Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
S.E. Cupp: A Sucker and a Loser
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala laid trap after trap during the debate, and because he's so impulsive, Trump walked into ever...
Symone Sanders Townsend and Olivia Nuzzi: Kamala v the Weirdo
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump and Kamala are meeting for the first time at tonight's debate, because in 2021, he took his ba...
Bill Kristol and Colin Allred: What's So Hard about This, Pres. Bush?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is not a close call, Bush 43: Follow your vice president's lead and say you're voting for Kamal...
Live from Dallas
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before a packed house in D-Town, Tim Miller and Adam Kinzinger covered it all, from Trump's incohere...
David Frum: Villains and Monsters
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the decade we've been living through, we will remember the people like Liz Cheney, who have ma...
Neera Tanden and Heidi Heitkamp: Trump Playing the Media, Again
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The media still haven't figured out how to cover Trump, so they don't scrutinize even his most shock...
Brian Schatz and Mona Charen: Democrats Don't Trust Happiness
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala is showing that she's good at politics by uniting the party's coalition and making appeals to...
Bill Kristol: Stay on Offense
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala looks to have a very narrow lead in the polls, but she needs to do more to drive Trump down—...
Margaret Hoover: Kamala, the Real Apprentice
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Harris has been watching and learning about the ways of Washington, and she keeps sticking the landi...
Adam Kinzinger: Trump Is Q
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Policy differences pale in comparison to maintaining self-governance and restoring sanity in the cou...
D.L. Hughley: Kamala Is the Main Character
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The pundit class keeps talking about how Trump hasn't figured out how to respond to Kamala—but she...
Mark Leibovich: The Democrats' Rumor Mill
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rumors have surfaced about Joe feeling sad and resentful about the re-energized party. At the same t...
Bill Kristol: Do Something
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the people best suited to make the case against Trump are the jilted Cabinet members and oth...
A.B. Stoddard: Only in America
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala delivered a real work of art—a perfect American story filled with love of country, democrac...
Al Franken: Mind Your Own Damn Business
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The former senator from Minnesota recounts his early fandom for Tim Walz and how he won an unlikely ...
Jon Favreau: Understanding the Assignment
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Obama killed it last night, and did the job that every speaker at the Democratic convention...
Beto O'Rourke: Air of Authenticity
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala's genuine smile and Walz's empathetic version of manhood is coming through loud and clear—a...
Bill Kristol and Michael Weiss: It's Showtime
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala's first month as a presidential candidate before the Democratic convention has gone exceeding...
Brian Beutler: Vibe Shift
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Swapping out Biden for Kamala has been such a big mood boost that consumer confidence among Dems and...
Dean Phillips and Mikie Sherrill: The Right Call
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two Democratic members of Congress who called on Biden to pass the torch join Tim Miller today. Both...
Brian Tyler Cohen and Carol Leonnig: Go Inside the Bubble
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The anti-MAGA world should keep going on right-wing media platforms, and maybe embarrass their hosts...
Amanda Carpenter: Trump's Traumatic Month
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump may be holed up at Mar-a-Lago because he's afraid of another attempt on his life. Meanwhile, h...
Bill Kristol and Christopher Cadelago: Increasingly Unhinged
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Biden's departure from the race has put Trump in a real funk. He's in denial about Kamala's crowds, ...
Nate Silver: Underdog Story
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kamala is now the star of a story involving a woman called into duty at a moment of crisis with a si...
Adam Kinzinger: MAGA Hates America
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump and his supporters don't like America as it currently exists, and their veep pick JD Vance is ...
Peter Callaghan and Isaac Stanley-Becker: Veep Peeks
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim talks to a local Minnesota reporter to get the low-down on Tim Walz's recent political history, ...
Adam Schiff and Michael Steele: A Stabilizing Force
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Walz is a great foil for Kamala's West Coast vibe: He looks like he'll fix your car, then grab a...
Bill Kristol: Kama-Momentum
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recent polls are showing some pretty significant movement to Harris, and she hasn't even had to play...
George Conway: Crazy in a Bad Way
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump checks all the boxes of a person with narcissistic personality disorder, but the mainst...
Dan Pfeiffer: A Scared and Seething Trump
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are witnessing a man who thought he was cruising to a landslide who's now afraid he doesn't know ...
Fred Trump and Will Saletan: An Alpha Emerges
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sure sounds like kind words and affection were in short supply in the Trump household in Queens. Per...
Tom Nichols: Drama Queens About Everything
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Republican men used to be stoic and quiet technocrats, but now they're screechy and freaky. Meanwhil...
Bill Kristol: Weird and Extreme
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats are leaning into the 'Republicans are weird and creepy' talking point—a strategy Tim has...
