Impolitic with John Heilemann
Hosted by John Heilemann · Audacy | Puck
4.8from 4,901 ratings
- 404
- Episodes
- 269
- Transcribed
- 4,901
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About 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.
- Publisher
- Audacy | Puck
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
269 of 404 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
David Axelrod: “America Grabbed the Wheel and Said, Enough”
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Nicolle Wallace: Happy Election Day from the No Handwringing Zone
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tim Miller: The World According to Tim — 2026 Midterms Edition
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David Axelrod: “America Grabbed the Wheel and Said, Enough”
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'm just saying it's... But it's just the combination of taking control of both chambers with the numbers and a more gerrymandered world. And the places. And then the margins. And the margins in these places. And the margins, yeah. You're looking at... I mean, like, there's not even close races. […]
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- Nicolle Wallace
- Tim Miller
- Matt Paul
- Dave Kochel
- James Carville
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- 4.8 / 5
- 4,444 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 457 ratings
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