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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck
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389 episodes

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.

Episodes

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

about 17 hours ago

1h 22m


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

Jul. 13

1h 23m


Maggie Haberman: The Hunter & The Hunted

Jul. 10

1h 18m


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

Jul. 6

1h 14m


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

Jul. 3

1h 9m


Chris Van Hollen: Hypocrisy, Complicity & the Democratic Rupture Over Israel

Jun. 29

1h 19m


Guy Cecil: Democratic Senate Math + Mamdanistan Goes National

Jun. 26

1h 31m


Eddie Glaude: Storybooks, Fairy Tales & America 250

Jun. 22

1h 24m


Tim Miller: Trump’s Surrender & J.D.’s Blitzkrieg

Jun. 19

1h 18m


Maya Wiley: “Trump’s DOJ Ain’t the Knicks”

Jun. 15

1h 16m


Pablo Torre: How the Knicks Saved Their Season (and Sports Itself) by Reversing the Trump Curse

Jun. 12

1h 24m


Jonathan Weber: Booms, Bubbles, Busts & Doom Loops in the City by the Bay

Jun. 8

1h 21m


Andrew Weissmann: Lies, Damned Lies & Lying Liars (Todd Blanche Edition)

Jun. 5

1h 30m


Chris Murphy: Everything Is Broken

Jun. 1

58m


Jonathan Martin: Crooked Ken v. Tofu Talarico

May. 29

1h 18m


James Traub: When the Bough Breaks

May. 26

1h 22m


Josh Tyrangiel: AI, What is it Good For? Absolutely Something (Say It Again)

May. 22

1h 4m


Robert Kagan: Only Bad Options in Iran & Nothingburgers in Beijing

May. 18

1h 24m


Dan Pfeiffer: Why Trump’s “I Don’t Think About Americans” Gaffe is the Worst Gaffe Ever

May. 15

1h 13m


Michael Froman: Love Taps in Iran, Summitry in Beijing, & Schizophrenia in Ukraine

May. 11

1h 14m


RZA Pt. 2: Wu-Tang Clan (Still) Ain’t Nothing to F*ck With

May. 8

1h 9m


RZA Pt. 1: One Spoon of Chocolate Changes the Whole Glass of Milk

May. 4

55m


Chrissy Houlahan: Hegseth Goes Full Bondi & King Charles Needles Trump

May. 1

46m


Zanny Minton Beddoes: Trump as Closet Socialist, Midterm Madness, & The Looming Oil Supply Shock

Apr. 27

56m


Tom Nichols: “Shoot Your Mouth Off & Carry a Pop Gun”

Apr. 24

55m


Sebastian Mallaby: The Ghost in the Machine

Apr. 20

1h 16m


Peter Hamby: Swalwell’s Fall, POTUS v. Pontifex, & The VP’s Podcast Mouth

Apr. 17

1h 1m


Does Kara Swisher Really Want to Live Forever? Should We?

Apr. 13

52m


George Conway’s Single-Issue Congressional Campaign: “Get the F*cker Out”

Apr. 10

1h 22m


Melissa Murray: Bondi Booted & Blanche Belittled as SCOTUS Trips the Light Craptastic

Apr. 6

1h 6m


Jacob Frey: “If You Come For One of Us, You’re Coming for All of Us”

Apr. 3

58m


Richard Blumenthal: Vanity & Vengeance in the Oval Office, Chaos & Confusion in Iran

Mar. 30

1h 7m


John Ellis: The Escalation Trap & The TACO Temptation

Mar. 27

1h 19m


Jason Zengerle: War & Peace & MAGA’s Future in the Time of Tucker

Mar. 23

1h 21m


Bill Kristol: No Nukes, No Joy, No Easy Way Out in Iran

Mar. 20

1h 18m


Ken Burns: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution

Mar. 16

1h 9m


Wendy Sherman: Incursions, Excursions, & Dire Straits (of Hormuz, That Is)

Mar. 13

1h 4m


Jake Sullivan: Death & Destruction All Day Long – And Then What?

Mar. 9

1h 15m


Mark Kelly & Puck Superfriends: War Games & Texas Tea

Mar. 6

1h 13m


Scott Galloway: Resist & Unsubscribe, Boys & Men, Sam Altman & Agent Smith

Mar. 2

1h 11m


Amanda Carpenter: Trump’s Stale, Ceaseless, Clout-Chasing SOTU

Feb. 25

54m


Josh Steiner: The F*ckup Diaries

Feb. 23

1h 19m


Al Sharpton: How Jesse Jackson Kept Hope Alive

Feb. 20

58m


Marc Elias: Start the Steal

Feb. 16

1h 8m


Sally Jenkins: The Bad Bunny Bowl, Quad God Olympics, & WaPo Sports Section (R.I.P.)

Feb. 13

1h 13m


Catherine Rampell: Trump is Making China Greater & America Dumber

Feb. 9

1h 8m


Alex Wagner: Minneapolis Mayhem & Epstein Files Fallout

Feb. 6

1h 9m


Laurence Tribe: Immunity, Impunity & Why the Constitution Ain’t Dead Yet

Feb. 2

1h 14m


Claire McCaskill: Trump, Bovino, Noem, The Boss & The Streets of Minneapolis

Jan. 30

1h 10m


Patrick Gaspard, Pt. 2: The Audacity of Mamdani

Jan. 26

1h 11m


Patrick Gaspard, Pt. 1: The Mamdani Whisperer on Year One of Trump 2.0

Jan. 23

1h 1m


Chuck Klosterman: Are You Ready for Some “Football”?!?!

