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

What's visible there is small fraction of full collection -- never bothered to count, but the total runs to many thousands.

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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.

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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 · 26/11/2025

I promise never to use any words they don't already hear on social media and at school every day:

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I have no idea what's got you feeling cranky but fuck you too.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I was talking about Pete Wilson.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Jerry Brown ran in 1992 -- and what's your point?

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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 · 25/10/2025

I have an different idea: you stay in your lane, and while you're there, maybe rethink the presumption that it's your job to tell people you've never met what they can or can't say and what lane they need to stay in. Because, newsflash, it's really not.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Prop 13 was a huge deal with long-lasting implications, but I don’t recall mass public demonstrations over it (for or against) in the Valley.

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Gosh thanks for all the insights about the place where I grew up. 🙄

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John Heilemann @jheil.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Yep — momentary memory lapse/confusion between crime scene and trial venue.

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

Close -- it's a picture of John Heilemann. He's the host of the show.

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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

And finally, the one and only #RobReiner previewed the release of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" in theaters this Friday -- as well talking abt the influence of the "This Is Spinal Tap" and his non-Tap directorial career. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... 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

Then my @puck.news partner and pal @lacaldwelldc.bsky.social chopped up the return of Congress to DC after recess, Epstein & RFK Jr developments on the Hill, and the prospect of a govt shutdown on Oct 1. open.spotify.com/episode/3tAX... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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

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

First we had Bronx Is Burning author @jonathanmahler.bsky.social on to talk about his terrific new book The Gods of New York -- and our time together in college as teammates (intramural softball) cellmates (Evanston Township jail). open.spotify.com/episode/1M9u... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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

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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

Never been a Republican a day in my life, ma'am.

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

The second, which dropped this morning, features former 6th-grade teacher, current Texas state rep, aspiring preacher, likely Senate candidate, and Dem rising star @jamestalarico.bsky.social talking abt his state's new congressional map and the war over redistricting. puck.news/podcasts/imp...

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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 · 19/08/2025

It would be easier to tolerate the self-importance and self-certainty in this comment if it didn't open with such a glaring display of factual ignorance (the book debuted at #2 on the NYT bestseller list -- hard to pull off if "no one is reading" it).

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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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