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.
Episodes
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Aug 17, 2023 • 30min
Morgan Freeman and Phil Bertelsen on the ‘761st Tank Battalion’
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson speaks with executive producer Morgan Freeman and director Phil Bertelsen about their new History Channel documentary, “761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers” about the true story of the first Black tank unit to serve in combat.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.
Aug 16, 2023 • 28min
Raj Chetty on social mobility in America
Senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with the director of Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University institute that studies barriers to economic mobility in the United States, Raj Chetty about his new study on admissions at elite universities and what it says about social mobility in America.
Aug 15, 2023 • 25min
Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor on Afghan women two years after Taliban takeover
Washington Post's Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief Susannah George speaks with co- authors Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor about their new book “Defiant Dreams,” the power of education and the state of women in Afghanistan two years after the Taliban’s takeover.
Aug 15, 2023 • 30min
Upside Foods CEO on the future of lab-grown meats
Washington Post climate zeitgeist reporter Shannon Osaka speaks with Uma Valeti, founder and CEO of Upside Foods, about the viability of lab-grown meats, the future of food and the environmental impact of how we eat.
Aug 11, 2023 • 27min
First Look with The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa, Ruth Marcus and George F. Will
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa, Ruth Marcus and George F. Will about how Democrats are seizing on abortion rights to energize voters heading into the 2024 presidential election, the ongoing struggles of the DeSantis campaign and what Trump’s legal strategy will be.
Aug 9, 2023 • 43min
Former federal judge J. Michael Luttig on Jan. 6 indictment and American democracy
Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley speaks with one of the country’s best known conservative jurists who advised former vice president Mike Pence against overturning the electoral college vote after the 2020 election, J. Michael Luttig, about the Jan. 6 indictment against former president Donald Trump and how he sees the future of American democracy.
Aug 9, 2023 • 28min
Exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar on Putin and the war in Ukraine
Washington Post intelligence and national security reporter Shane Harris speaks with Mikhail Zygar, founding editor of TV Rain, Russia’s only independent news station, about his new book, Russia’s historical attitudes to Ukraine, Putin’s grip on power and the fallout from Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s failed rebellion.
Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.
Aug 8, 2023 • 26min
Acclaimed author Cristina García on new novel ‘Vanishing Maps’
Washington Post national correspondent Arelis Hernández speaks with Cristina García, the award-winning author of the acclaimed novel “Dreaming in Cuban,” about her latest work bringing attention to the Cuban diaspora and her mark on Latino literature.
Aug 8, 2023 • 30min
Former Michigan congressman Fred Upton on the future of the Republican party
Former congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) joins Washington Post Live to discuss the Jan. 6 indictment against Trump, the future of the Republican party and his support for a third-party candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
Conversation recorded on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
Aug 7, 2023 • 31min
Constellation CEO on the challenges of carbon-free energy
Washington Post global economics correspondent David J. Lynch speaks with Constellation Energy Corporation CEO Joe Dominguez about the developing sources of clean energy and the latest advances in technology.
Conversation recorded on Monday, August 7, 2023.
