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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Nearly 30 years after we first met, still gabbing up a storm with @theblatt.bsky.social.

John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! As week 2 of the Iran war unfolds, 2 eps on the topic with 2 tip top guests: Senator Mark Kelly and former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Politics Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · 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 in...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

My pal @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social has a superb new book out: "The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them." I'll be interviewing him about it on Thurs in NYC; get tickets to come see us here: tinyurl.com/4585sfjt

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Thank *you* for coming on and being your usual hard-nosed, clear-eyed, reality-based (and good-humored -- despite, well, everything) self, @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social. 🙏🙏🙏

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thanks for inviting me @jheil.bsky.social for this deep dive discussion:

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi on the manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer, the state of the bureau under Kash Patel, and America's political violence epidemic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/6GRV...

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

Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 09/12/2025 · 1h 14m

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Sheila G 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @sheilaginhb.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I'm posting some of my favorite pods from the week. Don't know about you but I needed a break. Here's @jheil.bsky.social and Rob Reiner talking about Spinal Tap 2. Comes out on Friday and that's turning it up to 11! open.spotify.com/episode/3FwP...

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

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Been remiss about posting, so playing catch-up here on the past 3 superb episodes of #ImpoliticJH. See thread below for guests and links:

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Oasis prepares to take the stage in NY, the great Chuck Klosterman explains why America is finally falling for the Gallahger brothers 30 years after their reigen as kings of Britpop. Apple: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04EC...

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Chuck Klosterman: Oasismania Overcomes America

Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 08/29/2025 · 1h 40m

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Two cracking new eps of #ImpoliticJH, the first with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social talking Trump, Putin, Zelensky, Europe, the state of play in the war in Ukraine, and last week's exercises in summitry, sophistry, and sound & fury, signifying next to nothing: puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! @danpfeiffer.bsky.social is back, talking @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, @jbpritzker.bsky.social, the redistricting wars, & 2028; young Democratic phenoms @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social; and the story Dems need to be telling about Trump & the GOP. Links below:

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On Friday's ep of #ImpoliticJH, the fabulous @cbrennansports.bsky.social talks abt her new bestselling book, "On Her Game," abt @CaitlinClark22 & the transformation of the @WNBA and women's sports. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3y2H...

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Christine Brennan: Caitlin Clark’s Culture Wars & the WNBA’s Cluelessness

Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 08/15/2025 · 1h 31m

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The States Forum @statesforum.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🎧New pod alert: Our founders Adam Pritzker and Daniel Squadron joined the latest episode of #ImpoliticJH with @jheil.bsky.social to chat about how we can catalyze the power of the states to uphold American values and achieve the American Promise.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Sheee's baaack ... by popular demand, @nicollewallace.bsky.social joins #ImpoliticJH to talk MAGA & Epstein, Brennan & Comey, her new podcast "The Best People" and her endless love for @thebearfx.bsky.social. How many F-bombs does she drop? Hit one of the links below to find out!

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Been off the socials so I'm a little late on cranking up the hype machine, but while the past two eps of #ImpoliticJH could hardly be more different, both are 🔥. See below ...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former UBS Americas CEO and 3-time Obama appointee Robert Wolf joins the show to gab about Elon's exit; Trump, trade, and why the 🌮 meme is such a 🎯; and his take on "Original Sin" + regrets about Joe Biden. open.spotify.com/episode/3Ibq...

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Robert Wolf: Elon’s Adios, Biden Agonistes & The TACO That Ate Trump

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 Two new pods for your Memorial Day listening pleasure: (1) Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson" join the show to talk about their buzzy new book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." open.spotify.com/episode/2CqU...

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Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson: Joe Biden's Sins & His Party's Penance

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 Moochpod alert! Talking through the Waltz-Rubio shakeup, why Trump sucks so bad at firing people, the culture of sycophancy in his cabinet, and why his war on dolls is a tell that he's gonna cave on tariffs with the one & only @scaramucci.bsky.social. Links below:

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 ICYMI pod alert! Didn't have a chance to flag last week's drops (I was uplugged and off the grid). But you don't want to miss the timeless NeverTrump stylings of @gtconway.bsky.social & Stuart Stevens or a fascinating visit with Susan Morrison about her biography of Lorne Michaels. Links below:

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Trump 2.0 hits the 100-day mark, my @puck.news political superfriend @peterhamby.bsky.social joins Impolitic to break down what we've seen, what's mattered most, and how Democrats and Resistance 2.0 are faring. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/6PMf...

