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Bulwark TakesMysterious “Secret Recording” Accusations Roil CDC HearingSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn recap the Senate HELP hearing with former CDC chief Susan Monarez, covering why she was ousted, RFK Jr.’s push to delay childhood vaccines, the sidelining of CDC scientists during outbreaks, and the real stakes with public health and vaccine safety.
Read Jonathan’s The Breakdown, “RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Vaccines Hits Its Action Phase”
2025-09-1722 min
The BulwarkMeasles Outbreaks Loom as Florida Scraps Vaccine MandatesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comFlorida could become the first state to scrap vaccine mandates, and experts warn the fallout would be calamitous. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn examine the health risks and the politics driving this crisis.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Ad...
2025-09-0414 minBulwark TakesMeasles Outbreaks Loom as Florida Scraps Vaccine MandatesFlorida could become the first state to scrap vaccine mandates, and experts warn the fallout would be calamitous. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn examine the health risks and the politics driving this crisis.
2025-09-0414 min
The Majority Report with Sam Seder3573 - Epstein Survivors vs White House; RFK, Jr vs Public Health w/ Jonathan CohnIt's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's show: Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) host a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring. Speaker Mike Johnson throws his own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors. JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago. Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan Cohn joins the show to discuss the chaos around HHS...
2025-09-031h 26
Majority Report9/3 Epstein Survivors vs White House; RFK, Jr vs Public Health w/ Jonathan Cohn (M)FUN HALF link: https://youtube.com/live/ye6JWtmaChM
It's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report
On today's show:
Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) hold a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring.
Speaker Mike Johnson holdshis own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors.
JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan...
2025-09-032h 18Majority Report9/3 Epstein Survivors vs White House; RFK, Jr vs Public Health w/ Jonathan Cohn (M)FUN HALF link: https://youtube.com/live/ye6JWtmaChM
It's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report
On today's show:
Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) hold a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring.
Speaker Mike Johnson holdshis own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors.
JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan...
2025-09-032h 18Majority Report9/3 Epstein Survivors vs White House; RFK, Jr vs Public Health w/ Jonathan Cohn (M)FUN HALF link: https://youtube.com/live/ye6JWtmaChM
It's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report
On today's show:
Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) hold a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring.
Speaker Mike Johnson holdshis own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors.
JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan...
2025-09-032h 18Majority Report9/3 Epstein Survivors vs White House; RFK, Jr vs Public Health w/ Jonathan Cohn (M)FUN HALF link: https://youtube.com/live/ye6JWtmaChM
It's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report
On today's show:
Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) hold a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring.
Speaker Mike Johnson holdshis own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors.
JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan...
2025-09-032h 18Majority Report9/3 Epstein Survivors vs White House; RFK, Jr vs Public Health w/ Jonathan Cohn (M)FUN HALF link: https://youtube.com/live/ye6JWtmaChM
It's a solo Sam Hump Day on the Majority Report
On today's show:
Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep Ro Khanna (D-CA) hold a press conference at Capitol Hill with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex traffic ring.
Speaker Mike Johnson holdshis own simultaneous press conference in a sad attempt to distract people from the Epstein survivors.
JB Pritzker claims that Trump has been staging the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago.
Writer at the Bulwark, Jonathan...
2025-09-032h 18Bulwark TakesBREAKING: CDC in Turmoil, Mass Resignations Under RFKSam Stein, Jonathan Cohn and Dan Diamond (Washington Post) are going to to live to cover the chaos at the CDC. From Dr. Demetre Daskalakis’s blistering letter slamming RFK Jr. to a wave of departures that put America’s health security at risk, they’ll cover the breaking fallout and what it means going forward.
2025-08-2837 min
The BulwarkBREAKING: CDC in Turmoil, Mass Resignations Under RFKSam Stein, Jonathan Cohn and Dan Diamond (Washington Post) discuss the chaos at the CDC. From Dr. Demetre Daskalakis’s blistering letter slamming RFK Jr. to a wave of departures that put America’s health security at risk, they cover the breaking fallout and what it means going forward. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thebulwark.com/subscribe
2025-08-2838 minBulwark TakesBREAKING: House Passes Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”Andrew Egger, Sam Stein, Sarah Longwell, and Jonathan Cohn discuss the House vote on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
2025-07-0337 min
The BulwarkBREAKING: House Passes Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comAndrew Egger, Sam Stein, Sarah Longwell, and Jonathan Cohn discuss the House vote on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.
