Post Reports

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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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Updated February 6

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Oct 30, 2025 · 16 min
Ghost Reports: They buried Mrs. Kyle twice
There’s a boarding school in Virginia with a ghost story that predates the American Revolution. Today, Post reporter Clarence Williams brings us the story of the ghost of Mrs. Kyle, a legend kept alive at Foxcroft School.
Oct 29, 2025 · 27 min
Casey Means: A MAHA leader, and the next surgeon general?
Casey Means left mainstream medicine. She could soon be in a position to change it as the next U.S. surgeon general.
Oct 28, 2025 · 14 min
Why Build-a-Bear Workshop is outpacing big tech
Build-a-Bear Workshop’s stock price is outpacing some of the most successful companies in the world. Today, what’s made it stand out and why it’s been able to withstand economic headwinds.
Oct 27, 2025 · 20 min
What’s Obama been up to?
Why Democrats are looking to a former president to weather the Trump storm.
Oct 25, 2025 · 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.
Oct 24, 2025 · 28 min
Trump demolishes White House East Wing; Nazi controversies hit both parties
President Donald Trump’s grand plans for a White House ballroom involve more demolition than expected. And, an upstart Democratic Senate candidate in Maine grapples with old online posts and says he’s “not a secret Nazi.”
Oct 23, 2025 · 24 min
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private ‘Antichrist’ lectures
The billionaire Peter Thiel recently hosted a series of exclusive lectures in San Francisco. The topic? The Antichrist. Today, his arguments and what they say about an emerging mindset in Silicon Valley.
Oct 22, 2025 · 20 min
The NBA season just started. Is anyone watching?
The NBA season kicked off this week. We preview the biggest narratives of the basketball season, the teams and players to follow, and how the league is tackling its declining viewership.
Oct 21, 2025 · 18 min
How thieves pulled off the Louvre jewel heist in minutes
Thieves stole thousands of gems from the Louvre museum in a matter of minutes. Today, how it happened and what might become of the jewels.
Oct 20, 2025 · 21 min
Could Trump's boat strikes turn into war?
There’s been an unexpected twist in the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on alleged “narco-terrorists” from Venezuela: Two people survived a boat attack.
Oct 18, 2025 · 17 min
Can you choose to be happy?
For the past five years, filmmaker Atdhe Trepca has been going up to strangers and asking them if they’re happy. This is what he’s learned.
Oct 17, 2025 · 19 min
Top GOP leader on shutdown: ‘This could go on for quite some time’
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) is one of the most powerful members of the Senate. Her take on the government shutdown, layoffs and a possible health care compromise.
Oct 16, 2025 · 27 min
Dinner with The Post’s food critic
Tom Sietsema, The Post’s longtime food critic, is stepping down. In honor of his 26 years on the job, a re-run of one of our favorite episodes: a peek behind the curtain of the life of a food critic.
Oct 15, 2025 · 19 min
Trump is trying to use the shutdown to lay off workers
The Trump administration is trying to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, targeting programs they say align with Democrats’ priorities. Is it legal?
Oct 14, 2025 · 21 min
Inside Silicon Valley’s push to breed super-babies
Tech investors are backing a movement to optimize your offspring.
Oct 13, 2025 · 19 min
Will peace in Gaza hold?
The first phase of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect, offering a glimmer of hope after two years of war.
Oct 11, 2025 · 13 min
How to save an animal shelter: “If you care about something just do it”
Courtney Proctor Cross was an elementary school teacher for 30 years before she changed her life. When she took over an animal shelter that had become a “death sentence” for the animals who entered, she made it a place of hope.
Oct 10, 2025 · 26 min
Shutdown cracks, Jay Jones’s texts, Trump’s Gaza deal
Republicans showed cracks in their messaging around the government shutdown, Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with senators and other highlights from this week’s politics news.
Oct 9, 2025 · 19 min
Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and a MAGA meltdown
Bad Bunny will be the next Super Bowl halftime show headliner. MAGA is upset.
Oct 8, 2025 · 26 min
The National Guard arrives in Chicago
After more than a month of increased ICE enforcement in Chicago, hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to the city this week. Today, what it feels like on the ground, and how politicians and residents are resisting.

Post Reports

Ghost Reports: They buried Mrs. Kyle twice

Casey Means: A MAHA leader, and the next surgeon general?

Why Build-a-Bear Workshop is outpacing big tech

What’s Obama been up to?

How to get stronger as you age

Trump demolishes White House East Wing; Nazi controversies hit both parties

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private ‘Antichrist’ lectures

The NBA season just started. Is anyone watching?

How thieves pulled off the Louvre jewel heist in minutes

Could Trump's boat strikes turn into war?

Can you choose to be happy?

Top GOP leader on shutdown: ‘This could go on for quite some time’

Dinner with The Post’s food critic

Trump is trying to use the shutdown to lay off workers

Inside Silicon Valley’s push to breed super-babies

Will peace in Gaza hold?

How to save an animal shelter: “If you care about something just do it”

Shutdown cracks, Jay Jones’s texts, Trump’s Gaza deal

Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and a MAGA meltdown

The National Guard arrives in Chicago