Marques Johnson: Crenshaw Chronicles, HOF Snubs & White Men Who Still Can’t Jump
John welcomes former UCLA and Milwaukee Bucks star Marques Johnson to discuss his new book, “The Crenshaw Chronicles,” and all things NBA. J...
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Hell & High Water with John Heilemann
A ravenous pandemic. A ruinous recession. Protests, riots, racial strife, police brutality. And, of course, Donald Trump. The turmoil and upheaval roiling America in 2020 is the subject of H...
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20 of 414 episodesNitasha Tiku: Self-Regulation, Rogue Agents & Mainstreaming the AI Apocalypse
John welcomes Washington Post tech culture reporter Nitasha Tiku to discuss this mind-blowing, deeply unnerving moment in the evolution of A...
Mark Hertling: Trump on the World Stage is WAY Beyond Embarrassing
John welcomes retired three-star general and former U.S. Army Europe commander Mark Hertling to discuss Donald Trump’s turns on the world st...
Naomi Klein: Let the End Times Roll
John welcomes Naomi Klein, arguably the left’s most prominent and influential public intellectual, to discuss her new best-selling book, “En...
Platypus Economics
From world events to everyday decisions, economics explains it all. Platypus Economics makes it clear, useful, and actually fun. Available n...
Alex Wagner: Trump’s AI Hallucinations & Reagan’s Court Burglars
John welcomes back Alex Wagner, host of Runaway Country for Crooked Media and senior political analyst at MS Now, to discuss her new book, “...
Jacob Weisberg: Bonfire of the Enablers
John welcomes Jacob Weisberg, co-founder of Pushkin Industries and former editor of Slate, to discuss his new book, “Profiles in Cowardice:...
Adam Jentleson: Senate Battleground Update + The Case for Big Tent Populism
John welcomes back Searchlight Institute president Adam Jentleson to discuss the post-Labor Day Senate battleground map and his new book, “S...
Lawrence Wright: 25 Years Later, Remembering 9/11
John is joined by Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” to commemorate the 2...
Sarah Longwell: Vox Populi, Vox Dei
John is joined by publisher of The Bulwark and apostate Republican strategist Sarah Longwell to discuss the midterm elections, 2028, and her...
Dave Regan: Will California Kick Its Billionaires in the Bollocks?
John is joined by combative California union boss Dave Regan to discuss Proposition 40, his state’s controversial ballot measure to levy a o...
Adam Hamilton & Denise Powell: Two Great Plains Midterm Upsets in the Making
John is joined by two first-time Democratic office-seekers — Adam Hamilton, the party’s Senate candidate in Kansas, and Denise Powell, its H...
Skye Perryman: The Cavalry Isn’t Coming – Saving Democracy Is Up To Us
John is joined by Democracy Forward CEO Skye Perryman to discuss Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, and the threats they pose to America’s election...
Kurt Andersen, Pt. 2: AI Intimacies, Sci-Fi with Soderbergh, & The (Fictional) Death of Trump
In the second installment of a two-part episode with best-selling author Kurt Andersen, John and Kurt continue their discussion of Andersen'...
Kurt Andersen, Pt. 1: Visions of America After a Second Civil War
John welcomes bestselling author, Spy magazine co-founder, and Peabody Award-winning radio host Kurt Andersen for the first installment of a...
Raul Torrez: The State AG Suing Todd Blanche’s DOJ after Spanking Meta in Court
John welcomes New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez to discuss his landmark litigation against Meta and his new crusade against the Justic...
David Remnick: The Woman Who Speaks for the DSA & the Man Who Could Beat Bibi
John welcomes David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, to discuss his recent viral podcast interview with DSA co-chair Megan Romer and his l...
Jim Windolf: Dylan & The Beatles — Minds in Dialogue that Changed the World
John welcomes author Jim Windolf to discuss his new book, “Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and The Beatles Changed Each Other—and t...
Ben Wikler: It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To
John welcomes back former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Ben Wikler to discuss this week’s headline-making Senate primary in Michigan,...
“Raise Your Hopeful Voice” — Glen Hansard, R.I.P.
John welcomes Rolling Stone writer Jonathan Bernstein to discuss the life, music, and legacy of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who di...