Impolitic with John Heilemann
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Latest episode: Tue Jan 21 2025
Join Puck’s chief political columnist, MSNBC/NBC News national affairs analyst, and best-selling author John Heilemann as he roams the corridors of power and influence in America on this twice-weekly interview show, taking you behind the scenes and beyond the headlines with the people who shape and shift our culture: icons and up-and-comers, incumbents and insurgents, moguls and machers in the overlapping worlds of politics, entertainment, tech, business, sports, media, and beyond. The conversations are rich and revealing, unrehearsed and unexpected … and reliably impolitic. A Puck-Audacy joint, new episodes drop every Wednesday and Friday.
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- Jan21Joe Scarborough: A Tale of Two Speeches – and Two Trumps79mins
- Jan20Mike Schmidt: If Past Is Prologue, Buckle Up76mins
- Jan17Scott Galloway: Oligarchy Or Bust80mins
- Jan17Mallory McMorrow: Women Are (Still) Pissed — But Also Patient76mins
- Jan13Tim Miller: Staving Off Nihilism in the Face of Trump 2.082mins
- Jan10James Fallows: The Jimmy Carter Conundrum56mins
- Jan9Jiore Craig: The Year Ahead Online (Everything is Broken)94mins
- Jan6Kara Swisher: The Year Ahead in Tech & Politics (Elon for President — of Mars)64mins
- Jan3Wright Thompson: Why Emmett Till Still Matters78mins
- Dec30Will Leitch & Pablo Torre: The Year In Sports (Shut Up & Dribble? Sure!)84mins
- Dec27Dylan Byers: The Year In Media (Falling Stars, Tolling Bells, & Self-Abasing Billionaires)73mins
- Dec23Rob Sheffield: The Year in Music (Taylor’s Version)82mins
- Dec20Chris Murphy: “It’s Happening Right in Front of Our Eyes”45mins
- Dec18Dan Pfeiffer: Mystery Drones, Corporate Lackeys & Resistance 2.084mins
- Dec16Kurt Andersen & Michael Hirschorn: Reality Used to be a Friend of Mine77mins
- Dec13Alex Wagner: Trump Gets Triggered, Luigi Gets Caught & Guilfoyle Gets Exiled73mins
- Dec11Hakeem Jeffries on Trump, Johnson, McCarthy, Biggie & Wu Tang (Oh, My)55mins
- Dec9Pete Wehner: Hegseth’s Redemption Bromides, Trump’s Rampant Blasphemies & Fast Car’s Radiant Beatitude75mins
- Dec6Tina Brown: Trump’s Extended Middle Finger, Biden’s Shambolic Exit, & Martha’s Sad Denouement76mins
- Dec4Figliuzzi & Weissmann: Trump’s Rough Justice & The Looming Kash Clash71mins
- Nov27Griffin Dunne: All in the Family86mins
- Nov25David Remnick: Fear & Loathing Over Trump, Israel & the Dylan Biopic73mins
- Nov22Julian Castro & Paola Ramos: How Trump Turned “Si, se Puede” On Its Head70mins
- Nov20Tom Nichols: Incendiary Nominations, Global Conflagrations, & Presidential Pyromania83mins
- Nov18Beschloss & Meacham: No One Should Be Surprised98mins
- Nov15Seth Moulton & Ritchie Torres: What Dems Can (Must) Learn From 202476mins
- Nov13Claire McCaskill: Trump Staffs Up, Dems Hunker Down, & Musk Runs Amok69mins
- Nov11Douglas Brinkley: Extreme Incaution, Enemies Lists, & The Age of Trump59mins
- Nov7Trumpocalypse Now, Again: Puck Superfriends on 45 Becoming 4790mins
