Impolitic with John Heilemann

By: Audacy | Puck
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  • 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.
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Episodes
  • Maya Wiley: The Rule of Lawlessness

    Maya Wiley: The Rule of Lawlessness
    Apr 18 2025
    John is joined by Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, to discuss the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and its implications for the rule of law in America. Wiley argues that the case -- and Donald Trump's open defiance of the Supreme Court's unanimous order that the administration facilitate Garcia's repatriation from a notorious penal colony in El Salvador -- is about more than Garcia's fate, immigration or foreign policy, the Trump administration's deportation agenda, or even the constitutional principle of due process. It's about Trump's yen for unchecked power, and how, if he gets it, the next Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be you. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Steve Rattner: No Way to Run a Railroad (Let Alone the World Economy)

    Steve Rattner: No Way to Run a Railroad (Let Alone the World Economy)
    Apr 14 2025
    John is joined by longtime Wall Street eminence and former “car czar” Steve Rattner to discuss the impact of Donald Trump’s tariff jihad on global financial markets and the American economy. Rattner explains why the theory of the case animating Trump’s protectionist agenda is “disjointed,” “illogical,” and “incoherent,” and its execution has been even worse; why the reputational damage the U.S. is suffering as a result among its allies around the world will be difficult to undo; why the claims by Trump’s advisers that last week’s abrupt policy shifts were all part of some master plan are ludicrous on their face; and why the endgame of the full-scale trade war now underway with China is impossible to foresee. Rattner also assesses the degree of fiscal irresponsibility Republican budget plan making its way through Congress—and whether the chickens may finally be about to come home to roost when it comes to America's unprecedented debt and deficits. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Chris Krebs: Cyberattacks, Cyberdefenses & Trump 2.0’s Cybersurrender

    Chris Krebs: Cyberattacks, Cyberdefenses & Trump 2.0’s Cybersurrender
    Apr 11 2025
    John is joined by former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Chris Krebs to discuss the Trump 2.0 rollback of the nation’s cyberdefenses—an interview taped just an hour before Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate Krebs, who earned the president’s enmity four years ago by declaring the 2020 election “the most secure in American history.” Krebs details the rapidly escalating and dramatically expanding threats posed by Chinese and Russian hackers to America's corporations, public and private infrastructure, and voting systems; how and why the administration is dismantling the agencies and programs designed to stave off those threats; and the potential risks to the security of our elections as a result of gutting CISA, the organization Krebs once led … and Trump himself signed into law. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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I first saw John Heilemann on Nicks Wallace’s MSNBC show and I liked listening to his point of view of the various topics. It’s better here because it’s more than a few minutes.
John’s guests are the best of the best so thanks for letting us get to hear their full opinions on whatever is going on at the time.

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podcast Hell & High water/Joe Scarborough

Love ❤️ your Podcast. enjoyed listening to Joe. Watch him every morning.
l listen to your podcast a lot too!

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Great News!

I learned so much! Maybe I don't want to live forever but the possibility of living longer with a better quality of life has never been more accessible than it is today. I can't wait to watch the PBS series. I will find it and enjoy it I'm sure. thank you John Heilman for having such interesting guests!

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TERRIFIC

John is one of the best Journalist today. Don't listen to many Podcast but I don't miss this one.

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Insightful and important!!

Thank you so much for what you do, John and for bringing a very pertinent guest on, such as Debbie Dingell. The piece with her on The Circus was something I often revisited because it brought such high hopes to the eminent election of Joe Biden .They were hopes for much needed change to the political climate. This deeper dive really shed light into the important causes Ms. Dingell values and her invaluable work in Congress. I’d like to thank her for her bravery in sharing personal experiences that will undoubtedly help people in domestic violence situations and also surprisingly, in vaccine hesitations matters. You are such a brilliant light ,John and I personally thank you for drawing out many important points from Not only this interview, but every one you undertake!

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