Is Now
Amanda Carpenter and Will Saletan are back for Summer Monday to discuss the new post-Roe political landscape in America. They analyze the uncomfortable questions about abortion Republicans must now confront, Democratic messaging, and where we go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
46m Jun 27, 2022
46m
Ben Wittes: Roe/Coups/Guns
The Supreme Court reoriented our understanding of fundamental rights today. Now come the fights over the right to travel, and access to FDA-approved drugs. Plus, the former president tried to get the Department of Justice to commit fraud. Ben Wittes joins Charlie for the weekend pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
53m Jun 24, 2022
53m
Bill Kristol: Why We Were Alarmed
Ron Johnson has no good explanation for why his staff tried to hand fake electors to Pence. Plus, the Jan 6 hearings' trickle down effect on Trump's standing, racial prejudice in today's conservatism, and Dem candidates decoupling from Biden. Bill Kristol joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49m Jun 23, 2022
49m
Greg Lukianoff: Democracy Can Handle Free Speech
Roughly 700 professors have been targeted for firing in recent years for something they said - an historic high. Yet, critics still say there's no such thing as cancel culture. Do Americans just have to shut up to keep their jobs? FIRE's Greg Lukianoff joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
55m Jun 22, 2022
55m
Denver Riggleman: How the 1/6 Committee could succeed
The Qanon election conspiracy runs deep and wide, and the Jan 6 committee will succeed if it can wrest a small percentage of voters from Trump's grasp. Plus, the rising threat of domestic terrorism, and Ginni Thomas bragging about her access. Former Rep. Denver Riggleman joins Charlie today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
38m Jun 21, 2022
38m
Will Saletan: A More Clever Autocrat Would Keep his Mouth Shut
Trump is only proving the January 6 committee's point. And Mike Pence put his own life in danger by not speaking up sooner. Will Saletan joins guest host Amanda Carpenter on today's podcast. Audio clip credit: Politico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
57m Jun 20, 2022
57m
Tim Miller: Mike Pence Must Testify
Mike Pence: Your career is over anyway. Put a stake in the heart of the guy who left you for dead — Trump sure sounds like he knows how bad the hearings are for him. Plus: Biden, moral clarity, and the Saudis. Tim Miller's back with Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
53m Jun 17, 2022
53m
Jennifer Senior: Bannon Is Loathsome — and Consequential
Steve Bannon's show may have a low budget Wayne's World quality, but he is working to get Trumpists in control of state election infrastructure — so that the system that barely held together in 2020 will come undone in 2024. Jennifer Senior joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
52m Jun 16, 2022
52m
Will Saletan: Big Liars Are Winning All over the Place
Even more election deniers won in Tuesday's primaries, Mastriano is too close for comfort in PA, Trump's ego was the only thing that stopped a coup in the DOJ, and White House staff need to let Biden be Middle Class Joe. Will Saletan's back with Charlie Sykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
58m Jun 15, 2022
58m
Katy Tur: We're Not a Final Draft 'til We're Six Feet Under
The sensationalized journalism Katy Tur's parents created has led her to some soul searching in her new book about the way the news is covered today. Plus, the shock of watching Trump associates under oath speaking truth instead of spin. She joins Charlie Sykes today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
43m Jun 14, 2022
43m
Jamie Kirchick: When Homosexuality Was a National Security Threat
Washington is a city run on secrets, and between WWII and the end of the Cold War, no secret was more deadly to a political career than homosexuality. Jamie Kirchick joins guest host Tim Miller to discuss his book, "Secret City." Plus — gay bigotry's past in today's politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
58m Jun 13, 2022
58m
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Liz Cheney and company rekindled our rage at Republicans: They knew Trump was lying, subverting the law, and inciting the mob — and 147 of them went along anyway. Bulwark all-stars Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, and Bill Kristol join Charlie Sykes for the weekend podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
58m Jun 10, 2022
58m
Karen Tumulty: The Country Owes Mike Pence
Everything would be different if Mike Pence had not counted the votes. He showed courage and faced real potential physical danger. Plus, Biden on Kimmel, Jared & Ivanka's reputation laundering, and Abbott's flip-flop on guns. Karen Tumulty joins Charlie Sykes on today's podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
48m Jun 09, 2022
48m