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Peter Hamby: The First 100 Days (Almost) of Trump 2.0

Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 04/28/2025 · 1h 13m

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On Weds, I intv'd Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social about how/why the Trump admin is dismantling America's cyberdefenses. An hour later, Trump issued his outrageous order that the DOJ investigate Krebs—whose professionalism+patriotism shine through on the pod. Links below.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On the heels of the GOP's shellacking in WI thanks to Musk and the financial market meltdown thanks to Trump, journalistic legend @ronfournier.bsky.social and WI Dem chair @benwikler.bsky.social assess our co-presidents' "Appetite for Destruction." Links below:

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Ron Fournier & Ben Wikler: Appetite for Destruction

Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 04/04/2025 · 1h 17m

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Two fresh eps to feast your 👂s on: (1) @markwarner.bsky.social & @therickwilson.bsky.social go deep and wide on Signalgate; (2) @peterbakernyt.bsky.social & @sbg1.bsky.social on fallout from that fiasco + why Trump's DC is starting to feel like Moscow on the Potomac. Links below.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Two new eps of #ImpoliticJH and one new #HacksOnTap in 3 days: @weissmann11.bsky.social on Trump's war on the judiciary (and on him!); new @puck.news star @lacaldwelldc.bsky.social on Capitol Hill as Capitol Hell; and @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social w me & Axe on Hacks. Links below.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! @lievschreiber.bsky.social discusses his humanitarian aid work at BlueCheck Ukraine, his friendship with Zelensky, which side actually wants the 🇷🇺-🇺🇦 war tio end. and his plans to return soon to the stage (under the auspices of Hugh Jackman!). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Liev Schreiber: Slava Ukraini!

Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 03/17/2025 · 1h 25m

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Senate Democrats seem prepared to fold their hand when they finally have some cards to play, @repauchincloss.bsky.social explains why voting for the CR makes Democrats "acquiescent to the chaos and corruption of the [Trump] administration." puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New Hacks On Tap is up! @murphymike.bsky.social and I are joined former Clinton WH political director Doug Sosnik to weigh in on the tariff wars, Wall Street waking up to Trumponomics, the politics of stagflation, the market's Tesla Chainsaw Massacre, and more. www.hacksontap.com/episodes/the...

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The Recession Will Be Televised (with Doug Sosnik) — Hacks on Tap

The Hacks are back, and so is the economy’s latest identity crisis. This week, Heilemann and Murphy are joined by veteran political strategist and former Clinton White House advisor Doug Sosnik! The H...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! In the wake of a paradigm-shifting and maybe -shattering fortnight viz the war in Ukraine, @mashagessen.bsky.social joins #ImpoliticJH to discuss Trump's affinity for Putin and what it means for Ukraine, Russia, and the whole of Europe. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Politics Podcast · 2 Seasons · Updated Semiweekly

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! With prices rising, markets falling, and growth stalling, my once-upon-a-time teacher and forever pal @rbreich.bsky.social explains why Trumponomics is leading the US towards stagflation — and why Dems, pace James Carville, shouldn't just play possum. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former @washingtonpost.com executive editor Marty Baron discusses how Jeff Bezos's acts of obeisance to Trump are debasing a once-great newspaper—and how the Fourth Estate is holding up against the White House's efforts to undermine America's free press. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! In the wake of the awful, shocking, embarrassing fuckshow just now in the Oval Office, my conversation yesterday with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social is all the more enlightening, bracing, and ominous abt what lies ahead for Ukraine ... and the world. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

New Hacks on Tap is up! With Axe & Murphy MIA, we've got The Bulwark's @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social & @americanprogress.bsky.social's Patrick Gaspard hacking away at Elon emailing govt works, Trump dumping on Zelensky, Carville predicting a GOP collapse, & more. www.hacksontap.com/episodes/rus...

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Russian Roulette (with Sarah Longwell & Patrick Gaspard) — Hacks on Tap

Heilemann’s flying solo this week, but fear not! In the absence of Axe & Murphy, Heilemann is joined by two Hacks renowned for their razor-sharp analysis and impeccable wit: Sarah Longwell and Amb...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! In Part 2 of our doubleheader on Trump 2.0 & the courts, @joycevance.bsky.social joins #ImpoliticJH to discuss the Eric Adams case: why the DOJ's move to drop charges against NY's mayor is unwarranted & improper, and a threat to the rule of law. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! In Part 1 of a special two-part #ImpoliticJH on the battle being waged in courts across the country against the Trump-Musk agenda, we have the one & only @preetbharara.bsky.social — thoughtful, razor-sharp, deeply concerned but refusing to yield to panic. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! @draperrobert.bsky.social discusses his new NYT Mag profile of MAGA youth power broker Charlie Kirk, the first 4 weeks of Trump 2.0, and whether Dems are starting to find their voice as the opposition party (beyond calling Elon Musk a dick, that is). puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On the eve of NBA All Star weekend, we take a break from politics to talk hoops w/ the great and powerful Woj: from Luka's hero worship of Lebron and Woj's devotion to St Bonaventure bball to whether he misses the Woj Bomb era like a phantom limb. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Per Trump, the only thing bigger than the Super Bowl is the, ahem, Gulf of America. But Jonathan Martin delivers a Superdome field report suggesting Trump is — shockingly! — full of it. Oh and @murphymike.bsky.social is his usual brilliant self on a new Hacks on Tap: hacksontap.com/episodes/mak...

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Make America Gulf Again (with Jonathan Martin) — Hacks on Tap

Forget the Super Bowl—Trump’s Gulf of America is the real spectacle this week. Murphy and Heilemann are joined by the expert Hackeroo and savant, Jonathan Martin, to break it all down. JMart dives int...

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