Episodes

  • Robert Draper: The Prosecutor

    Robert Draper: The Prosecutor
    Oct 29 2024
    Kamala Harris sees the world as divided between those who follow the rules and those who break them—and that injustice requires action, not whining. And behind the story of a child of two high-achieving immigrants is a woman who remains loyal, reveres law and order, shows up prepared, and approaches challenges with a 'just the facts' linear style of thinking. Yet, she also maintains a level of inscrutability.

    Robert Draper joins Tim Miller.
    show notes:

    Draper's profile of Kamala
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    48 mins
  • Robert Kagan and Bill Kristol: It's Already Happening Before our Eyes

    Robert Kagan and Bill Kristol: It's Already Happening Before our Eyes
    Oct 28 2024
    By de-prioritizing The Washington Post in his business empire, Jeff Bezos is showing exactly how a free press gets dismantled. Other corporate titans are also falling in line so they're not on the wrong side of Trump. Meanwhile, with the Klan-like rhetoric at Sunday's rally, MAGA is baring its teeth and showing us that its true essence is about white Christian supremacy. Plus, the Senate races, and Tim's reporting from outside MSG.

    Bob Kagan—who resigned from WAPO on Friday—and Bill Kristol join Tim Miller.

    show notes:

    Bill and Bob's conversation on authoritarianism in 2019
    Bob's book, "Rebellion," published in April
    Bob's 2016 piece warning how fascism could come to America
    Tim's message to Haley voters
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    50 mins
  • Bret Stephens: Pray Kamala Wins

    Bret Stephens: Pray Kamala Wins
    Oct 25 2024
    Trump is corrosive to the soul of our democracy. He's a bigot, an ogre, and an isolationist. And for all the Reagan Republicans on the fence: If Trump gets back in, America won't have a healthy conservative movement again for generations. Plus, Kamala on Israel, and Elon's private foreign policy with Putin—he's working against our national security while helping himself to the treasury of the United States.

    Bret Stephens joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

    show notes:

    Tim's playlist
    Bret's 2018 piece on Musk being the Trump of Silicon Valley
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    52 mins
  • David French: 2017 Trump Is Gone

    David French: 2017 Trump Is Gone
    Oct 24 2024
    A whole faction of Red America thinks the judges and tax cuts in the first half of Trump's presidency were the 'real' Trump. But the Jan 6 'burn it all down' guy is the real version—as Tucker's weird parable about a violent and angry dad makes clear. Plus, MAGA's confidence in the election results, Cheney's abortion comments, and the surreal double standard where all the rules apply to Kamala, but none apply to Trump.

    David French joins Tim Miller.

    show notes:
    David's latest newsletter, "Trump's Election Reversal Dreams Are Dead"
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    52 mins
  • Jeffrey Goldberg and Catherine Rampell: The Un-American

    Jeffrey Goldberg and Catherine Rampell: The Un-American
    Oct 23 2024
    Donald Trump doesn't share our values or our norms, and he wants the privilege of being able to shoot down Americans in the street. And former officials who worked in his administration are frightened about what he could do to the country. Meanwhile, all the Hitler talk drowns out any talk about Kamala's proposed policies, which are more popular than people realize.

    Jeffrey Goldberg and Catherine Rampell join Tim Miller.

    show notes:

    Goldberg's latest reporting on Trump's preoccupation with dictators
    The NYT's interview with John Kelly
    Rampell's piece on the popularity of Kamala's policies
    Rampell's piece on Flint, MI's baby bonus
    Rampell's piece about Trump losing his edge on the economy
    Bulwark piece on McKinley and tariffs
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Mitch Landrieu and Will Saletan: Trump Lives in the Mud

    Mitch Landrieu and Will Saletan: Trump Lives in the Mud
    Oct 22 2024
    The ex-POTUS has resolved that his route to regain power is creating hate, fear, and anger. Meanwhile, his little fascist from Santa Monica is planning to raid quinceañeras as part of a mass deportation. In contrast, Kamala promises to be a president for everybody—with fights only in the fields of democracy. Plus, Elon's despicable Nick Fuentes-grade ads targeting Jewish and Arab voters, and the MIA anti-Trump Republican men who are banking on Liz to do most of the talking.

    Mitch Landrieu and Will Saletan join Tim Miller.

    show notes:

    Some of Mayor Landrieu's favorite spots in NOLA

    • Tipitina's live music

    • Kingpin bar

    • N7 restaurant

    • Parkway Bakery & Tavern

    • Domilise's Po-Boy and Bar
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    54 mins
  • Mallory McMorrow and Bill Kristol: Imagining a World Where Trump Is Irrelevant

    Mallory McMorrow and Bill Kristol: Imagining a World Where Trump Is Irrelevant
    Oct 21 2024
    Remember those few weeks when Trump ceded the stage to Kamala and didn't do any campaigning? How glorious it was not to have to talk about him. Meanwhile, Kamala, Liz, and Sarah work to seal the deal with undecided voters, Moldova rejects the vote-buying oligarchs, and Lindsey, you're wrong: It's Trump, not Kamala, who's the most radical candidate in modern American history. Mallory McMorrow was recorded live at our Bulwark event in Detroit, and Bill Kristol joined Tim Miller for a recap of the weekend's political news.

    show notes:

    Gifted link to John Heilemann's interview with David Plouffe
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    56 mins
  • Live from Philadelphia (Again)

    Live from Philadelphia (Again)
    Oct 18 2024
    The Bulwark kicked off its weekend 'Swing State Swing" in the City of Brotherly Love Thursday before a packed house. George Conway, Sarah Matthews, and Tim talked about psychopaths, narcissists, and how voters need to understand that if Trump didn't even care what happened to his VP on Jan 6, he certainly doesn't care about them.


    George Conway and Sarah Matthews join Tim Miller.
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    47 mins