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The Focus Group Podcast

The Focus Group Podcast

The Bulwark

176 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Focus Group Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 176 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 150 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 46 min and 58 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 yesterday, with 46 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The Bulwark.

Episodes
176
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 Ep63: Some Trump Voters Are Gushing Over This Iowa Democrat (with Elaine Godfrey)

Oct 17, 202648 min

S6 Ep62: Republicans Thought Florida Was Safe. Then Everything Changed (with Kimberly Leonard)

Oct 10, 20261h 9m

S6 Ep61: These Trump Voters Are Considering the Unthinkable: Voting for a Democrat (with Amy Walter)

Oct 3, 20261h 6m

S6 Ep60: Republicans Are Suddenly Fighting for Their Lives in Ohio (with Andrew Tobias)

Sep 26, 202655 min

S6 Ep59: LIVE from San Francisco: Focus Groups Are Revealing a HUGE Weakness for Republicans

Sep 19, 20261h 9m

S6 Ep58: Something's Happening in Texas (with Chris Hooks)

Sep 12, 202655 min

S6 Ep57: The GOP is MIA in North Carolina (with Chris Cooper)

Sep 5, 202649 min

S6 Ep56: Why Ed Markey May Survive a Revolt Against Old Candidates (with Adam Reilly)

Aug 29, 20261h 1m

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
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