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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Mark Whitaker: Why Malcolm X Still Matters

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

John is joined by Mark Whitaker to discuss his new book, “The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon’s Enduring Impact on America.” A former editor in chief of Newsweek, Washington bureau chief for NBC News, and managing editor of CNN Worldwide, Whitaker lays out the two narrative threads at the heart of his book: the first, a deep exploration of the unsolved mystery over who killed the revolutionary Muslim minister and progenitor of the Black Power movement; and the second, a rich exegesis of Malcolm’s lasting political and cultural influence. 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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Aloha and namaste everyone and welcome Tim Politick with John Heilman, a puck and Odyssey Joint,

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

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

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I first met Mark Whitaker back in the heyday of the magazine business.

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We started out in roughly the same place as reporters, writers, scribbling away,

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him and Newsweek, me at The Economist, and then wired the New Yorker. But soon enough, it was clear

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that Mark was on the fast track to a higher elevation than I would ever see. In 1998, Mark Whitaker

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