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Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart talks with newsmakers who challenge your ideas on politics, and explore how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. "Capehart" is a podcast from Washington Post Opinions, with conversations adapted from Washington Post Live events.

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Opinion writer Jonathan Capehart talks with newsmakers who challenge your ideas on politics, and explore how race, religion, age, gender and cultural identity are redrawing the lines that both divide and unite America. "Capehart" is a podcast from Washington Post Opinions, with conversations adapted from Washington Post Live events.

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@capehartj

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English

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315-576-5043


Episodes
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Sen. Gary Peters on the fight for the Senate, Michigan and 2024 stakes

11/1/2024
Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart to discuss his role in defending the Democratic majority in the Senate, the Senate electoral map, the battleground state of Michigan and the stakes for the 2024 presidential election. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

Duration:00:29:27

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André Holland on 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' and the role of artists in 'social transformation'

10/25/2024
Actor André Holland best known for his standout performance in the Academy Award-winning movie “Moonlight" joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss his new father-son drama “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” his upbringing in Alabama and his roles portraying historical Black figures on screen. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, October 23, 2024.

Duration:00:29:15

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Bob Woodward on ‘War’ and the upcoming presidential election

10/17/2024
Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss his latest book, “War,” about the three concurrent conflicts seizing the world’s attention: the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and the ongoing political battles in America. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.

Duration:00:36:07

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Maha Abouelenein on the superpower of self-reliance and the importance of building a personal brand

10/10/2024
Global communications strategist and author of the new book “7 Rules of Self-Reliance,” Maha Abouelenein joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart to discuss practical advice on how individuals can harness their inner potential, her learnings from her three-decade entrepreneurial career about mastering self-reliance and seizing opportunity in today’s world. Conversation recorded on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

Duration:00:27:40

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James Balog and Bill Weir on the fate of Antarctica amid an increasingly warming planet

10/4/2024
Environmental photographer, filmmaker and explorer James Balog and CNN anchor and chief climate correspondent Bill Weir join The Post's Jonathan Capehart from Washington Post Live's "This is Climate Summit" in New York City to discuss their work documenting the impact of a warming world on Antarctica’s glaciers and the positive stories they’ve seen on the ground that give them hope. Conversation recorded on Monday, September 23, 2024.

Duration:00:30:40

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John Kerry on the role of U.S. diplomacy with China in combatting climate change globally

9/26/2024
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Inaugural U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart from Washington Post Live's "This is Climate Summit" in New York City to discuss the climate talks between China and the United States, the role of global cooperation to meet the generational challenge of protecting our planet and what the United States needs to learn from its competitor. Conversation recorded on Monday, September 23, 2024.

Duration:00:13:44

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Tara Parker-Pope and Robert Klitzman on cognitive decline and reducing stigma around aging

9/19/2024
Washington Post Well+Being Editor Tara Parker Pope and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Robert Klitzman join The Post's Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about how the impacts of cognitive decline in senior citizens, ways to keep your brain active and stimulated as you get older and reducing the stigma surrounding aging. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Duration:00:18:29

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Rep. James Clyburn on Democrats' enthusiasm around the Harris-Walz presidential campaign

8/22/2024
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to talk about the Harris-Walz 2024 campaign strategy, the prospects for Democrats to regain control of the House of Representatives and why he feels Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign "surpasses" Barack Obama's 2008 campaign run. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

Duration:00:22:25

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Best Of: The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

8/15/2024
On the heels of the historic prisoner swap that led to the release of detained journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, we revisit a conversation from Post Live's World Press Freedom Day May 3 event. Jonathan Capehart speaks with Committee to Protect Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg, RSF USA executive director Clayton Weimers and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty CEO Steve Capus about the state of global press freedom, the technological shifts reshaping the media and what's at stake as billions around the world head to the polls this year.

