Impolitic with John Heilemann

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

Jim Windolf: Dylan & The Beatles — Minds in Dialogue that Changed the World

John welcomes author Jim Windolf to discuss his new book, “Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and The Beatles Changed Each Other—and the World.” Windolf details the

Ben Wikler: It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To

John welcomes back former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Ben Wikler to discuss this week’s headline-making Senate primary in Michigan, next week’s gubernatorial prim

“Raise Your Hopeful Voice” — Glen Hansard, R.I.P.

John welcomes Rolling Stone writer Jonathan Bernstein to discuss the life, music, and legacy of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who died tragically last week in a m

Lis Smith: Michigan as Microcosm of Democratic Mishegas

John welcomes back Democratic strategist Lis Smith to discuss the intra-party factional civil war playing out in the Michigan Senate primary. Best known as the communicat

Introducing: Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger

There’s a lot of dopey financial advice out there. Jill Schlesinger is here to call it out, answer your questions, break down the financial news that actually matters, an

Jonathan Swan: “He’s Just Gonna Do What He Wants To Do”

John welcomes New York York Times White House reporter Jonathan Swan to discuss his runaway No. 1 bestseller, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Tru

Adam Jentleson: Senate Campaign Sturm und Drang in Maine, Michigan & Beyond

John welcomes Senate savant and Searchlight Institute president Adam Jentleson to discuss the Democrats’ fraught path to retaking control of the upper chamber. A former s

Peter Baker & Susan Glasser: Is Trump Trying to Tank the GOP?

John welcomes back the John and Yoko (Ike and Tina? Sonny and Cher?) of Beltway journalistic power couples, the New York Times’s Peter Baker and The New Yorker’s Susan Gl

Jeff Blattner: A Tale of Two Confirmation Hearings — and Two Top-Tier Trump Toadies

John welcomes former Senate Judiciary Committee senior staffer and deputy assistant attorney general Jeff Blattner to discuss the confirmation hearings of Todd Blanche an

Alex Wagner & Will Leitch: Platner’s Implosion & Trump’s Red Card

John welcomes back two blue-chip friends of the pod—Alex Wagner, host of Crooked Media’s “Runaway Country” and MS Now senior political analyst, and New York magazine colu

Maggie Haberman: The Hunter & The Hunted

John welcomes back New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman to discuss her runaway No. 1 bestseller, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Don

Tad Devine: 2016 Revisited, Bernie’s Legacy & Democrats’ Wet Hot Socialist Summer

John welcomes longtime Democratic strategist Tad Devine to discuss his new book “How the Democrats Screwed Bernie” and the long shadow cast by the 2016 primary between Sa

Bob Crawford: Avett Brothers, John Quincy Adams, & Other Joys of Americana

John welcomes Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford to discuss his new book, “America’s Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, From President to Political Maverick.” Crawford exp