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Impolitic with John Heilemann — 417 episodes · page 1 of 5
Neera Tanden: J.D. Vance’s Projections, Hasan Piker's Fixations & the Battle for the Democratic Party
Anand Giridharadas: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny, Donald Trump & The Politics of Abandonment
Anthony Scaramucci: “He Wants Them to Lose”
Marques Johnson: Crenshaw Chronicles, HOF Snubs & White Men Who Still Can’t Jump
Nitasha Tiku: Self-Regulation, Rogue Agents & Mainstreaming the AI Apocalypse
Mark Hertling: Trump on the World Stage is WAY Beyond Embarrassing
Naomi Klein: Let the End Times Roll
Platypus Economics
Alex Wagner: Trump’s AI Hallucinations & Reagan’s Court Burglars
Jacob Weisberg: Bonfire of the Enablers
Adam Jentleson: Senate Battleground Update + The Case for Big Tent Populism
Lawrence Wright: 25 Years Later, Remembering 9/11
Sarah Longwell: Vox Populi, Vox Dei
Dave Regan: Will California Kick Its Billionaires in the Bollocks?
Adam Hamilton & Denise Powell: Two Great Plains Midterm Upsets in the Making
Skye Perryman: The Cavalry Isn’t Coming – Saving Democracy Is Up To Us
Kurt Andersen, Pt. 2: AI Intimacies, Sci-Fi with Soderbergh, & The (Fictional) Death of Trump
Kurt Andersen, Pt. 1: Visions of America After a Second Civil War
Raul Torrez: The State AG Suing Todd Blanche’s DOJ after Spanking Meta in Court
David Remnick: The Woman Who Speaks for the DSA & the Man Who Could Beat Bibi
Jim Windolf: Dylan & The Beatles — Minds in Dialogue that Changed the World
Ben Wikler: It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To
“Raise Your Hopeful Voice” — Glen Hansard, R.I.P.
Lis Smith: Michigan as Microcosm of Democratic Mishegas
Introducing: Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger
Jonathan Swan: “He’s Just Gonna Do What He Wants To Do”
Adam Jentleson: Senate Campaign Sturm und Drang in Maine, Michigan & Beyond
Peter Baker & Susan Glasser: Is Trump Trying to Tank the GOP?
Jeff Blattner: A Tale of Two Confirmation Hearings — and Two Top-Tier Trump Toadies
Alex Wagner & Will Leitch: Platner’s Implosion & Trump’s Red Card
Maggie Haberman: The Hunter & The Hunted
Tad Devine: 2016 Revisited, Bernie’s Legacy & Democrats’ Wet Hot Socialist Summer
Bob Crawford: Avett Brothers, John Quincy Adams, & Other Joys of Americana
Chris Van Hollen: Hypocrisy, Complicity & the Democratic Rupture Over Israel
Guy Cecil: Democratic Senate Math + Mamdanistan Goes National
Eddie Glaude: Storybooks, Fairy Tales & America 250
Tim Miller: Trump’s Surrender & J.D.’s Blitzkrieg
Maya Wiley: “Trump’s DOJ Ain’t the Knicks”
Pablo Torre: How the Knicks Saved Their Season (and Sports Itself) by Reversing the Trump Curse
Jonathan Weber: Booms, Bubbles, Busts & Doom Loops in the City by the Bay
Andrew Weissmann: Lies, Damned Lies & Lying Liars (Todd Blanche Edition)
Chris Murphy: Everything Is Broken
Jonathan Martin: Crooked Ken v. Tofu Talarico
James Traub: When the Bough Breaks
Josh Tyrangiel: AI, What is it Good For? Absolutely Something (Say It Again)
Robert Kagan: Only Bad Options in Iran & Nothingburgers in Beijing
Dan Pfeiffer: Why Trump’s “I Don’t Think About Americans” Gaffe is the Worst Gaffe Ever
Michael Froman: Love Taps in Iran, Summitry in Beijing, & Schizophrenia in Ukraine
RZA Pt. 2: Wu-Tang Clan (Still) Ain’t Nothing to F*ck With
RZA Pt. 1: One Spoon of Chocolate Changes the Whole Glass of Milk
Chrissy Houlahan: Hegseth Goes Full Bondi & King Charles Needles Trump
Zanny Minton Beddoes: Trump as Closet Socialist, Midterm Madness, & The Looming Oil Supply Shock
Tom Nichols: “Shoot Your Mouth Off & Carry a Pop Gun”
Sebastian Mallaby: The Ghost in the Machine
Peter Hamby: Swalwell’s Fall, POTUS v. Pontifex, & The VP’s Podcast Mouth
Does Kara Swisher Really Want to Live Forever? Should We?
