In which John Heilemann talks with sports commentators and writers LZ Granderson and Will Leitch, co-hosts of The Long Game with LZ and Leitch, a new podcast from The Recount covering the intersection of sports, culture, and society. Only on Heilemann and Hill discuss her new memoir, There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century, including her reluctant decision to join the Trump administration, what she learned about his character, and his envious admiration for authoritarian leaders around the world and Vladimir Putin in particular; how Trumps disregard for the rule of law and democratic norms led not only to his first impeachment but also his attempted coup in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election and culminating with the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6; and why it's no exaggeration to say that Trump is setting the stage for another attempt to subvert American democracy in 2024. WebJohn Heilemann sits down with former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon to discuss the fallout from The New York Times anonymous op-ed. (1:14:49), Host: Larry WilmoreGuest: John HeilemannProducer: Kaya McMullenProduction Assistance: Chris Sutton, Subscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Stitcher / RSS. Aaron Sorkin discusses the pandemic-related challenges of wrapping and releasingThe Trial of the Chicago 7,for which he was nominated for an Oscar and won the Golden Globe for best original screenplay.
WebJohn Heilemann welcomes The Daily Show's Jordan Klepper on the eve of his new election special, Jordan Klepper Fingers the Midterms -- America Unfollows Democracy, which premieres on November 1, and on the heels of of his turn as a guest host on Heilemann's Showtime series The Circus. Having read both of their books, I can attest to the fact that Johns keen questioning and hallmark sense of dark humour added so much value to what they had to say.
Amanda Litman is a co-founder and executive director of Run For Something, an organization that recruits young progressives to seek elective office and helps them do it. Jon Meachamis a Pulitzer Prizewinning biographer, a contributing writer forThe New York Times Book Reviewand a contributing editor ofTimemagazine, and he holds the Rogers Chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University, lives in Nashville. Heilemann and Richards discuss Roe v Wade's uncertain future in the wake of the recent Supreme Court arguments around restrictive abortion laws in Mississippi and Texas, and the effects that Roe's potential demise might have on women and politics in America; how Richards's mother, Ann, the former governor of Texas, propelled her towards a lifetime of activism; and how her broader agenda in favor of "women's equity" is faring in the Biden era. Andrew Ross Sorkin is arguably the country's most important and influential financial and business journalist and, without doubt, its most plugged in. In which John Heilemann talks with Rick Doblin, the pioneering champion of psychedelics who has waged a decades-long crusade to bring about mainstream acceptance of psychoactive drugs for therapeutic and recreational use. As the country veers into uncharted territory, hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jennifer Palmieri go beyond the headlines to examine the politics impacting us all. With her podcast, Palmieri is flipping that script, interviewing women who made it to the top of their fields on their own terms. Heilemann With Election Day upon us, John Heilemann welcomes Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, to talk through the big themes, large lessons, and lasting takeaways from the 2022 midterm campaign. Each day we bring you a round-up of what's happening in the corridors of power right now, without wasting your time or insulting your intelligence. Hell & High Water with John Heilemann. He is a former staff writer and columnist for New York magazine, The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. Born and raised by a single mother in Orangeburg, South Carolina, educated at Yale and Georgetown Law, and mentored by legendary Palmetto State congressman Jim Clyburn, Harrison became the first African American chairmanof his home state's Democratic Party in 2013, at the age of 37. Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America a self-described accidental activist who, in less than a decade, went from being a stay-at-home mother in Indiana to the face of a national grassroots movement with more active members than the National Rifle Association. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind. Donald Trump. (16:55) They then detail how the results of the 2016 election not only kickstartedthe success of 'Late Night with Stephen Colbert' but also kept 'The Circus' in production. Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. As 2021 comes to an end, Heilemann and Axelrod sit down together in New York City for a look back at the year in politics, from the Biden administrations successes and mishaps, Covid-19, the polarization and paralysis in Washington, and Donald Trumps continued stranglehold on the Republican Party. Clint Watts has built his career around the study of extremism: online and off, foreign and domestic, from Russian disinformation campaigns and cyberwarfare to homegrown conspiracists, militia movements, and white supremacists. The conversations are deep, rich, and bracingly real, but also hopeful, as Heilemann and his guests grapple with the fact that, to quote Bob Dylan, Everything is broken, and try to figure out how to fix it together. At its peaks it had up to 70. Naval War College, and author of eight books on foreign policy and politics, including, most recently, Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy. President Biden's Trip to Ukraine Met with Mixed Reactions, Rep. Elissa Slotkin: Democracy is a Kitchen Table Issue, Sen. Raphael Warnock on Herschel Walker allegations, How the rise of Sarah Palin changed the Republican Party. In this first-ever two-part episode of Hell & High Water, Heilemann and Render discuss race and police violence, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Georgia's outsized role in the 2020 election, Ice Cube, Kanye West, Dave Chappelle, and much, much more. Stream SHOWTIME series, movies, documentaries, sports and much more all on your favorite devices. But alongside his controversial forays on the world stage, much of Penn's time and energy in the past decade has been devoted to humanitarian relief efforts. Hell & High Water brings you a bonus episode from another podcast in the Recount family: "Just Something About Her" with Jennifer Palmieri. He has directed five films, three of which he wrote, as well as publishing two novels. On Hell and High Water, John Heilemann host of Showtime's The Circus, co-author of Game Change, and national affairs analyst for MSNBC explores this apocalyptic-seeming moment with seminal figures in politics, entertainment, business, tech, the media, and beyond. On Hell and High Water, John Heilemann host of Showtime's The Circus, co-author of Game Change, and national affairs analyst for MSNBC explores this Heilemann and Nichols assess the state of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putins calculations in the face of the Russian military's inability to win a swift and decisive victory, and the emerging consensus in the West that war has reached what could prove to be a protracted and bloody stalemate; how President Zelenskyy has wielded a masterful media strategy to galvanize support around the world and dominate the information battlefield; and the difficult decisions facing Joe Biden and the NATO alliance as Zelenskyy warns that we may already have entered World War III. Edited, mixed and mastered by Brad Stratton. More than just the horse race, we hear John's perspective as one of the first political journalists of the digital era, having covered the 1996 campaign for a youngWiredmagazine,to examine the increasing risks for candidates, voters, and our electoral system in this light speed information age. When Jack Black and Kyle Gass formed the mock-rock band Tenacious D in 1994, they were just a pair of unknown members of The Actors' Gang in LA with a spiritual and satirical kinship with Spinal Tap, a penchant for Over the past three decades, Aaron Sorkin has staked a claim as Americas most renowned film and television writer. Heilemann and Andersen discuss Andersen's thesis that the war in Southeast Asia and the Watergate scandal, the twin disasters of Nixon's time in office, are not separate stories but deeply entwined; the astonishing archival audio, much of it from Nixon's White House taping system, that makes the series come alive; the striking similarities between Nixon and Donald Trump, personal (insecurity, paranoia, resentment) and political (us versus them divisiveness, appeals to white grievance, demonization of the press); and the direct line between Nixon's criminality and disregard for democratic norms and today's Republican Party. Hosted on Acast. In which John Heilemann talks with Kurt Andersen, the host, writer, and co-producer of the podcast series "Nixon at War," a seven-part exploration of Richard Nixon's downfall through the less of Vietnam. Hosts John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jenn Palmieri go beyond the headlines of todays biggest news stories to examine the issues impacting us all. Looking back at the most consequential stories of 2021 on that terrain, the trio goes deep on Covids impact on the sports industrial complex; the groundbreaking stances of Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka with respect to mental health; and twohigh-profile film/tv projects (King Richard and Colin in Black and White) tackling race in sports. Hosted by Mark McKinnon, Jennifer Palmieri, and John Heilemann. In which John Heilemann talks with actor Adam Scott, best known for his roles in beloved sitcoms including. In 2010, he founded a non-profit now known as CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) to