Impolitic with John Heilemann

Neera Tanden: J.D. Vance’s Projections, Hasan Piker's Fixations & the Battle for the Democratic Party

John welcomes Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, to discuss the midterm elections and the fierce fights among the Democratic Party’s war

Anand Giridharadas: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny, Donald Trump & The Politics of Abandonment

John welcomes journalist Anand Giridharadas to discuss his new best-selling book, “Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City,” about the death

Anthony Scaramucci: “He Wants Them to Lose”

John welcomes back Skybridge Capital founder and Trump Wall Street apostate Anthony Scaramucci to discuss the president’s mindset and machinations as he barrels towards a

Marques Johnson: Crenshaw Chronicles, HOF Snubs & White Men Who Still Can’t Jump

John welcomes former UCLA and Milwaukee Bucks star Marques Johnson to discuss his new book, “The Crenshaw Chronicles,” and all things NBA. Johnson explains why the infamy

Nitasha Tiku: Self-Regulation, Rogue Agents & Mainstreaming the AI Apocalypse

John welcomes Washington Post tech culture reporter Nitasha Tiku to discuss this mind-blowing, deeply unnerving moment in the evolution of AI. Tiku explains the genesis o

Mark Hertling: Trump on the World Stage is WAY Beyond Embarrassing

John welcomes retired three-star general and former U.S. Army Europe commander Mark Hertling to discuss Donald Trump’s turns on the world stage at the United Nations Gene

Naomi Klein: Let the End Times Roll

John welcomes Naomi Klein, arguably the left’s most prominent and influential public intellectual, to discuss her new best-selling book, “End Times Fascism,” co-authored

Platypus Economics

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Alex Wagner: Trump’s AI Hallucinations & Reagan’s Court Burglars

John welcomes back Alex Wagner, host of Runaway Country for Crooked Media and senior political analyst at MS Now, to discuss her new book, “The Steal: Four Right-Wing Har

Jacob Weisberg: Bonfire of the Enablers

John welcomes Jacob Weisberg, co-founder of Pushkin Industries and former editor of Slate, to discuss his new book, “Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in th

Adam Jentleson: Senate Battleground Update + The Case for Big Tent Populism

John welcomes back Searchlight Institute president Adam Jentleson to discuss the post-Labor Day Senate battleground map and his new book, “Supermajority: How Democrats Ca

Lawrence Wright: 25 Years Later, Remembering 9/11

John is joined by Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 2001 at

Sarah Longwell: Vox Populi, Vox Dei

John is joined by publisher of The Bulwark and apostate Republican strategist Sarah Longwell to discuss the midterm elections, 2028, and her new book, “How to Eat an Elep

Dave Regan: Will California Kick Its Billionaires in the Bollocks?

John is joined by combative California union boss Dave Regan to discuss Proposition 40, his state’s controversial ballot measure to levy a one-time, 5 percent wealth tax

Adam Hamilton & Denise Powell: Two Great Plains Midterm Upsets in the Making

John is joined by two first-time Democratic office-seekers — Adam Hamilton, the party’s Senate candidate in Kansas, and Denise Powell, its House candidate in NE-02 — to d

Skye Perryman: The Cavalry Isn’t Coming – Saving Democracy Is Up To Us

John is joined by Democracy Forward CEO Skye Perryman to discuss Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, and the threats they pose to America’s elections and the rule of law. Perryma

Kurt Andersen, Pt. 2: AI Intimacies, Sci-Fi with Soderbergh, & The (Fictional) Death of Trump

In the second installment of a two-part episode with best-selling author Kurt Andersen, John and Kurt continue their discussion of Andersen's new novel, “The Breakup." Ku

Kurt Andersen, Pt. 1: Visions of America After a Second Civil War

John welcomes bestselling author, Spy magazine co-founder, and Peabody Award-winning radio host Kurt Andersen for the first installment of a two-part episode focused on h

Raul Torrez: The State AG Suing Todd Blanche’s DOJ after Spanking Meta in Court

John welcomes New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez to discuss his landmark litigation against Meta and his new crusade against the Justice Department over the Epstein

David Remnick: The Woman Who Speaks for the DSA & the Man Who Could Beat Bibi

John welcomes David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, to discuss his recent viral podcast interview with DSA co-chair Megan Romer and his latest magnum opus on Israel. R