Τα καλύτερα The Bulwark podcast (2025)

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How to Make a Microbudget Movie 1:09:22

1d ago1:09:22

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On this week’s episode, I’m joined by Jake VerKesen—some of you in the comments might know him by his handle, Jake VK—on the long and winding road to turning an idea for a micro-budgeted indie movie like I Agree With You from a dream into a reality. We discuss the paperwork, the delays, the fundraising, the shooting, the food, the editing, and, fin…

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BULWARK TAKES: Wrecking Ball TODDLERS Trump and Elon Are Making Susie Wiles' Life HELL 11:45

2d ago11:45

11:45

Tim Miller and John Avlon join forces to talk about Trump and Elon's growing relationship, Susie Wiles having to deal with them, and much more.Από τον The Bulwark

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The Quiet Terror of 'I'm Still Here'

5d ago

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‘I’m Still Here’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the blight of the Inappropriate Laughers. (Here’s a gift link to the New York Times piece we reference.) Then they review I’m Still Here, the, uh, other foreign language film nominated for b…

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Andrew Weissmann and Michael Weiss: Valentine's Massacre 55:57

2d ago55:57

55:57

Unlike the cowardly Republican senators who are rolling over in the face of Kash Patel's bald-faced lies, the men and women of the Justice Department are taking their oaths of office seriously by refusing to comply with a blatantly political order to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. Meanwhile, Trump is just over the moo…

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Alex Wagner: The Poster Child for Corruption and Grift 52:15

3d ago52:15

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While Elon claims he's storming the government to cut waste, he's also getting himself a big fat check for $400 million from the State Department for Tesla armored vehicles—though administration officials are now trying to hide the grift because the Trump glow does not extend to the weird dude. Meanwhile, McConnell may have voted against confirming…

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Carol Leonnig and Robert Putnam: Lies and Moral Obligations 1:08:02

4d ago1:08:02

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If Republican senators had any shred of dignity left, they'd demand that Kash Patel answer why he brazenly lied under oath to them about the purge of agents at the FBI. Credible sources have come forward to say he was directing the whole thing. Meanwhile, Trump has leveled the playing field so companies doing business overseas can do all the bribin…

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Tom Malinowski: Fight the Power, Dems 57:40

5d ago57:40

57:40

The Democratic Party was made for different times, when rules were followed. But to preserve the basic power of Congress, and to prove that the Constitution is worth the paper it's printed on, the troublemakers in the Dem caucus have to get busy fighting over tariffs and a looming budget deal. Besides, Trump's strongest hand is performative outburs…

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Bill Kristol: The Law Be Damned 47:42

6d ago47:42

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The new administration has been routinely breaking the law, including on Friday when it announced it was cutting funding for universities doing medical research, specifically in violation of legislation passed by Congress last year. And over the weekend, Trump, Musk, and Vance signaled a willingness to ignore court orders—a federal judge on Monday …

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Documenting Horror 38:19

8d ago38:19

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On this week’s episode, I’m rejoined by writer/director Philip Gelatt and novelist Paul Tremblay (author of Horror Movieand The Cabin at the End of the World, among other scary books) to discuss the new Substack-hosted docu-horror series Etch. The concept is pretty cool: Philip has interviewed a quintet of horror authors—Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jo…

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Ezra Klein: The Resistance, Back from the Dead 57:11

9d ago57:11

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Partly because of the courts and partly because the White House keeps stepping on rakes or trying to break everything, the Dems who were too chill about Trump pre- and post-election have fully moved into 'threat to the Republic' mode. Meanwhile, angry bureaucrats, particularly at the FBI, are digging in. But don't be sanguine because the administra…

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Michael Steele: Gum Up the Works 51:43

10d ago51:43

51:43

After the dumbest member of the Senate, Tommy Tuberville, was able to block military promotions for months during the Biden administration, Dems should not back down from slowing the roll of Kash and the other remaining abominable nominees. Meanwhile, more federal workers are going to have to speak up—lawsuits don't make good visuals. The nation ne…

