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The Bulwark Podcast

523 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

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Government Disinformation and Narrative Control×2Tech Oligarchy and Political CaptureAI Regulation and LiabilityUniversity Funding and Research Brain DrainMedia Consolidation and Streaming EconomicsSynthetic Relationships and Chatbot RisksImmigration Policy and Tech InnovationRobotics and AI IntegrationDemocratic Anti-Tech Backlash StrategyCopyright and AI Training Data

Analyzed Episodes

Dec 26, 2025

Kara Swisher: We're in an 'Eat the Rich' Moment

Tech Oligarchy and Political CaptureAI Regulation and LiabilityUniversity Funding and Research Brain Drain
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Dec 29, 2025

Bill Kristol: Trump Has Lost the Plot

Trump Administration Approval Ratings and Public SentimentDOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) Policy ImpactsImmigration Enforcement and Border Policy
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Dec 30, 2025

Julie K. Brown: Hiding the Truth in the Epstein Files

Epstein Document Release and Redaction PatternsGovernment Cover-Up and Institutional AccountabilityVictim Trauma and Reluctance to Cooperate
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Dec 31, 2025

John Heilemann: The Year Is Ending a Lot Better than It Started

Trump's Political Decline and Cultural DominanceMedia Consolidation and Regulatory Risk Under TrumpDemocratic Party Ideological Realignment
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Jan 5, 2026

Bill Kristol: A Stupid and Insane Foreign Intervention

Venezuela Military Intervention StrategyDemocratic Opposition Abandonment (Machado)US-Latin America Relations and Regional Blowback
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Jan 6, 2026

Jonathan Blitzer: The Stars Aligned Against Venezuela

Venezuela regime change and Dercey Rodriguez successionCaribbean drug boat bombing campaign rationale and legalityStephen Miller's role in foreign policy and immigration enforcement
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Jan 7, 2026

George Conway: Trump Is a Vampire

Congressional oversight and impeachment strategyExecutive branch accountability and constitutional lawWar Powers Act reform and enforcement mechanisms
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Jan 8, 2026

Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution

Police Use of Force and Qualified ImmunityICE Enforcement Operations and Civilian DeathsGovernment Disinformation and Narrative Control
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Jan 9, 2026

Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence

ICE Operations and Federal Law Enforcement AccountabilityQualified vs. Absolute Immunity in Police ShootingsMinneapolis Public Safety and Community Trust
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Jan 12, 2026

Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism

Federal Reserve Independence and Monetary Policy ControlDOJ Weaponization Against Political OpponentsICE Enforcement and Use of Force Standards
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Jan 13, 2026

Susan Glasser and Jacob Soboroff: A Dangerous Lame Duck

Trump's Greenland Acquisition AmbitionsICE Raids and Mass Deportation OperationsRenée Nicole Good Shooting and Escalation
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Jan 14, 2026

Mark Hertling: The Cowards of ICE

ICE Agent Accountability and Masked OperationsConstitutional Rights and Law Enforcement PracticesIran Uprising and Regime Crackdown Response
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Jan 15, 2026

Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest

ICE Enforcement Operations and Federal Overreach in MinneapolisInsurrection Act Invocation and Military Deployment ThreatsFirst Amendment Press Freedom and FBI Targeting of Journalists
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Jan 16, 2026

Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Emmett Till murder and historical erasure in MississippiPolitical violence and electoral rhetoric in 1950s Mississippi and January 6th Capitol riot parallelsCritical race theory debates and Black history curriculum suppression
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Jan 19, 2026

Bill Kristol: Trump Is Humiliating Us

Trump Greenland Annexation Threats and Tariff StrategyCongressional Abdication of Tariff Authority and Budget LeverageICE Facial Recognition and Accent-Based Detention Practices
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Jan 20, 2026

David Plouffe: Democrats Have to Run Against Their Party

Trump's Greenland Acquisition Threats and NATO Alliance DestabilizationDemocratic Party Rebranding Strategy for 2026-2028 ElectionsEconomic Messaging and Inflation Perception in Voter Decision-Making
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Jan 21, 2026

Rep. Sarah McBride: Our President's Drunk History Take

NATO Article 5 collective defense and Greenland territorial claimsTrump administration tariff policy and economic coercion of alliesTrans rights legislation and anti-trans rider provisions in appropriations bills
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Jan 22, 2026

Fiona Hill: Putin and the Art of Manipulating Trump

Putin's KGB-trained manipulation and flattery tacticsTrump's susceptibility to authoritarian leadersRussian interference in 2016 US elections
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Jan 23, 2026

Mike Murphy: We’re Living in a Nightmare

Trump's Davos Performance and Foreign Policy StrategyBoard of Peace: Authoritarian Regime ConsolidationU.S.-Europe Alliance Deterioration and NATO Implications
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Jan 26, 2026

Bill Kristol: The Murder of Alex Pretti

ICE and CBP Operations in MinneapolisConstitutional Violations: First, Second, and Fourth AmendmentsGovernment Disinformation and Narrative Control
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