- Nov5Nicolle Wallace: Happy Election Day — Everything’s Gonna Be Alright88mins
- Nov4Charlamagne tha God: Problematic Polling, Media Malpractice, & Trump Impunity80mins
- Nov1Costa & JMart: Road to the White House or Highway to Hell?85mins
- Oct30The Bulwark Fab Four: Garbage Jokes, Racist Tropes, & The Garden Party From Hell71mins
- Oct28Jason Bateman: Why SmartLess Soared & The Trump Show Jumped the Shark76mins
- Oct25Anne Applebaum & Timothy Snyder: Love Letters to Adolph71mins
- Oct24Presenting Gone South11mins
- Oct23Wes Moore: Trump Is No Friend Of The Military & Harris Isn't Biden44mins
- Oct21David Plouffe: “I’d (Still) Rather Be Us Than Them”46mins
- Oct18Debbie Dingell: Panic In Detroit, Dancing In Lansing, Stranded In Kalamazoo69mins
- Oct16Peter Baker & Susan Glasser: Where’s The Outrage?78mins
- Oct14James Carville: Inside The War Room 2.0 & The Harris-Trump Endgame76mins
- Oct11Susanne Craig: How Trump Became America’s Luckiest Loser69mins
- Oct9Mark Cuban: Out Of One Shark Tank & Into Another76mins
- Oct4Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump’s Jan 6 Reckoning, Kamala’s WH Destiny, & The Senate’s Post-McConnell Future77mins
- Oct2“Christ, Have Mercy”: Puck Superfriends Chop Up The VP Debate72mins
- Sep27Nate Silver: Harris v. Trump Is the Closest Election I’ve Ever Seen97mins
- Sep25Andrew Ross Sorkin: Rate Cuts, Tax Cuts, & Jamie Dimon Dish81mins
- Sep20Pete Buttigieg: Why Kamala Is Winning (It’s The Policies, Stupid)46mins
- Sep18Doug Emhoff: On Being 2nd Gentleman, Kamala’s Arm Candy & A Kurt Cobain/Eddie Vedder Feminist89mins
- Sep13Dan Harris: Meditation, Mental Health, Six-Peckered Goats & The 2024 Election76mins
- Sep11Slaughterhouse 45: Puck Superfriends Assess Kamala's Decimation of The Donald81mins
- Sep6Jordan Klepper: Equal Oppty B.S.-Calling & The Daily Show Renaissance80mins
- Sep4Dan Pfeiffer: No Sleep Till … Thanksgiving?79mins
- Aug30Nicholas Kristof: The DNC, Darfur Revisited, & The Pig-Dog Conundrum75mins
- Aug28Alex Edelman: On Comedy, Politics & The Emmys at The DNC75mins
- Aug23Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 2: Kamala In Command82mins
- Aug21Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 1: Obamalamentum & Biden’s Bon Voyage83mins
- Aug16Doug Sosnik: How Kamala Is Reframing the Race & Redrawing the Map81mins
- Aug14Ezra Klein: Trump’s Broken Brain, Pelosi’s Bluff-Calling & Harris’s Ideological Rebirth72mins
- Aug9Cari Champion & Pablo Torre On The Snoop Dogg Summer Olympics84mins
- Aug7Nicolle Wallace: To the Window, To the Walz86mins
- Aug2Michael Bennet & Errin Haines: Trump’s Losing Bet on Birtherism 2.072mins
- Aug1Conway & Longwell Pt. 2: Donald’s Psyche, J.D.’s Weirdness, and Kamala’s No-Huddle Veepstakes61mins
- Jul31Conway & Longwell Pt. 1: Harris Stays Hot & Trump Melts Down63mins
- Jul26Maya Wiley & Tim Ryan on Kamala’s Craze & Trump’s Mania84mins
- Jul23Beschloss & Costa: Biden's Fall, Kamala's Rise & A Whole New Race68mins
- Jul19Meet The New Trump, Same As The Old Trump—Except On Benzos106mins
- Jul16Tim Miller & Stuart Stevens: Trump Can’t Change & Vance Won’t Fly71mins
