Podcast Episodes

How to choose joy: ‘Try This’

Happiness, it turns out, comes down to a science — even though what makes each of us happy can vary widely. Host Cristina Quinn talks to happiness sc…

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How Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy

Carter, a peanut farmer, Navy veteran and Georgia governor, served just four years in the White House. But his time in office was only part of his le…

1 year ago

Deep Reads: The man who drives prisoners home

It had been five years since Frankie Nole came out from behind prison doors. Now at age 72, Nole shakes his head. He had spent 49 years fighting to g…

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'Erin Brockovich' made their town famous. They still don’t have clean water.

In 2000, the movie “Erin Brockovich” helped put the small town of Hinkley, California, on the map. The movie stars Julia Roberts as a determined law …

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Hunting an owl to save an ecosystem

Biologist Daniel Hofstadter and a tiny band of researchers have been carrying out the most expansive barred owl removal effort to date. It’s a proje…

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Dinner with The Post’s food critic

Tom Sietsema has been The Post’s food critic for 25 years. Over a quarter of a century, Sietsema has eaten at and reviewed thousands of restaurants. …

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Saving “Sesame Street”

“Sesame Street” is an American institution. It began airing in 1969 as an educational program intended to help toddlers prepare for kindergarten. It …

1 year ago

College football now has more money - and more problems

This weekend, the 2024 College Football Playoff kicks off, featuring more teams, more storylines and a lot more money than ever before. Today on the …

1 year ago

Musk and Trump bring shutdown chaos to Congress

Today on “Post Reports,” Washington scrambles to avoid a government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have fanned the flames. 

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Club raids, influencers: How Putin’s playbook is pushing young Russians toward ultranationalism

When Francesca Ebel, a Russia correspondent for The Post, returned to one of Moscow’s most popular nightclubs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine bega…

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