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Impolitic with John Heilemann

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.

Episodes

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Iowapalooza, Pt. 2: Matt Paul on the Hawkeye State’s Potential Rhapsody in Blue

30 Oct 2026
1h 19m
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Iowa’s political landscape faces a critical inflection point as Democrats attempt to overcome a decade of electoral losses by distancing themselves from national party toxicity. Candidates like Rob Sand and Josh Turek are pivoting toward pragmatic, kitchen-table issues to reconnect with a culturally conservative electo...

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Iowapalooza, Pt. 1: Dave Kochel on Democrats’ Potential Hopium O.D. in the Hawkeye State

26 Oct 2026
1h 8m
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Iowa’s transformation into a pivotal battleground state defines the current midterm election cycle, with traditionally red districts now facing highly competitive Senate and House contests. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand gains momentum through a nonpartisan, anti-corruption platform, while the Senate race ...

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Carville & Begala: “We’re Gonna Win in Places We Didn’t Know We Had Candidates”

23 Oct 2026
1h 16m
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Dave Wasserman: The Red Undertow is Turning Into a Riptide

19 Oct 2026
1h 19m
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Neera Tanden: J.D. Vance’s Projections, Hasan Piker's Fixations & the Battle for the Democratic Party

16 Oct 2026
1h 21m
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Anand Giridharadas: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny, Donald Trump & The Politics of Abandonment

12 Oct 2026
1h 28m
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Anthony Scaramucci: “He Wants Them to Lose”

09 Oct 2026
1h 11m
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Marques Johnson: Crenshaw Chronicles, HOF Snubs & White Men Who Still Can’t Jump

06 Oct 2026
2h 2m
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Nitasha Tiku: Self-Regulation, Rogue Agents & Mainstreaming the AI Apocalypse

02 Oct 2026
1h 20m
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Mark Hertling: Trump on the World Stage is WAY Beyond Embarrassing

28 Sep 2026
1h 4m
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Naomi Klein: Let the End Times Roll

25 Sep 2026
1h 29m
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Platypus Economics

23 Sep 2026
2m
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Alex Wagner: Trump’s AI Hallucinations & Reagan’s Court Burglars

21 Sep 2026
1h 14m
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Jacob Weisberg: Bonfire of the Enablers

18 Sep 2026
1h 27m
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Adam Jentleson: Senate Battleground Update + The Case for Big Tent Populism

14 Sep 2026
1h 19m
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Lawrence Wright: 25 Years Later, Remembering 9/11

11 Sep 2026
1h 20m
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Sarah Longwell: Vox Populi, Vox Dei

08 Sep 2026
1h 29m
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Dave Regan: Will California Kick Its Billionaires in the Bollocks?

04 Sep 2026
1h 25m
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Adam Hamilton & Denise Powell: Two Great Plains Midterm Upsets in the Making

31 Aug 2026
1h 20m
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Skye Perryman: The Cavalry Isn’t Coming – Saving Democracy Is Up To Us

28 Aug 2026
1h 1m
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