George Conway’s Single-Issue Congressional Campaign: “Get the F*cker Out”
Melissa Murray: Bondi Booted & Blanche Belittled as SCOTUS Trips the Light Craptastic
Jacob Frey: “If You Come For One of Us, You’re Coming for All of Us”
Richard Blumenthal: Vanity & Vengeance in the Oval Office, Chaos & Confusion in Iran
John Ellis: The Escalation Trap & The TACO Temptation
Jason Zengerle: War & Peace & MAGA’s Future in the Time of Tucker
Bill Kristol: No Nukes, No Joy, No Easy Way Out in Iran
Ken Burns: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution
Wendy Sherman: Incursions, Excursions, & Dire Straits (of Hormuz, That Is)
Jake Sullivan: Death & Destruction All Day Long – And Then What?
Mark Kelly & Puck Superfriends: War Games & Texas Tea
Scott Galloway: Resist & Unsubscribe, Boys & Men, Sam Altman & Agent Smith
Amanda Carpenter: Trump’s Stale, Ceaseless, Clout-Chasing SOTU
Josh Steiner: The F*ckup Diaries
Al Sharpton: How Jesse Jackson Kept Hope Alive
Marc Elias: Start the Steal
Sally Jenkins: The Bad Bunny Bowl, Quad God Olympics, & WaPo Sports Section (R.I.P.)
Catherine Rampell: Trump is Making China Greater & America Dumber
Alex Wagner: Minneapolis Mayhem & Epstein Files Fallout
Laurence Tribe: Immunity, Impunity & Why the Constitution Ain’t Dead Yet
Claire McCaskill: Trump, Bovino, Noem, The Boss & The Streets of Minneapolis
Patrick Gaspard, Pt. 2: The Audacity of Mamdani
Patrick Gaspard, Pt. 1: The Mamdani Whisperer on Year One of Trump 2.0
Chuck Klosterman: Are You Ready for Some “Football”?!?!
Jason Furman: Jerome Powell, Resistance Hero
Michael McFaul Pt 2: Autocrats Versus Democrats in Russia, China & America
Michael McFaul Pt 1: The Donroe Doctrine = The Dumbroe Doctrine
Andrew Weissmann: The Year Just Passed & Year Ahead, Rule of Law Edition
Ezra Klein: The Year in Politics, Part II
Jon Favreau & Jon Lovett: The Year in Politics, Part I
Chris Anderson: Karoline Leavitt Isn’t Rosalia (and Other Inconvenient Truths)
Jordan Klepper: Reiners R.I.P. & The Year in Late Night Comedy
Rick Wilson: “Strip Club Glitter Never Comes Off”
Barry McCaffrey: Trump’s War Aims in Venezuela = Maduro Out & Chevron In
Steven Lepper: Murder Was the Case (Off the Coast of Venezuela)
Mark Hertling: War Criminal, Cosplay Commandant, or Both?
Jonathan Karl: Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the President
Jonathan Freedland: The Traitor’s Circle (Live)
Stuart Stevens: Trumpism’s Pickett’s Charge & 2028’s Yawning Chasm
Tim Miller: Fissures, Fault Lines & The Great MAGA Crackup
Pat Ryan: Epstein Portents, Off-Year Omens & DJT’s Lame Duckification
Carol Leonnig: Disarray & Debauchery at the DOJ
Chris Matthews: What Dems Today Can Learn From RFK (Sr, not Jr!)
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