Best John Longwell Podcasts (2024)

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Conway & Longwell Pt. 2: Donald’s Psyche, J.D.’s Weirdness, and Kamala’s No-Huddle Veepstakes 1:01:29

12d ago1:01:29

1:01:29

John is joined by #NeverTrump stalwarts George Conway (founder of the new Anti-Psychopath PAC and ex-husband of Kellyanne) and Sarah Longwell (publisher of The Bulwark and ubiquitous focus group impresario) to discuss the state of the presidential race after the mother of all resets. The trio assess why Kamala Harris’s unexpected elevation to the t…

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Alex Edelman: On Comedy, Politics & The Emmys at The DNC 1:15:18

9h ago1:15:18

1:15:18

John hooks up with his pal Alex Edelman—the young genius behind last year’s sold-out Broadway sensation and this year’s Emmy-nominated HBO comedy special Just For Us—at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to discuss his discovery that lobbyists bum him out but a roomful of Democratic delegates sets his heart aflutter; the bit of his about…

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Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 2: Kamala In Command 1:22:33

8h ago1:22:33

1:22:33

John is joined by CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Patrick Gaspard, and Politico senior political columnist Jonathan Martin to discuss the second two days of the Democratic National Convention. From the rat-a-tat succession of star turns by Bill Clinton, Tim Walz, and Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday to Kamala Harris sticking the land…

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S5 E6: Organisational Transactional Analysis and the role of AI in the future of TA with James Longwell 44:15

3h ago44:15

44:15

In this episode of The Transactional Analysis Podcast, hosts Matt and John are joined by James Longwell, who is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA) in the Organisational Field (O). James is currently an Organisation Development Consultant for Google in their EMEA region and in this episode he shares insights into hi…

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Sweet Home Chicago Pt. 1: Obamalamentum & Biden’s Bon Voyage 1:23:49

1h ago1:23:49

1:23:49

John is joined by James Bennet—Lexington columnist for The Economist and former editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and editorial page editor of The New York Times—to discuss the first two days of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago: from Hillary Clinton’s roof-raising revisitation of that highest, hardest glass ceiling she cracked but failed…

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Doug Sosnik: How Kamala Is Reframing the Race & Redrawing the Map 1:21:23

1h ago1:21:23

1:21:23

John is joined by veteran Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House political director Doug Sosnik, who helped guide his boss against the odds to a landslide reelection in 1996, to assess the state of this year’s campaign on the eve of the Democratic convention. Having concluded a month ago that Joe Biden no longer had a viable path to v…

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Ezra Klein: Trump’s Broken Brain, Pelosi’s Bluff-Calling & Harris’s Ideological Rebirth 1:12:33

13d ago1:12:33

1:12:33

John is joined by Ezra Klein—pioneering blogger in his twenties, founder and editor-in-chief of Vox in his thirties, and now columnist and host of a popular, eponymous podcast at New York Times—to discuss Donald Trump’s round-the-bend behavior in reaction to Kamala Harris’s ascent, Nancy Pelosi’s preternatural intuition and how it fuels her politic…

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Cari Champion & Pablo Torre On The Snoop Dogg Summer Olympics 1:24:47

13d ago1:24:47

1:24:47

John is joined by two rising stars of sports journalism and commentary, Pablo Torre (formerly of ESPN and now host of the hit podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out) and Cari Champion (also formerly of ESPN and now host of The Cari Champion Show on Amazon Prime Video) to talk about the Summer Games: from the athletic prowess of Simone Biles, Gabby Thomas, a…

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Nicolle Wallace: To the Window, To the Walz 1:26:23

6d ago1:26:23

1:26:23

John is joined by Nicolle Wallace—host of Deadline: White House on MSNBC, former aide to George W. Bush and John McCain, and author of three bestselling novels (Eighteen Acres, It’s Classified, and Madam President) about life inside the White House—to discuss Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate and its potential impact on the …

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Michael Bennet & Errin Haines: Trump’s Losing Bet on Birtherism 2.0 1:12:05

11d ago1:12:05

1:12:05

John is joined by Michael Bennet, Colorado’s senior U.S. Senator, and Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th, longtime Kamala Harris chronicler, and member of National Association of Black Journalists—whose annual meeting in Chicago this week was the site of Donald Trump’s latest spasm of racial animus and ignorance. The legislator and the journ…

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Conway & Longwell Pt. 1: Harris Stays Hot & Trump Melts Down 1:03:35

