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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson: Joe Biden's Sins & His Party's Penance

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

John is joined by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson to discuss their scoop-filled, headline-spawning, controversy-stirring new book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." Jake and Alex explain the nature and central players in the concealment of the decline in President Biden's mental acuity during his time in the White House; how the lack of transparency about his health and cognitive fitness before leaving office have lent credence to the profusion of conspiracy theories following the disclosure this week of his prostate cancer diagnosis; and the impotence of a Democratic Party convinced that the stakes of the 2024 election were existential and yet unable to acknowledge Biden's age-related political liabilities before it was too late. The authors also address some of the controversies that have arisen surrounding the book and their reporting methods in the wake of its publication. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.0

Aloha and namaste everyone and welcome to Impolitic with John Heilman, a puck and Odyssey joint

1:12.1

featuring lively, in-depth conversations with the people who cruise the corridors of power in America

1:18.5

sculpting and shaping the ebb and flow of our politics and culture.

1:22.9

As anyone who listens to the show with any regularity knows in Politek hearts book authors,

1:29.2

and especially authors of political books, and especially, especially authors of the rare

1:35.1

political book that seizes the zeitgeist by the lapels and shakes it to its core.

1:40.9

And that, Friends, is exactly the sort of authors that we have with us on this special

1:46.0

late-dropping pre-Memorial Day weekend episode of the show. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

1:52.5

are our guests, Tapper, of course, the Big Cahuna, Washington Anchor for CNN, where he hosts

1:58.9

the lead with Jake Tapper on weekdays and co-hosts State of the Union on Sundays,

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