mobilize emergency workers and distribute aid in Haiti after a devastating earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince that January. The show provides an inside look at the U.S. presidential election and the people and issues that shaped it. Listen to new episodes every Wednesday: https://therecount.com/podcasts/the-long-game-with-lz-and-leitch, In which John Heilemann talks with renowned epidemiologist Dr Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and a former member of Joe Biden's Covid-19 presidential transition advisory board. In which John Heilemann discusses the Russia invasion of Ukraine -- and its far-reaching implications for Europe, Joe Biden's presidency, Vladimir Putin's place in history, and the global security writ large -- with former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and Puck News correspondent Julia Ioffe. When Jack Black and Kyle Gass formed the mock-rock band Tenacious D in 1994, they were just a pair of unknown members of The Actors' Gang in LA with a spiritual and satirical kinship with Spinal Tap, a penchant for R-rated lyrics about their sexual prowess and prodigious cannabis consumption, and surprisingly serious musical chops. Subscribe to Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir here:recount.co/BAT. Catch up on the most important stories of the day with The Recount Daily Newsletter. Heilemann and Watts discuss the ways her group has changed the game on gun control, the role of women and young people in the movement, the crisis at the NRA, and why Watts believes the Biden administration will be the strongest gun safety administration in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. But for these Republican stalwarts, Donald J. Trump was a bridge too far. Hill also discusses her unlikely journey from a working-class mining town in northeastern England to the rarified academic realm at Harvard, the inner sanctum of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, and upper reaches of political and policy-making power inside the White House. But the biggest question about Harden remainsand it wont be answered until the playoffs. Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. On Hell and High Water, John Heilemann host of Showtime's The Circus, co-author of Game Change, and national affairs analyst for MSNBC explores this In the aftermath of the Democratic Party's successful showing in last week's midterm elections, John Heilemann welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham, author of the recent presidential biography, And Then There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. Michael Santiago Render, aka Killer Mike,is one of the most vital figures in the worlds of both hip hop and progressive activism. In which John Heilemann talks with Cecile Richards, co-chair of the Democratic super PAC American Bridge 21st Century, co-founder of the womens rights advocacy group Supermajority, and, from 2006 to 2018, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. They discuss Harrison's youthful infatuation with politics, hisquasi-filialrelationship with Clyburn, and his ambitious plans for the DNC from grassroots organizing to combating voter suppression to crafting a true 50-state strategy as the national party gears up for the 2022 midterm elections and beyond.
In which John Heilemann talks with Mike Bender, senior White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost, for a special two-part episode of the John Heilemann talks with two-time Peabody Award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj, best known for hosting six seasons of the Netflix series Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj and his widely acclaimed Netflix special, Homecoming King. Heilemann and Swisher, a protean reporter and pundit whose vast array of endeavors includes hosting the. All of which makes Reich an ideal guest to help sort through the cataclysmic events that haveshaken Washington, DC, this month. CORE did the same in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian, and in Florida after Hurricane Michael. [1] With Mark Halperin, he co-authored Game Check back tomorrow for the second installment of this special edition of Hell & High Water. Lessig, a pioneer in the field of cyber-law, is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and founder of Equal Citizens, a non-profit focused on the cause of electoral reform. Oops. In which John Heilemann talks with #NeverTrump Republican political strategist Mike Murphy, co-director of the USC Center for the Political Future, co-host of the Hacks on Tap podcast, and NBC News political analyst. Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey also react to the announcement that the fourth season of HBOs Succession will be the final one, Justin and Micah return to discuss some of the things theyve caught up with over the past few weeks, including You, Tr, and Hogwarts Legacy, By submitting your email, you agree to our, John Heilemann on Politics and The Circus.