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The Focus Group Podcast

The Focus Group Podcast

By: The Bulwark
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 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. https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast/focus-group/Bulwark Media Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • S6 Ep34: Why Women Don’t Need Men Anymore—In Their Own Words (w/ Sami Sage)

    S6 Ep34: Why Women Don’t Need Men Anymore—In Their Own Words (w/ Sami Sage)
    Apr 17 2026

    On this bonus episode of The Focus Group, Rachel and guest Sami Sage of Betches Media wonder whether millennials are truly still ‘cringe.’ They also discuss the Gen Z gender gap, and how some politically moderate young women are navigating that political divide in their personal lives.

    By Sami Sage:

    In Paperback on April 28: Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Democracy-in-Retrograde/Sami-Sage/9781668053492)

    Check out 'The Context', from the Charles F. Kettering Foundation: https://kettering.org/thecontext/
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    46 mins
  • S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)

    S6 Ep33: The Sad, Mad GOP Base (with Amy Walter)
    Apr 11 2026
    If there's a blue wave in the 2026 elections, it'll be either because new people start voting for Democrats, or the current Republican base gets sad and stays home. So we convened a focus group of 2020 and 2024 Trump voters who are unhappy with his administration to give you a sample of the kind of despair that could keep Republicans home in November. Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, returns to the show to break down the midterm landscape.
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    55 mins
  • S6 Ep32: It's "Messing With Me Mentally" (with Ashley Parker)

    S6 Ep32: It's "Messing With Me Mentally" (with Ashley Parker)
    Apr 4 2026

    The Iran War has been going on for a month, and it’s deeply, DEEPLY unpopular. Plus, we get reactions from swing voters on the characters inside the Trump administration who they like (like Marco Rubio), or REALLY dislike (listen to find out). Atlantic staff writer Ashley Parker returns to the show.

    By Ashley Parker:
    The Wrath of Stephen Miller

    Pre-order Sarah’s book, How to Eat an Elephant, coming in September!
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    52 mins
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