# Impolitic with John Heilemann Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107.md RSS feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/hell-high-water Official site: https://www.audacy.com/podcast/hell-high-water-with-john-heilemann-d7e64 Author: Audacy | Puck Episodes: 379 ## Resource 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. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107.md ## Episodes - [Pablo Torre: How the Knicks Saved Their Season (and Sports Itself) by Reversing the Trump Curse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/pablo-torre-how-the-knicks-saved-their-season-and-sports-itself-by-reversing-the-trump-curse) — 2026-06-12T19:33:00+00:00 - [Jonathan Weber: Booms, Bubbles, Busts & Doom Loops in the City by the Bay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/jonathan-weber-booms-bubbles-busts-doom-loops-in-the-city-by-the-bay) — 2026-06-08T15:54:00+00:00 - [Andrew Weissmann: Lies, Damned Lies & Lying Liars (Todd Blanche Edition)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/andrew-weissmann-lies-damned-lies-lying-liars-todd-blanche-edition) — 2026-06-05T16:01:00+00:00 - [Chris Murphy: Everything Is Broken](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/chris-murphy-everything-is-broken) — 2026-06-01T14:54:00+00:00 - [Jonathan Martin: Crooked Ken v. Tofu Talarico](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/jonathan-martin-crooked-ken-v-tofu-talarico) — 2026-05-29T07:00:00+00:00 - [James Traub: When the Bough Breaks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/james-traub-when-the-bough-breaks) — 2026-05-26T14:58:00+00:00 - [Josh Tyrangiel: AI, What is it Good For? Absolutely Something (Say It Again)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/josh-tyrangiel-ai-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-something-say-it-again) — 2026-05-22T07:00:00+00:00 - [Robert Kagan: Only Bad Options in Iran & Nothingburgers in Beijing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/robert-kagan-only-bad-options-in-iran-nothingburgers-in-beijing) — 2026-05-18T17:14:00+00:00 - [Dan Pfeiffer: Why Trump’s “I Don’t Think About Americans” Gaffe is the Worst Gaffe Ever](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/dan-pfeiffer-why-trump-s-i-don-t-think-about-americans-gaffe-is-the-worst-gaffe-ever) — 2026-05-15T07:00:00+00:00 - [Michael Froman: Love Taps in Iran, Summitry in Beijing, & Schizophrenia in Ukraine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/michael-froman-love-taps-in-iran-summitry-in-beijing-schizophrenia-in-ukraine) — 2026-05-11T07:00:00+00:00 - [RZA Pt. 2: Wu-Tang Clan (Still) Ain’t Nothing to F*ck With](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/rza-pt-2-wu-tang-clan-still-ain-t-nothing-to-f-ck-with) — 2026-05-08T07:00:00+00:00 - [RZA Pt. 1: One Spoon of Chocolate Changes the Whole Glass of Milk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/rza-pt-1-one-spoon-of-chocolate-changes-the-whole-glass-of-milk) — 2026-05-04T20:09:00+00:00 - [Chrissy Houlahan: Hegseth Goes Full Bondi & King Charles Needles Trump](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/chrissy-houlahan-hegseth-goes-full-bondi-king-charles-needles-trump) — 2026-05-01T07:00:00+00:00 - [Zanny Minton Beddoes: Trump as Closet Socialist, Midterm Madness, & The Looming Oil Supply Shock](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/zanny-minton-beddoes-trump-as-closet-socialist-midterm-madness-the-looming-oil-supply-shock) — 2026-04-27T14:38:00+00:00 - [Tom Nichols: “Shoot Your Mouth Off & Carry a Pop Gun”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/tom-nichols-shoot-your-mouth-off-carry-a-pop-gun) — 2026-04-24T07:00:00+00:00 - [Sebastian Mallaby: The Ghost in the Machine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/sebastian-mallaby-the-ghost-in-the-machine) — 2026-04-20T16:11:00+00:00 - [Peter Hamby: Swalwell’s Fall, POTUS v. Pontifex, & The VP’s Podcast Mouth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/peter-hamby-swalwell-s-fall-potus-v-pontifex-the-vp-s-podcast-mouth) — 2026-04-17T07:03:00+00:00 - [Does Kara Swisher Really Want to Live Forever? Should We?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/does-kara-swisher-really-want-to-live-forever-should-we) — 2026-04-13T20:09:00+00:00 - [George Conway’s Single-Issue Congressional Campaign: “Get the F*cker Out”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/george-conway-s-single-issue-congressional-campaign-get-the-f-cker-out) — 2026-04-10T18:10:00+00:00 - [Melissa Murray: Bondi Booted & Blanche Belittled as SCOTUS Trips the Light Craptastic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/melissa-murray-bondi-booted-blanche-belittled-as-scotus-trips-the-light-craptastic) — 2026-04-06T15:44:00+00:00 - [Jacob Frey: “If You Come For One of Us, You’re Coming for All of Us”](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/jacob-frey-if-you-come-for-one-of-us-you-re-coming-for-all-of-us) — 2026-04-03T19:38:00+00:00 - [Richard Blumenthal: Vanity & Vengeance in the Oval Office, Chaos & Confusion in Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/richard-blumenthal-vanity-vengeance-in-the-oval-office-chaos-confusion-in-iran) — 2026-03-30T07:00:00+00:00 - [John Ellis: The Escalation Trap & The TACO Temptation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/john-ellis-the-escalation-trap-the-taco-temptation) — 2026-03-27T13:58:00+00:00 - [Jason Zengerle: War & Peace & MAGA’s Future in the Time of Tucker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/jason-zengerle-war-peace-maga-s-future-in-the-time-of-tucker) — 2026-03-23T07:00:00+00:00 - [Bill Kristol: No Nukes, No Joy, No Easy Way Out in Iran](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/bill-kristol-no-nukes-no-joy-no-easy-way-out-in-iran) — 2026-03-20T14:25:00+00:00 - [Ken Burns: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/ken-burns-talkin-bout-a-revolution) — 2026-03-16T07:01:00+00:00 - [Wendy Sherman: Incursions, Excursions, & Dire Straits (of Hormuz, That Is)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/impolitic-with-john-heilemann-1329107/wendy-sherman-incursions-excursions-dire-straits-of-hormuz-that-is) — 2026-03-13T07:01:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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