Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Every weekday we provide insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS. Plus a few laughs to help you wash down the crazy.
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Ezra Klein: MAGA Is Over
Donald Trump is still dangerous, but voters clearly signaled that they had had enough of the moral collapse he ushered in. The electorate yearned for candidates who spoke
Nov 12 1 h 03 min
Nick Wright & Anderson Clayton: Did the Fever Break?
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Too many voters in 2024 wanted to be with the bully party. But a lot of them saw how much cruelty that entailed—particularly with ICE and the attempted theft of voting ri
Nov 11 1 h 21 min
Susan Glasser: POTUS’s Desperate Fight to Regain Leverage
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Trump’s loyalist foot soldiers in Congress are still sticking by him but the power of the presidency is ebbing away from him. He’s lost not only the leverage to broker a
Nov 10 51 min
Bill Kristol: This Is the Trump Flailing Phase
Nearly a week after the midterms, Trump made a feeble rigged election claim. He also made a phony offer to work with Democrats on an immigration deal, hoping somehow to d
Nov 9 56 min
Michael Steele: A Total and Complete Schlonging
The MAGA coalition is falling apart, Fox News is flummoxed, and Trump is having to grapple with being rejected by huge swaths of America. Steele only has double birds for
Nov 6 1 h 01 min
Adam Hamilton: Knock Holes in the Darkness
Kansas Senator-elect Hamilton was not recruited out of the Democratic Party pipeline. The Methodist pastor chose to challenge Roger Marshall because he didn't like what w
Nov 5 1 h 09 min
Sarah Longwell and JVL: LIVE on the Landslide
Republicans are already starting to plan for a post-Trump future after last night's wipeout. Sarah, JVL, and Tim savor the victories, including Talarico's and Hamilton's,
Nov 4 1 h 28 min
Jamie Raskin and Ryan Holiday: Expose All the Corruption All the Way Down
If the repudiation of our corrupt president comes through tonight, Democrats are promising to hold everyone to account who helped him turn our government into a playgroun
Nov 3 59 min
Bill Kristol and JVL: Trump Could Be More Dangerous Post-Election
The Iran war and its impacts at home are major issues in the midterms, but POTUS is not finished with his misadventure in the Middle East. One key Democratic senator who'
Nov 2 1 h 18 min
Jane Coaston: JD Thinks Trump Voters Are Stupid
Our vice president made up a confusing story about a trip to an emergency room because almost everything he does is a performative act to play to voters he thinks are dum
Oct 30 1 h 05 min
David French: Kansas Hopium
Is it possible Adam Hamilton could be the first Democratic senator elected from Kansas in 94 years? A major new poll is raising hopes there—and in other key Senate races
Oct 29 1 h 14 min
Harry Enten and Julian Borger: Voting with Fear and Loathing
Trump's (surprisingly) current favorite pollster shares what he's seeing in the numbers less than one week before Election Day. The first sign of what kind of night the D
Oct 28 49 min
Sarah Matthews and Pablo Torre: The Pedophile Protection Party
Democrats offered a glimpse of the accountability that's likely coming over the Epstein cover-up: new allegations of rape against Trump and evidence that strongly suggest
Oct 27 1 h 11 min
Bill Kristol: Beating Back the Authoritarians
There was good news over the weekend on the anti-authoritarian front in Brazil and Serbia, while our wannabe autocrat is ominously threatening to not accept midterm elect
Oct 26 54 min
Jamelle Bouie: The World's Most Influential Racist Is Bankrolling Republicans
Elon Musk is the largest single donor in American political history. He's also the world's most prominent booster of white supremacy. While Democrat after Democrat gets a
Oct 23 51 min
Adam Kinzinger: Who Should Be Forced to Testify First?
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are already divvying up how to investigate Musk, the one-time shadow president who's still making foreign policy decisions abou
Oct 22 58 min
Mike Murphy and Mark Hertling: Vivek Is a Despicable Creep
Could there be a bigger sign of Ramaswamy's depravity and desperation than using a mother from hell to sell your message? His campaign for governor of Ohio against Amy Ac
Oct 21 1 h 07 min
Michael McFaul: Trump Is Just 'Fine' with Mass Murder
Though they deny any involvement, the Trump administration and Elon Musk are apparently helping Putin escalate his campaign of terror against Ukraine. Civilian casualties
Oct 20 52 min
Bill Kristol: You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes, JD
The vice president had the gall to suggest he didn't know anything about what millions of Americans know: that Trump is using his office to enrich himself and that the ad
Oct 19 53 min
Alan Cumming and Robert Garcia: The Traitors Running Our Government
For more than 10 years, Trump has been showing us how skilled he is at sowing division and riling people up. Alan sees the kind of tribal mentality that Trump has fostere
Oct 16 1 h 06 min
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The second half with Pedro Gonzalez was fascinating. I’m glad you had him on the show, Tim - your ability to gracefully interview him, while also holding him accountable was fantastic. I hope you have him on again, because I thought his insight and ability to change his thinking is commendable.
I listen to you every day and look forward to it! Not every interview is smashing, but your heart and pov makes me happy. Thank you for your podcast- Go Nuggets!
JoJoNetteNette · Sep 2026
Tim, your podcast gives me some much needed levity in the face of never-ending horrors. I especially love Mondays with Bill, even though - if you’d told me 10-20 years ago that I would willingly listen to Bill Kristol, I’d have punched you in the throat. But the reason I finally write you today is because my beautiful dog died last night; yet you and Sam are making me laugh so hard today. Thank you.
Thanks for the laughs · Aug 2026
I’ve been a long time listener and love this show. I appreciate the various perspectives and thoughtful content. I was finally moved to write a review because of your recent conversation with Julia Curlee which was so moving. Thank you for continuing to provide a platform for the folks who need and deserve it. 5 stars.
deanosaur's dad · Aug 2026
Tim, your interview with Julia Curlee was incredible. A master class in showing empathy and compassion. I love your podcast. As a liberal Democrat, I’ve committed myself to getting outside my media bubble and The Bulwark Daily is one way I can get a broad perspective from those who’ve been on the “other side”. And who knew I could agree with Bill Kristol 95% of the time these days?!
Jason O’B · Aug 2026
I thought I’d give this podcast a listen because I’d heard of it a few times. Wow, I listen to sources considered left and right, but I’ve not heard a group on the left this uncharitable to the half of the Americans who disagree with them politically. “No one hates the poor rural workers more than the Republicans” but in the same breath you paint the most offensive, uncharitable straw man of what you think Trump voters look like? I’ll tell you who hates the working rural poor. I’m half black and half white, and live in the most liberal city in Oregon. The white half of my family all live in rural towns. I’ve heard the most disgusting comments about how poor, stupid, uneducated, bigoted and racist rural Oregonians are from liberals who would never guess by looking at me that half my family are made up of those very people they’re disparaging. The Democratic Party hemorrhaged working class people (whites, but also blacks and a record number of hispanics) and your response is to say “Well hah, I can afford the tariffs but you can’t!” I hope y’all love losing. Love from Portland.
Upset and Hangry · Nov 2024
Not recommended for those seeking political analysis based on proven facts & data. Bulwark episodes are usually just an opinion-filled conversations with people of same political persuasion verifying each other's assertions.
My last straw was Longwell, asserting strongly that according to her "research" from "talking to voters", Black voters didn't really like Kamala Harris and,like all Democrats, wouldn't care if she were pushed aside as potential replacement nominee.
Shows a complete lack of understanding of voter trends & the base voters of Dem party.
Take a pass on this pod.
CallMeTheOriginal · Jul 2024
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