Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrump’s defiant speech to Congress
Senior political reporter Aaron Blake breaks down the speech with senior White House correspondent Naftali Bendavid and Democracy reporter Colby Itko…
10 months, 1 week ago
Inside Texas’s growing measles outbreak
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases in the world. It was eliminated in the United States 25 years ago because of an effective vaccine. Whi…
10 months, 1 week ago
What happened after Trump kicked Zelensky out of the Oval Office
On Friday, Zelensky and Trump met for what was expected to be a tense but uneventful meeting before signing a natural resources agreement that was se…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
A Trump-Zelensky blow up, a spending bill, anger at Musk
Some House Republicans are getting nervous. They’re worried that passing President Donald Trump’s budget proposal could mean cuts to popular programs…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Oscars movies worth watching
This year’s Oscar contenders are all over the place, ranging from the adaptation of the popular musical “Wicked” to the Brazilian historical drama “I…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The gutting of the federal workforce
Gregg Bafundo worked as a lead wilderness ranger in Washington state and used his basic firefighting training to help contain fires in the parks he w…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A straight, White person sued for discrimination. Her case is before the Supreme Court.
Host Martine Powers speaks with Supreme Court reporter Justin Jouvenal about Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, which will be heard before th…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
How to reverse an opioid overdose
Opioid overdoses don’t have to be fatal if the person gets help in time.
In recent years naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses, has be…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Deep Reads: Children joked about school shootings. Then the sheriff sent them to jail.
An analysis of news reports by The Washington Post found that at least 477 people — 90 percent of them students — were arrested in the two weeks afte…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Trump honeymoon is ending
Senior political reporter Aaron Blake talks with Post congressional reporter Liz Goodwin and Dan Lamothe, who covers the Pentagon and the U.S. milita…
10 months, 3 weeks ago