{"podcast":{"title":"The Bulwark","slug":"the-bulwark-4018927","podcast_index_feed_id":4018927,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/87281.rss","website_url":"https://www.thebulwark.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/87281/d619df11c786f62219e9b278e6bef3f0.jpg","author":"The Bulwark","episode_count":976,"summary":"The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good faith.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T10:17:26.542124+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulwark-4018927"},"episode":{"title":"This Deranged New Campaign Ad Creeped Us Out!","slug":"this-deranged-new-campaign-ad-creeped-us-out","published_at":"2026-07-21T23:49:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulwark-4018927/this-deranged-new-campaign-ad-creeped-us-out","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulwark-4018927","url":"https://www.thebulwark.com/p/this-deranged-new-campaign-ad-creeped","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207984244/1c1777f4af811f4288742c8428ed63c4.mp3","summary":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah, JVL, and False Flag author Will Sommer (sitting in for Tim) discuss: * Whether Laura Loomer is one of the adults in MAGA-land? I’m Ron Burgundy? * The state of the Iran War. * The ridiculous AI advertisement being run by a Ted Cruz-aligned outside group in Florida (and the whacky candidates in the ad). * The unfolding special Republican primary for Senate in South Carolina * The Michigan Senate race...and how all of the online conventional wisdom stacks up with reality. Get your tickets to Sarah's How to Eat an Elephant book tour in September! Watch, listen, and leave a comment. This ad-free video version of The Next Level is exclusively for Bulwark+ members. Click the learn about setting up this show , ad-free, on your podcast player of choice. Or watch in the new Bulwark App —available now in the Apple and Google App stores.","meta_description":"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com Sarah, JVL, and False Flag author Will Sommer (sitting in for Tim) discus…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":850,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bulwark-4018927/episodes/this-deranged-new-campaign-ad-creeped-us-out/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bulwark-4018927/this-deranged-new-campaign-ad-creeped-us-out.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}