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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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25:48

SCOTUS rules in favor of LGBTQ workers

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2020/06/15

Robert Barnes walks through the Supreme Court decision that protects gay and transgender people in the workplace. Karla Adam explains why minority and immigrant doctors are feeling the brunt of the coronavirus burden in Britain. And Eugene Scott describes how it feels to be a Black journalist right now.Read more:The Supreme Court has said that gay and transgender workers are protected by federal law, forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex.Minority doctors are among the worst hit by the

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34:22

Why Hollywood loves cop stories

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2020/06/12

Alyssa Rosenberg on 100 years of police in pop culture and why we need to rethink cop stories on TV. And, fashion critic Robin Givhan on the symbolism of clothing on Capitol Hill this week.Read more:Shut down all police movies and TV shows. Now.Dragnets, Dirty Harry and dying hard: 100 years of the police in pop culture.Congress’s kente-cloth spectacle was a mess of contradictions.George Floyd’s brother came to Washington to speak. But his power was in the silences.Subscribe to The Washington Post:

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33:12

What it means to ‘defund the police’

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2020/06/11

Katie Mettler and Georgetown’s Christy Lopez delve into the movement to “defund the police.” Michael Kranish looks into Joe Biden’s complicated history on criminal justice. And Lenny Bernstein reports on a new hope for patients whose lungs have suffered from covid-19.Read more:Defund the police? Here’s what that really means.Joe Biden let police groups write his crime bill. Now, his agenda has changed.Surgeons perform the first known lung transplant for a coronavirus patient in the U.S.Subscribe to

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27:14

Why a vaccine won’t be a silver bullet

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2020/06/10

Joel Achenbach tracks the rising coronavirus caseloads in some parts of the country. William Wan explains how the virus could become the next measles or chickenpox. And Ben Guarino talks us through a time-tested method for disease containment.Read more:As the economy reopens, coronavirus transmission remains high in much of the U.S.Coronavirus may never go away — even with a vaccine.Reopening the country safely means deploying “disease detectives” — contact tracers — as soon as possible.Subscribe to

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25:53

A funeral, and a call to justice

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2020/06/09

George Floyd is laid to rest in Texas. We hear from some of the people who knew him. President Trump and federal law enforcement vs. Washington, D.C. And how a black police officer responded to protests.

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29:13

Why police convictions are so rare

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2020/06/08

Marissa Lang and Clarence Williams report from Washington, D.C., as protests continue across the country. Georgetown University’s Paul Butler explains why it’s so difficult to prosecute police. And Heather Long looks at why black Americans have been left out of the economic recovery.Read more:Protesters gather on the streets of Washington, D.C., and around the world.Filing charges in George Floyd’s death was the easy part. Now comes the hard part.Digging deeper into the latest jobs report — and how

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21:28

The legacy of American riots

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2020/06/05

Kellie Carter Jackson on the double standard that guides who can protest – and how – in the United States. And, Rachel Chason and Rebecca Tan examine what nursing home residents are experiencing during the pandemic.Read more:“There needs to be much more honesty about how we look back at the past and decipher what is violence, and what is a response to violence.”Nursing homes have been hard-hit by the coronavirus. Hear from residents in these facilities.Subscribe to The Washington Post:

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26:15

The failure to protect black Americans from covid-19

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2020/06/04

Reporter Robert Samuels talks about how disastrous and present coronavirus has been in the black community. Emily Rauhala on President Trump’s decision to sever ties with the World Health Organization during a pandemic. And Rachel Lerman on the pros and cons of surveillance for racial injustice protesters and police.Read more:Blacks are suffering from covid-19 at an alarming rate. Here’s how U.S. cities failed one of their most vulnerable populations.President Trump pledges to divert funds from the

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27:01

Racism, protests and the challenge for Joe Biden

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2020/06/03

How Joe Biden is responding to protests across the United States, from political reporter Cleve R. Wootson Jr. How President Trump uses religion as a political tool, from White House reporter Toluse Olorunnipa. And we hear from the protesters in their own words.Read more:Protests pose a challenge for Biden: Appealing to older and younger black voters.Trump’s naked use of religion as a political tool draws rebukes from some faith leaders.We’ve been hearing a lot about the protests in cities across

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26:15

Protesters vs. a presidential photo-op

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2020/06/02

Why gas was used on peaceful protesters outside the White House, from Ashley Parker. How the U.S. has scaled back police reform efforts, according to Matt Zapotosky. And, one young woman says “Let it burn” after her family’s business gets caught up in the destruction.Read more:Police cleared the path for President Trump to take a photo, using gas and rubber bullets on a peaceful crowd.The Trump administration abandoned Obama-era police reform efforts. Now critics want them restored.“Let it burn,”

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31:49

Anger and anguish across America

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2020/06/01

Devlin Barrett on how police tactics may be exacerbating tensions. Shane Harris on the officials who are trying to blame outsiders. And Christian Davenport talks about a historic launch into space.Read more:How police are feeding into the violence that erupted over the weekend.Who is actually attending these protests?Also, over the weekend: The historic SpaceX launch.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

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20:16

One hundred thousand.

