Beste The Bulwark podcasts (2024)

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The Deranged Exuberance of 'Emilia Pérez'

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‘Emilia Pérez’ (MovieStillsDB) Merry Christmas Eve! On this week’s supersized episode to get you through the airport, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask if it’s a controversy or a controversy that Blake Lively’s costar and director, Justin Baldoni, seems to have orchestrated a virtual …

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Everything There Is to Know About Star Wars 49:33

4d ago49:33

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On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Brandon Wainerdi to discuss DK’s hefty and handsome new reference book, Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy. We discussed how he broke into writing about Star Wars, researching his entries for the book, and why so much of what we obsessives know about Star Wars comes not from…

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Jon Favreau: Funny and Horrible 1:08:18

5d ago1:08:18

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While it's still going to be bad, for the first time since the election we're beginning to see that we may actually have a little fun watching these idiots prove they don't know how to govern. Meanwhile, we've also got aspiring authoritarians on the left who think they're right at any cost. Plus, the challenge of holding on to American ideals, how …

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Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government 47:35

6d ago47:35

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We are seeing in real time what it looks like to turn a democracy over to an oligarch, namely the unstable guy from South Africa who thinks he's going to be emperor of the universe. It's also authoritarian for that one unstable guy to threaten members of congress with job loss if they vote to provide hurricane relief or to rebuild part of the inter…

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Mark Hertling: Putin's Weakness 46:22

7d ago46:22

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Russia is on its weakest footing since it invaded Ukraine: Putin has destroyed his military, his economy is in the toilet, and the North Korean troops who've been deployed to help out are dying in waves on the battlefield. Why would the US bail Putin out? Meanwhile, MAGA world is trying to distract us with phony DEI issues in the military while we'…

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Tom Nichols: Don't Descend into Darkness 58:09

8d ago58:09

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The existential dread has a strong pull, especially since Trump has made a lot of Americans worse people, but we've had other bad, immoral, and creepy presidents who've sullied the office. Meanwhile, Vance is basically the invisible man while Elon lives in Trump's bedroom, and Andreessen is loading up a pile of BS to justify his vote. Plus, a Tim v…

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No One Was Cravin' 'Kraven'

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‘Kraven the Hunter’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) looked at The Entertainment Strategy Guy’s breakdown of podcast stats and asked if this truly was “the podcast election.” Then they reviewed Kraven the Hunter, a movie so bad it killed an entire …

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Bill Kristol: Fake Nicey-Nicey Sh**t 36:45

9d ago36:45

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ABC News and George Stephanopoulos have joined the preemptive capitulation parade by settling Trump's defamation suit—and by conspicuously paying out protection money ahead of the inauguration. The potential chilling effect on a key First Amendment issue is breathtaking. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney backs off of his criticism of Trump and Vance. Plus, th…

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Bringing Novels Into the Internet Age 30:19

11d ago30:19

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On this week’s episode, I’m joined by novelist and Broadway producer Michael Wolk to discuss his new interactive novel, Devil’s Game. You can check it out yourself here; it’s an interesting mix of web-first design and apocalyptic airport thriller. We talked about what drove him to write this novel and also discussed the state of Broadway and live t…

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Anne Applebaum: Planning for a Techno-Oligarchic Regime 44:20

12d ago44:20

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The billionaires rushing to get on board with Trump, and contributing millions for his inauguration, may have missed this key detail: Enhancing the power of a leader—to bend the rules and undermine the rule of law—is often very bad for business. Meanwhile, Team Trump is distracting the media and the public with the firehose of nominations. Plus, el…

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Matt Yglesias and Tyler Austin Harper: Popularism v Populism 1:12:07

13d ago1:12:07

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The origins of the Democratic party's current malaise include ineffective messaging on climate and economic policy, too rigid a tent on cultural issues, and Dem politicians just too scared to speak their mind. Like, Kamala could've turned the trans youth in sports convo into one about parents spending boatloads on sports camps so their kids can get…

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Adam Kinzinger and Pat Ryan: Bring It On 1:06:29

