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Chuck Schumer
John Heilemann & Leigh Ann Caldwell September 9, 2025
As Congress returns to a Washington in crisis, a candid discussion about the staying power of the Epstein scandal, the continued fallout from R.F.K.’s tenure at H.H.S., and the fluctuating odds of a government shutdown later this month.
James Talarico
John Heilemann August 26, 2025
A wide-ranging conversation with the Texas state rep on his party’s flight from Texas, the value of being in the political wilderness, and his own Senate ambitions.
Dan Pfeiffer
John Heilemann August 19, 2025
A timely conversation with Obama comms guru and Pod Save America co-host Dan Pfeiffer about Gavin Newsom’s redistricting gambit, what Dems can learn from Zohran Mamdani, and the party’s broken messaging machine.
Robert Garcia
John Heilemann August 12, 2025
In a recent conversation, California congressman and rising Democratic star Robert Garcia sounded the alarm on gerrymandering, discussed the need to keep Epstein front and center, and placed rectitude aside in favor of #RealTalk.


James Talarico
John Heilemann August 5, 2025
A pair of increasingly influential inside-game Dems are trying to cure what ails their party by looking beyond the Beltway and way downballot—to the blue team’s signs of life in the nation’s state legislatures.
Maggie Haberman
John Heilemann July 29, 2025
A conversation with Times White House correspondent and presiding Trumpologist Maggie Haberman about the acute political ailment afflicting the president—and why he’s finding it so difficult to shake.
Lis Smith
John Heilemann July 22, 2025
A conversation with the legendary Dem operative Lis Smith about how Trump is bungling the Epstein messaging, plus the Democrats’ opportunity with dude voters.
Nicolle Wallace
John Heilemann July 15, 2025
Star MSNBC anchor and fledgling podcast host Nicolle Wallace decodes the MAGA meltdown over Jeffrey Epstein—and Donald Trump’s attempt to shift attention toward his favorite boogeymen.


Angus King
John Heilemann July 1, 2025
A conversation with Maine’s junior Senator, Angus King, a rare independent in a tribal world, on the eve of the Big Beautiful Bill’s passage.
Jeh Johnson
John Heilemann June 17, 2025
A bracing conversation with former D.H.S. secretary Jeh Johnson about the realities of mass deportation, Trump sending troops to L.A., the handcuffing of Senator Alex Padilla, and America “being pushed to a breaking point.”
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