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Washington Post national environmental reporter Brady Dennis speaks with Deanne Criswell, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator, Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University, and Alice C. Hill, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about how extreme weather events are testing disaster preparedness and adaptation measures that can help communities be more resilient in the future. Conversations recorded on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

Washington Post global economics correspondent David J. Lynch speaks with Robert B. Zoellick, former World Bank president and deputy secretary of state, about new aid from the United States for Ukraine’s economic recovery, calls to use Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s rebuilding and the U.S. relationship with China. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Correction: An earlier version of this interview misidentified a viewer’s name in an audience question. We regret the error. That section of the conversation has been removed.

Washington Post sports columnist Jerry Brewer speaks with NBA All-Star Chris Paul about his new memoir “Sixty-One,” which details the lessons he learned from his grandfather, how his family shaped his desire to give back and his activism as an athlete.

On Washington Post Live’s First Look, associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa, E.J. Dionne and Hugh Hewitt about the U.S. strategy in Asia, Hunter Biden’s guilty plea, and renewed questions around ethics rules for justices of the Supreme Court. Conversations recorded on Friday, June 23, 2023.

Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with Luisa Palacios, senior research scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, and Jimena Marván, executive director of Chapter Zero Mexico, about the country’s climate commitments and the impact of global warming across the region.

Washington Post Live anchor and co-author of the Early 202 newsletter Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with House Intelligence Committee Chair Michael Turner (R-Ohio) and ranking Democrat Jim Himes (Conn.) about special counsel John Durham’s recent report critical of the FBI, the report’s recommendations and Durham’s upcoming testimony before Congress. Conversation recorded on Thursday, June 22, 2023.

Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with legal historian Mary Ziegler about the contentious history of abortion rights in the United States and the state-by-state battle over abortion access in post-Roe America.

Washington Post national health reporter Akilah Johnson speaks with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Joseph Betancourt, president of the Commonwealth Fund, about the drivers of health disparities and how they can impact cancer care in the United States. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Washington Post business of food reporter Laura Reiley speaks with Isobel Coleman, USAID deputy administrator for policy and programming, and Alexandre Chequim, CEO of DigiFarmz, about the global hunger crisis and how the public and private sectors are harnessing innovation for longer-term solutions. Conversation recorded on June 20, 2023.

Washington Post tech policy reporter Cat Zakrzewski speaks with Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager who, in 2021, leaked tens of thousands of internal documents detailing the potential negative impact of the platform on users, about her new book, “The Power of One,” describing her path to becoming a whistleblower and her continued calls for greater accountability in social media. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.