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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.

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18:33

The history of American antipathy toward masks

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2020/04/25

Even as governors, mayors and the federal government urge or require Americans to wear masks to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, the nation is divided about whether to comply.Read more:Will Americans wear masks to prevent coronavirus spread? Politics, history, race and crime factor into tough decisions.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

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23:07

A coronavirus crisis in the Navy

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2020/04/24

Dan Lamothe explains how the Navy tried and failed to control a coronavirus outbreak -- and a crisis of confidence -- on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Plus, child psychiatrist Matthew Biel on how to talk to kids about the global pandemic.Read more:How an outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt became a defining moment for the U.S. military.Parents are the filter for how kids understand the pandemic. Tips on how to talk to them about the coronavirus.Subscribe to The Washington Post:

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19:51

Why reopening states is a ‘deadly mistake’

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2020/04/23

Georgia will begin reopening businesses Friday, against the advice of experts and the White House. William Wan reports on what will happen next. For survivors of AIDS, an eerie deja vu, from reporter Jada Yuan. And, what Trump’s new immigration policy actually means, from Nick Miroff.Read more:States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn.They survived the HIV crisis. Now New York’s aging gay population is confronting another plague.Trump signs order

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19:21

Can we all be better Earthlings?

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2020/04/22

On Earth Day, Sarah Kaplan asks how we can be better Earthlings. Seung Min Kim analyzes the new coronavirus response bill working its way through Congress. And Monica Hesse explains why we’re all having extra-weird dreams.Read more:What does it mean to be a good Earthling?The Senate has passed a $484 billion bill that would expand small-business aid and boost money for hospitals and testing. Will it be enough?You’re not the only one having weird dreams. Being trapped in our homes has made our

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26:05

What’s slowing down coronavirus testing

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2020/04/21

Juliet Eilperin explains the delays in widespread testing. Young people aren’t as vulnerable to the coronavirus, but the crisis is affirming their political frustrations, Hannah Knowles reports. And Michelle Lee on campaign fundraising in a pandemic.Read more:Why is it taking so long to ramp up coronavirus testing?Generation Z is fed up with the status quo. Coronavirus could affirm their beliefs.Joe Biden posted the biggest monthly fundraising haul of his campaign in March. Will the pandemic slow

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28:00

Why shelves are empty at the grocery store

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2020/04/20

Laura Reiley explains the kinks in the food supply chain leaving grocery shelves bare. Grocery workers share their well-founded fears with Abha Bhattarai. Erin Patrick O’Connor hears from sanitation workers on the pandemic’s front line.Read more:The industry says we have enough food. Here’s why some grocery store shelves are empty anyway.The grocery workers on the front line of the pandemic never thought of their jobs as risky. Now, they’re scared to go to work.Sanitation workers are exposed to the

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9:15

Finding solace in paintings of parties

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2020/04/18

Over the past few weeks, many people have said they feel like figures in an Edward Hopper painting. On this bonus episode of Post Reports, art critic Sebastian Smee has a reminder from Renoir and Manet that the good times will return.Read more:We’re all alone. So let’s get lost in these paintings of parties.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

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25:17

Life for a medical worker in a pandemic

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2020/04/17

Alaa Daghlas, a physician assistant at a Bronx hospital, grapples with her decision to return to work after recovering from covid-19. And Jon Gerberg reports from an ICU in Brooklyn scrambling to keep up with the influx of coronavirus patients.Read more:Alaa Daghlas prepares for her first day back on the front lines of a Bronx hospital after contracting covid-19.Inside a Brooklyn ICU, health-care workers risk their lives to care for coronavirus patients in critical condition.Follow the Post’s live

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26:28

The coronavirus is killing Americans under age 50

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2020/04/16

Chris Mooney reports on the science of why some younger people are getting better, while others are dying of covid-19. Griff Witte reports on how parties and gatherings became clusters. And Annie Gowen on coronavirus deniers.Read more:The medical mystery of why some people under age 50 are dying of covid-19.The coronavirus had already reached the United States, but the parties went on. Experts say the inconsistent manner that social gatherings shut down across states gave the illness a head

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30:16

How coronavirus will reshape the world’s borders

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2020/04/15

Martine Powers and Ishaan Tharoor explore the meaning of borders in a pandemic, and how coronavirus might change travel and migration in the future. And Mary Beth Sheridan walks us through public service announcements from around the world.Read more:Countries are slamming borders shut. What will it look like when they reopen?From Japan to Uganda, global public service announcements are emerging to help fight coronavirus.Check out our episode from December about “sober curiosity,” which one listener

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23:12

The economy in limbo

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2020/04/14

On today’s Post Reports, Heather Long on how opening up the economy will be less like flipping a switch and more like a slow rehabilitation. Drew Harwell on the privacy complications around Zoom. And author J. Courtney Sullivan on what she’s reading for comfort.Read more:The economy came to a grinding halt when the coronavirus hit. The recovery will likely be the opposite.More and more people are relying on Zoom video conferencing for work and staying connected with others, but that comes at a risk:

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25:56

How do we reopen the country safely?

