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The Focus Group Podcast

The Focus Group Podcast

The Bulwark

168 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Focus Group Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 168 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 6th season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 45 min and 57 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 38 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 49 episodes published. Published by The Bulwark.

Episodes
168
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
52 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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/

Latest Episodes

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S6 Ep55: Sarah Had to Double-Check: “These Are All Trump Voters?” (with Amy Walter)

Aug 22, 20261h 1m

S6 Ep54: MAGA's Future is in Florida (with Will Sommer)

Aug 15, 202643 min

S6 Ep53: South Carolina’s Surprise Election (with Meg Kinnard)

Aug 8, 202642 min

S6 Ep52: Jonathan Cohn: Pure Michigan Chaos

Aug 1, 20261h 3m

S6 Ep51: Amy Walter: Pennsylvania's Trump-Shapiro Voters

Jul 25, 202656 min

S6 Ep50: David French: Character Counts For Less

Jul 18, 202653 min

S6 Ep49: Tommy Vietor: Democrats’ Way Forward on Israel

Jul 11, 202646 min

S6 Ep48: Heather Cox Richardson: America's 250 Great (and Awful) Years

Jul 4, 20261h 7m

S6 Ep47: Kyle Clark: Colorado's Mad Libs

Jun 27, 202655 min

S6 Ep46: Patrick Svitek: Texas & Maine Swing Voters Sound Off

Jun 20, 202650 min

S6 Ep45: Rachel Janfaza: You Kids, Get Off My Lawn!

Jun 13, 202641 min

S6 Ep44: Amy Walter: Everyone is on the Take

Jun 6, 202641 min

S6 Ep43: Peter Hamby: California Is The Progressive Id

May 30, 20261h 7m

S6 Ep42: Adam Jentleson: More Heterodoxy, Please

May 23, 20261h 11m

S6 Ep41: Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary

May 16, 202653 min

S6 Ep40: Tim Miller: Good Riddance, Bill Cassidy?

May 9, 202653 min

S6 Ep39: Chuck Schumer’s Candidate Got Humiliated in Maine

May 6, 202612 min

S6 Ep38: America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)

May 2, 202648 min

S6 Ep37: Trump Promised Lower Prices. Everything Got Worse! (w/ Rotimi Adeoye)

Apr 30, 202645 min

S6 Ep36: America's Divisions: Getting on Our Nerves (with Jessica Tarlov)

Apr 25, 20261h 11m
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