Jan. 19

1h 32m


Jason Furman: Jerome Powell, Resistance Hero

Jan. 16

1h 7m


Michael McFaul Pt 2: Autocrats Versus Democrats in Russia, China & America

Jan. 12

1h 23m


Michael McFaul Pt 1: The Donroe Doctrine = The Dumbroe Doctrine

Jan. 9

51m


Andrew Weissmann: The Year Just Passed & Year Ahead, Rule of Law Edition

Jan. 5

1h 11m


Ezra Klein: The Year in Politics, Part II

Dec. 29

1h 30m


Jon Favreau & Jon Lovett: The Year in Politics, Part I

Dec. 26

1h 15m


Chris Anderson: Karoline Leavitt Isn’t Rosalia (and Other Inconvenient Truths)

Dec. 22

1h 27m


Jordan Klepper: Reiners R.I.P. & The Year in Late Night Comedy

Dec. 19

1h 11m


Rick Wilson: “Strip Club Glitter Never Comes Off”

Dec. 15

1h 11m


Barry McCaffrey: Trump’s War Aims in Venezuela = Maduro Out & Chevron In

Dec. 12

1h 8m


Steven Lepper: Murder Was the Case (Off the Coast of Venezuela)

Dec. 8

1h 8m


bonus

Introducing How We Made Your Mother Season 2!

Dec. 6

5m


Mark Hertling: War Criminal, Cosplay Commandant, or Both?

Dec. 5

1h 16m


Jonathan Karl: Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the President

Dec. 1

1h 18m


Jonathan Freedland: The Traitor’s Circle (Live)

Nov. 28

1h 17m


Stuart Stevens: Trumpism’s Pickett’s Charge & 2028’s Yawning Chasm

Nov. 24

1h 14m


Tim Miller: Fissures, Fault Lines & The Great MAGA Crackup

Nov. 21

1h 21m


Pat Ryan: Epstein Portents, Off-Year Omens & DJT’s Lame Duckification

Nov. 17

54m


Carol Leonnig: Disarray & Debauchery at the DOJ

Nov. 14

1h 7m


Chris Matthews: What Dems Today Can Learn From RFK (Sr, not Jr!)

Nov. 10

1h 12m


bonus

Presenting: Otherworld | Zaza

Nov. 8

9m


Democrats & Dodgers Doubleheader with Jonathan Lemire

Nov. 7

1h 13m


2025 Election Preview with David Axelrod

Nov. 3

1h 9m


J. Michael Luttig: Trump’s Plan to Be President for Life Is No Joke

Oct. 31

1h 6m


Cameron Crowe, Pt 2: Backstage Passes & Lost Youth, Lester Bangs & Jeff Spicoli

Oct. 28

1h 35m


Cameron Crowe, Pt 1: The Birth of The Uncool

Oct. 27

1h 18m


Ro Khanna: Donald Trump’s Wrecking Ball & The Democrats' New Guard

Oct. 24

1h 13m


Don Lemon: Living La Vida YouTube

Oct. 20

1h 14m


Dennis Ross: Mideast Momentum & The Long Hard Road to Peace

Oct. 17

1h 19m


Pablo Torre: Bad Bunny & Bad Ballmer

Oct. 13

1h 25m


Michael Steele: First the Chainsaw, Now the Scythe

Oct. 10

1h 19m


Dylan Byers: Bari's New Perch & Kimmel's Curtain Call

Oct. 6

1h 4m


Jennifer Palmieri: Dems Are Winning the Shutdown Showdown (So Far)

Oct. 3

1h 7m


Floyd Abrams: Comey, Kimmel, & Trump’s Limitless Enemies List

Sep. 29

1h 8m


bonus

Introducing Simpsons Declassified with Nancy Cartwright

Sep. 27

2m


Rahm Emanuel: Jimmy Kimmel Shows Why Growing a Pair > Bending the Knee

Sep. 26

1h 10m


Drew Nieporent: The Restaurateur Who Remade New York

Sep. 22

1h 5m


Robert Draper & David Frum: Charlie Kirk Assassination Aftershocks

Sep. 19

1h 16m


Michael Osterholm: Be Afraid – Very Afraid – of RFK Jr. & The Next Pandemic

Sep. 15

1h 1m


Frank Figliuzzi: Charlie Kirk’s Killing & America’s Political Violence Crisis

Sep. 12

1h 10m


Rob Reiner: The Spinal Tap Sequel, Like the Original, Goes to 11

Sep. 8

1h 5m


Leigh Ann Caldwell: 12 Angry Women (& One Addled Man) Hit Capitol Hill

Sep. 5

53m


Jonathan Mahler: NYC’s 1980s Reinvention & The 40-Year Era it Spawned

Sep. 1

1h 28m


bonus

Presenting: The C-Word

Aug. 31

2m


Chuck Klosterman: Oasismania Overcomes America

Aug. 29

1h 36m


James Talarico: Flipping Seats & Flipping Tables in the Lone Star State

Aug. 25

1h 3m


Michael McFaul: Trump’s Red Carpet & Putin’s Middle Finger

Aug. 22

1h 4m


Dan Pfeiffer: Gavin’s Gamble, J.B.’s Jibes & Other Harbingers of 2028

Aug. 18

1h 2m