
Impolitic with John Heilemann
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