14d ago1:06:29

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Team Trump is trying to intimidate the opposition. Stop showing them your fear. Plus, Gaetz moves from AG nominee to low-rent MAGA cable channel host, and RT's girlfriend, Tulsi, could have access to the identities of our informants in Russia if she is confirmed. Meanwhile, as Dems plot a way forward, they need to be more clear about calling out th…

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Susan Glasser: A Lame Lame Duck 52:32

15d ago52:32

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A sense of Biden's irrelevance has descended on Washington, with Trump flying off to Paris and meeting world leaders, and also openly conducting his own foreign policy—often at odds with the current US policy. Meanwhile, following the diminishment of our foes in the Middle East, and after all the assistance America gave to Israel and Ukraine, Biden…

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Amy Adams’s Ode to Motherhood

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‘Nightbitch’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discussed a controversial (or possibly nontroversial?) op-ed in the New York Times asking if “the awkward diversity era” of blockbuster filmmaking is over. (Gift link there so you should be able to read…

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Bill Kristol and Michael Weiss: Catastrophic Success 57:14

16d ago57:14

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Trump is threatening members of Congress with jail and Republican senators may be circling the wagons around his nominees, but we still need to protect ourselves from a nihilistic mindset. Plus, cautious optimism and uncertainty after the fall of Syria's brutal dictatorship. And no, Tulsi: You were wrong. Assad was our enemy. Bill Kristol and Micha…

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The Copyrighted Material Being Used to Train AI 40:10

18d ago40:10

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On this week’s episode, I talked to Alex Reisner about his pieces in The Atlantic highlighting the copyrighted material being hoovered into large language models to help AI chatbots simulate human speech. If you’re a screenwriter and would like to see which of your work has been appropriated to aid in the effort, click here; he has assembled a sear…

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Jamelle Bouie: Bad at Being President 49:00

19d ago49:00

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Trump may have authoritarian aspirations, but he's very bad at governing and managing—four weeks into the transition, he's had two major Ls. Meanwhile, Democrats have to rebuild their connection to voters with local party clubs, and not wait until an election year. Plus, a reverse cancel culture is silencing any conversation about the role that gen…

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David French: We Are in the Bad Multiverse 1:03:58

20d ago1:03:58

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Kash Patel is making legal threats to try to silence his critics, and Tulsi Gabbard wouldn't even be able to get a security clearance in the regular job market: The parade of incompetence is so bad that Pete Hegseth is being described as the most unqualified Cabinet nominee in American history—and that's before the rape and alcoholism. Plus, Bluesk…

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Rep. Mikie Sherrill: Who Will Be In Charge of Our National Security? 51:30

21d ago51:30

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We're going back to a president who can't be bothered to read his briefing books. So who will be getting in the ear of the man who had the judgment to choose Pete Hegseth in the first place? Plus, blue state governors v Trump, the need for more mid-range housing, the role of women in modern combat, and Tim reads more from the mailbag. New Jersey gu…

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Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical 1:09:05

22d ago1:09:05

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Russ Vought, Trump's nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget—and a Project 2025 author—believes we are living in a post-constitutional America and that any check on Trump's power would be illegitimate. And what's really scary is that Vought knows how the government works. Meanwhile, jihadi technocrats effortlessly took over Syria's secon…

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Does 'Wicked' Defy Critical Gravity?

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‘Wicked: Part One’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask if it matters that people prefer AI slop to art produced by real-world hacks. (Kinda?) Then they review Wicked, a movie that’s half a movie despite being 160 minutes long. Make sure to swing b…

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Bill Kristol and Elaina Plott Calabro: A Sordid Lot 1:17:59

23d ago1:17:59

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Kash Patel, who could potentially run the FBI, is a compulsive liar who can't keep his facts straight about his work experience or even where he was born. Aside from being a player in the attempted coup, even Trump loyalists are alarmed by his devotion to the president-elect. Meanwhile, by pardoning Hunter, Biden is not only putting his family ahea…