2025-07-0319 minBulwark+ TakesBREAKING: House Passes Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comAndrew Egger, Sam Stein, Sarah Longwell, and Jonathan Cohn discuss the House vote on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.
2025-07-0319 minBulwark TakesRepublicans Admit They’re Voting for DisasterSam Stein is joined by health policy reporter Jonathan Cohn to break down the shocking reality of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” barreling toward passage in the Senate.
Watch Jonathan's interview with Kentucky Gov. Beshear: https://youtu.be/1HsHyKFNOhA
Read his latest piece here: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-cuts-republicans-severing-lifeline-north-carolina
2025-06-2917 min
Bulwark+ TakesGOP Flips Out as Trump’s Healthcare Cuts GuttedThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJonathan Cohn joins Sam Stein to go inside the GOP’s latest healthcare debacle, after the Senate parliamentarian blocks up to $400 billion in Medicaid cuts. Can Republicans recover—or are they out of options?More from Jonathan Cohn on the chaos: Trump’s About to Slash Medicaid. TV News Has Barely Noticed.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bu…
2025-06-2609 minThe BulwarkGOP Flips Out as Trump’s Healthcare Cuts GuttedThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comJonathan Cohn joins Sam Stein to go inside the GOP’s latest healthcare debacle, after the Senate parliamentarian blocks up to $400 billion in Medicaid cuts. Can Republicans recover—or are they out of options?More from Jonathan Cohn on the chaos: Trump’s About to Slash Medicaid. TV News Has Barely Noticed.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bu…
2025-06-2609 minBulwark TakesGOP FLIPS OUT As Trump’s Healthcare Cuts GUTTEDJonathan Cohn joins Sam Stein to go inside the GOP’s latest healthcare debacle, after the Senate parliamentarian blocks up to $400 billion in Medicaid cuts. Can Republicans recover—or are they out of options?
2025-06-2619 min
Bulwark+ TakesRFK Jr. Lied to Congress. Does Anyone Care?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn take on RFK Jr's Wall Street Journal op-ed, his lies to Sen. Cassidy, the administration's thinly veiled crusade against science, and what it means for public health in America. Read RFK's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the le...
2025-06-1008 minThe BulwarkRFK Jr. Lied to Congress. Does Anyone Care?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn take on RFK Jr's Wall Street Journal op-ed, his lies to Sen. Cassidy, the administration's thinly veiled crusade against science, and what it means for public health in America. Read RFK's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the le...
2025-06-1008 minBulwark TakesRFK Jr. Lied to Congress. Does ANYONE Care?Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn take on RFK Jr's Wall Street Journal op-ed, his lies to Sen. Cassidy, the administration's thinly veiled crusade against science, and what it means for public health in America.
2025-06-1017 min
Bulwark+ TakesThe GOP’s Healthcare Flimflammery Is The New Big LieThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn discuss the truth behind GOP Medicaid messaging, the real impact of the proposed cuts, and why this isn't about fraud but about gutting coverage.Check out Jonathan's piece hereAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to au...
2025-06-0207 minThe BulwarkThe GOP’s Healthcare Flimflammery Is The New Big LieThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn discuss the truth behind GOP Medicaid messaging, the real impact of the proposed cuts, and why this isn't about fraud but about gutting coverage.Check out Jonathan's piece hereAs always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to au...
2025-06-0207 minBulwark TakesThe GOP’s Healthcare Flimflammery Is The New Big LieSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn discuss the truth behind GOP Medicaid messaging, the real impact of the proposed cuts, and why this isn’t about fraud, it’s about gutting coverage.
Check out Jonathan's piece here: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/rkf-jr-kennedy-hhs-may-have-just-ruined-our-best-weapon-against-bird-flu-moderna-mrna-covid-boosters-cdc?r=5i9ljr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
2025-06-0114 minBulwark TakesGOP in Total Chaos Over “Big, Beautiful Bill”Sam Stein is joined by HuffPost’s Arthur Delaney to break down the infighting among Republicans over Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” budget bill, highlighting the deep divisions over tax cuts, Medicaid reductions, and whether the plan has any real chance of passing.
