America Is Running an Experiment on Itself (w/ Derek Thompson) | Bulwark Podcast

Republicans never defend Trump's corruption on the merits. Their lot in life is just to serve up anti-moral excuses for his repeated acts of immorality. And the Dems are currently in a bit of a moral dilemma of their own over the latest Platner revelations, given the moral imperative of having a Senate that obstructs Trump's worst policies. Questions of morality also surface with AI, particularly if we allow machines to do the thinking for us. Plus, the Dems need a Wemby, an American debt crisis seems inevitable, the global fertility crisis may be too hard to fix, and why is the English-language world the most unhappy? Derek Thompson joins Tim Miller. Sign up for your one dollar per month trial today at https://shopify.com/thebulwark To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/thebulwark Show Notes: "The Next Level" pod will be out later today: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJNKzTkCZE9u4pzaaO8Xt_nu0OOkKKvbD Derek's piece on vicemaxxing: https://open.substack.com/pub/derekthompson/p/can-america-escape-the-cycle-of-vicemaxxing?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Derek on the great AI cost panic: https://open.substack.com/pub/derekthompson/p/the-great-ai-cost-panic-of-2026?r=af2rj&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web The "Plain English" pod, hosted by Derek: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023 "Mere Christianity," by C.S. Lewis: https://bookshop.org/p/books/mere-christianity-c-s-lewis/56290254aded4bd1 "Pluribus": https://tv.apple.com/us/show/pluribus/umc.cmc.37axgovs2yozlyh3c2cmwzlza Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join