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Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown 52:23

28d ago52:23

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Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox & Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit war crimes, and purge non-MAGA leaders from the military aligns with Trump's views—and is probably the reason why he was nominated for defense secretary. Plus, Republicans won without offering a middle-class economic agenda, and the ties between the Demo…

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George Will: Democracy Rests on Persuasion 50:46

29d ago50:46

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For those living under a gray cloud because of what the American electorate has done, it's time to get to work on changing opinions. People who follow the news and read op-eds may be in a minority, but salient minorities have propelled history. On the 50th anniversary of George Will's tenure at The Washington Post, George joins Tim to discuss the p…

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Does 'Gladiator II' Entertain?

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‘Gladiator II’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) examine a shocking story in Vanity Fair by Vincenzo Barney about the legendary writer Cormac McCarthy’s “secret muse,” Augusta Britt, whom the 42-year-old writer met when the girl was just 16. Then th…

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Bill Kristol: We Were Right To Be Alarmed 52:50

1M ago52:50

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The danger of Trump's nominees is that the main condition of employment—aside from being on Fox—is their fealty to him, and a willingness to go along with the ideological fervor of Stephen Miller, Russ Vought and JD Vance. Meanwhile, the math may not add up for Tulsi, Sarah McBride shows grace and dignity in response to Nancy Mace, and Trump goes w…

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Comcast Is Spinning Off Its Cable Assets: What Does that Mean? 40:12

1M ago40:12

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This week I’m rejoined by Sean McNulty of The Ankler’s morning roundup newsletter, The Wakeup, to discuss the big news in cable land: ComcastNBCUniversal’s decision to spin (most of!) their cable properties into a new, separate company, called SpinCo for now. What does this mean for MSNBC, USA, and the rest of the impacted channels? Why is Bravo st…

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Sarah Longwell and Jonathan V. Last: The Lonely Boy Club 59:23

1M ago59:23

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The country is now paying for the pathologies of the oligarchs and baddies who were stuffed into lockers when they were kids. And let's be honest: A chunk of MAGA doesn't mind the sexual assaults at all—they "put women in their place." Meanwhile, Gaetz's replacement, Pam Bondi, was an active member of the attempted coup, Elon's plan to slash the fe…

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Sam Harris: Our Democracy Is Already Unraveling 58:04

1M ago58:04

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Because Trump wasn't penalized for trying to steal the 2020 election, our democracy has already been damaged. And he was laying the groundwork to do it again in '24, with the assistance of MAGA's opportunistic election fraud lies. Meanwhile, David Sacks & co would never let Trump run any of their businesses, but they're all in on his Alex Jones-gra…

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Marc Caputo and Dan Goldman: Trump v. the United States 53:45

1M ago53:45

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The incompetent and compromised nominees Trump has assembled at record pace show how little regard he has for the essential functions our government provides. He wants to harness its power for his own ends, in a way that could put Americans and our national security at risk—but he can only do this if Congress is complicit. Meanwhile, the roundly-ha…

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Heather Cox Richardson: The Reality Show-ification of the Government 47:35

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No One Was Cravin' 'Kraven'

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Bill Kristol: Fake Nicey-Nicey Sh**t 36:45

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Anne Applebaum: Planning for a Techno-Oligarchic Regime 44:20

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Susan Glasser: A Lame Lame Duck 52:32

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Amy Adams’s Ode to Motherhood

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Jamelle Bouie: Bad at Being President 49:00

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David French: We Are in the Bad Multiverse 1:03:58

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Rep. Mikie Sherrill: Who Will Be In Charge of Our National Security? 51:30

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Michael Weiss and Thomas Zimmer: Competent and Radical 1:09:05

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Does 'Wicked' Defy Critical Gravity?

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Bill Kristol and Elaina Plott Calabro: A Sordid Lot 1:17:59

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Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown 52:23

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George Will: Democracy Rests on Persuasion 50:46

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Does 'Gladiator II' Entertain?

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Bill Kristol: We Were Right To Be Alarmed 52:50

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