The Focus Group Podcast
1) S5 Ep26: What Are Focus Groups for Anyway?
The Focus Group Podcast will be back for real in a couple of weeks, but by popular demand, Sarah and her producer, Conor Kilgore, take on some of our listeners' frequently asked questions about how an...Show More
2) S5 Ep25: Former Trump Voters on the "Epstein Files"
The Focus Group Podcast is still on hiatus, but the Trump administration's walkback of the promised "Epstein Files" this week got us curious about how voters were thinking. The Bulwark's own Will Som...Show More
3) S5 Ep24: Do the Next Right Thing, Change the World (with Heather Cox Richardson)
Our season finale is a bit of a pep talk. America is in a precarious place, but Americans everywhere are speaking up against the authoritarian threat.
4) S5 Ep23: NYC's Very Dumb Primary (with Harry Siegel)
The New York City mayoral primary is "dumb" and getting lots of "dumb attention," at least according to our (radically candid) guest. Democratic voters face a choice between disgraced former Gov. Andr...Show More
5) S5 Ep22: 'This Country is Effed' (with Jonathan Cohn)
Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is moving through Congress, and you may be surprised by some former Trump voters' reactions.
6) S5 Ep21: New Jersey's (Very) Odd Year (with Amy Walter)
The Democratic primary for New Jersey governor is crowded, and Democratic voters all over the map. But as always, they're united in wanting a candidate who can fight the Trump administration effective...Show More
7) S5 Ep20: Democrats on Biden's Decline
With the recent revelations about Joe Biden's mental state during his term, we asked a couple of groups of Democrats what they thought during (and after) his presidency, and how it might inform their ...Show More
8) S5 Ep19: Congress: Trump's Super-Staffers (with Annie Karni)
Trump is looking to pass his Big, Not-So-Beautiful Bill through Congress. To do it, he needs to get it past congressional Republicans. So what do Republican voters think of congressional leaders, and ...Show More
9) S5 Ep18: Liberal Order Elegy? (with Ian Ward)
JD Vance is one heartbeat away from the presidency, and he's a big part of the Republican Party's future. His ideas are also part of the reason the second Trump term has been a lot more pure MAGA than...Show More
10) S5 Ep17: Trump Had ONE JOB (with Dave Weigel)
With Trump's approval ratings falling, that means some of his voters aren't getting what they voted for. We talked to those voters, to find out what that does and doesn't mean about their relationship...Show More