John Heilemann
@jheil.bsky.social
@PuckNews columnist+podcaster/NBC News+MSNBC analyst/@HacksOnTap cohost/@SHO_TheCircus creator/Game Change+Double Down author/Great Dane valet. #WuTang4Life 👐
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@jheil.bsky.social The Cameron Crowe interview was absolutely fantastic- thank you (and him) for this! What an amazing discussion. Definitely going to read his book. ✌️ #ImpoliticJH
John Heilemann (@jheil.bsky.social)
@PuckNews columnist+podcaster/NBC News+MSNBC analyst/@HacksOnTap cohost/@SHO_TheCircus creator/Game Change+Double Down author/Great Dane valet. #WuTang4Life 👐
jheil.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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My pal @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social has a superb new book out: "The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them." I'll be interviewing him about it on Thurs in NYC; get tickets to come see us here: tinyurl.com/4585sfjt
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My pal @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social has a superb new book out: "The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them." I'll be interviewing him about it on Thurs in NYC; get tickets to come see us here: tinyurl.com/4585sfjt
Thank *you* for coming on and being your usual hard-nosed, clear-eyed, reality-based (and good-humored -- despite, well, everything) self, @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social. 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for inviting me @jheil.bsky.social for this deep dive discussion:
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Former FBI assistant director @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social on what’s driving the cross-partisan epidemic of political violence, and what, if anything, can be done to break the vicious cycle.
(Impolitic with @jheil.bsky.social)
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Former FBI assistant director @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social on what’s driving the cross-partisan epidemic of political violence, and what, if anything, can be done to break the vicious cycle.
(Impolitic with @jheil.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/173422389/...
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Thank *you* for coming on and being your usual hard-nosed, clear-eyed, reality-based (and good-humored -- despite, well, everything) self, @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social. 🙏🙏🙏
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Thanks for inviting me @jheil.bsky.social for this deep dive discussion:
OPINION TODAY featured podcast —
Former FBI assistant director @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social on what’s driving the cross-partisan epidemic of political violence, and what, if anything, can be done to break the vicious cycle.
(Impolitic with @jheil.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/173422389/...
Former FBI assistant director @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social on what’s driving the cross-partisan epidemic of political violence, and what, if anything, can be done to break the vicious cycle.
(Impolitic with @jheil.bsky.social)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/173422389/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for inviting me @jheil.bsky.social for this deep dive discussion:
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi on the manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer, the state of the bureau under Kash Patel, and America's political violence epidemic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/6GRV...
Frank Figliuzzi: Charlie Kirk’s Killing & America’s Political Violence Crisis
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 09/12/2025 · 1h 14m
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September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi on the manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer, the state of the bureau under Kash Patel, and America's political violence epidemic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/6GRV...
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I'm posting some of my favorite pods from the week. Don't know about you but I needed a break. Here's @jheil.bsky.social and Rob Reiner talking about Spinal Tap 2. Comes out on Friday and that's turning it up to 11!
open.spotify.com/episode/3FwP...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FwP...
Rob Reiner: The Spinal Tap Sequel, Like the Original, Goes to 11
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September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I'm posting some of my favorite pods from the week. Don't know about you but I needed a break. Here's @jheil.bsky.social and Rob Reiner talking about Spinal Tap 2. Comes out on Friday and that's turning it up to 11!
open.spotify.com/episode/3FwP...
open.spotify.com/episode/3FwP...
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Been remiss about posting, so playing catch-up here on the past 3 superb episodes of #ImpoliticJH. See thread below for guests and links:
September 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Been remiss about posting, so playing catch-up here on the past 3 superb episodes of #ImpoliticJH. See thread below for guests and links:
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Oasis prepares to take the stage in NY, the great Chuck Klosterman explains why America is finally falling for the Gallahger brothers 30 years after their reigen as kings of Britpop. Apple: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04EC...
Chuck Klosterman: Oasismania Overcomes America
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 08/29/2025 · 1h 40m
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September 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Oasis prepares to take the stage in NY, the great Chuck Klosterman explains why America is finally falling for the Gallahger brothers 30 years after their reigen as kings of Britpop. Apple: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/04EC...
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Two cracking new eps of #ImpoliticJH, the first with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social talking Trump, Putin, Zelensky, Europe, the state of play in the war in Ukraine, and last week's exercises in summitry, sophistry, and sound & fury, signifying next to nothing: puck.news/podcasts/imp...