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2020/05/30

The U.S. death toll has reached a stark milestone: 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. The pandemic has exposed the nation’s vulnerabilities and dangerous divide.Read more:The U.S. death toll has reached 100,000.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

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32:43

‘We woke up to a city of ash’

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2020/05/29

Holly Bailey reports from Minneapolis, where anger and violence are boiling over in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by police. Errin Haines explains what really happened in Central Park. And Sebastian Smee with an appreciation for a powerful painting that captures another unsettling time in America.Read more:Protests in Minneapolis raged through the night, following the tragic killing of George Floyd. On Friday, the police officer was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.In New

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23:32

Trump vs. Big Tech

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2020/05/28

Cat Zakrzewski reports on Trump’s expected executive order, which takes aim at a law that protects big tech companies. Tracy Jan reports that Asian American health-care workers are fighting racism as well as the coronavirus. And, Natalie Compton on what to expect next time you take a flight.Read more:On Thursday, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order that could fundamentally change free speech regulations on social media.Asian American health-care workers are facing increased

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25:33

It’s not normal for so many Americans to feel depressed

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2020/05/27

William Wan reports on the staggering numbers of Americans experiencing depression and anxiety during the pandemic. National reporter Reis Thebault on how the pandemic is shifting away from cities and gaining a foothold in rural America. And writer Ellen McCarthy on why we can’t bring ourselves to do the dishes.Read more:One-third of Americans show signs of clinical depression amid coronavirus pandemic, according to new census data.The pandemic is making its way into rural America.Our hearts are

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29:31

Will Hong Kong be changed forever?

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2020/05/26

Shibani Mahtani and Emily Rauhala explain what Beijing’s new security laws could mean for the future of Hong Kong. Steven Zeitchik on summer cinema in 2020. And a New York bus driver on the dangers such workers face.Read more:Hong Kong police use tear gas against thousands protesting Beijing’s new lawThe fate of the summer movie season rests on one Christopher Nolan filmNYC bus drivers risk their health to keep city moving through pandemicSubscribe to The Washington Post: postreports.com/offer

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16:33

Why the need to go might prevent us from going out

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2020/05/23

Americans are making it clear: They won’t be ready to go out to their favorite destinations until they feel confident about being able to go. To the bathroom, that is.Read more:The need to go is a big barrier to going out. Why public bathrooms are a stumbling block for reopening.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

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25:18

Who is Hillary without Bill?

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2020/05/22

Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld imagines another life for Hillary Rodham –– one without Bill Clinton. And, what we’re missing when we’re missing human touch.Read more:Some readers are calling Curtis Sittenfeld’s new book a work of ‘Pantsuit Nation fanfiction.’ She doesn’t mind at all.Skin-to-skin contact is often suggested for newborns. But we all need touch.Subscribe to The Washington Post: postreports.com/offer

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29:03

The end of retail as we know it?

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2020/05/21

Abha Bhattarai and Damian Paletta unfold the retail bankruptcies weighing down the greater financial system. Chris Davenport explains the stakes of the first launch of NASA crews from the United States in nearly a decade. And, Hira Qureshi on the online community that’s breaking the fast together, each night of Ramadan.Read more:After years of debt, majordepartment storechains are running out of cash –– and fast.SpaceX faces its toughest test.Millennials can’t celebrate in person this Ramadan. So

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27:58

Vote by mail? Harder than it sounds.

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2020/05/20

Joseph Marks describes the challenges of preparing for massive mail-in voting. Juliet Eilperin breaks down why people aren’t getting tested, in places that have plenty of tests. Plus, Min Joo Kim explains how a new outbreak in South Korea has pushed its LGBTQ community into the spotlight.Read more:Two primaries underscore dueling paths to holding elections during coronavirus pandemicAs coronavirus testing expands, a new problem arises: Not enough people are getting testedTracing South Korea’s latest

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