Post Reports
The Washington Post
Post Reports is the daily podcast from The Washington Post. Unparalleled reporting. Expert insight. Clear analysis. Everything you’ve come to expect from the newsroom of The Post, for your ears. Martine Powers and Elahe Izadi are your hosts, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays around 5 p.m. Eastern time.
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Sep 17, 2019 • 26min
‘He's got competing instincts here’: Trump’s shifting response to Saudi oil-field attack
Anne Gearan explains the White House’s shifting messaging on Iran. Drew Harwell on how Beijing-based TikTok is suspected of censoring the Hong Kong protests. And Maura Judkis takes us into the kitchen with “Queer Eye” star Antoni Porowski.
Sep 16, 2019 • 26min
What the opioid crackdown means for chronic pain patients
Joel Achenbach reports on chronic pain and opioids. Sarah Kaplan on how American teens are channeling their anxiety over climate change into activism. And Max Bearak visits a Kenyan community whose members say its source of power was stolen.
Sep 13, 2019 • 28min
‘The city didn’t need another statement of failure’: Baltimore still reeling after Freddie Gray
Aaron Blake shares his takeaways from the third Democratic debate. And Erin Cox describes the healing and reawakening of Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray.
Sep 12, 2019 • 31min
A report card on school segregation in America
Laura Meckler examines what school segregation looks like today. Heather Long on the minority women changing the makeup of the U.S. workforce. And Nick Miroff explains the Supreme Court’s move on a Trump administration asylum policy.
Sep 11, 2019 • 31min
The ‘South Atlantic blob’: The vulnerability of the world’s warming oceans
Chris Mooney, John Muyskens and Carolyn Van Houten on the dangerous hot zones spreading around the world. David Weigel previews the next Democratic presidential debate. And Sarah Kaplan describes a ‘Super Earth’ 110 light-years away.
Sep 10, 2019 • 23min
What John Bolton’s departure means for Trump’s foreign policy
John Hudson on the ouster of national security adviser John Bolton. Reed Albergotti describes Apple’s dual role in the app economy. And Lena Sun breaks down the chemical linked to recent vaping-related illnesses and deaths.
Sep 9, 2019 • 32min
‘As far as I’m concerned, they’re dead.’ How Trump’s peace talks with the Taliban broke down.
Karen DeYoung explains the collapse of U.S. peace talks in Afghanistan. Rachael Bade on the implications of an impeachment probe. And Anthony Faiola describes the human toll and destruction of Hurricane Dorian.
Sep 6, 2019 • 21min
The power of black motherhood: Finding joy beyond the numbers on maternal mortality
Helena Andrews-Dyer looks for joy in her pregnancy in the face of scary statistics about black women and childbirth. And Peter Holley explains what life after death could look like, thanks to new technology.
Sep 5, 2019 • 23min
Protests, defections, rebellions — a chaotic week for British politics
Kevin Sullivan breaks down Boris Johnson’s Brexit battle. Caroline Kitchener describes the state of women’s health care in Maine. And Danielle Paquette takes us on a ride with an African delivery service.
Sep 4, 2019 • 28min
An intoxicated pathologist misdiagnosed 3,000 cases. VA failed to stop him.
Taylor Telford on Walmart’s response to multiple mass shootings. Lisa Rein looks at oversight failures in the Department of Veterans Affairs. And Jessica Contrera reports from what might be the most dramatic dog park in the country.
