The Mystery of Ivanka Trump

Today on The Gist, Mike explains why he won't be watching Netflix's Skyscraper Live, arguing that Alex Honnold's latest stunt is an "attractive nuisance" that plays on our darkest voyeuristic instincts rather than the Olympic ideal. Then, New York Times reporter Kenneth Vogel joi ...  عرض المزيد

Critic and essayist Jason Guriel joins to talk about Fan Mail and how cultural criticism curdled once gatekeepers vanished and celebration replaced judgment. He makes the case that abundance without curation doesn't democratize culture so much as drown it, leaving readers unsure ...  عرض المزيد

From Luminary and New York Magazine comes the juicy story behind the iconic It Girl-turned-First Daughter Ivanka Trump, told by the journalist who witnessed her ascension in the New York party scene first-hand: Vanessa Grigoriadis. Vanessa lands exclusive interviews with the peop ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...  عرض المزيد

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Donald J. Trump was elected president for a second time.

Shortly before that call was made, the Times journalists Michael Barbaro, Nate Cohn, Lisa Lerer and Astead W. Herndon sat down to discuss the state of the election.

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Before taking office, President Trump promised to release the FBI's files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Now he is urging his supporters to stop talking about Epstein. We discuss what the backlash means for Trump, for MAGA, and for the future of the Republican party.This ...  عرض المزيد