Jennifer Palmieri: The Making of the First Woman President
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Women candidates get asked different questions than male candidates—that's just a fact. Kamala has...
A.B. Stoddard: Focus Only on Winning
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Pelosi has amassed power through persuasion, and she had the nerve to push a sitting president...
Rick Perlstein: The Alternative Is Apocalyptic
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The modern conservative movement has a built-in ratcheting-up mechanism, so that even when Republica...
Sam Stein and Ron Brownstein: Now We're Talking
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We may have been conditioned to just accept candidates who share their meandering thoughts or end se...
James Carville: Kamala-Gras
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's now the Kamala Harris parade, and James Carville has grabbed his whistle and baton for the marc...
Bill Kristol: Biden Drops Out of Race
21 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After banging the drum for quite a while, Bill Kristol and Tim Miller got their wish, and the politi...
S.E. Cupp: Grieving the Insanity
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans wanted a 'do no harm' convention, but it was too corporate and lacked any joie de vivre....
Adam Kinzinger: Everything Is on the Line
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans are tamping down the crazy and the weird at the convention—like no election fraud, no ...
Jeff Sharlet and Joe Perticone: The Confidence of a Bully
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump's shark/electrocution anecdote was not a sign of deterioration. Trump is actually getting bett...
Alyssa Farah Griffin: National Unity Is Not Where the GOP Is
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
J.D. Vance is an incredibly polarizing figure, and his addition to the ticket signals a complete rea...
Bill Kristol: Not Resigned to a Trump Presidency
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We begin with a rejection of the fatalist rhetoric from the left. It may be an uphill battle, but th...
Sam Stein: Violence Is Not the Answer
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode following the assassination attempt on Trump, The Bulwark's managing editor Sa...
Amanda Carpenter: A Life or Death Bet
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not having dementia is not enough to change the dynamic. Biden needs a proactive message against Tru...
David French: Trump Tries To Run Away from the Christian Nationalists
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Inviting "populist slut hero" Amber Rose to speak at the Republican convention and adjusting the pla...
Ezra Klein: A Path to Defeat
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Top Democrats say they don't see a way for Biden to win, and some are resigning themselves to being ...
Bakari Sellers and Elaina Plott Calabro: The Case for Riding with Biden
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is not a moment for a politician's origin story or soaring oratory. Some think that means danci...
Bill Kristol: The Joe Biden Survival Plan
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It would have been nice if Biden had gone on Morning Joe the day after the debate instead of waiting...
Annie Lowrey: The Worst Best Economy
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Housing prices, the cost of insurance, and sticker shock at the supermarket are still stressing Amer...
Clint Smith: A Reckoning with History
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Author, poet, and native New Orleanian Clint Smith grew up in the city that was the heart of the dom...
Jon Lovett: Unprecedented Times
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The quiet coming from the White House sure suggests that the people around the president don't think...
Ben Wittes and Steven Shepard: He Is Still a Criminal
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No matter how much the Supreme Court pretends that the words 'high crimes and misdemeanors' are not ...
Tom Nichols: Political Malpractice
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All Americans who love this country and hate Donald Trump deserve answers about Thursday's abysmal p...
Sarah Longwell, Jonathan V. Last, and Jonathan Martin: A Disaster
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Secret Pod makes an emergency appearance to work through last night's terrible performance by Bi...
Kate Bedingfield and Marc Caputo: Debate Day
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former White House comms director Kate Bedingfield serves up some keen insights into Poppa Joe—he ...
Stuart Stevens: I think Joe Biden Has Been A Great President
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So many of the people who worked around POTUS 44 think no one will ever be as good as Obama, but Stu...
Symone Sanders-Townsend: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Project 2025 sounds mundane, but it would institutionalize Trumpism, eliminate the Department of Edu...
Jared Polis and Bill Kristol: Live from Denver
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gov. Jared Polis says Biden should focus on what he'll do for the American people in his campaign, r...
Jane Coaston: He's So Not a Badass
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is not drawing support from black voters because of his criminality—that's just MAGA's bigot...
Adam Kinzinger: Bat**** Crazy
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Felon 45 didn't even really like being president and no one is taking his ludicrous tariff plan seri...
George Packer: Phoenix, the Most American City
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Phoenix is a microcosm of the big issues in the election and the country generally, including politi...
Lauren Windsor and Ben Wittes: A Deep Rot
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Justice Alito and his wife seem to have some pretty deep and dark feelings about the people they dis...
Will Saletan: Nonstop Shamelessness
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump visited an African American church in Detroit and the pews were filled with white people; Repu...
Jonathan V. Last and Ben Raderstorf: Retribution Agenda
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans had a tête-à-tête with Trump to remind him how, if he wins, he should extend the tax ...
Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer: The Inside Story of the Fall of Roe
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A coalition of Christian lawyers, activists, and politicians methodically and secretly took down Roe...