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Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life 1:02:36

11d ago1:02:36

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With Elon's 20-something operatives running the Treasury Department, it's hard not to feel that we've been severed from reality and a better Earth someplace else. Ben Stiller talks with Tim about metaphysics, avoiding politics in public, and advocating for the millions of people displaced around the world. Plus, the origin story of Severance, Adam …

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Anne Applebaum: Outside the Rule of Law 56:33

12d ago56:33

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If the Chinese hacked the U.S. government the way private citizen Elon has, it would be a major act of cyber warfare. And since Elon is a government contractor, he's now in a position to make policy calls that benefit his own companies and hurt his competitors—following the Russian oligarch model. We are in a completely lawless realm, and this is l…

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The Best Movies of 2024

12d ago

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‘The Brutalist’ (MovieStillsDB) Some websites and podcasts start putting out their best-of lists on December 1. Not Across the Movie Aisle. We want to make sure you had plenty of time to see all the award-season stuff. If it takes until February, well, so be it. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend! Share…

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Will Saletan and Scott Lincicome: A Crime Boss Has Taken Over 1:15:54

13d ago1:15:54

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The president of the United States is putting his Jan 6 accomplices in charge of the Justice Department and the FBI, and clearing out any officials who would be willing to investigate the administration. It's anti-democratic, it's a coup, and it's allowing Elon and his 20-something DOGE buddies to act with impunity as they illegally access classifi…

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How Tariffs Will Make Movies More Expensive 45:18

15d ago45:18

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On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch is rejoined by Jesse Nelson of DiabolikDVD and Cauldron Films to discuss the state of home video. We get to the tariff discussion around 32 minutes in, but before that, Jesse dispels some of the concerns about Sony’s recent announcement that they’re discontinuing recordable media like Blu-ray, what collectors are…

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Andrew Weissmann: A MAGAtocracy and a Babytocracy 53:40

16d ago53:40

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While Republican senators worked to protect Kash Patel from answering some ver-wee hard questions at his confirmation hearing, not one of them had the audacity to suggest that he is the best person to lead the FBI. Meanwhile, the new administration is clearing out some of the most seasoned and effective veterans at the bureau who will be needed dur…

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Tommy Vietor: Deniability Is All That Matters 1:05:37

17d ago1:05:37

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Republican senators don't care that Trump's nominees are lying—like Kash pretending he didn't know a Nazi-adjacent podcaster whose show he's been on eight times—because the confirmation process to them is all a game and truth is irrelevant. And nominees are also mad-flipping on their signatures issues: RFK, Jr. on vaccines, Tulsi on Edward Snowden,…

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Mona Charen: A Moment of Truth 40:53

18d ago40:53

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Trump is trying to seize powers he doesn't have—like unilaterally rewriting laws and deciding on his own how he wants to spend money Congress appropriated for a particular purpose. Will the Supreme Court stop him? And if it rules against him, will he obey the court's orders? Plus, the money angle behind RFK, Jr.'s conspiracies, and Elon's attempt a…

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Chris Hayes and Alex Kantrowitz: Trying To Break the Whole Thing 1:09:47

19d ago1:09:47

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The directives putting a pause on federal grants and the firing of career DOJ prosecutors is about trying to make the entirety of the federal government the tool of the man occupying the presidency. And it's all illegal and unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Trump is exactly the kind of broken sociopath who can dominate the war for attention—the defining…

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An Unsettling 'Presence'

19d ago

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On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the, frankly, bonkers number of nominations received by Emilia Perez. Will the Academy favor it for best picture as a way to stick it to Trump? Then they review Presence, Steven Soderbergh’s new haunted house movie told fro…

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Bill Kristol: Trump Loves Fraud 52:12

20d ago52:12

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Gullible Republicans have really been proving what they're made of recently, including Susan Collins, who claims Trump wants to root out corruption, even though his whole life has been a fraud—the water, the university, and "The Apprentice," just for starters. Meanwhile, the presidents of Mexico and Colombia are showing that they're not going to be…

