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.

Listen in PodNod RSS feed

1,939 episodes
Updated February 6

Episodes1939

Newest first

January 12 · 31 min
Will these Iran protests bring the government down?
Iranians took to the streets to demand change. Amid a government-imposed communications blackout, hundreds of protesters are feared dead.
January 10 · 34 min
The hunt for a stolen Jackson Pollock painting
Decades after a brazen art theft drove Merry White’s father to despair, federal agents closed in on the missing work. For White, the search is personal.
January 9 · 33 min
Minneapolis ICE shooting, Tim Walz and 'America First' after Venezuela
The fallout from Wednesday’s ICE shooting in Minneapolis, why the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has led to renewed talk of buying Greenland, and the fallen star of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
January 8 · 18 min
The trick to making New Year’s resolutions stick
New Year’s resolutions gone off the rails? Here’s how to save them.
January 7 · 20 min
How a mystery gambler scored big on Maduro’s ouster
An anonymous gambler won big after placing a well-timed bet on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s ouster. What did they know?
January 6 · 26 min
Marco Rubio, the Viceroy of Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pushed for regime change in Venezuela for over a decade. What happens now that the U.S. has removed its leader?
January 5 · 31 min
With Maduro gone, what's Venezuela's future?
After Nicolás Maduro’s capture, Venezuela’s future – and Washington’s role in it.
January 3 · 11 min
How to get stronger as you age
New research finds that declining health is not inevitable as we age. It can also be a time to get healthier and stronger.
January 2 · 12 min
How to be a ‘super ager’
For her 80th birthday, she went to trapeze school. For her 90th, she threw a house party. E.J. Truax says the secret to thriving into old age is simple: Be active. And it turns out, research backs her up.
Dec 31, 2025 · 10 min
Meet the man who invites 1,000 people to his house every month
Once a month for 15 years, David Weiner has hosted a jazz party, inviting everyone he knows and many people he’s never met over to his D.C. rowhouse. Today, we revisit one of our favorite episodes of the year and go inside the wildly welcoming ritual to understand how he’s built this community — and kept it going.
Dec 30, 2025 · 16 min
Is finding "flow" the key to happiness?
“There’s nothing like cold water, icky garbage and a little bit of danger to get you out of your head,” said Susan Baur, founder of the group Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage.
Dec 29, 2025 · 21 min
Want to live longer? Try fartleks.
Today, we revisit one of our favorite episodes from the past year: how fartlek training – or “speed play” – can help you exercise more joyfully and more frequently.
Dec 27, 2025 · 15 min
How much do dogs reduce our stress?
Today, we revisit one of our favorite episodes from the past year: about the science of how dogs make us calmer, happier — and maybe even more trusting.
Dec 26, 2025 · 22 min
This school banned phones. Remarkable things happened.
After Ballard High School banned phones, they saw a 67 percent increase in students checking out library books. We hear from psychologist Jean Twenge about what phone bans can do for kids.
Dec 24, 2025 · 18 min
The kids keeping go-go music alive
Today, the D.C. programs that are teaching students how to play go-go music – and the history they are preserving by playing it.
Dec 23, 2025 · 30 min
Stressed about the holidays? Carolyn Hax has advice.
Tensions can run high during the holidays. Advice columnist Carolyn Hax has some words of wisdom for navigating tense family dynamics and awkward situations this holiday season.
Dec 22, 2025 · 17 min
Wait, is weed legal now?
Why Trump is reclassifying marijuana to be less restricted.
Dec 20, 2025 · 23 min
I want to give back! How do I afford it?
“Try This” from The Washington Post is a series of audio courses designed to jump-start the parts of life where we could all use a few pointers — with pithy, snackable solutions. The latest course is all about personal finance and giving back.
Dec 19, 2025 · 27 min
Why MAGA faithful are growing frustrated with Trump
A Vanity Fair interview with President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, a controversial social post about a Hollywood legend, and brusk remarks on the economy have put the cracks within Trump’s party on full display.
Dec 18, 2025 · 24 min
How a gay hockey romance became a global phenomenon
How a gay romance TV series brought the steam into America’s living rooms, and what it reveals about our collective horniness.

Post Reports

Will these Iran protests bring the government down?

The hunt for a stolen Jackson Pollock painting

Minneapolis ICE shooting, Tim Walz and 'America First' after Venezuela

The trick to making New Year’s resolutions stick

How a mystery gambler scored big on Maduro’s ouster

Marco Rubio, the Viceroy of Venezuela

With Maduro gone, what's Venezuela's future?

How to get stronger as you age

How to be a ‘super ager’

Meet the man who invites 1,000 people to his house every month

Is finding "flow" the key to happiness?

Want to live longer? Try fartleks.

How much do dogs reduce our stress?

This school banned phones. Remarkable things happened.

The kids keeping go-go music alive

Stressed about the holidays? Carolyn Hax has advice.

Wait, is weed legal now?

I want to give back! How do I afford it?

Why MAGA faithful are growing frustrated with Trump

How a gay hockey romance became a global phenomenon