The Bulwark Podcast

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Michael Medved joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss divine providence, America's role in the world, how 1968 might influence 2020, Michael's career in radio, and the state of conservative media.Special Guest: Michael Medved.

On today's Bulwark podcast, author Molly Jong Fast and political consultant and author Rick Wilson join host Charlie Sykes to discuss the state of Trumpism and the Republican Party. Special Guests: Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Peter Wehner from the Ethics and Public Policy Center joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the intersection of faith and politics on the internet.Special Guest: Peter Wehner.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Political consultant Tim Miller joins guest hosts Jonathan V. Last and Sarah Longwell to discuss his path in politics and to preview the 2020 presidential race.Special Guest: Tim Miller.

On today's Bulwark podcast, ProtectDemocracy.org Executive Director Ian Bassin joins Charlie Sykes to discuss the state of liberal democracy in America and around the world, the nomination of Bill Barr to be Attorney General, and why norms and traditions have separated America from the rest of democracies throughout the world.Special Guest: Ian Bassin.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Professor Tom Nichols, author of 'The Death of Expertise' joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the latest about the Mueller investigation, how folks on the right are reacting, and what they tell themselves to make the pain go away.Special Guest: Tom Nichols.

On today's Bulwark Podcast Princeton history professors and co-authors Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse join host Charlie Sykes to discuss their new book _Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974. _Special Guests: Julian E. Zelizer and Kevin M. Kruse.

On today's Bulwark Podcast, Daniel Krauthammer joins host Charlie Sykes to talk about his late father, and his last book, which he edited, 'The Point of It All.'Special Guest: Daniel Krauthammer.

On today's Daily Bulwark Podcast, Jerry Taylor of the Niskanen Center joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Jerry's confessions as a recovering libertarian, virtue signalling in the GOP, how the decline of broad political knowledge is fueling excessive partisanship, and the future of moderation in our hyper-partisan times.Special Guest: Jerry Taylor.

On today's Daily Bulwark podcast, National Review's David French joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss Tucker Carlson's "victimhood populism" and its recent popularity on the right, and what he gets wrong. Also, why the much-debated potential for President Trump to use an emergency declaration to #BuildTheWall would open up a pandora's box that conservatives should worry about. Special Guest: David French.

Matt Lewis joins Charlie Sykes to discuss Steve King's harm toward the GOP, the bigoted infighting of the Ft. Worth GOP, how Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke are crossing streams, the latest about the shutdown, and what Mitt Romney's Senate career will yield.Special Guest: Matt Lewis.

On today’s Bulwark podcast, Jonathan V. Last, Jim Swift, and Adam Rubenstein discuss the first primary challenge of 2020: Iowa’s Steve King.Special Guests: Adam Rubenstein and Jim Swift.

On today's Bulwark Podcast NBC's Steve Kornacki joins host Charlie Sykes to discuss the politics of the 1990s and how it gave way to Trumpism, and his new book The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political TribalismSpecial Guest: Steve Kornacki.

Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes joins Charlie Sykes to discuss President Trump's address to the nation, what might happen if he declares a national emergency to build a border wall, the latest in the DOJ with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and AG-nominee William Barr, and what's going on in the Mueller investigation.Special Guest: Benjamin Wittes.

In the first official Bulwark podcast, editor-at-large Bill Kristol and executive editor Jonathan V. Last join host and editor-in-chief Charlie Sykes to discuss the future of conservatism, the fate of Trumpism, the weird political moment, and how The Bulwark fits into it all. Two years into the Trump administration, Trumpism has never compiled a dominant electoral coalition, and already Trump's enablers are scrambling to protect him from a primary challenger. What courage! Whatever comes after Trumpism, it won't be the same conservatism as the 1980s or even the 2000s. Someone needs to figure out where conservatism goes from here and hold those responsible for the rise of Trump to account: Welcome to the Bulwark Podcast.Special Guests: Bill Kristol and Jonathan V. Last.