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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 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.

Oct 16, 2023 • 48min
The impact of AI on American industry, jobs and technological competitiveness
Washington Post Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), vice chair of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, and top experts join Washington Post Live for conversations about the impact of AI on America’s economy and technological competitiveness.
Conversations recorded on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

Oct 13, 2023 • 42min
Victoria Beckham on the expansion of her eponymous fashion brand
Washington Post senior critic-at-large Robin Givhan speaks with Victoria Beckham joins The Post’s about her label’s expansion into fragrance and the future of the global fashion industry.
Conversation recorded on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

Oct 13, 2023 • 30min
First Look with The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor, Hugh Hewitt and Robert Kagan
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor, Hugh Hewitt and Robert Kagan about the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Gaza war and the leadership vacuum facing House Republicans.
Conversation recorded on Friday, October 13, 2023.

Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 5min
Investing in America’s cyber infrastructure, resilience and workforce
Washington Post national security reporter Ellen Nakashima and author of The Cyber 202 Tim Starks lead a series of conversations with CISA executive director Brandon Wales, National Science Foundation’s lead program director Victor Piotrowski and ISC2 CEO Clar Rosso about how America can strengthen its critical infrastructure and its cyber workforce.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

Oct 10, 2023 • 30min
Malcolm Jenkins on ‘What Winners Won’t Tell You’ and athlete activism
Washington Post sports columnist Jerry Brewer speaks with two-time Super Bowl champion, entrepreneur and social justice activist, Malcolm Jenkins, about his memoir, “What Winners Won’t Tell You,” protesting the national anthem while in the NFL and his ongoing work to reform the criminal justice system.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.