Washington Post Live

Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile joins Washington Post Live to discuss the high-stakes encounter, the latest battleground polls and the top issues driving the electorate. Conversation recorded on Monday, September 9, 2024.

Washington Post columnist Max Boot joins The Post’s Karen Tumulty “Reagan: His Life and Legend” to discuss Reagan's political evolution, how the former president helped end the Cold War and his complex family life. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.

Jen O’Malley Dillon, campaign chair for Vice President Kamala Harris, joins The Post’s Michael Scherer from the Democratic National Convention to discuss Harris’s speech in Chicago, the Democrats’ economic message and the campaign’s strategy to reach undecided voters in battleground states. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 22, 2024.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joins The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to discuss the stakes for the 2024 election, Democrats’ vision for America and U.S. support for Israel. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 22, 2024.

Moon Unit Zappa, actor, singer and author of a new memoir “Earth to Moon,” joins Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers to discuss her upbringing in Hollywood as the child of iconoclast Frank Zappa, her path as an artist and her father’s musical legacy. Conversation recorded on Thursday, August 15, 2024.

Russian writer and political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza joins The Post’s opinions page editor David Shipley to discuss his imprisonment of more than two years, his historic release, press freedom and Russia's future after Putin. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens joins The Post’s Jason Rezaian to discuss the recent historic prisoner trade releasing several Americans and other individuals from Russian prisons, his ongoing work to free other U.S. citizens abroad and efforts to end the practice of hostage-taking. Conversation recorded on Monday, August 12, 2024.

Wendy Sherman joins Washington Post Live to discuss the escalating tensions in the Middle East, the repercussions of the historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States and the state of American foreign policy. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) and Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt (R) join Washington Post Live for a bipartisan conversation about the state of election security, fears about political violence and the rise of disinformation. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, August 6, 2024.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University and Comfort Ero, president & CEO of the International Crisis Group join Washington Post Live to examine Sudan’s hunger and displacement crisis, the underlying conflict of the country’s civil war and the response from the international community. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.