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Why Is Gaming Underperforming Expectations? 1:06:53

22d ago1:06:53

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On this week’s supersized episode of The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, I’m rejoined by Matthew Ball to discuss his epic examination of the state of the video game industry and how its growing pains reflect what we’ve seen in other entertainment industries like film. I’d recommend at least scanning his report (you can download the pdf here) even if you…

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David French: Vengeance and Rage 1:02:28

23d ago1:02:28

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Trump launched his first week back in office signaling to loyal followers that they are free to break the law on his behalf, while telling political opponents—including John Bolton and Mike Pompeo—that he'll put their lives at risk. Meanwhile, an office full of white faces is not evidence of a meritocracy, a shortage of VA nurses or prosecutors at …

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Sam Stein and Adrian Carrasquillo: We Are in a Simulation 59:33

24d ago59:33

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Emotionally-stunted video game boys, who are also government contractors and/or quasi government officials, are fighting on Twitter, a POTUS who went all the way to SCOTUS to get immunity for presidents now would like the last president investigated, and America's premiere scientific research institution, the NIH, can't tell us about the bird flu—a…

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Stephanie Ruhle: Unlimited Money and No Rules 47:43

25d ago47:43

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All those CEOs cartwheeled down to Mar-a-Lago and then dutifully lined up at Trump's inauguration because they were fed up with social justice warriors and labor having more power—even if their bottom lines were never harmed in the process. Now, they want their next adrenaline rush and more government money without any pesky regulations hampering t…

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Tom Nichols: A Farce and a Sham 59:43

26d ago59:43

59:43

Trump tried to pencil out literal words in the Constitution and then freed 1,500 violent insurrectionists—while the media attempted to normalize it all. Meanwhile, much attention is being paid to Elon's salute, and not enough to the facts that he has an office at the White House, he's a government contractor, and paid a quarter of a billion dollars…

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'September 5,' Working Amidst Terror

26d ago

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‘September 5’ (MovieStillsDB) On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) ask what, precisely, Trump’s “ambassadors to Hollywood” are supposed to be doing. Then they review September 5, the harrowing tick-tock examination of how ABC Sports covered Black September’s terrorist…

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Bill Kristol: Resist the Nihilism 43:46

27d ago43:46

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Trump wants us to believe that nothing matters, so we'll brush off all his corruption and grifting as though everybody does it. That's what aspiring authoritarians always do, including the guy who didn't place his hand on a Bible when he was sworn in today. Meanwhile, Trump just launched probably the biggest scam in the history of the presidency wi…

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Tom Malinowski: Fight the Power, Dems 57:40

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Ezra Klein: The Resistance, Back from the Dead 57:11

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Michael Steele: Gum Up the Works 51:43

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Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life 1:02:36

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Anne Applebaum: Outside the Rule of Law 56:33

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The Best Movies of 2024

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Will Saletan and Scott Lincicome: A Crime Boss Has Taken Over 1:15:54

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How Tariffs Will Make Movies More Expensive 45:18

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Andrew Weissmann: A MAGAtocracy and a Babytocracy 53:40

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Tommy Vietor: Deniability Is All That Matters 1:05:37

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Mona Charen: A Moment of Truth 40:53

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Chris Hayes and Alex Kantrowitz: Trying To Break the Whole Thing 1:09:47

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An Unsettling 'Presence'

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Bill Kristol: Trump Loves Fraud 52:12

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Why Is Gaming Underperforming Expectations? 1:06:53

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David French: Vengeance and Rage 1:02:28

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Sam Stein and Adrian Carrasquillo: We Are in a Simulation 59:33

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Stephanie Ruhle: Unlimited Money and No Rules 47:43

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Tom Nichols: A Farce and a Sham 59:43

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Bill Kristol: Resist the Nihilism 43:46

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