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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Oct 6, 2022 • 48min
Medical experts on cancer treatments and expanding access
Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with Carol Brown, chief health equity officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and David Agus, the founding director and CEO of the Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, about the latest medical breakthroughs and ways to scale those advances, promote access and reduce disparities.
Oct 6, 2022 • 29min
Editor-in-chief of British Vogue discusses inclusion and his new memoir, ‘A Visible Man’
Washington Post critic-at-large Robin Givhan speaks with editor-in-chief of British Vogue Edward Enninful about diversity and inclusion in the fashion industry, his unexpected journey and his new memoir, “A Visible Man.”
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.
Oct 5, 2022 • 30min
Penn Jillette on new crime novel ‘Random’
Washington Post national arts reporter Geoff Edgers speaks with Penn Jillette, one half of the popular magic duo Penn & Teller and the author of several books, about his new crime novel, “Random,” about making life choices based on a roll of the dice and his decades-long career as a magician.
Oct 4, 2022 • 31min
Directors Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer on going inside the war rooms of the Lincoln Project
Washington Post senior news anchor Libby Casey speaks with directors Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer about their new Showtime documentary series, “The Lincoln Project” and what went into covering the team of elite GOP strategists in their effort to defeat their own party’s sitting president.
Oct 3, 2022 • 29min
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman on his mission into space and future of space travel
Washington Post reporter covering the space industry Christian Davenport speaks with Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur who led the first all-private citizen crew into orbit last year, about his partnership with SpaceX and the future of commercial space exploration.
Conversation recorded on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
Sep 30, 2022 • 28min
First Look for Sept. 30 with Karoun Demirjian, E.J. Dionne and Josh Rogin
On Washington Post Live’s “First Look,” associate editor Jonathan Capehart speaks with The Post’s Karoun Demirjian, E.J. Dionne and Josh Rogin about President Putin’s military mobilization, the midterm elections and the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.
Conversation recorded on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
Sep 29, 2022 • 29min
Key lawmakers on data protection and privacy legislation
Washington Post Live anchor Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), about the work of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, new consumer privacy legislation, the prospects for a bipartisan bill and the future of tech regulation.
Conversation recorded on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.
Sep 28, 2022 • 39min
Cybersecurity thought leaders on internet security
Washington Post technology policy reporter Cat Zakrzewski speaks with Bret Arsenault, Corporate Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer at Microsoft, about strategies to succeed in the cloud, guard against cyber intrusions and technological advances that could reshape the digital infrastructure of businesses in the coming decades.
Sep 26, 2022 • 29min
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president on U.S. income and wealth inequality
Washington Post global economics correspondent David J. Lynch speaks with Raphael W. Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, about the causes and impact of such persistent economic inequality.
Conversation recorded on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.
Sep 23, 2022 • 50min
Public health experts on health equity and the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic
California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly and Kizzmekia S. Corbett, assistant professor, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, join Washington Post Live to discuss health equity, the lessons learned from the pandemic and how we can better prepare and respond to the next one.
