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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Dec 26, 2018 · 22 min
The story behind a global e-scooter recall
Peter Holley investigates the dangers of e-scooters. Philip Rucker debriefs on the president’s surprise trip to Iraq over this tumultuous holiday. Plus, Chuck Culpepper revisits a Kentucky town haunted by a high school football loss from 25 years ago.
Dec 25, 2018 · 8 min
A home for the holidays
This year, 10-year-old Kamiya Johnson will be home for the holidays. Post reporter Jessica Contrera says that Kamiya’s family was able to leave a D.C. shelter and find housing. Also, the history of gingerbread from Mary Beth Albright.
Dec 24, 2018 · 17 min
How Ben Carson is rolling back fair-housing enforcement
Tracy Jan reports on how Ben Carson’s HUD cut back on investigating housing discrimination. Lori Aratani explains why airplane bathrooms keep getting smaller. Plus, Geoffrey Fowler on the ever-rising costs of Apple products.
Dec 21, 2018 · 24 min
‘The sound and the fury’: Another week in the White House
As a shutdown nears, White House reporter Josh Dawsey recounts President Trump’s chaotic week. Senior editor Marc Fisher on the evolution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Plus, how a bat cave could help stop a deadly disease.
Dec 20, 2018 · 23 min
U.S. troops to leave Syria. Now what?
What it means for the U.S. to pull forces out of Syria. The fashion industry’s mixed messages to plus-size women. Plus, when Congress weighed a journey to the center of Earth.
Dec 19, 2018 · 21 min
How a ‘law and order’ party embraced prison reform
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill overhauling the federal prison system. What it takes to mend relationships between the police and communities. Plus, taking over holiday traditions.
Dec 18, 2018 · 25 min
Why President Trump is shutting down his charity
President Trump’s charity will shut down amid allegations that he used it for personal and political gain. In the second part of our Murder With Impunity series, the police perspective. And a retired school counselor has two and a half minutes of fame.
Dec 17, 2018 · 24 min
Murder With Impunity: Surrounded by homicide
A New Orleans mother who lost three children in homicides now fears for her last. Plus, a new report prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee details how the Russians sought to influence the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump.
Dec 14, 2018 · 19 min
When a 7-year-old dies on Border Patrol’s watch
A 7-year-old girl died after being taken into Border Patrol custody, reportedly from dehydration and exhaustion. Also, the U.S. responds to climate change at the U.N. summit. Plus, a homeless character on “Sesame Street” debuts.
Dec 13, 2018 · 21 min
Brexit: ‘The word you’re looking for is shambolic’
Now that Theresa May has survived a no-confidence vote by her party, can she pull off Brexit? Also, what the new “Spider-Man” film means to an Afro-Latino critic. Plus, Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space.
Dec 12, 2018 · 21 min
Michael Cohen, sentenced Wednesday, says he's free from Trump
Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Google’s CEO visits the Post to discuss the tech giant’s future. Plus, why it’s maybe OK that First Lady Melania Trump doesn’t actually want to be the first lady.
Dec 11, 2018 · 22 min
Live from the Oval Office, it’s Tuesday afternoon!
President Trump faces off with Democratic lawmakers Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in a nationally televised shouting match. How a flute player’s lawsuit illuminates the gender pay gap in America. Plus, 95 percent of the oldest Arctic ice has melted.
Dec 10, 2018 · 23 min
Who wants to be White House chief of staff?
Just as special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation heats up, President Trump struggles to find a new chief of staff. Also, right-wing violence is up and left-wing attacks are down. Plus, this may be why your smart speaker can’t understand you.
Dec 7, 2018 · 21 min
What one man’s death says about the asylum court system
Apple’s new heart-healthy tech might be better for the anxious and not the ailing. Also, a dead man’s children seek asylum in the same court that denied him.
Dec 6, 2018 · 20 min
Deal or no deal?: Theresa May’s Brexit standoff
A vote on Britain’s separation from the European Union, how veterans’ stay at Trump’s D.C. hotel (courtesy of Saudi Arabia) may have violated the Constitution, and a photojournalist reconnects with a subject gone viral.
Dec 5, 2018 · 24 min
The midterm election that's still not over
An investigation into possible election fraud in North Carolina, the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and one former president says goodbye to another — his dad.
Dec 4, 2018 · 22 min
Democrats set the stage (literally) for 2020
The Democratic National Committee struggles to find a big-enough stage for likely presidential candidates. Plus, the second and final installment of our series “An Affair. The Mob. A Murder.”
Dec 3, 2018 · 21 min
Prime Suspect, Part 1: An Affair. The Mob. A Murder.
One September morning a Post reporter gets a call with new information about a murder she covered 30 years ago. Plus, how climate change became a partisan issue in the United States.
Nov 28, 2018 · 3 min
Introducing ‘Post Reports’
Here it is: the new daily podcast from the newsroom of The Washington Post. “Post Reports,” hosted by Martine Powers, will bring you all the reporting and insight you expect from The Post, but for your ears. Launching Dec. 3. Sign up now. Sound. Informed.

Post Reports

The story behind a global e-scooter recall

A home for the holidays

How Ben Carson is rolling back fair-housing enforcement

‘The sound and the fury’: Another week in the White House

U.S. troops to leave Syria. Now what?

How a ‘law and order’ party embraced prison reform

Why President Trump is shutting down his charity

Murder With Impunity: Surrounded by homicide

When a 7-year-old dies on Border Patrol’s watch

Brexit: ‘The word you’re looking for is shambolic’

Michael Cohen, sentenced Wednesday, says he's free from Trump

Live from the Oval Office, it’s Tuesday afternoon!

Who wants to be White House chief of staff?

What one man’s death says about the asylum court system

Deal or no deal?: Theresa May’s Brexit standoff

The midterm election that's still not over

Democrats set the stage (literally) for 2020

Prime Suspect, Part 1: An Affair. The Mob. A Murder.

Introducing ‘Post Reports’