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Matt Post went viral as a teen activist taking on gun violence. Now he’s back in the news, running for local office in Maryland. Cameron Kasky and Tim Miller talk with him about how fame, burnout, and hope collide when you try to turn protest into power. Check out his campaign pa ... Show More

Tim and Cam unpack a viral video out of Chicago where a neighborhood stood up to masked ICE agents, and what it says about America’s growing resistance to faceless state power. Then they take a hard turn into something even creepier: Friend.com, a new AI “wearable” that listens t ... Show More

Adam Mockler joins FYPod to break down what it really takes to debate MAGA talking points in 2025, from hitting Trump rallies as a teenager to going toe-to-toe with Scott Jennings on CNN. The conversation dives deep into the effectiveness of debating in today's fractured media la ... Show More

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comThe gang discuss the hearings for Pam Bondi and Pete Hegseth and the changing "norms" in Joe Biden's final week in office, as Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Musk prepare for Donald Trump's inauguration that M ... Show More

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.comSarah joins Tim and JVL fresh off a heated panel at the Dealbook Summit with Kevin McCarthy, Kellyanne Conway, Anita Dunn and more. The gang also discuss Pete Hegseth’s potentially doomed nomination f ... Show More

This week, President Trump proposed two deals that would require allies to put his needs ahead of their own.Times’ Journalists Michael Barbaro, Catie Edmonson, Maggie Haberman, and Zolan Kanno-Youngs discuss how, in both cases, Trump got what he wanted.Guest: Catie Edmondson, a c ... Show More

Over the past few weeks, users of the video app TikTok braced themselves for a national ban to take effect.This weekend, the app went dark. But less than 24 hours later, it came back. And it credited President-elect Donald J. Trump with flicking the switch.Sapna Maheshwari, who c ... Show More

President Trump is in the Middle East on the first major international trip of his second term. At the same time, a firestorm has erupted over his plan to accept a $400 million luxury airplane from the Qatari government.Today, Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent, explain ... Show More

In the days since the election, Donald J. Trump has started preparing to retake the White House.Jonathan Swan, who covered Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign for The Times, and Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent, take us inside the campaign’s endgame.Guest: Jonathan ... Show More

On Tuesday, the confirmation process for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks kicked off with Pete Hegseth, for the position of defense secretary.Eric Schmitt, who covers U.S. national security, explains how the four-hour hearing unfolded, and what the odds are that Mr ... Show More

Warning: This episode contains strong language.In President Trump’s second term, Laura Loomer has emerged as the most influential outside adviser, telling the president whom to fire and shaping major policy decisions.Ken Bensinger, who covers media and politics, explains how a so ... Show More

For the past two weeks, President Trump has been trying and failing to get his supporters to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein.David Enrich, a deputy investigations editor for The New York Times, and Shawn McCreesh, a Times White House correspondent, explain why MAGA won’t let g ... Show More

By the time it’s over, this year’s race for president will have cost at least $3.5 billion. The single biggest expense will be campaign ads.Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The Times, discusses the story that each campaign has been using those ads to tell, ... Show More