- Jul12James Carville’s Case For Reshuffling The Democratic Deck61mins
- Jul9Labour’s Landslide, Macron’s Muddle, & Europe’s Biden Bedwetting68mins
- Jul5Steven Brill on SCOTUS & Social Media As Truth-Destroyer72mins
- Jul2Should He Stay or Should He Go (Joe Biden, That Is)?66mins
- Jun28Puck Superfriends Break Down Biden’s Debate Breakdown54mins
- Jun25Stevie Van Zandt’s Excellent Adventures On & Off E Street73mins
- Jun21Biden Campaign Chief to Dem Bedwetters: Stop Worrying & Get To Work54mins
- Jun18Reassessing the Kitchen Confidential Era & The Perils of Chef Stardom66mins
- Jun14Apple's A.I. Embrace & Elon's Tantrum74mins
- Jun11George to Media: Stop Normalizing Trump42mins
- Jun7Trump's Retribution Tea Leaves68mins
- Jun4Trump Sentencing Theories & Mueller Revisited76mins
- Jun3Introducing: Impolitic with John Heilemann3mins
- Feb28Cecile Richards82mins
- Feb22Tom Nichols Part 282mins
- Feb21Tom Nichols Part 182mins
- Feb14Shannon Watts82mins
- Feb7Kurt Andersen and Lawrence O’Donnell82mins
- Jan31Fiona Hill77mins
- Jan24Ken Burns79mins
- Jan17Julia Ioffe and Michael McFaul62mins
- Jan11Michael Bender, Part 247mins
- Jan10Michael Bender, Part 158mins
- Jan3Hasan Minhaj102mins
- Dec27Kara Swisher78mins
- Dec21Stevie Van Zandt, Part 271mins
- Dec20Stevie Van Zandt, Part 171mins
- Dec13Tenacious D78mins
- Dec6Aaron Sorkin55mins
- Nov30Killer Mike, Part 245mins
- Nov29Killer Mike, Part 167mins
- Nov22Adam Scott69mins
- Nov15Jon Meacham75mins
- Nov8Joe Scarborough79mins
- Nov1Jordan Klepper95mins
- Oct25David Axelrod100mins
- Oct18Matthew Dowd and Jennifer Palmieri92mins
- Oct12Maggie Haberman, Part 265mins
- Oct11Maggie Haberman, Part 189mins
- Oct4Jennifer Psaki83mins
- Sep27Stuart Stevens and Rick Wilson96mins
- Sep20Peter Baker and Susan Glasser91mins
- Sep13Amy Walter and David Wasserman95mins
- Sep7Allen Hughes, Part 257mins
- Sep6Allen Hughes, Part 176mins
- Aug31Jeremy Allen White and Christopher Storer113mins
- Aug23Dan Pfeiffer91mins
- Aug16George Conway and Asha Rangappa86mins
- Aug9Derrick "D-Nice" Jones81mins
- Aug3Mark Leibovich and Tim Miller, Part 254mins
- Aug2Mark Leibovich and Tim Miller, Part 162mins
- Jul26Jonathan Lemire75mins
- Jul20Lis Smith, Part Two57mins
- Jul19Lis Smith, Part One73mins
- Jul12Marie Brenner86mins
- Jul6Jason Kander80mins
- Jun28Dan Pfeiffer and Alyssa Mastromonaco85mins
- Jun21Liev Schreiber79mins
- Jun14Symone D. Sanders74mins
- Jun8Denver Riggleman, Part 261mins
- Jun7Denver Riggleman, Part 173mins
- May31Eric Holder and Sam Koppelman93mins
- May24Mallory McMorrow82mins
- May17Hasan Minhaj102mins
- May10Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin86mins
- May3Bob Crawford97mins
- Apr26Andrew Ross Sorkin95mins
- Apr19Mike Birbiglia and Alex Edelman91mins
- Apr12Michael Beschloss80mins
- Apr6Nicolle Wallace, Part 275mins
- Apr5Nicolle Wallace, Part 164mins
- Mar29Neal Katyal and Robin Lenhardt75mins
- Mar23Tom Nichols, Part 251mins
- Mar22Tom Nichols, Part 182mins
- Mar15Adam Scott69mins
- Mar8John Avlon93mins
- Mar1Julia Ioffe and Michael McFaul60mins
