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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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.
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.
