John Heilemann

With keen-eyed perspective and peerless access to the corridors of power, John Heilemann delivers an unvarnished, deeply reported analysis of the forces shaping American politics today.

Heilemann is a partner and chief political columnist at Puck and host of Impolitic with John Heilemann. He is also a national affairs analyst for MS NOW, appearing regularly across its programming. He also co-hosts Hacks on Tap with veteran strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy, a weekly bipartisan conversation on the craft and consequences of American campaigns. Previously, he was a creator, executive producer, and host of The Circus (Showtime, 2016–2023), the four-time Emmy-nominated weekly documentary series that pulled back the curtain on American politics with unprecedented access and independence.

Earlier in his career, Heilemann served as co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and co-host of With All Due Respect on MSNBC and Bloomberg TV. He has also held senior editorial roles at New York magazine and written for The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist, reporting from Washington, Wall Street, and beyond.

Heilemann is the co-author of the New York Times No. 1 bestsellers Game Change and Double Down, landmark accounts of modern presidential campaigns. The HBO adaptation of Game Change won five Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and a Peabody Award.

With more than three decades covering the front lines and back rooms of American power, Heilemann offers audiences rare insight into how politics, institutions, media, and leadership intersect — and what those dynamics mean for the future of American governance.