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August 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Two cracking new eps of #ImpoliticJH, the first with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social talking Trump, Putin, Zelensky, Europe, the state of play in the war in Ukraine, and last week's exercises in summitry, sophistry, and sound & fury, signifying next to nothing: puck.news/podcasts/imp...
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! @danpfeiffer.bsky.social is back, talking @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, @jbpritzker.bsky.social, the redistricting wars, & 2028; young Democratic phenoms @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social; and the story Dems need to be telling about Trump & the GOP. Links below:
August 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! @danpfeiffer.bsky.social is back, talking @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, @jbpritzker.bsky.social, the redistricting wars, & 2028; young Democratic phenoms @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social; and the story Dems need to be telling about Trump & the GOP. Links below:
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On Friday's ep of #ImpoliticJH, the fabulous @cbrennansports.bsky.social talks abt her new bestselling book, "On Her Game," abt @CaitlinClark22 & the transformation of the @WNBA and women's sports. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3y2H...
Christine Brennan: Caitlin Clark’s Culture Wars & the WNBA’s Cluelessness
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 08/15/2025 · 1h 31m
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August 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On Friday's ep of #ImpoliticJH, the fabulous @cbrennansports.bsky.social talks abt her new bestselling book, "On Her Game," abt @CaitlinClark22 & the transformation of the @WNBA and women's sports. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3y2H...
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🎧New pod alert: Our founders Adam Pritzker and Daniel Squadron joined the latest episode of #ImpoliticJH with @jheil.bsky.social to chat about how we can catalyze the power of the states to uphold American values and achieve the American Promise.
August 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎧New pod alert: Our founders Adam Pritzker and Daniel Squadron joined the latest episode of #ImpoliticJH with @jheil.bsky.social to chat about how we can catalyze the power of the states to uphold American values and achieve the American Promise.
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@jheil.bsky.social and @nicollewallace.bsky.social are two of my favorite “politics” people…great extended chat!
If I had a Mt. Rushmore of pods, they would have a spot.
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If I had a Mt. Rushmore of pods, they would have a spot.
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Nicolle Wallace: Why MAGA Went Ballistic Over Epstein & The Bear Heals All Wounds
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 07/11/2025 · 1h 16m
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July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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@jheil.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social There is little better than waking up and finding Nicolle is with John on Impolitic. It’s going to be a good day.
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Sheee's baaack ... by popular demand, @nicollewallace.bsky.social joins #ImpoliticJH to talk MAGA & Epstein, Brennan & Comey, her new podcast "The Best People" and her endless love for @thebearfx.bsky.social. How many F-bombs does she drop? Hit one of the links below to find out!
July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Sheee's baaack ... by popular demand, @nicollewallace.bsky.social joins #ImpoliticJH to talk MAGA & Epstein, Brennan & Comey, her new podcast "The Best People" and her endless love for @thebearfx.bsky.social. How many F-bombs does she drop? Hit one of the links below to find out!
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Been off the socials so I'm a little late on cranking up the hype machine, but while the past two eps of #ImpoliticJH could hardly be more different, both are 🔥. See below ...
July 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alerts! Been off the socials so I'm a little late on cranking up the hype machine, but while the past two eps of #ImpoliticJH could hardly be more different, both are 🔥. See below ...
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former UBS Americas CEO and 3-time Obama appointee Robert Wolf joins the show to gab about Elon's exit; Trump, trade, and why the 🌮 meme is such a 🎯; and his take on "Original Sin" + regrets about Joe Biden. open.spotify.com/episode/3Ibq...
Robert Wolf: Elon’s Adios, Biden Agonistes & The TACO That Ate Trump
Impolitic with John Heilemann · Episode
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June 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! Former UBS Americas CEO and 3-time Obama appointee Robert Wolf joins the show to gab about Elon's exit; Trump, trade, and why the 🌮 meme is such a 🎯; and his take on "Original Sin" + regrets about Joe Biden. open.spotify.com/episode/3Ibq...
New episode of Hacks On Tap is up -- in which @murphymike.bsky.social and I stand back as @davidaxelrod.bsky.social lets off steam (and vents his spleen) about a panoply of Trump 2.0 perfidies. www.hacksontap.com/episodes/vla...