- Feb22W. Kamau Bell85mins
- Feb15Kara Swisher78mins
- Feb8Brian Cox78mins
- Feb1Mike Murphy84mins
- Jan25Andy Slavitt80mins
- Jan18Patrick Gaspard87mins
- Jan11Jeff Goldblum91mins
- Jan4Anne Applebaum and Brian Klaas86mins
- Dec28LZ Granderson and Will Leitch80mins
- Dec21David Axelrod79mins
- Dec14Cecile Richards66mins
- Dec7Rep. Karen Bass60mins
- Nov30Gary Ginsberg80mins
- Nov23Chris Krebs80mins
- Nov16Danny Strong76mins
- Nov9John Doerr78mins
- Nov3Introducing: The Long Game with LZ & Leitch4mins
- Nov2Paul Begala and James Carville86mins
- Oct26Fiona Hill77mins
- Oct19Maya Wiley84mins
- Oct12John Dickerson85mins
- Oct6Brian Koppelman, Part 256mins
- Oct5Brian Koppelman, Part 176mins
- Sep29Stevie Van Zandt, Part 271mins
- Sep28Stevie Van Zandt, Part 171mins
- Sep21Ken Burns79mins
- Sep14Frank Figliuzzi73mins
- Sep7George Packer88mins
- Aug31Derek DelGaudio76mins
- Aug24Dr. Michael Osterholm55mins
- Aug17Claire McCaskill81mins
- Aug11Chris Matthews, Part 249mins
- Aug10Chris Matthews, Part 165mins
- Aug3Roger Bennett and Jon Wertheim94mins
- Jul27Cey Adams and Shepard Fairey86mins
- Jul20Kurt Andersen98mins
- Jul14Michael Bender, Part 262mins
- Jul13Michael Bender, Part 158mins
- Jul6Introducing: The Recount Daily Pod2mins
- Jun22Best Of Hell & High Water: Entertainment Edition82mins
- Jun15SNEAK PREVIEW: Elie Mystal on “Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir"45mins
- Jun8Christopher Jackson75mins
- Jun1Rick Doblin77mins
- May25Will Leitch76mins
- May18Steven Johnson81mins
- May11News Items Podcast with John Ellis and Rebecca Darst78mins
- May6BONUS: Mika Brzezinski on "Just Something About Her" Podcast with Jennifer Palmieri50mins
- May4Don Lemon83mins
- Apr28Introducing: News Items Podcast with John Ellis3mins
- Apr27Dr. Vin Gupta and Dr. Leana Wen70mins
- Apr20The Lucas Brothers90mins
- Apr13Senator Cory Booker54mins
- Apr6Nicolle Wallace, Part 268mins
- Apr6Nicolle Wallace, Part 154mins
- Mar30Congresswoman Debbie Dingell74mins
- Mar23Franklin Leonard78mins
- Mar16Clint Watts85mins
- Mar2Andrew Ross Sorkin73mins
- Feb23Daveed Diggs, Ethan Hawke, and James McBride75mins
- Feb16Jaime Harrison71mins
- Feb9Joyce White Vance and Jill Wine-Banks83mins
- Feb2Sean Penn65mins
- Jan26Kurt Andersen and Lawrence O’Donnell78mins
- Jan19Robert Reich71mins
- Jan12The Lincoln Project, Part 157mins
- Jan12The Lincoln Project, Part 248mins
- Jan5Shannon Watts80mins
- Dec29Tenacious D77mins
- Dec22Aaron Sorkin55mins
- Dec15Rich Eisen85mins
- Dec8Joe Scarborough88mins
- Dec1Killer Mike, Part 245mins
- Dec1Killer Mike, Part 167mins
- Nov24Lawrence Lessig & Laurence Tribe70mins
- Nov17Laurie Garrett71mins
- Nov10Jon Meacham & Maya Wiley73mins
- Nov7The Recount's Election Bonus Episode72mins
- Nov3Nicolle Wallace60mins
- Oct27Axe, Plouffe, and Mastromonaco76mins
- Oct20Mike Murphy & Stuart Stevens66mins
- Oct13James Carville55mins
- Oct6Ashley Parker & Jennifer Palmieri48mins
- Sep29Neal Katyal48mins
- Sep22Jeff Daniels51mins
- Sep16Dave Chang46mins
- Sep8Marques Johnson46mins
- Sep1Introducing: Hell & High Water with John Heilemann3mins