FAQ: How do I add a Bulwark+ member-only feed to my podcast player?

In addition to newsletters, The Bulwark produces a number of podcasts including member-only shows and ad-free editions of our public shows. Each of these shows has a home on Bulwark+ site, here.

Bulwark+ members can listen to ad-free and member-only shows through the site via your browser, via the free Substack Mobile app using your Bulwark+ profile or you can add your own private RSS feed to your third-party player of choice (like Apple Podcast, YouTube Music (formerly Google Podcasts) Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Overcast and now Spotify too.)

There are two routes to adding your personal member RSS feed to your player app:

  1. Add all Bulwark+ shows as single super feed, here, or*

  2. Add individual shows by clicking the “Set Up” button next to the show you want at TheBulwark.com/listen and follow the onscreen prompts. Additionally on any episode page find the “More Options” button or “Listen On” options beneath the player. Click the option that best suits you and follow the instructions.** 

    Bulwark Podcast on mobile
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After a show is set up on your player of choice it will show up automatically as its published on TheBuwlark.com and with a gold bar across the show cover like this:

*Make sure you are logged-in to Bulwark+ with the email tied to your paid account before you add your private feed to your player, otherwise you might inadvertently add an open feed that doesn’t include ad-free and member-only shows.

** You’ll want to delete any existing free editions from your podcast player to avoid confusion.

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Bulwark+ member-only shows:

  • The Secret Podcast - Exclusively for Bulwark+ members, spend Fridays with Sarah Longwell and JVL–uncensored and off the leash, here. 

Ad-free editions:

  • The Bulwark Podcast - Tim Miller and guest discuss the latest news from inside Washington and around the world. No shouting, grandstanding, or sloganeering. Truth over tribalism. Principles over partisanship. here.

  • The Focus Group - Unfiltered, uncompromising, unexpected—The Focus Group is a look into what the average voter thinks about politics, policy, and current events. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, has conducted hundreds of hours of focus groups all across the country. She and a series of special guests will take you behind the glass to hear what real focus group participants have to say. Find it here. Available as a podcast and video program.

  • The Mona Charen Show - The Mona Charen Show is a weekly, one-on-one discussion that goes in depth on political and cultural topics. Find it here.

  • The Next Level - Wednesdays, Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, and Jonathan V. Last gather to discuss the future of politics–unpacking the latest polls, election math and candidates, here. Available as a podcast and video program.

  • The Illegal News- “The Illegal News” is where law meets politics and you can find that here. Each week, Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell (not a lawyer) sits down with a legal expert to unpack how the latest court filings, rulings, and procedural twists and turns of the Trump era are shaping American democracy. These are conversations about justice without the jargon, giving you context for the biggest developments and surfacing the legal (and illegal) moves not getting enough attention. If you’re looking for “George Conway Explains It All,” George is off on a new adventure, but Sarah will keep you covered.

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