13d ago1:03:35

1:03:35

John is joined by #NeverTrump stalwarts George Conway (founder of the new Anti-Psychopath PAC and ex-husband of Kellyanne) and Sarah Longwell (publisher of The Bulwark and ubiquitous focus group impresario) to discuss the state of the presidential race after the mother of all resets. The trio assess why Kamala Harris’s unexpected elevation to the t…

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Maya Wiley & Tim Ryan on Kamala’s Craze & Trump’s Mania 1:24:16

21d ago1:24:16

1:24:16

John is joined by two faces of the Democratic Party’s future—former New York City mayoral candidate and current head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Maya Wiley, and former presidential candidate and 10-term Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan—with different backgrounds and ideological moorings but a shared sense of optimism about Kam…

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S4 E5: Technology in Transactional Analysis, Online Counselling, and Integrating Physical and Mental Health with Linda Gillham 45:52

18d ago45:52

45:52

In this episode of the Transactional Analysis Podcast, hosts Matt and Parul are joined by Linda Gillham, who is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA) in the Counselling Field (C). Linda discusses her journey in the field of Transactional Analysis counselling, the challenges of the UK TA community, and the impact of te…

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Beschloss & Costa: Biden's Fall, Kamala's Rise & A Whole New Race 1:08:39

1M ago1:08:39

1:08:39

John goes deep on Joe Biden’s historic, campaign-upending decision to exit the presidential race with NBC News presidential historian and author of nine books on the presidency, Michael Beschloss, and Robert Costa, CBS News chief election correspondent and co-author (with Bob Woodward) of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller, “Peril." The three fri…

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Meet The New Trump, Same As The Old Trump—Except On Benzos 1:46:08

1M ago1:46:08

1:46:08

John is joined by a trio of prominent if disaffected (or fully lapsed) Republican strategists: former Trump White House staffer and current co-host of The View and political analyst for CNN, Alyssa Farah Griffin; former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, co-founder of The Weekly Standard, and editor-at-large of The Bulwark, Bill Kristol; …

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Tim Miller & Stuart Stevens: Trump Can’t Change & Vance Won’t Fly 1:11:30

28d ago1:11:30

1:11:30

John is joined by two veteran G.O.P. operatives turned #NeverTrump stalwarts—Mitt Romney's 2012 chief strategist, Stuart Stevens, and The Bulwark's Tim Miller—to discuss the opening night of the Republican National Convention and the extraordinary weekend that preceded it, when an assassin’s bullet nearly claimed Donald Trump’s life. Tim and Stuart…

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James Carville’s Case For Reshuffling The Democratic Deck 1:01:37

1M ago1:01:37

1:01:37

John is joined by James Carville, the most celebrated political strategist of the modern era—and one of the earliest and loudest influential Democrats to argue that voters’ doubts about Joe Biden’s capacity to serve well into his eighties could be his undoing. James explains his conviction that, despite Biden’s determination to stay in the race, he…

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Labour’s Landslide, Macron’s Muddle, & Europe’s Biden Bedwetting 1:08:06

1M ago1:08:06

1:08:06

John is joined by Jonathan Freedland—Guardian columnist, BBC radio presenter, cohost of the podcast Unholy: Two Jews on the News, and author of the best-selling book The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World—for a tour d’horizon of political news in Europe and the U.S. as seen from across the pond. Jonny explains the e…

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Steven Brill on SCOTUS & Social Media As Truth-Destroyer 1:12:13

1M ago1:12:13

1:12:13

John is joined by Steven Brill — founder of The American Lawyer, Court TV, and NewsGuard, and author of the new book The Death Of Truth — for a deep dive into the morass of fake news online. Steve discusses how and why the major social media platforms have turned into toxic, conspiracy-theory-spreading cesspools, and what might be done to fix it. H…

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Should He Stay or Should He Go (Joe Biden, That Is)? 1:06:24

2M ago1:06:24

1:06:24

John is joined by the renowned political strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy to discuss the fallout from Joe Biden’s debate disaster, starting with the movement among Democrats to persuade Biden to bow out and let his party choose a new nominee to face Donald Trump this fall. What would an open convention look like? If Biden bails, would Kama…

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Puck Superfriends Break Down Biden’s Debate Breakdown 54:32

