Washington Post Live
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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 12, 2023 • 25min
Senate AI Caucus co-chairs on bipartisan efforts to regulate artificial intelligence
Senate AI Caucus co-chairs Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) join Washington Post Live to preview an upcoming congressional forum on AI policy and discuss efforts to regulate the rapidly evolving technology.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.
Sep 11, 2023 • 30min
Elaine Welteroth on exploring the Black American experience in ‘The Conversations Project’
Washington Post sports columnist Jerry Brewer speaks with best-selling author, the former editor in chief of Teen Vogue and TV host Elaine Welteroth about her new Hulu series, “The Conversations Project,” which explores the Black American experience through gatherings at the dinner table.
Conversation recorded on Monday September 11, 2023.
Sep 8, 2023 • 27min
First Look with The Post’s Maeve Reston, Hugh Hewitt and Jennifer Rubin
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Maeve Reston, Hugh Hewitt and Jennifer Rubin will discuss the 2024 presidential election entering a new phase and examine Mike Pence’s strongest rebuke yet of Donald Trump.
Conversation recorded on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.
Sep 7, 2023 • 29min
Author Esmeralda Santiago on exploring memory and history in ‘Las Madres’
Washington Post national correspondent Arelis Hernández speaks with Best-selling author, Esmeralda Santiago about her new intergenerational novel, “Las Madres,” set during Hurricane Maria and how her Puerto Rican heritage has shaped her storytelling.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, September 7, 2023.
Sep 7, 2023 • 30min
Inflection AI CEO on how AI could shape the 21st century
Washington Post technology editor Christina Passarielo speaks with Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman about discuss his new book “The Coming Wave,” the risks he believes AI poses to the global order, the governance of AI and his own path in the booming field.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023.
Sep 5, 2023 • 29min
Wesleyan University president on legacy admissions and educational opportunity
Wesleyan University president Michael S. Roth joins Washington Post Live to discuss the school’s decision to end its practice of legacy admissions, the ripple effect of the Supreme Court striking down race-based affirmative action and the state of free speech on campus.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
Aug 18, 2023 • 28min
First Look with The Post’s Amy Gardner, Christine Emba and David Von Drehle
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” Washington Post Live anchor Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with The Post’s Amy Gardner, Christine Emba and David Von Drehle about the charges against former president Donald Trump and how Republicans are preparing for next week’s primary debate.
Conversation recorded on Friday, August 18, 2023.
Aug 17, 2023 • 40min
Alberto R. Gonzales on Trump indictments, rule of law and American democracy
Alberto R. Gonzales, former attorney general under President George W. Bush, joins Washington Post Live to discuss his recent op-ed pushing back against Republicans arguing that the Justice Department is biased against their party and to offer his perspective on the indictments against Donald Trump.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.
Aug 17, 2023 • 47min
Holistic cancer care
Senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with Dan Shapiro, director of the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions, and
Jason Resendez, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Caregiving, about the psychological toll of navigating the cancer and ways to offer holistic care.
Aug 17, 2023 • 28min
Anthropologist Michael Blakey on the Smithsonian’s ‘racial brain collection’
Washington Post investigative reporter Nicole Dungca speaks with Michael Blakey, a member of the newly created Smithsonian human remains task force, about The Post’s yearlong investigation about the Smithsonian’s legacy collection of human remains and how the organization is reckoning with this history.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.
