Impolitic with John Heilemann

John welcomes bestselling author, Spy magazine co-founder, and Peabody Award-winning radio host Kurt Andersen for the first installment of a two-part episode focused on his extraordinary new novel, “The Breakup.” After laying out the premise of his first work of speculative fiction—in 2045, two Americans edge towards ending their marriage just as their country, in the wake of a second Civil War, prepares to end its own, much longer union—Andersen discusses how such a national divorce could come to pass, what America might look like in its aftermath, and whether that outcome would actually be so terrible, after all.
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John welcomes New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez to discuss his landmark litigation against Meta and his new crusade against the Justice Department over the Epstein files. Torrez explains his recently filed lawsuit against Todd Blanche and the DOJ for obstructing his investigation of sex trafficking at Epstein’s Santa Fe outpost, Zorro Ranch; his office's role in drafting a new piece of federal legislation, the Epstein Files Transparency II, introduced last week; and his courtroom victory over Mark Zuckerberg's company, which yielded a nearly $1 billion judgment and may serve as a blueprint for similar cases across the country aimed at holding tech firms liable for harms from their platforms.
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John welcomes David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, to discuss his recent viral podcast interview with DSA co-chair Megan Romer and his latest magnum opus on Israel. Remnick confesses to being "startled" by Romer's glaring “lack of fluency” with DSA’s official positions. (He also confesses to having worn a Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee button in college.) And he offers a vivid account of his fifth reporting trip to Israel since October 7, 2023; a portrait of Bibi Netanyahu's main opponent, Gadi Eisenkot, in the forthcoming Israeli election; and an analysis of the campaign's stakes for the Jewish state and the Palestinians.
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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 the World.” Windolf details the revelations and insights unearthed during the five years he spent researching and writing the first full-scale dual biography of two musical acts whose artistic and cultural impact is unparalleled in pop music history—and the surprising degree to which they motivated, inspired, and transformed each other in the process.
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John welcomes back former Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman Ben Wikler to discuss this week’s headline-making Senate primary in Michigan, next week’s gubernatorial primary in Wikler's home state, and his new book, “This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy.” Wikler examines Abdul El-Sayed’s narrower-than-expected win over Haley Stevens; the startling rise of 37-year-old state representative and Democratic Socialists of America stalwart Francesca Hong to frontrunner status in the Badger State's governor’s race; and just how freaked out mainstream Democrats should feel about their party’s ongoing wet, hot, DSA summer.
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