2M ago54:32

54:32

John is joined by his colleagues Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby in the immediate aftermath of the first (and maybe only) 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The three Puck political-media superfriends asses Biden's botched performance and the freakout among Democratic officials, strategists, and donors in reaction to it; analy…

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Stevie Van Zandt’s Excellent Adventures On & Off E Street 1:13:51

2M ago1:13:51

1:13:51

John is joined by the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, and all around rock-and-roll legend Steve Van Zandt, equally famous for his roles as Bruce Springsteen’s longtime sidekick and as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos. In their freewheeling conversation, Stevie reflects on how his remarkable, up-and-down, 60-year career as a…

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Biden Campaign Chief to Dem Bedwetters: Stop Worrying & Get To Work 54:55

2M ago54:55

54:55

John is joined by Jen O’Malley Dillon—the legendary Democratic field organizer for Al Gore, Jon Edwards, and Barack Obama, manager of Joe Biden’s general-election campaign in 2020, and deputy chief of staff in Biden's White House from 2021 to 2023—in her first extended, on-the-record interview since taking over as chair of his reelection effort. Th…

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S6 E5: Keiko Hoshino, Educational Transactional Analysis 43:14

2M ago43:14

43:14

In this episode, we speak with Keiko Hoshino who is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (PTSTA) in the Educational field (E). Keiko established a training company in 2005 which specialises in hospitality and communication, and uses TA principles and theories alongside the strengths of Japanese culture to promote harmony and…

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Reassessing the Kitchen Confidential Era & The Perils of Chef Stardom 1:06:09

2M ago1:06:09

1:06:09

John is joined by the legendary restaurateur Danny Meyer—whose Union Square Hospitality Group has built a fine-dining empire in New York City (Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Manhatta, Ci Siamo, and more) and spawned the multinational fast-casual juggernaut Shake Shack—to mourn the shocking, bewildering loss of a mutual friend, the …

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Apple's A.I. Embrace & Elon's Tantrum 1:14:53

2M ago1:14:53

1:14:53

John is joined by Kara Swisher—celebrated chronicler of the titans of tech, host of the podcast On With Kara Swisher and cohost of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway, and author of the best-selling memoir Burn Book—to discuss Apple's embrace of A.I., Elon Musk's broadsides against the company, and Silicon Valley's newfound enthusiasm for Donald …

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George to Media: Stop Normalizing Trump 42:39

2M ago42:39

42:39

John is joined by ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos—co-anchor of Good Morning America, host of This Week, and author of the recently published New York Times No. 1 best-seller, The Situation Room—to discuss their industry’s ongoing failure to cover Donald Trump, the GOP, and this political moment for what they are: radically abnormal. George also re…

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Trump's Retribution Tea Leaves 1:08:54

3M ago1:08:54

1:08:54

John is joined by Maggie Haberman, the heralded Times reporter and Trump scholar, to discuss the bubbling retribution fantasies of the former president and the wider MAGA-sphere. Maggie also reflects on her seven weeks covering the hush money trial, and the two dig into the Trump campaign's strategy and the potential electoral fallout from his 34-c…

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Trump Sentencing Theories & Mueller Revisited 1:16:13

2M ago1:16:13

1:16:13

In the debut episode of Impolitic, John sits down with Andrew Weissmann, the former Enron prosecutor and Mueller lieutenant, for a candid and wide-ranging conversation across a number of pertinent topics: gaming out Trump's sentencing, the efficacy of his appeal, Mueller report reminiscences, and Alito's bewildering political moment. To learn more …

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Introducing: Impolitic with John Heilemann 1:58

2M ago1:58

1:58

Welcome to Impolitic with John Heilemann, in which Puck’s chief political columnist, national affairs analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, best-selling author of Game Change and Double Down, and host/creator of Showtime’s The Circus roams the corridors of power and influence in America on this twice-weekly interview show, taking you behind the scenes an…

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S8 E10: Ronen Stilman: The Significance of Our Relationship with Technology 44:26

3M ago44:26

44:26

Summary Ronen Stilman discusses the shift in transactional analysis from an ego-centric theory to an eco-centric theory, focusing on wider systems and the impact of technology. He highlights the significance of our relationship with technology and how it shapes the way we relate and identify. Stilman emphasizes the attachment and dependency we have…

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Message: Guarding Our Effectiveness - Philippias 2:12-13 (44:31) 44:31

4M ago44:31

44:31

Pastor John Longwell shares how to stay effective in a climate of open hostility.By Pastor John Longwell