Join at 9pm ET for a Members Only Conversation with Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn
2025-05-1611 minBulwark TakesTrump Pulls Classic “Donnie Bait-and-Switch” on Drug PricesTrump issued a new executive order on drug prices. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn unpack what it actually does, what it claims to do, and how it stacks up against past policy efforts.
2025-05-1311 min
The BulwarkTrump Country Is About to Get Hosed By GOP LawmakersThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn break down the Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts with the potential impacts on millions and political blowback for the GOP. Read More, "Laura Loomer Just Called the GOP’s Bluff on Medicaid Cuts"As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to tog...
2025-05-0705 minBulwark+ TakesTrump Country Is About to Get Hosed By GOP LawmakersThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn break down the Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts with the potential impacts on millions and political blowback for the GOP. Read More, "Laura Loomer Just Called the GOP’s Bluff on Medicaid Cuts"As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to tog...
2025-05-0705 minBulwark TakesTrump Country Is About to Get Hosed By GOP LawmakersSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn break down the Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts with the potential impacts on millions and political blowback for the GOP.
Read More, "Laura Loomer Just Called the GOP’s Bluff on Medicaid Cuts"
2025-05-0716 min
The BulwarkDid Whitmer Kill Her 2028 Chances With This?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein, Lauren Egan, and Jonathan Cohn explore how top Democrats are dealing with Trump. Some go hard, some play nice, and others are stuck in the middle. It’s not going great.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add...
2025-05-0607 minBulwark+ TakesDid Whitmer Kill Her 2028 Chances With This?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSam Stein, Lauren Egan, and Jonathan Cohn explore how top Democrats are dealing with Trump. Some go hard, some play nice, and others are stuck in the middle. It’s not going great.As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio.Add...
2025-05-0607 minBulwark TakesDid Whitmer Kill Her 2028 Chances With This?Sam Stein, Lauren Egan, and Jonathan Cohn explore how top Democrats are dealing with Trump. Some go hard, some play nice, and others are stuck in the middle. It’s not going great.
2025-05-0613 minBulwark TakesTrump’s 100 Day Rally Goes Off the RailsJonathan Cohn, Tim Miller, and Sam Stein break down Trump’s 100 day Michigan rally.
2025-04-3014 min
The BulwarkRFK Jr. Is Handling Things Just About as Bad as ImaginableSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn break down the alarming HHS layoffs, including massive cuts to Head Start and child care programs. What’s behind the chaos, and how anti-vax politics may be making it worse. Trump’s Next Target: Poverty-Stricken Kids Second measles death reported in Texas, amid fast-growing outbreak As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio...
2025-04-0613 minBulwark+ TakesRFK Jr. Is Handling Things Just About as Bad as ImaginableSam Stein and Jonathan Cohn break down the alarming HHS layoffs, including massive cuts to Head Start and child care programs. What’s behind the chaos, and how anti-vax politics may be making it worse. Trump’s Next Target: Poverty-Stricken Kids Second measles death reported in Texas, amid fast-growing outbreak As always: Watch, listen, and leave a comment. Bulwark+ Takes is home to short videos, livestreams, and event archives exclusively for Bulwark+ members.Don’t care for video? Use the controls on the left side of the player to toggle to audio...
2025-04-0613 min
The BulwarkSam Stein: Elon Is ToxicThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comMusk was so high on his own supply that he thought he and his money were magic—but Wisconsin voters turned out in droves to prove to him just how toxic his brand and DOGE are. Meanwhile, the Dem base is looking highly engaged as they keep showing up for special elections in numbers Republicans used to deliver in off-cycle races. Plus, Cory Booker's epic filibuster, Mike Johnson gets owned by moms, and China will fill all the vacuums Trump is cr...
2025-04-0219 min
Slate CultureCulture Gabfest: Does The Apprentice Make Trump Sympathetic?On this week’s show, Julia and Stephen are joined by Slate writer and senior editor, Sam Adams. Why do we tell fictional stories about real people? The panel ponders this question as they discuss two biopics: The Apprentice and Saturday Night. The Apprentice is an uncanny portrait of Donald Trump, a young striver under the tutelage – and spell – of his mentor, Roy Cohn. But does the film offer any new information or ideas? Saturday Night, on the other hand, is the often obnoxious tale of the frenetic 90-minute countdown before Saturday Night Live’s first broadcast in 1975. Finally, the panel...
