
Washington Post Live
A podcast from Washington Post Live, the newsroom’s live journalism platform, where top-level government officials, business leaders, cultural influencers and emerging voices discuss the most pressing issues driving the news cycle nationally and across the globe.
From one-on-one newsmaker interviews to in-depth multi-segment programs, Washington Post Live brings The Post’s newsroom to life.
Latest episodes

Jan 24, 2024 • 28min
Former Mideast envoy Dennis Ross: 'this is the grimmest moment' of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Washington Post White House reporter Yasmeen Abutaleb speaks with former U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Dennis Ross, about the latest on the Israel-Gaza war, fears the conflict could spread across the region, the evolving relationship between the United States and Israel and what steps can be taken to establish lasting peace.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, January 24, 2024.

Jan 23, 2024 • 32min
Oksana Markarova on Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia, U.S. aid and her country’s future
Washington Post columnist and associate editor David Ignatius speaks with Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova about he uncertainty around U.S. aid, the counteroffensive against Russia and the future of her country.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

Jan 22, 2024 • 31min
2024 roundtable: DeSantis drops out, Haley eyes New Hampshire, and state of Trump-Biden rematch
Join The Post’s Political Roundtable as reporters Sean Sullivan, Josh Dawsey, Colby Itkowitz and Marianne LeVine discuss Ron DeSantis’s exit from the campaign, Nikki Haley’s attempts to stall Donald Trump’s momentum in New Hampshire, and President Biden’s economic record.
Conversations recorded on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.

Jan 19, 2024 • 28min
First Look with The Post’s Maeve Reston, Hugh Hewitt and Ruth Marcus
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Maeve Reston, Hugh Hewitt and Ruth Marcus about the 2024 presidential race, a possible Trump-Biden rematch and the growing concerns over a wider Mideast war.
Conversation recorded on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.

Jan 18, 2024 • 30min
Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar on his frustration over ‘open-type’ border
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) joins Washington Post Live to discuss the status of current border policy negotiations in Congress and the impact of the record influx of migrants on his district.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.

Jan 17, 2024 • 25min
Ruth Wilson and Joe Murtagh on new series ‘The Woman in the Wall’
Washington Post staff writer Sarah Ellison speaks with "The Woman in the Wall" actor Ruth Wilson and showrunner Joe Murtagh about the new fictional crime series set against the backdrop of the Magdalene Laundries, former Irish institutions run by Catholic nuns that kept thousands of women and girls against their will to perform forced labor and how it was inspired by real-life stories of historical abuse.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

Jan 17, 2024 • 30min
Kentucky Secretary of State on looming 2024 election, voting infrastructure and threats of violence
Kentucky’s secretary of state Michael Adams joins Washington Post Live to discuss the state of voting rights ahead of the 2024 presidential contest, the rising concerns over election denialism and the common ground he has found working with a Democratic governor.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

Jan 12, 2024 • 31min
First Look with The Post’s Dan Balz, Jenifer Rubin and Robert Kagan
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Dan Balz, Robert Kagan and Jennifer Rubin about the final stretch before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump's courtroom appearances and the increasing number of political threats.
Conversation recorded on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.

Jan 9, 2024 • 29min
Venture capitalist Hemant Taneja: China could ‘become very competitive very fast’ with U.S. on AI
Hemant Taneja, CEO and managing director of the venture capital firm General Catalyst, joins Washington Post Live to discuss his company’s work with the Commerce Department to develop AI guidelines and his warnings of a digital cold war between the United States and China.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

Jan 8, 2024 • 30min
2024 roundtable: Trump in court, Haley gains momentum and Iowa caucuses
Join The Post’s Political Roundtable as Sean Sullivan, Hannah Knowles, Isaac Arnsdorf and Dylan Wells analyze how Republicans are making their final pitch to Iowa voters, the increasing political attacks against Nikki Haley and Donald Trump’s ballot battle at the Supreme Court.
Conversation recorded on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023.