When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade back in 2022, it indicated that abortion was an issue to be relegated to the states. Instead, it has blown up American politics, firing up voters and leading to conflicting lower court rulings. Post columnists Ruth Marcus, Alexandra Petri and Amanda Ripley discuss how it feels to be a woman in the post- Dobbs world and what’s at stake when abortion returns to the Supreme Court this term as the justices hear a case on access to mifepristone. Ruth Marc...
Mar 21, 2024•21 min
“Impromptu” from Washington Post Opinions invites listeners to eavesdrop on our columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news and cultural debates they can’t stop thinking about. Washington Post Opinions columnists want to bring you inside their conversations, before they start typing, to help you figure out your own point of view. If you've enjoyed the recent conversations among columnists that you've heard on this feed, you'll love " Impromptu ." New episodes will be rele...
Mar 06, 2024•3 min
The Israel-Gaza war has dominated our news feeds and dinner table conversations and opened up rifts that cross traditional partisan lines. Three Post columnists unpack how U.S. involvement in the war makes them feel about being American.
Feb 05, 2024•20 min
Every 19th of October, Grenadians mark a somber anniversary: the 1983 execution of the country’s former prime minister and revolutionary leader, Maurice Bishop, and others who died alongside him. The people of this Caribbean nation still have no closure 40 years later. The remains of Bishop and his supporters were never returned to their family members and are missing to this day. In the first episode of “The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop,” The Washington Post’s Martine Powers takes us on the pe...
Nov 10, 2023•51 min
SBF is fighting conventional fraud charges. But the moral philosophy that guided his decisions was anything but. We get into whether SBF is a failed messiah or just another disgraced tech mogul, and how he sold people on doing good while getting rich. Play it again, Sam: Inside Bankman-Fried’s last year in the crypto game , Michael Lewis The coin flip that could convict Sam Bankman-Fried , Jason Willick...
Oct 17, 2023•23 min
Kevin McCarthy is out as House speaker. Now what? Post Opinions columnists Perry Bacon, Jim Geraghty and Dana Milbank gather for an impromptu conversation about where the House should go from here, whom the next speaker might be and whether Democrats have any responsibility to clean up the mess. Populist passions, not Trump, rule the GOP , by Jim Geraghty McCarthy’s gone. Republican dysfunction is here to stay , by Dana Milbank Republicans are in disarray. But they are still winning a lot on pol...
Oct 04, 2023•21 min
Seven candidates debated in California as the former president Donald Trump campaigned elsewhere. It's putting some conservatives in a mood. Three Trump-skeptical columnists discuss what's next in the run for the nomination.
Sep 28, 2023•18 min
There’s a crisis in child care, and it’s about to get worse. Three Post columnists, who happen to be parents, talk through some bipartisan solutions that could ease the pain.
Sep 26, 2023•17 min
Fox News is now in Lachlan Murdoch’s hands. Washington Post columnists talk about what they would do next if they were him.
Sep 25, 2023•21 min
College football is often about the coaches. And Deion Sanders, NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado’s new head coach, is breaking the mold. What does his rise mean to Black Americans? Three Washington Post columnists talk through it.
Sep 12, 2023•14 min
The GOP debate is by and for Republicans, but plenty of Democrats are watching how this race unfolds too. Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane brings on left-leaning columnist Greg Sargent and humorist Alexandra Petri to get a sense of what liberals are thinking about Vivek Ramaswamy, the GOP candidates' responses on climate change and abortion, and the party’s divide over whether the country needs better governance, or full-on revolution.
Aug 24, 2023•22 min
Ruth Marcus is a Post Opinions columnist and one of the nation’s foremost experts on the Supreme Court and the legal system. George Conway is a lawyer and one of Donald Trump’s leading conservative critics. They sat down Thursday to talk about the Department of Justice’s latest indictment of Trump, what it means, and where the country goes from here.
Aug 03, 2023•26 min
The team at Washington Post Opinions is using this space to bring you occasional conversations reacting to the biggest stories we're talking about. As we continue to share discussions, we’d love to know what you think and what you’re craving to hear. In the run-up to this year’s annual NATO summit in Vilinius, Lithuania, all eyes were on what prospects the alliance would give Ukraine on becoming a member. No one expected that Ukraine would be given full membership while the war was still going o...
