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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.
From one-on-one newsmaker interviews to in-depth multi-segment programs, Washington Post Live brings The Post’s newsroom to life.
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Oct 30, 2023 • 43min
How technology is transforming cancer care and research
Washington Post deputy newsletter editor Paige Winfield Cunningham speaks with Robert Weinberg of the Whitehead Institute, Xiling Shen the scientific founder of Xilis and Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) about the state of cancer and how technological advancements are reshaping our relationship to the illness.
Conversations recorded on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

Oct 27, 2023 • 1h 17min
Arati Prabhakar, Meredith Whittaker, Frances Haugen & Sneha Revanur on future of AI
Arati Prabhakar, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director, and top experts discuss artificial intelligence, America’s technological competitiveness and the next generation of digital users.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

Oct 27, 2023 • 1h 9min
Alexandr Wang, Gita Gopinath and top journalists discuss the rise of AI
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath and top Post reporters discuss what AI means for national security, the global economy and everyday users of technology.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

Oct 27, 2023 • 27min
First Look with The Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ramesh Ponnuru and Jennifer Rubin
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ramesh Ponnuru and Jennifer Rubin about the next phase of the Israel-Gaza war, why House Republicans settled on Speaker Mike Johnson and more.
Conversation recorded on Friday, October 27, 2023.

Oct 26, 2023 • 25min
Regulating the AI Age with Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) talks about the bipartisan efforts in Congress to set new rules for artificial intelligence. He also reacts to a demonstration preceding his conversation showing how generative AI can be manipulated.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

Oct 23, 2023 • 29min
Comedian Sarah Cooper on navigating viral fame and memoir ‘Foolish’
Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers speaks with comedian Sarah Cooper about her new memoir, “Foolish,” her path from working in tech to becoming a comedian and how lip-syncing to former president Donald Trump brought her internet stardom.
Conversation recorded on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Oct 20, 2023 • 28min
First Look with The Post’s Tyler Pager, Shadi Hamid and Josh Rogin
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Tyler Pager, Shadi Hamid and Josh Rogin about President Biden’s historic trip to Israel, the dangers the Mideast war could escalate and the ongoing search for a new House speaker.
Conversation recorded on Friday, October 20, 2023.

Oct 20, 2023 • 1h 18min
The patient experience and the state of health care in the U.S.
Washington Post co-author of The Early 202 Leigh Ann Caldwell, national health reporter Dan Diamond and senior writer Frances Stead Sellers moderate a series of conversations with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Matthew Fiedler, president of The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Avik Roy and the chief medical officer of Curai Health Davis Liu about the U.S. health-care system, the cost of prescription medication and the ways to improve the patient experience.
Conversations recorded on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

Oct 18, 2023 • 54min
How new investments and innovation in green tech are addressing climate change
Washington Post climate correspondent Tim Puko speaks with Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, Sara Menker, founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence, and Arcady Sosinov, founder and CEO of FreeWire Technologies, about the role of technology in creating opportunities for a greener future.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday October 18, 2023.

Oct 17, 2023 • 1h 25min
The next generation of challenges and innovation in medicine
Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers, newsletter editor Paige Winfield Cunningham and national health reporter Akilah Johnson moderate a series of conversations with Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, surgical oncologist at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Kathie-Ann Joseph, Charles R. Drew professor of surgery at Howard University Wayne A.I. Frederick and founder and president of Every Mother Counts Christy Turlington Burns about innovations in American health care, the most pressing challenges to the system and the next generation of medicine.
Conversations recorded on Tuesday, Oct.17, 2023.