2024-10-161h 10
Culture GabfestDoes The Apprentice Make Trump Sympathetic?On this week’s show, Julia and Stephen are joined by Slate writer and senior editor, Sam Adams. Why do we tell fictional stories about real people? The panel ponders this question as they discuss two biopics: The Apprentice and Saturday Night. The Apprentice is an uncanny portrait of Donald Trump, a young striver under the tutelage – and spell – of his mentor, Roy Cohn. But does the film offer any new information or ideas? Saturday Night, on the other hand, is the often obnoxious tale of the frenetic 90-minute countdown before Saturday Night Live’s first broadcast in 1975. Finally, the panel...
2024-10-161h 03Culture GabfestDoes The Apprentice Make Trump Sympathetic?On this week’s show, Julia and Stephen are joined by Slate writer and senior editor, Sam Adams. Why do we tell fictional stories about real people? The panel ponders this question as they discuss two biopics: The Apprentice and Saturday Night. The Apprentice is an uncanny portrait of Donald Trump, a young striver under the tutelage – and spell – of his mentor, Roy Cohn. But does the film offer any new information or ideas? Saturday Night, on the other hand, is the often obnoxious tale of the frenetic 90-minute countdown before Saturday Night Live’s first broadcast in 1975. Finally, the panel...
2024-10-161h 06
Know Your EnemyThe 2024 Race: "It's Showtime, Folks!" (TEASER)Subscribe to Know Your Enemy on Patreon to listen to this bonus episode, and all of our bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/knowyourenemyMatt and Sam take the pulse of the 2024 presidential race: Is DeSantis already doomed? Does Trump still have the juice? Can Biden handle a full campaign schedule? And how do you solve a problem like Kamala?The answers to these questions and more! Enjoy some rank punditry!SourcesNate Cohn, "Why Ron DeSantis Is Struggling," New York Times, May 5, 2023Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan, "...
2023-05-1802 min
Distillations | Science History InstituteBlack PillsIn 2005 the FDA approved a pill to treat high blood preassure only in African Americans. This so-called miracle drug was named BiDil, and it became the first race-specific drug in the United States. It might sound like a good a good thing, but it had the unintended consequence of perpetuating the myth that race is a biological construct. Credits Hosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago Senior Producer: Mariel Carr Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez Associate Producer: Padmini Raghunath Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer “Innate Theme” composed by Jonathan Pfeffer. Additi...
2023-03-2854 min
Hey YAComing Soon: SmizecreamHannah and Kelly talk about YA books set in super short time frames, as well as YA books about the end of the world.
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2021-01-2052 min
The Horse RaceEpisode 67: Hammar Nails It1/30/2019-- With Jenn living it up at Sundance, Steve is joined by guest host, friend of the pod and #mapoli enthusiast Sam Hammar. The two sit down to talk about the future of Massachusetts politics, and who better to offer their thoughts and predictions than a trio of thinkers and insiders from across the political spectrum?
Ed Lyons, Massachusetts GOP insider, is hopeful but unconvinced that the GOP will see much success in 2020, especially given the election of ultra-conservative Jim Lyons as Chairman.
Jonathan Cohn of Progressive Massachusetts recounts the success of progressives in the midterm elections and looks ahead...
2019-01-3136 min
Candidate Confessional - Defeated Politicians Tell AllBONUS: Huffpost's All-Star Trumpcare PanelCandidate Confessional Season 2 is on the way! But in the meantime, we assembled a panel of Huffpost healthcare reporters to chew on yesterday's legislative bombshell: the House's passage of an Obamacare repeal/replace bill. Sam is joined by Huffpost reporters Jeff Young, Jonathan Cohn, and Matt Fuller to talk about what all this means.
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2017-05-0500 min
Congressional Dish147: Controlling Puerto RicoWhat is Puerto Rico? Many Americans - if not most - are unaware that Puerto Rico is a part of the United States. In this episode, learn the history of our scandalous treatment of the US citizens living in Puerto Rico and explore how Puerto Rico’s past foreshadowed the United States' present… and possibly our future. Executive Producers: Ralph and Carol Lynn Rivera, Brandon K. Lewis Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Reco...
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