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S1 E10: Rebrand and Restructure 25:28

5M ago25:28

25:28

In this episode, we announce several changes to the podcast. John and Matt have spent the last six months considering how to ensure the longevity of the podcast project, which was initiated in 2019. The outcome is a decision to change the name of the podcast from "3 People In Your Head" to "Transactional Analysis Podcast (TAP)", the creation of a C…

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S8 E9: Functional Fluency Panel Discussion with Beatrijs Dijkman, Layo Seriki, Liz Jackson and Valerie Cionca 1:00:51

5M ago1:00:51

1:00:51

In this panel discussion, we talk about Functional Fluency and the Temple Index of Functional Fluency (TIFF), a model about human behaviour that was developed from the functional ego states TA model. Our guests, share their insights and experiences of how the model has been a valuable resource personally and its influence on their work with clients…

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S1 E2: Seven Things You Need to Know About TA - Take II 13:25

6M ago13:25

13:25

Seven Things You Need to Know About TA II (Introductory Series 1 - Episode 2.) In this episode, John Fleming and Matt Taylor share an update on the seven things you need to know about Transactional Analysis (TA). If you’re unfamiliar with TA, this would be worth listening to before you listen to our other podcasts. We cover a little bit of Transact…

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S8 E8: Contextual TA with James Sedgwick 54:23

7M ago54:23

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Our guest for this episode is James Sedgwick a Certified Transactional Analyst in the Psychotherapy field, a University Lecturer and Author of the book, “Contextual Transactional Analysis: The Inseparability of Self and World”. We explore the central concepts and themes of Contextual TA and discuss the significant influence that context has on our …

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S10 E1: What is Script? 23:12

7M ago23:12

23:12

Script, or Life Script, is a theoretical pillar of Transactional Analysis. In this short episode, we hear a number of guests from previous episodes give brief descriptions and definitions of Script, and how they integrate the theory into their work as Transactional Analysts. Samples are taken from the following episodes - please click the links to …

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Devotion: Crouching at the Door - Genesis 4:5-7 (3:41) 3:41

8M ago3:41

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Pastor John Longwell shares stratgies about how to subdue sin.By Pastor John Longwell

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S9 E1: Eric Berne Memorial Award TAJ Article - Trudi Newton's Health System 45:43

8M ago45:43

45:43

This episode is the first audio version of the Eric Berne Memorial articles from the Transactional Analysis Journal. We plan to publish two a year as part of our sponsorship agreement. Trudi Newton received the 2023 Eric Berne Memorial Award for her work in establishing a new metaperspective that reframes transactional analysis as positive psycholo…

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Devotion: Lord Save Me! - Matthew 14:28-32 (3:43) 2:31

8M ago2:31

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Pastor John Longwell shares a some key thoughts on how to follow Jesus.By Pastor John Longwell

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Message: The Substance - Hebrews 11:1 (36:23) 36:23

9M ago36:23

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Pastor John Longwell reveals the real substance of our hopes that touches on suffering.By Pastor John Longwell

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S6 E4: Honza Simek, Educational Transactional Analysis 44:19

9M ago44:19

44:19

Our guest for this episode is Honza Simek. Honza is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the Educational Field. We discuss Honza’s twenty year journey from being a teacher in the Czech Republic, his transition to becoming a coach and supervisor for educators who are working towards educational reform, why he chose to trai…

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S8 E7: Panel Discussion: TA Training During Uncertain Times 1:03:40

11M ago1:03:40

1:03:40

In this episode, we feature a panel discussion that was recorded in Dublin in July at the EATA and ITAA International Trainers Meeting, where John and I were very fortunate to be able to record this in person. Our guests, all Training and Supervising Transactional Analysts (TSTA) representing each field of TA, are: Andy Williams - Psychotherapy Eva…

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Message: Small Steps - 2 Kings 5:1-3, 9-14, 15-16 (39:17) 39:17

12M ago39:17

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Pastor John Longwell shares about the significance of the small steps that leave big impacts. .By Pastor John Longwell

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S4 E4: Peter Rudolph - Counselling Transactional Analysis 43:59

1y ago43:59

43:59

For this episode, John and I had the privilege of travelling to Dublin for the ITAA and EATA international trainers meeting in July. Our guest is Peter Rudolph, so we were very fortunate to meet Peter and record this fascinating conversation in person. Peter is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst in the Counselling field and works from…

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