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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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Sep 29, 2023 • 31min
First Look with The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor, Jennifer Rubin and Jason Willick
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor, Jennifer Rubin and Jason Willick about the looming government shutdown, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s legacy, the second GOP presidential debate and Sen. Bob Menendez’s political future.
Conversation recorded on Friday, September 29, 2023.

Sep 28, 2023 • 25min
Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Ken Buck on bipartisan efforts to protect journalism
Washington Post Live anchor and co-author of The Early 202 Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) about their bipartisan push for the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act and the role of the free press in a democracy.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, September 28, 2023.

Sep 27, 2023 • 1h 10min
Sen. Ben Cardin and entrepreneurs on small business resilience
Washington Post deputy business editor Damian Paletta speaks with Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, about the state of small business in the United States, and economics correspondent Abha Bhattarai speaks with Pooja Bavishi, founder & CEO of Malai, Angel Gregorio, founder & owner of The Spice Suite and Ifat Pridan, founder & owner of LiLi The First, about how they navigate today’s economic uncertainties and seize new opportunities to grow.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Sep 26, 2023 • 1h 30min
Lisa Monaco, Chris Krebs and Chris Painter on the next generation of cyber threats
Washington Post intelligence and national security reporter Shane Harris and columnist and associate editor David Ignatius speak with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, former CISA director Chris Krebs and former State Department cyber coordinator Chris Painter about how America can protect its cybersecurity and prepare for the next generation of threats.

Sep 25, 2023 • 29min
Election 2024: The Post's Political Roundtable with Maeve Reston, Isaac Arnsdorf and Hannah Knowles
On The Post’s Political Roundtable, Sean Sullivan, Maeve Reston, Isaac Arnsdorf and Hannah Knowles will analyze what’s ahead on the 2024 campaign trail, how Republican rivals are preparing for the second presidential debate and the latest poll numbers.
Conversation recorded on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

Sep 22, 2023 • 29min
First Look with The Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ruth Marcus and Megan McArdle
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ruth Marcus and Megan McArdle about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech at the United Nations, the likelihood of another government shutdown and Donald Trump’s decision to skip Republican primary debates.

Sep 21, 2023 • 1h 16min
How policymakers, businesses and educators are adapting to the changing workplace
Washington Post anchor and co-author of The Early 202 Leigh Ann Caldwell and tech at work writer Danielle Abril speak with Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Christina Janzer, Slack’s senior vice-president of research and analytics, and Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, about the changes that are reshaping the future of work in enduring ways.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Sep 20, 2023 • 46min
How technology is accelerating the effort to find climate change solutions
Washington Post climate correspondent Tim Puko speaks with Gernot Wagner, climate economist at Columbia Business School, and Reina Otsuka, United Nations Development Program’s Digital Innovation for Nature, Climate and Energy lead, about the role of technology in finding solutions to address climate change.
Conversations recorded on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.

Sep 19, 2023 • 44min
Women on the frontlines of climate change: Mary Robinson and climate experts
Washington Post deputy climate & environment editor Juliet Eilperin and senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speak with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, co-founder of Urban Ocean Lab, Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the The Nature Conservancy, Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, and Ayisha Siddiqa, climate justice activist & youth climate adviser to the U.N. Secretary General, in a series of conversations about innovative solutions to tackle a warming planet.

Sep 19, 2023 • 29min
Simon Schama on lessons learned from pandemics through history
Senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with historian Simon Schama, who has chronicled subjects, including the French Revolution, Rembrandt and America’s place in the world about his latest book, “Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations,” which details lessons from the coronavirus outbreak and pandemics in earlier centuries.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.