Duration:00:24:51

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the humanitarian and displacement crisis in war-ravaged Sudan

8/8/2024
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about Sudan’s hunger and displacement crisis, the underlying conflict of the country’s civil war and the response from the international community. Conversation recorded on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

Duration:00:17:52

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Best Of: In conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris

8/1/2024
As she sets the stage for her presidential campaign in the upcoming 2024 election, we revisit this conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris from 2019 as she sat down with Jonathan Capehart to discuss her memoir, upbringing and career in front of a live audience on the campus of George Washington University. Conversation recorded on Jan. 9, 2019 for Politics and Prose.

Duration:01:02:29

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Special Edition: First Look with the Post's Jonathan Capehart

7/26/2024
In a special expanded edition of First Look, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) talked about Vice President Kamala Harris’s White House campaign, possibilities for her running mate and the political dynamic in his home state. Next, Post reporters and columnists discussed where the presidential contest goes from here and offered perspectives on a historic and unpredictable election. Conversation recorded on Friday, July 26, 2024.

Duration:01:28:18

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Retired judge David Tatel on ‘Vision,’ D.C. circuit tenure and Supreme Court concerns

7/23/2024
Retired judge David Tatel joins The Post's Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about his new memoir, his rise to becoming a judge on the influential D.C. circuit, coming to terms with his blindness and his growing concern about the direction of the Supreme Court. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

Duration:00:29:29

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Special Edition: First Look roundtable with Post reporters on what's at stake for American democracy

7/12/2024
In a special expanded edition of First Look, Post reporters and columnists discuss the debate in the Democratic party over Biden's candidacy, the upcoming Republican National Convention and the stakes for American democracy in the 2024 presidential election. Conversation recorded on Friday, July 12, 2024.

Duration:01:07:03

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Best Of: Alex Edelman on ‘Just For Us’ and comedy as “a high-wire, high-risk act”

6/20/2024
Alex Edelman has just won a Tony award for his Broadway solo stand-up show "Just for Us" that he also turned into a HBO special. In this encore presentation from April, Edelman talks about exploring antisemitism through humor in the hit show and why the special “felt conversant with the moment but also sort of an escape from” Hamas’s October 7 attack. Conversation recorded on April 3, 2024.

Duration:00:34:43

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Deborah Lipstadt on the rise of antisemitism, threats to democracy and lessons from history

6/13/2024
Historian and special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about the spike in antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, her role at the State Department, her scholarship about the Holocaust and the lessons of the past for today. Conversation recorded on Thursday, June 11, 2024.

Duration:00:29:48

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Best Of: Alicia Roth Weigel on new documentary about intersex community

5/30/2024
Following its success as a 45th annual Telly Award winner in the DEI category, we revisit a 2023 conversation with Alicia Roth Weigel, an activist profiled in “Every Body," a new documentary exploring the lives of intersex people who are born with a combination of male and female biological traits as she discusses the intersex community, gender identity and the state of LGBTQIA+ rights in the country. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

Duration:00:30:39

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Hoa Xuande on his breakout role in 'The Sympathizer' and his journey from Australia to Hollywood

5/23/2024
Actor Hoa Xuande, star of the new espionage thriller "The Sympathizer," talks about his role as a double agent in the miniseries, how the show reexamines the Vietnam war through the Vietnamese perspective and how growing up in Australia led him on a path to "figure out who he really is." Conversation recorded on Thursday, May 23 2024.

Duration:00:29:00

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Robert Kagan on his latest book 'Rebellion,' and why a country led by Trump would be 'frightening'

5/16/2024
Historian and Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about the stakes in the 2024 presidential election, the historical parallels to this moment in American politics and what he calls the “anti-liberal rebellion.” Conversation recorded on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

Duration:00:31:51

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The state of global press freedom and the threats to democracy

5/9/2024
During Washington Post Live's World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Clayton Weimers, executive director of RSF USA and president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Stephen Capus assess the state of global press freedom, ensuring the safety for journalists around the world, the technological shifts reshaping the industry and what's at stake as billions around the world head to the polls this year.

Duration:00:25:10