How The Culture Wars Weren’t Won (with Jane Coaston)Listen now (63 min) | You've heard the terms "woke" and "cancel culture" for years now. No one seems to agree on what they mean, though — which is why…
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The Voters Forgot God's Plan (with McKay Coppins)Listen now (48 min) | Ad-free edition.
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"They" Sent This Tornado (with David French)Listen now (55 min) | Marjorie Taylor Greene wants a national divorce. We don't, but we asked our focus groups about it anyway. New York Times opinion…
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February 2023

It's Why They Play the Game (with Robert Gibbs)Listen now (57 min) | Voters that we talk to are iffy about Biden running for re-election given his age, but Republicans may have even larger…
DeSanctimonious Deep Dive (with Tara Palmeri)Écoutez maintenant (43 min) | New ad-free episode.
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Biden's B12 Shot? (with Peter Baker)Listen now (49 min) | Ready or not, it looks like Joe Biden is running for re-election. Our swing voters liked his State of the Union speech this week…
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Sleepwalking Toward Catastrophe? (with Whit Ayres)Listen now (48 min) | The Focus Group podcast is BACK, with a twist: We're releasing The Bulwark's first-ever poll of Republican primary voters where…
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December 2022

Midnight Train (Back) to Georgia (with Greg Bluestein)Listen now (44 min) |
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November 2022

Thankful for Swing Voters (with Amy Walter)Listen now (55 min) | The midterms have come and gone, and it turns out many of our focus groups were signs of things to come. Amy Walter…
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Can There Be Another Star in Trump's Cinematic Universe? (with David Drucker)Listen now (49 min) | New episode alert.
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What a Week!Listen now (2 min) | Sarah has a special message for Focus Group fans as we wait for the remaining election results.
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Election Eve Weekend Nerd SpectacularListen now (70 min) | Instead of a focus group this week, Sarah sits down with four political super-nerds to get their read on Tuesday's election and…
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