Jennifer Senior: Secrets and Lies
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer-Prize winning Jen Senior joins Tim Miller for a free-form conversation about jail-bound, fa...
Bill Kristol: Tuberville's Policy Is the Same as Trump's
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tommy Tuberville's know-nothing appeasement of Putin lines up exactly with where the ex-POTUS is—B...
Mike Madrid: The Latino Century
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Young Latinos are a giant emerging voter bloc with populist leanings—who also favor tougher border...
Adam Kinzinger: The New Axis Power Alliance
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This D-Day is a good reminder that the growing nationalist movement across the globe aims to undermi...
Will Saletan and McKay Coppins: Fear and Loathing
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump and MAGA, with all their banana republic claims, are not being America First—they're being a...
Ritchie Torres and Ben Smith: Pride and Priors
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rep. Ritchie Torres joins Tim Miller to discuss how to win working-class voters, his Dickensian upbr...
Bill Kristol: Rally Around the Flag
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a good moment for Biden to proudly raise the flag right-side up, and share his love of Ameri...
Ben Wittes and Ron Filipkowski: Guilty!
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump collaborated with a slimy crew to break the law, and it may have swung the 2016 electio...
Derek Thompson: Negativity Bias
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
America is currently stuck in a negativity vibe, and it's shaping the media we consume, impacting ho...
David Frum: Complete Chaos
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Trump were to win, his plans to sabotage the Justice Department and consolidate power would plung...
John Heilemann: Piss and Vinegar
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If persuadable voters are going to back an octogenarian, they are going to need to see less caution—...
Sarah Longwell and A.B. Stoddard: Won't Get Fooled Again
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
First off, Nikki, you're canceled. And while Trump's out on bail flaunting his partnership with Puti...
Jasmine Crockett: Nikki Haley and B6
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins Tim Miller to talk about the origins of "bleach blond bad built butch bo...
James Comey and Ben Wittes: A Demagogue Our Founders Feared
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Former FBI Director James Comey joins Tim Miller to discuss the choices he made in 2016, the DOJ's s...
Rick Wilson: The Reich Stuff
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The "unified Reich" reference was no accident: Trump is aiming to both fire up the base and court pu...
Tom Nichols: The Cult Around the Sad Boy from Queens
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump has embraced the culture war on guns and abortion, but he is somehow being painted as a modera...
Anne Applebaum: A New Propaganda War
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Russia, China, and their authoritarian allies are working overtime to poison the idea of democracy e...
Joe Walsh: Red Lines
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This election is about being a grownup and making a choice. One candidate is clearly preferable, and...
Ben Wittes and Brody Mullins: Code Red
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Cohen substantiated 99% of what's needed to prove Trump's hush money reimbursement scheme—...
Eddie Glaude Jr.: Biden Needs to Thread the Needle
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe has to tell campus protesters it's OK to disagree with him—and that they can hold him to accou...
Will Saletan: Trolls and Liars
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's GOP is not a governing party—it's a grievance and trolling party, and Trump has the nihili...
Mark Leibovich: The Oracle of Washington
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Johnson may have seen the light in the SCIF, but is he scheming with Trump for Jan 6, 2025? Plu...
Ben Wittes and Ro Khanna: Stormy Rafah
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In New York, we are getting the trial we deserve: It's not about high principles and democracy, but ...
Adam Kinzinger: A Small Man
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ex-POTUS who claims he was taken down by the deep state is looking even smaller in court, gettin...
Elizabeth Neumann and Geoff Duncan: Republican Voters Against Trump
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two conservatives describe their break with Trump. Former DHS official Elizabeth Neumann saw both th...
Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger: Lying Is the Price of Admission
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Any apprentice who wants to join Trump's ticket has to prove they won't accept the election results ...
Live from Philly
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Will Saletan and (Hubert Humphrey alum) Bill Kristol join Tim Miller before a live audience in Phila...
Gov. Josh Shapiro: We Can Do Big Things
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, sits down with Tim Miller in Philly to talk about the ki...
Ben Wittes and Eric Cortellessa: Trump's Autocratic Agenda
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trump went on the record, explaining how in a second term, his staff would only be (election denying...
Bakari Sellers: We Are in a Dark Moment
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the very hot summer of George, Breonna, and Ahmaud, we seemed to be on the brink of a third Recon...
Christians and Political Power
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Political power often changes the church more than the church changes those in power—the most glar...
Simon Rosenberg: I Think We're Going to Kick His Ass
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The polling isn't there yet, but Biden is delivering on the job, MAGA is extreme and dangerous, the ...
Mark Joseph Stern and Dave Weigel: A Bad Day for Jack Smith
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Gorsuch, the real threat to democracy is not Trump's attempts to st...