Jul 13, 2023•20 min
The team at Washington Post Opinions is using this space to bring you occasional conversations reacting to the biggest stories we're talking about. As we continue to share discussions, we’d love to know what you think and what you’re craving to hear. We wanted to quickly react to today’s news and hope you find the conversation useful and thought-provoking. The U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions is a huge development for law, education and politics. It’s als...
Jun 29, 2023•23 min
Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand the most urgent stories playing out in five iconic landscapes today. “Field Trip” is a new podcast series that will transport you to five national parks: Yosemite, Everglades, Glacier, White Sands and Gates of the Arctic. Follow the show wherever you listen....
Jun 23, 2023•4 min
On The Post’s new podcast, "The 7," host Jeff Pierre takes you through the seven most important and interesting stories of the day. It's a way to get caught up in just a few minutes. It comes out every weekday at 7 a.m. Check it out today, then find and follow "The 7" so you're set for tomorrow. You can also read "The 7" here ....
Dec 07, 2022•6 min
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) joins James Hohmann for a conversation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the threat posed by China. Read Sen. Rubio’s op-ed. Listen to his speech at the Heritage Foundation.
Apr 01, 2022•31 min
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine weighs in on Vladimir Putin’s war against the country, as well as Donald Trump’s past attacks on her character.
Mar 25, 2022•27 min
A number of red states have moved to limit transgender rights in recent months, most notably Texas. With that in mind, we return to a conversation from last summer with activist Gavin Grimm — at a watershed moment in the struggle for trans rights. Read Gavin Grimm’s op-ed.
Mar 18, 2022•24 min
Paul Farmer, a global health advocate and physician whose work saved millions of lives, died in Rwanda last month at age 62. Author John Green, a mentee of Farmer’s, discusses the physician’s life and remarkable legacy. Read John Green’s op-ed about Paul Farmer. And his op-ed about giving up social media....
Mar 11, 2022•23 min
As Russia intensifies its invasion of Ukraine, James Hohmann sits down with the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss the U.S. response, and what’s next in the Jan. 6 inquiry.
Mar 04, 2022•27 min
As Russia attacked her country, Ukrainian journalist Olga Tokariuk spoke with James Hohmann about the long struggle for an independent Ukraine. Read Olga Tokariuk’s op-ed.
Feb 24, 2022•28 min
Sheryl Lee Ralph, who you might know as “Abbott Elementary’s” Barbara Howard, joins guest host Michele Norris for a conversation about finding comedy — and searing critique — in the American education system.
Feb 18, 2022•39 min
Sasha Taylor was only 15 years old when she was forced into marriage in Arizona. She escaped and went on to become an FBI analyst. Now she’s advocating for reform at the state and federal levels. Read Sasha Taylor’s op-ed.
Feb 11, 2022•20 min
Beth Macy, the author of “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America,” argues that harm-reduction practices and safe consumption sites can provide a path out of the opioid epidemic. Read Beth Macy’s op-ed.
Feb 04, 2022•30 min
After an attack this month at a U.S. synagogue, Roya Hakakian reflects on how antisemitic acts shake immigrants especially hard. Read Roya Hakakian’s op-ed.
Jan 28, 2022•26 min
This month, Kazakhstan faced some of the worst violence it’s seen in decades. But professor and native Kazakh Nargis Kassenova contends that, in spite of a deployment of Russian troops, the country will not return to Moscow’s fold. Read Nargis Kassenova’s op-ed.
Jan 21, 2022•21 min
A professor and parent of three, Jackie Spinner says that she’s out of reserves when it comes to school cancellations two years into the pandemic. Read Jackie Spinner’s op-ed.
Jan 13, 2022•19 min
On the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack, retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton warns that we could be headed for another insurrection in 2024.
Jan 06, 2022•21 min
Host James Hohmann reflects briefly on the first six months of the podcast, and looks ahead to 2022. Listen to Please, Go On
Dec 30, 2021•3 min
