Hell & High Water

by John Heilemann

Living in America these past few years has been like living in a movie — a mashup of Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, and Idiocracy, that is. The never-ending pandemic, the routine mass shootings, the climate literally and figuratively on fire; the economy first battered by recession, then ravaged by inflation; an angry electorate, armed to the teeth and addled by conspiracy theories, as our democracy teeters on the brink, with Donald Trump still working overtime to push the whole thing off a cliff. On Hell and High Water, John Heilemann — host of Showtime's The Circus, co-author of Game Change, and national affairs analyst for MSNBC — explores this apocalyptic-seeming moment with seminal figures in politics, entertainment, business, tech, the media, and beyond. The conversations are deep, rich, and bracingly real but also hopeful as Heilemann and his guests grapple with the fact that, to quote Bob Dylan, "Everything is broken," and try to figure out how to fix it … together.

Hell & High Water

by John Heilemann

Living in America these past few years has been like living in a movie — a mashup of Blade Runner, A Clockwork Orange, and Idiocracy, that is. The never-ending pandemic, the routine mass shootings, the climate literally and figuratively on fire; the economy first battered by recession, then ravaged by inflation; an angry electorate, armed to the teeth and addled by conspiracy theories, as our democracy teeters on the brink, with Donald Trump still working overtime to push the whole thing off a cliff. On Hell and High Water, John Heilemann — host of Showtime's The Circus, co-author of Game Change, and national affairs analyst for MSNBC — explores this apocalyptic-seeming moment with seminal figures in politics, entertainment, business, tech, the media, and beyond. The conversations are deep, rich, and bracingly real but also hopeful as Heilemann and his guests grapple with the fact that, to quote Bob Dylan, "Everything is broken," and try to figure out how to fix it … together.

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About John Heilemann

Recount Media co-founder and Executive Editor John Heilemann has covered national affairs — on television and in print, in the United States and abroad — for the past three decades, earning a place as one of America’s most prominent and vital voices at a moment when politics, policy and elections have rarely been more riveting or consequential. Heilemann is a host, executive producer, and creator of "The Circus," the heralded weekly political documentary series now in its fifth season on Showtime. He is National Affairs Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, where he appears regularly on "Morning Joe," "The Last Word," "Deadline: White House" and "The 11th Hour." During the 2016 election season, Heilemann served as a managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and host of the MSNBC and Bloomberg TV program "With All Due Respect."


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