Iowapalooza, Pt. 2: Matt Paul on the Hawkeye State’s Potential Rhapsody in Blue
John welcomes Des Moines-based Democratic strategist Matt Paul for the second installment of a special two-part episode on the midterm elect...
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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 421 episodesIowapalooza, Pt. 1: Dave Kochel on Democrats’ Potential Hopium O.D. in the Hawkeye State
John welcomes longtime Republican strategist Dave Kochel for the first part of a special doubleheader on the midterm elections in Iowa—and w...
Carville & Begala: “We’re Gonna Win in Places We Didn’t Know We Had Candidates”
John welcomes longtime Democratic consulting partners and Clinton 1992 icons James Carville & Paul Begala to discuss their party’s prospects...
Dave Wasserman: The Red Undertow is Turning Into a Riptide
John welcomes Cook Political Report election guru Dave Wasserman to discuss the outlook for the midterms. Wasserman argues that rising price...
Neera Tanden: J.D. Vance’s Projections, Hasan Piker's Fixations & the Battle for the Democratic Party
John welcomes Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, to discuss the midterm elections and the fierce fights am...
Anand Giridharadas: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny, Donald Trump & The Politics of Abandonment
John welcomes journalist Anand Giridharadas to discuss his new best-selling book, “Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an Am...
Anthony Scaramucci: “He Wants Them to Lose”
John welcomes back Skybridge Capital founder and Trump Wall Street apostate Anthony Scaramucci to discuss the president’s mindset and machin...
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...
Nitasha 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...