Culture Caucus
In this biweekly podcast, Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor John Heilemann and Culture Correspondent Will Leitch discuss the intersection of politics and popular culture with guests from the worlds of politics, entertainment, tech, sports, business, and beyond.
Subscribe via iTunes This week George Lopez joins John Heilemann and Will Leitch to give his thoughts on Donald Trump, the evolving electorate and the culture of Hollywoo…
Fab 5 Freddy of "Yo! MTV Raps" fame joins John Heilemann and Will Leitch to talk about his career at the center of hip-hop culture and his take on Th…
On this week's Culture Caucus podcast, a discussion of the state of our democracy in the final days of an historic, head-spinning campaign. (And the …
This week Will Leitch and John Heilemann are joined by Variety media critic Maureen Ryan to discuss how Samantha Bee, Saturday Night Live and the res…
This week Rory O’Malley, who plays King George in Hamilton, gives Will Leitch and John Heilemann an actor’s view on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Tr…
John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss the fallout from Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest with guest Joe Lockhart, a top communications offi…
In the 12th episode of Bloomberg Politics' Culture Caucus podcast, from the Cleveland Convention Center, John Heilemann and Will Leitch talk politics…
John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss O.J.: Made in America with director Ezra Edelman. The seven-and-half-hour series premieres on ABC on June 11 a…
John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss "Weiner," a documentary about Fmr. New York Rep. Anthony Weiner's failed New York mayoral run. They are joined…
Prince’s death has brought Americans together in a way that politics no longer can. John Heilemann and Will Leitch mourn his passing—and marvel at th…
Journalist Jane Mayer, who co-wrote "Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas" joins John Heilemann and Will Leitch to discuss the HBO film Co…
John Heilemann and Will Leitch look at baseball in the year 2016, including its current cultural conflict, which bears more than a passing resemblanc…
John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss the NCAA Basketball Tournament, when even President Barack Obama gets into the spirit and fills out a bracket,…
Never has the battle to balance fair journalism practices with the commercial realities of the business been put in such stark light: Trump despises …
John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss how the major celebrities in the Obama White House aren't from Hollywood; they're from the music world or, mos…
John Heilemann and Will Leitch discuss the Super Bowl as national holiday and how President Obama -- and other politicians -- come alive during sport…
Ever since the financial crisis of 2008, popular culture has attempted to capture the American people’s unique, combustible mix of confusion and rage…
Bloomberg Politics' John Heilemann and Will Leitch kick off their podcast about the intersection of politics and popular culture with an extended dis…