Impolitic with John Heilemann

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Maya Wiley: “Trump’s DOJ Ain’t the Knicks”

1:20:02Jun 15, 2026

Pablo Torre: How the Knicks Saved Their Season (and Sports Itself) by Reversing the Trump Curse

Impolitic with John Heilemann

1:27:51Jun 12, 2026

Jonathan Weber: Booms, Bubbles, Busts & Doom Loops in the City by the Bay

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1:24:54Jun 8, 2026

Andrew Weissmann: Lies, Damned Lies & Lying Liars (Todd Blanche Edition)

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1:34:10Jun 5, 2026

Chris Murphy: Everything Is Broken

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1:01:34Jun 1, 2026

Jonathan Martin: Crooked Ken v. Tofu Talarico

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1:21:20May 29, 2026

James Traub: When the Bough Breaks

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1:26:10May 26, 2026

Josh Tyrangiel: AI, What is it Good For? Absolutely Something (Say It Again)

Impolitic with John Heilemann

1:07:51May 22, 2026

Robert Kagan: Only Bad Options in Iran & Nothingburgers in Beijing

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1:28:00May 18, 2026

Dan Pfeiffer: Why Trump’s “I Don’t Think About Americans” Gaffe is the Worst Gaffe Ever

Impolitic with John Heilemann

1:16:27May 15, 2026

Michael Froman: Love Taps in Iran, Summitry in Beijing, & Schizophrenia in Ukraine

Impolitic with John Heilemann

1:17:53May 11, 2026

RZA Pt. 2: Wu-Tang Clan (Still) Ain’t Nothing to F*ck With

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1:12:19May 8, 2026

RZA Pt. 1: One Spoon of Chocolate Changes the Whole Glass of Milk

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58:19May 4, 2026

Chrissy Houlahan: Hegseth Goes Full Bondi & King Charles Needles Trump

Impolitic with John Heilemann

50:04May 1, 2026

Zanny Minton Beddoes: Trump as Closet Socialist, Midterm Madness, & The Looming Oil Supply Shock

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59:38Apr 27, 2026

Tom Nichols: “Shoot Your Mouth Off & Carry a Pop Gun”

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59:04Apr 24, 2026

Sebastian Mallaby: The Ghost in the Machine

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1:19:48Apr 20, 2026

Peter Hamby: Swalwell’s Fall, POTUS v. Pontifex, & The VP’s Podcast Mouth

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1:04:53Apr 17, 2026

Does Kara Swisher Really Want to Live Forever? Should We?

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55:58Apr 13, 2026

George Conway’s Single-Issue Congressional Campaign: “Get the F*cker Out”

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1:25:52Apr 10, 2026

Melissa Murray: Bondi Booted & Blanche Belittled as SCOTUS Trips the Light Craptastic

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1:09:54Apr 6, 2026

Jacob Frey: “If You Come For One of Us, You’re Coming for All of Us”

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1:02:00Apr 3, 2026

Richard Blumenthal: Vanity & Vengeance in the Oval Office, Chaos & Confusion in Iran

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1:11:09Mar 30, 2026

John Ellis: The Escalation Trap & The TACO Temptation

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1:22:23Mar 27, 2026

Jason Zengerle: War & Peace & MAGA’s Future in the Time of Tucker

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1:24:35Mar 23, 2026

Bill Kristol: No Nukes, No Joy, No Easy Way Out in Iran

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1:22:10Mar 20, 2026

Ken Burns: Talkin’ Bout a Revolution

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1:12:15Mar 16, 2026

Wendy Sherman: Incursions, Excursions, & Dire Straits (of Hormuz, That Is)

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1:07:59Mar 13, 2026

Jake Sullivan: Death & Destruction All Day Long – And Then What?

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1:18:47Mar 9, 2026

Mark Kelly & Puck Superfriends: War Games & Texas Tea

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1:16:26Mar 6, 2026

Scott Galloway: Resist & Unsubscribe, Boys & Men, Sam Altman & Agent Smith

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1:15:10Mar 2, 2026

Amanda Carpenter: Trump’s Stale, Ceaseless, Clout-Chasing SOTU

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57:58Feb 25, 2026

Josh Steiner: The F*ckup Diaries

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1:22:22Feb 23, 2026

Al Sharpton: How Jesse Jackson Kept Hope Alive

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1:02:14Feb 20, 2026

Marc Elias: Start the Steal

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1:11:21Feb 16, 2026

Sally Jenkins: The Bad Bunny Bowl, Quad God Olympics, & WaPo Sports Section (R.I.P.)

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1:16:42Feb 13, 2026

Catherine Rampell: Trump is Making China Greater & America Dumber

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1:12:13Feb 9, 2026

Alex Wagner: Minneapolis Mayhem & Epstein Files Fallout

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1:12:47Feb 6, 2026

Laurence Tribe: Immunity, Impunity & Why the Constitution Ain’t Dead Yet

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1:17:40Feb 2, 2026

Claire McCaskill: Trump, Bovino, Noem, The Boss & The Streets of Minneapolis

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1:13:38Jan 30, 2026

Patrick Gaspard, Pt. 2: The Audacity of Mamdani

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1:15:05Jan 26, 2026

Patrick Gaspard, Pt. 1: The Mamdani Whisperer on Year One of Trump 2.0

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1:04:31Jan 23, 2026

Chuck Klosterman: Are You Ready for Some “Football”?!?!

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1:35:23Jan 19, 2026

Jason Furman: Jerome Powell, Resistance Hero

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1:10:46Jan 16, 2026

Michael McFaul Pt 2: Autocrats Versus Democrats in Russia, China & America

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1:26:24Jan 12, 2026

Michael McFaul Pt 1: The Donroe Doctrine = The Dumbroe Doctrine

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54:58Jan 9, 2026

Andrew Weissmann: The Year Just Passed & Year Ahead, Rule of Law Edition

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1:14:27Jan 5, 2026

Ezra Klein: The Year in Politics, Part II

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1:33:36Dec 29, 2025

Jon Favreau & Jon Lovett: The Year in Politics, Part I

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1:18:38Dec 26, 2025

Chris Anderson: Karoline Leavitt Isn’t Rosalia (and Other Inconvenient Truths)

Impolitic with John Heilemann

1:31:10Dec 22, 2025