Mike Schmidt: If Past Is Prologue, Buckle Up

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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John is joined by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Time scribe Michael S. Schmidt on the eve of Donald Trump’s second inauguration to discuss the road ahead. Proceeding from the premise that what Trump says matters less than what he actually does, Schmidt details the myriad ways in which 45/47 attempted to weaponize the government against his enemies in his first term; analyzes the confirmation hearing of Trump’s AG nominee, Pam Bondi, and public statements of FBI director-designate Kash Patel through that lens; and revisits his story last fall in which Trump's former chief of staff, General John Kelly. described Trump as a “fascist” and wannabe dictator. Schmidt also dishes on Zero Day, a Netflix limited series dropping in February that Mike co-created starring Robert DeNiro as an ex-president called back into service to deal with the fallout of a global cyberattack. 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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1:06.6	Aloha and namaste everyone and welcome to Impolitic with John Hylman, a puck and Odyssey Joint featuring wildly in depth,
1:13.2	sometimes ever so slightly profane conversations with the people who roam the quarters of power and influence in America,
1:20.3	weaving the warped and weft of our politics and culture. Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, here we are.
1:28.3	Here we are.
1:29.3	The day of the second presidential inauguration of Donald John Trump.
1:34.3	The day of great joy and eager expectation for many.
1:38.3	A much darker day full of something between trepidation and dread for many others but and unequivocally
1:46.8	unquestionably indubidably historic day for all of us what we know is that today is the start of
1:54.7	something trump's second term in office it's the end of something else Joe Biden's presidency at least and the continuation of something else, Joe Biden's presidency, at least, and the continuation of something
2:04.9	else again. The Trump era in our politics, which I would argue has been ongoing, shifting shape
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