Vladdy Issues — Hacks on Tap
The full Hackeroo trio is back in the bunker, wading through a Memorial Day medley of MAGA mayhem. Trump’s at it again — hosting a crypto dinner straight out of “Shark Tank,” taking new aim at Putin, ...
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May 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New episode of Hacks On Tap is up -- in which @murphymike.bsky.social and I stand back as @davidaxelrod.bsky.social lets off steam (and vents his spleen) about a panoply of Trump 2.0 perfidies. www.hacksontap.com/episodes/vla...
🚨🎙️🚨 Two new pods for your Memorial Day listening pleasure: (1) Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson" join the show to talk about their buzzy new book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." open.spotify.com/episode/2CqU...
Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson: Joe Biden's Sins & His Party's Penance
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May 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 Two new pods for your Memorial Day listening pleasure: (1) Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson" join the show to talk about their buzzy new book "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." open.spotify.com/episode/2CqU...
🚨🎙️🚨 Moochpod alert! Talking through the Waltz-Rubio shakeup, why Trump sucks so bad at firing people, the culture of sycophancy in his cabinet, and why his war on dolls is a tell that he's gonna cave on tariffs with the one & only @scaramucci.bsky.social. Links below:
May 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 Moochpod alert! Talking through the Waltz-Rubio shakeup, why Trump sucks so bad at firing people, the culture of sycophancy in his cabinet, and why his war on dolls is a tell that he's gonna cave on tariffs with the one & only @scaramucci.bsky.social. Links below:
🚨🎙️🚨 ICYMI pod alert! Didn't have a chance to flag last week's drops (I was uplugged and off the grid). But you don't want to miss the timeless NeverTrump stylings of @gtconway.bsky.social & Stuart Stevens or a fascinating visit with Susan Morrison about her biography of Lorne Michaels. Links below:
April 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 ICYMI pod alert! Didn't have a chance to flag last week's drops (I was uplugged and off the grid). But you don't want to miss the timeless NeverTrump stylings of @gtconway.bsky.social & Stuart Stevens or a fascinating visit with Susan Morrison about her biography of Lorne Michaels. Links below:
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Trump 2.0 hits the 100-day mark, my @puck.news political superfriend @peterhamby.bsky.social joins Impolitic to break down what we've seen, what's mattered most, and how Democrats and Resistance 2.0 are faring. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/6PMf...
Peter Hamby: The First 100 Days (Almost) of Trump 2.0
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 04/28/2025 · 1h 13m
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April 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! As Trump 2.0 hits the 100-day mark, my @puck.news political superfriend @peterhamby.bsky.social joins Impolitic to break down what we've seen, what's mattered most, and how Democrats and Resistance 2.0 are faring. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... open.spotify.com/episode/6PMf...
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On Weds, I intv'd Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social about how/why the Trump admin is dismantling America's cyberdefenses. An hour later, Trump issued his outrageous order that the DOJ investigate Krebs—whose professionalism+patriotism shine through on the pod. Links below.
April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On Weds, I intv'd Chris Krebs @thekrebscycle.bsky.social about how/why the Trump admin is dismantling America's cyberdefenses. An hour later, Trump issued his outrageous order that the DOJ investigate Krebs—whose professionalism+patriotism shine through on the pod. Links below.
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On the heels of the GOP's shellacking in WI thanks to Musk and the financial market meltdown thanks to Trump, journalistic legend @ronfournier.bsky.social and WI Dem chair @benwikler.bsky.social assess our co-presidents' "Appetite for Destruction." Links below:
Ron Fournier & Ben Wikler: Appetite for Destruction
Podcast Episode · Impolitic with John Heilemann · 04/04/2025 · 1h 17m
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April 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨🎙️🚨 New pod alert! On the heels of the GOP's shellacking in WI thanks to Musk and the financial market meltdown thanks to Trump, journalistic legend @ronfournier.bsky.social and WI Dem chair @benwikler.bsky.social assess our co-presidents' "Appetite for Destruction." Links below:
Whoa.
Tonight, a Democratic candidate became the first Democrat to win the county in a federal election race since 1992. A simply stunning result. Trump won FL-1 by 37 points. Republicans have easily routed Democrats in Pensacola’s Escambia County for over 30 years. Not tonight.
April 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Whoa.