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Sam Altman
John Heilemann June 12, 2025
A wide-ranging conversation with Karen Hao, author of a revelatory new book about Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the age of artificial intelligence—and why each inspires awe and dread in equal measure.
robert wolf
John Heilemann June 3, 2025
Former Obama advisor, perennial golf buddy, and summertime Martha’s Vineyard neighbor Robert Wolf on the Trump-Musk divorce, the TACO trade, and the strange state of the MAGA economy.
Jake Tapper Alex Thompson
John Heilemann May 27, 2025
In the eye of the weeklong storm around the Biden-bruising, bestselling ‘Original Sin’ are authors Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, who are as unwavering in their criticism of the former president, and his coven of enablers, as they are in their reporting. Here’s what they had to say.
David Jolly
John Heilemann May 18, 2025
David Jolly, the former Florida Republican congressman turned independent anti-Trump pundit, has just registered himself as a Democrat ahead of an all-but-certain run for governor of the Sunshine State. He dishes on the Qatar plane deal, the “big, beautiful bill,” and what Dems are actually doing right.


Steve Rattner
John Heilemann April 17, 2025
A fair and balanced conversation with Wall Street eminence and former “car czar” Steve Rattner about the impact of Trump’s global tariff jihad.
Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump
John Heilemann April 8, 2025
As the reality of Trump’s trade war sinks in and the odds of a recession rise, a panicked Wall Street is looking desperately to his economic team to steer him toward an off-ramp. But can any of them really influence the guy at the wheel?
Elon Musk
John Heilemann April 2, 2025
With his $25 million bankroll, gusher of X posts, and cheesehead-festooned I.R.L. antics, Elon Musk turned the Wisconsin Supreme Court election into a referendum on himself—and received a drubbing. Will the smackdown mark the beginning of the end of his tenure as Donald Trump’s co-president?
Laurence Tribe
John Heilemann February 12, 2025
A sobering conversation with Laurence Tribe, the esteemed legal scholar, about the separation of powers, crossing the Rubicon, and the definition of a coup.


brian schatz
John Heilemann February 5, 2025
Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz has a message for shell-shocked Democrats struggling to find the right resistance in Trump 2.0: “Don’t chase every flying monkey Trump hurls at us.”
Jennifer Palmieri
John Heilemann January 29, 2025
As Donald Trump begins to exert his unholy will on D.C., longtime Democratic strategist Jennifer Palmieri surveys the wreckage, and finds some new leaders emerging.
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