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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.

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22:12

A balancing act in Honduras

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2021/02/25

As President Biden seeks to reset immigration policy, uncertainty surrounds the U.S. relationship with Honduras and its president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who is implicated in drug trafficking.Read more:For four years, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández built his governing program around the demands of the Trump administration, which in turn stayed out of Honduras’s domestic affairs.Now, that arrangement is ending, and Hernández is finding himself in a precarious position as the United States

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19:06

Will a minimum-wage hike save the economy?

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2021/02/24

Behind the fight over raising the minimum wage — and why the Senate parliamentarian is at the center of it. Plus, boomers embrace online shopping.Read more:President Biden’s push to increase the federal minimum wage is facing significant hurdles in Congress, opposed by skeptical Republicans, centrist Democrats and many business owners. Labor reporter Eli Rosenberg lays out the cases for and against the policy as a tool of financial relief during the pandemic.Obscure Senate procedures are also

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22:59

An apolitical Justice Department?

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2021/02/23

Merrick Garland’s plans for the Department of Justice. And, another push to provide pandemic loans to small businesses.Read more:President Biden has vowed to remake the Department of Justice, placing a greater emphasis on promoting racial justice, criminal justice reform, and investigating and rooting out domestic terrorism. His nominee for U.S. attorney general, Merrick Garland, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Matt Zapotosky reports.Business reporter Aaron Gregg explains

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23:36

Pregnancy, coronavirus vaccines and a difficult choice

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2021/02/22

Pregnant people and their babies face severe risks if they get infected with the coronavirus. Newly available vaccines could be a source of hope. But without good data, many pregnant people are agonizing over whether the shots are right for them.Read more:As vaccines become more widely available, many pregnant people are being asked to decide whether they’re ready to trust and receive a shot. For some, that decision could be the difference between life and death.False claims tying vaccines to

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21:58

Why so many Texans still don't have water

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2021/02/19

Most Texans are finally getting their power back, but millions of people are still without water as the crisis escalates in the storm-ravaged state. And why coronavirus cases are finally dropping in the United States.Read more:Although most Texans have finally had their power restored, millions of people are now facing a water crisis because of cracked pipes and knocked out water-treatment plants. Arelis Hernández reports from San Antonio.The rate of newly recorded coronavirus infections is

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19:16

The rise and fall of Philly’s mass vaccination clinic

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2021/02/18

Philadelphia’s first mass vaccination site looked like a model of 21st-century efficiency — until the city abruptly shut it down after losing trust in the group that ran it. Plus, how the pandemic has led some men to realize they need deeper friendships.Read more:A mass vaccination clinic in Philadelphia opened with fanfare but closed amid rifts of trust. Frances Stead Sellers explains the swift rise and fall of Philly Fighting Covid.No game days. No bars. Samantha Schmidt reports on how the

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22:26

The lone grid state

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2021/02/17

Understanding the freezing weather sweeping across the United States — and why Texas’s independent power grid was doomed to fail in its wake. Plus, NASA tries to land a car on Mars. Read more: At least 14 people are dead in four states after a record-breaking cold snap swept through parts of the United States. Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci explains the science behind the freezing temperatures — and why the country might be bracing for more. Will Englund reports on how the Texas power grid got

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30:16

How many extremists are in the military?

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2021/02/16

Why it won’t be easy to root out far-right extremism in the military. Why Indian farmers are protesting. And who pours the kibble for the first dogs?Read more:In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Pentagon is struggling to answer a basic question: How many extremists work among its ranks? Missy Ryan reports.In Delhi, tens of thousands of Indian farmers have formed a protest encampment several miles long. Joanna Slater traces the origins of the revolt.Graphics reporter Bonnie Berkowitz on who

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34:07

‘Presidential’: Andrew Johnson

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2021/02/15

In honor of Presidents’ Day, the story of a president who was impeached during a time of great division: Andrew Johnson. This story is from The Post’s podcast “Presidential” with Lillian Cunningham.Read more:The Post’s podcast “Presidential” is a historical journey through the personality and legacy of each of the American presidents. Listen to the whole archive here.If you’re hearing this episode on Presidents’ Day, check out the “Presidential” trivia event! It's free, virtual and will take place

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38:44

Liz Cheney’s ‘vote of conscience’

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2021/02/12

There’s one big question hanging over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump: How many Republicans will be willing to break with the former president and vote to convict? Today, a story about the potential cost of a vote of “conscience” and what that can tell us about the future of the GOP.Read more:Rep. Liz Cheney’s vote to impeach Trump prompted a voter rebellion in the Republican’s home state— and the backlash shows that loyalty to the former president runs deep in the GOP. Post Reports

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16:59

A split screen of two presidents

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2021/02/11

As the impeachment trial continues, the former and the current president are pursuing very different strategies: One is watching the trial closely, while the other is doing everything he can to demonstrate that he is not watching at all.Read more:Former president Donald Trump has been watching his second impeachment trial closely, while President Biden messages that he has better things to do. Ashley Parker, The Post’s White House bureau chief, and reporter Anne Gearan paint a sharp juxtaposition

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42:14

The mob that Trump built?