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2020/04/13

The president talks about reopening the U.S. economy, but Lena Sun reports that experts say it would require widespread testing and contact tracing to do that safely. Long lines — and no relaxed restrictions — strain the nation’s food banks, Jenna Johnson reports. And, from Anna Fifield, how New Zealand didn’t just flatten the curve, but squashed it.Read more:A plan to defeat coronavirus finally emerges, but it’s not from the White House.Food banks sought relaxed federal rules to minimize contact

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12:08

The great toilet paper shortage of 2020

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2020/04/11

For your weekend listening pleasure, senior editor Marc Fisher reads his story about the great toilet paper shortage, and what we can learn from it.Read more:Flushing out the true cause of the global toilet paper shortage amid coronavirus pandemicSubscribe to The Washington Post: postreports.com/offer

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24:36

Life as a black American in a pandemic

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2020/04/10

Robert Samuels reports on the stark disparities in how covid-19 affects black Americans. Tracy Jan examines how wearing a face mask in public is different for black men. And Jordan-Marie Smith navigates the politics of hair during a pandemic.Read more:The coronavirus is ravaging black communities. One Milwaukee neighborhood is trying to fight back.As the nation is told to wear masks, how black Americans are weighing the risks of racial profiling.The underlying meaning behind the care of black men

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28:50

When you can’t wash your hands in a pandemic

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2020/04/09

Damian Paletta looks ahead and outlines a bleak, new post-pandemic economic reality. Isaac Stanley-Becker reports on what happens when you can’t wash your hands in the midst of a public health crisis. And Emily Rauhala offers a glimpse into Wuhan before and after the lockdown lifts.Read more:With more than 17 million unemployment claims filed in the past four weeks, economists say the unemployment rate is now the worst since the Great Depression.We’ve all been told to wash our hands to prevent the

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30:55

The risks of unproven drugs for coronavirus

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2020/04/08

Bernie Sanders ends his White House bid. Sean Sullivan discusses the impact of his campaign. There have been only a few anecdotal studies showing benefits of antimalarial drugs in coronavirus patients, yet the FDA has authorized the widespread use of the drugs. Chris Rowland reports. Phil Rucker on why Trump has been pushing the drug hydroxychloroquine, despite warnings from some public health officials about dangerous side effects and uncertain results. And Style editor Steve Kolowich remembers

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26:07

Voting in a pandemic

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2020/04/07

Wisconsin’s primary is threatening to become a worst-case scenario for elections amid a pandemic. Amber Phillips reports on why it’s still so hard to put vote-by-mail systems in place. Undocumented workers are often ‘essential’ — but afraid of seeking health care, and won’t get government benefits if they’re laid off, says Tracy Jan. And Nantucket island has just three ventilators, and is preparing for the worst as summer residents flock to the island from cities, reports Caroline Kitchener.Read

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30:26

It’s proving really hard to give away $350 billion

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2020/04/06

Aaron Gregg on the realities of getting a small business loan under the stimulus plan. Nicole Dungca reports that the federal government lagged for months in helping local officials respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus, Karin Bruilliard reports that the plight of tigers around the United States goes beyond what we saw in the Netflix documentary “Tiger King.”Read more:If you’re a small business, here’s how to get a loan under the $349 billion aid bill.While President Trump declared the

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23:54

Feeling lonely?

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2020/04/03

Older people can face serious health effects from being isolated — and yet, being isolated is the only thing that can keep them safe, Senior Producer Maggie Penman reports. Plus, Global Opinions writer Jason Rezaian on how he survived solitary confinement in Iran — and how you can survive social distancing, too. And, though we may be apart, a reminder that we’re not alone, from science reporter Sarah Kaplan.Read more:I survived solitary confinement. You can survive self-isolating.Human connection

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32:06

A New York hospital transformed by the pandemic

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2020/04/02

Inside a New York hospital on the front lines of the pandemic. And how health-care workers are forced to face their own mortality.Read more:Inside a major New York City hospital system battling coronavirusAs they rush to save lives, health-care workers are updating their own wills and funeral plansFollow The Post’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic here.Subscribe to The Washington Post: https://postreports.com/offer

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