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Impolitic with John Heilemann

346 episodes

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)

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1:31:10Dec 22, 2025

Jordan Klepper: Reiners R.I.P. & The Year in Late Night Comedy

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1:14:15Dec 19, 2025

Rick Wilson: “Strip Club Glitter Never Comes Off”

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1:14:37Dec 15, 2025

Barry McCaffrey: Trump’s War Aims in Venezuela = Maduro Out & Chevron In

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1:12:09Dec 12, 2025

Steven Lepper: Murder Was the Case (Off the Coast of Venezuela)

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1:11:52Dec 8, 2025

Mark Hertling: War Criminal, Cosplay Commandant, or Both?

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1:19:27Dec 5, 2025

Jonathan Karl: Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the President

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1:22:13Dec 1, 2025

Jonathan Freedland: The Traitor’s Circle (Live)

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1:20:16Nov 28, 2025

Stuart Stevens: Trumpism’s Pickett’s Charge & 2028’s Yawning Chasm

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1:18:11Nov 24, 2025

Tim Miller: Fissures, Fault Lines & The Great MAGA Crackup

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1:24:33Nov 21, 2025

Pat Ryan: Epstein Portents, Off-Year Omens & DJT’s Lame Duckification

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57:47Nov 17, 2025

Carol Leonnig: Disarray & Debauchery at the DOJ

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1:10:41Nov 14, 2025

Chris Matthews: What Dems Today Can Learn From RFK (Sr, not Jr!)

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1:15:29Nov 10, 2025

Presenting: Otherworld | Zaza

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9:49Nov 8, 2025

Democrats & Dodgers Doubleheader with Jonathan Lemire

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1:16:19Nov 7, 2025

2025 Election Preview with David Axelrod

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1:13:01Nov 3, 2025

J. Michael Luttig: Trump’s Plan to Be President for Life Is No Joke

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1:10:06Oct 31, 2025

Cameron Crowe, Pt 2: Backstage Passes & Lost Youth, Lester Bangs & Jeff Spicoli

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1:38:30Oct 28, 2025

Cameron Crowe, Pt 1: The Birth of The Uncool

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1:21:30Oct 27, 2025

Ro Khanna: Donald Trump’s Wrecking Ball & The Democrats' New Guard

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1:16:27Oct 24, 2025

Don Lemon: Living La Vida YouTube

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1:17:30Oct 20, 2025

Dennis Ross: Mideast Momentum & The Long Hard Road to Peace

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1:22:40Oct 17, 2025

Pablo Torre: Bad Bunny & Bad Ballmer

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1:28:50Oct 13, 2025

Michael Steele: First the Chainsaw, Now the Scythe

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1:22:55Oct 10, 2025

Dylan Byers: Bari's New Perch & Kimmel's Curtain Call

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1:08:06Oct 6, 2025

Jennifer Palmieri: Dems Are Winning the Shutdown Showdown (So Far)

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1:10:41Oct 3, 2025

Floyd Abrams: Comey, Kimmel, & Trump’s Limitless Enemies List

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1:11:36Sep 29, 2025

Rahm Emanuel: Jimmy Kimmel Shows Why Growing a Pair > Bending the Knee

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1:13:21Sep 26, 2025

Drew Nieporent: The Restaurateur Who Remade New York

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1:08:45Sep 22, 2025

Robert Draper & David Frum: Charlie Kirk Assassination Aftershocks

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1:19:59Sep 19, 2025

Michael Osterholm: Be Afraid – Very Afraid – of RFK Jr. & The Next Pandemic

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1:04:40Sep 15, 2025

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

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1:14:12Sep 12, 2025

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

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1:08:37Sep 8, 2025

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

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56:55Sep 5, 2025

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

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1:31:53Sep 1, 2025