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2021/02/10

House managers make the case that Donald Trump spent months laying the groundwork for January’s riot at the Capitol. Plus, how the states that are pulling ahead in vaccinations are getting it done.Read more:On Wednesday, arguments began in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump. Politics reporter Aaron Blake unpacks House Democrats’ strategies.This week, the United States passed an encouraging milestone: 10 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine

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28:36

‘The framers’ worst nightmare come to life’

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2021/02/09

The impeachment trial begins with an argument about whether it is constitutional in the first place. And, how the Keystone XL pipeline became a political shorthand for climate policy.Read more:On the first day of former president Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, his attorneys are asking: Can a president even be impeached after he has left office? Reporter Ann E. Marimow explains the constitutional questions at play.President Biden has said that addressing climate change is one of his

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20:41

Trump’s rhetoric on trial

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2021/02/08

On the cusp of another impeachment trial, court documents point to how former president Donald Trump’s rhetoric allegedly fueled the rioters who attacked the Capitol. And, whether double-masking makes sense.Read more:Reporter Rosalind S. Helderman shares the latest in the impending impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump.Health reporter Fenit Nirappil explains whether people should start wearing surgical masks beneath their fabric masks — especially as coronavirus variants spread.As the

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20:21

Democrats prepare to go it alone on covid relief

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2021/02/05

What you need to know about the economic relief package, and how Democrats are pushing it through Congress without any Republican support. And America’s chicken wing crisis.Read more:In an early morning vote Friday, the Senate passed a budget bill that paves the way for President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic relief plan. Reporter Jeff Stein reports on why Democrats soured on bipartisan efforts and ultimately decided to move forward without GOP support.Meanwhile, America is facing another deficit:

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26:31

Putin’s latest gamble

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2021/02/04

The Kremlin cracks down on opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s supporters all over Russia. And, how Pfizer is making the most of its available vaccine doses.Read more:President Vladimir Putin has continued efforts to quash massive protests in Russia, spurred by the arrest and sentencing of recently returned opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Robyn Dixon reports from Moscow.Health business reporter Christopher Rowland explains how the Pfizer drug company is squeezing extra doses from overfilled vials

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34:13

The GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene problem

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2021/02/03

How Republicans helped prop up the controversial congresswoman from Georgia. Why nursing home workers keep turning down vaccines. And, a tale of two ski resorts.Read more:Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t get to Congress on her own. Michael Kranish explores how prominent Republicans promoted the follower of extremist QAnon ideology, helping to usher her to power and ultimately deepening rifts in the party.Reporter Rachel Chason explains the skepticism amongst nursing home workers to get the coronavirus

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26:25

What happens after Myanmar’s coup?

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2021/02/02

Monday’s military coup in Myanmar was a long time coming. But what happens next? And, Canada vaccinates its homeless population.Read more:Reporters Shibani Mahtani and Anne Gearan contextualize the overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in Myanmar.Foreign correspondent Amanda Coletta reports on Canada’s efforts to vaccinate people experiencing homelessness.Join the “Presidential” virtual trivia night, hosted by Lillian Cunningham. It takes place at 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday, Feb. 15

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24:22

The ex-president’s defense

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2021/02/01

Former president Donald Trump plans his impeachment defense. Why a new vaccine could be a game-changer. And, the owl pellet economy.Read more:Trump’s legal team unravels as the former president sticks to his script on his false claims of having won the 2020 presidential election. Reporter Josh Dawsey reports on what this means for the impeachment trial.Carolyn Y. Johnson breaks down the single-shot coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.Christopher Ingraham’s kids loved dissecting owl

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24:21

The Man in the Middle

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2021/01/29

How a moderate West Virginia Democrat could decide what Biden can do on climate change. Plus, the story of a snowstorm, six expiring vaccines and a group of dedicated health-care workers.Read more:One coal state senator holds the key to Biden’s ambitious climate agenda — and it’s not Mitch McConnell. Climate and science writer Sarah Kaplan reports.When Oregon health-care workers got stuck in a snowstorm with expiring vaccines, they got creative. Andrea Salcedo reports.If you value the journalism you

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